Charles Arthur Vance was born March 4, 1891, in Orient, Iowa. His father was Albert Theophilus Vance, a farmer, and his mother, Sara Elizabeth; He was their fifth child. When he was young, they moved to a farm in Pleasant Hill Township. Located in Webster County, Nebraska. Webster County is very near the Kansas state line. Vance attended high school but made his baseball reputation pitching for a semi-pro team near Hastings. He married Edythe Carmony, daughter of a railroad worker, and they set up their home in Hastings. They would live there until 1925. Their son Bob was born there in 1918, and a daughter came along a few years later.
Dazzy Vance: Late Bloomer
