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John Nelson VINCENT

John Nelson VINCENT

Male 1836 - 1928  (92 years)

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  • Name John Nelson VINCENT 
    Born 16 Jun 1836  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Headstone has birth and death dates as Jun 15 1835 and Dec 29 1928. But death record states Jun 16 1836 and Dec 30 1828, age 92y 6m 14d, which would conform with those dates. His age in the 1860 Census was given as 22 (b. ca 1838), in the 1900 Census as 60 (born June 1839), in the 1910 Census as 71 (b. ca 1839), and in the 1920 Census as 82 (b. ca 1838).
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation blacksmith, farmer  [1, 3] 
    Died 30 Dec 1928  Stinson, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Lamb Cemetery, Chloe (Douglas on Walker Crk), Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Notes 
    • According to "History of Calhoun Co WV 1989," p. 178, John Nelson Vincent and family moved from Marion County to Calhoun County in about 1883. [5]
    Person ID I10462  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2015 

    Father Joseph Isaac (twin) VINCENT,   b. 6 Mar 1814, Bentons Ferry, Monongalia (now Marion) Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1888  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Sarah SHINGLETON,   b. CA 1817, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Nov 1856  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Family ID F3778  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarepta Jane CROSSLEY,   b. 24 Jan 1844, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1905, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1 Sep 1864  Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Elizabeth VINCENT,   b. 14 Dec 1865, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1934, Orma, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Robert Austin VINCENT,   b. 7 Jul 1867,   d. 20 Jan 1895, Minnora, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     3. Emma A. VINCENT,   b. Sep 1872, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. George Elmos VINCENT,   b. Oct 1874, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1956, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     5. Cora A. VINCENT,   b. Sep 1876, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. William Hershel VINCENT,   b. 29 Jun 1879, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1941, Chloe, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F3791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Dec 1928 - Stinson, Calhoun Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lamb Cemetery, Chloe (Douglas on Walker Crk), Calhoun Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    10462_VINCENT_JohnNelson_1836-1928_DeathCertificate.jpg    		10462_VINCENT_JohnNelson_1836-1928_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2095] 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV.

    3. [S1710] 1880 Census.

    4. [S1974] Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, (Grantsville Printing Co, Grantsville WV (1985)).

    5. [S972] Gaylene Kerr Banister, Houston, TX .

    6. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, MR Bk C, p. 25.

    7. [S1803] Marion County WV Marriages 1842-1899, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101).