Background
Vance, Joseph Anderson was born on November 17, 1864 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Robertson and Margaret (Newland) Vance.
Vance, Joseph Anderson was born on November 17, 1864 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Robertson and Margaret (Newland) Vance.
Bachelor of Arts, King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1885. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Hampden-Sidney, Virginia, 1888. Doctor of Divinity, Huron College, South Dakot, 1902, King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1904.
Doctor of Laws, Austin College, Texas, 1917.
Doctor of Laws, King College, 1919. Wayne University, 1936.
Ministry, 1888; pastor Woodland Avenue Church, Louisville, 1888-1891, Maryland Avenue Church, Baltimore, 1891-1899, Hyde Park Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1899-1911, First Church, Detroit, September 1, 1911-January 1, 1940, now pastor emeritus. Minister in charge Royal Poinciana Chapel, Palm Beach, Florida, December 1939-May 1941. Acting pastor Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian Church, Detroit, 1942-1943.
Interim preacher, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, 1943-1944, First Presbyterian Church, Bristol, Tennessee, 1944-1945, Westminster Presbyterian, Detroit, 1945-1946.
Central Presbyterian, Denver, 1947-1948. Kirk-in-the-Hills, Detroit, 1948.
Director and member executive committee Charity Organization Society while at Baltimore. Ex-moderator Maryland Presbytery and of Chicago Presbytery.
Ex-president
Member Church Federation Council of Chicago.
Married Mary B. Forman, January 15, 1890. Children: Dorothy, Joseph A., Mary F. Ordained Presbyterian.