Jul-28-2018
Husband: William O. (twin) Vincent
Born: Mar- 6-1814 in Bentons Ferry, Monongalia (now Marion) Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1)
Died: Sep-30-1885 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3,4
Buried: in Vincent (aka Kerr or Pig Misery) Cem, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co WV 3
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Boothsville, Marion Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 5
Father: Edward T. Vincent (1783 - 1868)
Mother: Rebecca Wisby (1793 - 1875)
Wife: Harriet Bainbridge
Married: Nov-30-1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Born: Feb-17-1815 in Virginia 2,3 (see note 2)
Died: Sep-18-1891 3
Buried: in Vincent (aka Kerr or Pig Misery) Cem, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co WV 3
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Boothsville, Marion Co, WV
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Joseph Israel Vincent 2
Born: Aug-24-1835 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 6,7
Died: Jan-21-1926 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6,8
Census: 1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 6
Military: Co E, 7th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 9
Wife: Elizabeth Jane Wilson b. ca 1835 d. bef Jan 1926
Also known as: Jane Wilson 10
M Child 2: Edgar M. Vincent 2
Also known as: Edd Vincent 11
Born: 1837 in Marion Co, (W)VA 12,13
Died: 1913 12
Buried: in Vincent (aka Kerr or Pig Misery) Cem, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co WV 3
Resided: 1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Wife: Frances F. Kerr b. Nov-29-1847 d. Oct- 7-1920
Married: Dec-25-1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Louisa Vincent 2
Also known as: Louise Vincent
Born: ca 1839 in Marion Co, (W)VA 15
Census: 1860 in Boothsville, Marion Co, WV
Husband: Alben Swearingen b. ca 1838
Married: Nov-11-1860 in Marion Co, (W)VA 15
M Child 4: Riley R. Vincent 2
Born: 1840 in Marion Co, (W)VA 16,15
Died: Nov-12-1912 in Baxter, Marion Co, WV 16
Buried: in E. T. Vincent Cemetery, Hwy 310, Marion Co, WV 16
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Boothsville, Marion Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 5
Wife: Elva Ellen Thorn b. Aug-22-1847 d. Jul-17-1925
Census name: Elvy E. 5
Married: Aug-29-1867 in Marion Co, WV 15
M Child 5: David Bainbridge Vincent 2
Born: Feb- 7-1846 3
Died: Feb-21-1910 3
Buried: in Vincent (aka Kerr or Pig Misery) Cem, Union Ridge, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co WV 3 (see note 3)
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Boothsville, Marion Co, WV
Military: Co A, 6th WV Inf - Civil War 3
Wife: Susannah Kerr b. Mar-25-1846 d. Jul-10-1941
Census name: Susan 17
Sources:
(1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.
(2) Gaylene Kerr Banister, Houston, TX .
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(4) Gaylene Kerr Banister, citing Jim Comstock's "Hardesty's West Virginia Counties, Doddridge, Marion, Upshur, Wetzel," Vol
2, gives death date as either Sep 18 1869 or Sep 30 1885.
(5) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District)
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(7) 1860 Census, Marion County, (W)VA.
(8) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)
(9) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(10) Death record of daughter.
(11) Death record of son.
(12) Headstone (year only)
(13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Edgar M. Vincent, single, 45, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie
Co; and Frances Kerr, single, 40, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Dec 25 1881 in Ritchie County. (Note: Birth
date of wife appears as 1847 on her headstone and is given as Nov 29 1847 in her death
record.)
(15) Marion County WV Marriages 1842-1899, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(16) Findagrave.com.
(17) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date calculated from age at death, 71y 6m 24d, on headstone.
Note (2) Birthdate calculated from age at death, 76y 7m 1d, on headstone.
Note (3) Name on headstone: D. B. Vincent
Name Index