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Line 21: − + + + − ean}}+ − '''Joseph Milton Nance''', known as '''J. Milton Nance''' (September 18, 1913 – January 17, 1997),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112106688/joseph-milton-nance|title=Joseph Milton Nance|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[historian]] who specialized in the study of his native [[Texas]]. He was affiliated with [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] from 1941 until his retirement in 1979. He was his department chairman from 1958 to 1973.<ref name=whoswho>Joseph Milton Nance, ''Who's Who in America,'' 40th ed., 1978-1979, p. 2364.</ref>+ − − ==Background== −
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'''Joseph Milton Nance''', known as '''J. Milton Nance''' (September 18, 1913 – January 17, 1997),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112106688/joseph-milton-nance|title=Joseph Milton Nance|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[historian]] who specialized in the study of his native [[Texas]]. He was affiliated with [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] from 1941 until his retirement in 1979. He was his department chairman from 1958 to 1973.<ref name=whoswho>Joseph Milton Nance, ''Who's Who in America,'' 40th ed., 1978-1979, p. 2364.</ref>
==Background==
Nance was born in Brazos County but lived in Kyle in Hays County south of the capital city of [[Austin]]. His parents were Jeremiah Milton "Jerry" Nance, Jr. (1884–1966), and the former Mary Louise Hutchison (1890–1967). Jerry and Mary Nance married in 1912 and had eight children born between 1913 and 1930, with Milton Nance being the oldest of the offspring. Jerry and Mary Nance are interred at Kyle Cemetery.<ref >{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35399842/mary-louise-nance|title=Mary Louise Hutchison Nance|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref>
Nance was born in Brazos County lived in Kyle in Hays County south of the capital city of [[Austin]]. His parents were Jeremiah Milton "Jerry" Nance, Jr. (1884–1966), and the former Mary Louise Hutchison (1890–1967). Jerry and Mary Nance married in 1912 and had eight children born between 1913 and 1930, with Milton Nance being the oldest of the offspring. Jerry and Mary Nance are interred at Kyle Cemetery.<ref >{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35399842/mary-louise-nance|title=Mary Louise Hutchison Nance|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref>
On March 19, 1944, Nance married the former Eleanor Glenn Hanover (1920-2002), who excelled in [[art]]. The couple had three sons, Jeremiah Milton Nance (born c. 1948) and Joseph Hanover Nance (born c. 1952), both of [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]], Texas, and James Clifton "Jim" Nance. J. Milton and Eleanor Nance resided in College Station.<ref name=whoswho/>
On March 19, 1944, Nance married the former Eleanor Glenn Hanover (1920-2002), who excelled in [[art]]. The couple had three sons, Jeremiah Milton Nance (born c. 1948) and Joseph Hanover Nance (born c. 1952), both of [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]], Texas, and James Clifton "Jim" Nance. J. Milton and Eleanor Nance resided in College Station.<ref name=whoswho/>