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Vincent, Robert MacAvoy (1848-1923)
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Pages 591-592

ROBERT MACAVOY VINCENT, son of Thomas Vincent and Jane Wilson, the
daughter of Samuel Wilson and a Miss Keys; grandson of Rice Vincent
and Elizabeth Meeks, and the great grandson of John Vincent and
Sarah Rice, emigrants respectively, from Ireland and England. Was
born September 20, 1848, at Rock Cave, Lewis County. Was educated in
the public schools, and on September 28, 1875, married Rosabel M.
Sexton, daughter of James Sexton and Luanda Leonard, the daughter of
Ebenezer Leonard and Wealthy Gould, who is the daughter of Aaron
Gould, Jr. Children: Lucinda May, born May 6, 1877, wife of F. F.
Jones; Mollie Grey, born November 27, 1878, wife of W. H. Young;
Rosa Maud, born September 4, 1881, wife of Thomas R. Hall. His
second wife was Virginia Boyd, daughter of Calvin Boyd and Louisa
Curry, who was the daughter of John Curry, Sr., whom he married
February 29, 1888.

For many years he was a farmer on a Camp, but came to Buckhannon in
1891, to engage in the dairy business. He still farms, but lives in
town. He is the owner of a curiosity in a pair of horse hames which
are a hundred and eighteen years old, made by his great grandfather,
John Vincent.

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From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #1639
FULL-NAME: Robert M. Vincent
BIRTH-DATE: September 20, 1848
BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co.
DEATH-DATE: January 24, 1923 (at age 74y-4m-4d)
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Farmer
FATHER: Thomas W. Vincent (born in Upshur Co.)
MOTHER: Jane Wilson (born in Upshur Co.)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Typhoid fever / old age
INFORMANT: Thos. R. Hall (of Buckhannon)
BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery

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