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Meredith York Vincent (M.Y., Myrd, Uncle Myrd, Merideth, Vinson)
Generation: K | ID: 7 | Lifespan: 89 years Updated: 25 Aug 2013
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Ancestry Information
PATERNAL MATERNAL
(Paternal Grandfather) (Paternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandmother) (Maternal Grandfather)
Rubin Vincent (Old Rube, ...
(ABT 1791 - 7 Dec 1874)
Easter Ann Saling
(ABT 1795 - ABT 1870)
Unavailable
b. UNK - d. UNK
 
Unavailable
b. UNK - d. UNK
 
(Father) (Mother)
John Peter Vincent (Jacks...
(13 Jan 1829 - 10 Feb 1892)
Nancy Meredith
(10 Jan 1829 - 9 Nov 1879)
Meredith York Vincent (M.Y., Myrd, Uncle Myrd, Merideth, Vinson)
(28 Mar 1855 - 15 Jan 1944)
Marriages of Meredith York Vincent
Images Spouse Date of Marriage Certificate Location of Marriage
Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie) 28 Nov 1878 Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
MARRIAGE NOTES:
Emily Jane Whobrey (Emmy,... 31 Dec 1904 Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
MARRIAGE NOTES: The Marriage Certificate relating to Meredith and Emily's marriage states that they were married at the "residence of Emma Whobrey." Meredith York Vincent's Family History Recordbook states that Emily and Meredith were married on November 2, 1904, although the Marriage Certificate states they were married on December 31, 1904.
Children of Meredith York Vincent
Images Children Lifespan Other Parent
Rose Bell Vincent (25 Dec 1880 - 13 Nov 1918) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
Pearl M. Vincent (28 Jul 1884 - 6 Dec 1955) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
Robert Lee Vincent (Lee) (12 Apr 1887 - 11 Jun 1968) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
Adalene Vincent (14 Apr 1889 - 16 Dec 1917) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
Silas Vincent (29 Jul 1893 - 17 Dec 1961) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
John Walter Vincent (Guinea) (7 Dec 1893 - 28 Jul 1952) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
Tilmond Vincent (10 Jan 1896 - 1 Jul 1896) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
James Tilford Vincent (11 Jun 1897 - 14 May 1967) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
Victor Vincent (10 Dec 1901 - 23 Apr 1927) Martha Ellen Vanmeter (Mattie)
Bonnie Lillian Vincent (B... (21 Sep 1905 - 11 May 1991) Emily Jane Whobrey (Emmy, Emma)
Mary Dona Vincent (14 Mar 1908 - 28 Apr 1936) Emily Jane Whobrey (Emmy, Emma)
Mildred Vincent (28 Aug 1909 - 13 Apr 1989) Emily Jane Whobrey (Emmy, Emma)
Elastie Jane Vincent (Las... (20 May 1912 - 11 Nov 2011) Emily Jane Whobrey (Emmy, Emma)
Siblings of Meredith York Vincent
Images Siblings Lifespan Father Mother
Paradine Vincent (ABT 1852 - 18 Sep 1876) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Nancy Meredith
Meredith York Vincent (M.... (28 Mar 1855 - 15 Jan 1944) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Nancy Meredith
Mitchell Vincent (Mitch) (25 Jun 1857 - 15 Oct 1940) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Nancy Meredith
Thomas Vincent (24 Dec 1859 - 24 Dec 1859) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Nancy Meredith
Shedrick Louis Vincent (26 Dec 1860 - 8 Oct 1941) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Nancy Meredith
Mary Jane Vincent (Jane, ... (16 Jul 1863 - 15 Jul 1943) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Nancy Meredith
William Peter Vincent (Bill) (18 Mar 1869 - 6 Oct 1942) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Nancy Meredith
Willis Chester Vincent (W... (31 Jan 1883 - 27 May 1950) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey
Joseph Vincent (12 Mar 1885 - 20 Jul 1886) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey
Rubin Jesse Vincent (Litt... (15 Apr 1887 - 7 May 1985) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey
Rev. Walter Samuel Vincen... (23 Mar 1889 - UNK) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey
Nancy Vincent (8 Jan 1892 - 1910) John Peter Vincent (Jacks... Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey
Detailed Primary Information for Meredith York Vincent
Gender: Male
Generation: K
Added: 1 Jan 2009
Last Updated: 25 Aug 2013
Living: False
Primary Notes:
Detailed Birth Information for Meredith York Vincent
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1855
Time of Birth: UNK
Birth Location: Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Map of Birthplace: Map Unavailable
Birth Notes:
Detailed Death Information for Meredith York Vincent
Death Date: 15 Jan 1944
Time of Death: 9:30 PM
Death Location: His home on Little Mountain Road, Vincent, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Map of Deathplace: Map Unavailable
Cause of Death: Influenza (due to Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
Death Notes: See Tim Bratcher's video of Elasta Jane Vincent (Meredith's youngest daughter) speaking of her father's passing.
Detailed Burial Information for Meredith York Vincent
Burial Location: Vincent Cemetery, Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Map of Location: Click to view map (N 37.2848, W 86.312)
Name on Stone: M. Y. Vincent
Birthdate on Stone: Mar. 28, 1855
Death Date on Stone: Jan. 15, 1944
Inscription 1: HUSBAND OF
MATTIE VINCENT
Inscription 2:
Reverse Inscription:
Burial Notes:
Cemetery Notes:
Additional Notes for Meredith York Vincent
Database Note No: 89
A private source indicated that Meredity York Vincent may have written a letter that was alluded to in the Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tenneessee 1799-1899. ARR.
Database Note No: 3
Emily's first husband, Silas Berle Armes, brought six children into his marriage with Emma:

