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"Jake Vanmeter and Rance Meredith...had a long-standing feud (no one seems to know why.) At any rate, the feud came to an abrupt end in 1904 in front of the General Store at Bee Springs when Rance put two pistol slugs into Jake's upper body. He died a short time later in the house of his brother Jackson Vanmeter."

Rance Cockeril Meredith was never arrested or tried for the death of Jake Meredith. According to witnesses, it was a fair fight. Because Jake had sworn he would kill Rance's brother, Rance went to stop Jake. When Jake came after him, R. C. did what he had to do in order to stop Jake.

Died from a stroke at 79.

Birth	5 Dec 1872	Kentucky
Marriage	3 Feb 1892	Edmonson Co., Kentucky - Mary Frances Goff
Census (family)	1900	Edmonson Co., Kentucky - Mary Frances Goff
Census (family)	1910	Edmonson Co., Kentucky - Mary Frances Goff
Census (family)	1930	Edmonson Co., Kentucky - Mary Frances Goff
Census (family)	1940	Edmonson Co., Kentucky - Mary Frances Goff
Death	7 Mar 1952	Bee Spring, Edmonson Co., Kentucky
Alt name		Rance Meredith
Burial		Bee Spring Cemetery, Bee Spring, Edmonson Co., Kentucky

Spouse	Mary Frances Goff (1870 - 1947)
Child	Nannie Mae Meredith (1892 - 1981)
Child	Mary Elizabeth Meredith (1895 - 1978)
Child	Cora Alice Meredith (1897 - 1920)
Child	Ernest Rance Meredith (1900 - 1984)
Child	Mattie Meredith (1902 - 1988)
Child	Josie Meredith (1905 - 1993)
Child	Stella Meredith (1910 - 1983)
Child	Jewell Meredith (1915 - )