-John M. Armes (ABT 1883 – UNK)
-Edward L. Armes (ABT 1885 – UNK)
-Lulu D. Armes (ABT 1887 – UNK)
-Benjamin H. Armes (ABT 1890 – UNK)
-Ova C. Armes (ABT 1891 – UNK)
-Ada M. Armes (ABT 1893 – UNK)

After Silas died, Emmy was forced to place her four children in an orphanage because she did not have sufficient means to raise them. (Oral History Note 16.) It would follow, then, that Silas’s original six children would also have been placed in an orphanage or in some form of foster or adoptive care. Although none of Silas’s children with his first wife (who must have passed away in 1893 or 1894) are my blood relatives, it does seem strange that there was entirely different group of children who were related to me, at least by household if not by blood. Perhaps the tragedy of having to place the children in an orphanage after Silas’s death and the tendency of such arrangements to scatter families to the four corners of the earth made the point too sad to bring up or discuss, so their existence consequently failed to make it into our family legend.

Emily's second husband, Meredith York Vincent, brought nine children to the family (although Tilmond Vincent died as a baby well before they were married), in addition to those Emily had from an earlier marriage and those she and Meredith had together. Between Emily and Meredith, there were 17 children. Meredith's children from his first marriage were:

-Rose Vincent French (1880 – 1918)
-Mary Pearl Vincent Penner (1884 – 1955)
-Robert Lee Vincent (1887 – 1968)
-Adalene Vincent Vanmeter (1889 – 1917)
-Silas Vincent (1889 – 1961)
-John Walter Vincent (1893 – 1952)
-Tilmond Vincent (1896 - 1896)
-Tilford Vincent (1897 – 1967)
-Victor Vincent (1901 – 1927)
Database Note No: 138
According to Jackson Peter Vincent's Civil War Pension Application, several of Jackson and Sarah's children were raised by older children. After Jackson and Sarah passed away (in 1892):

A. Mitchell Vincent became the guardian of Reuben Jesse and Willis Chester; and

B. W.P. Vincent became guardian of Walter Samuel and Nancy Vincent.

By 1901:

A. Meredith York Vincent was the guardian of Rueben Jesse Vincent;

B. Reuben Vincent was the guardian of Nancy Vincent; and

C. W. P. Vincent was the guardian of Samuel.
Images Relating to Meredith York Vincent
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Database Image No: 746
Meredith York Vincent and Emily Jane (Emma) Whobrey
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Portrait of Meredith York Vincent
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Database Image No: 77
Meredith York Vincent's Birth Registration
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Database Image No: 532
1860 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY
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Database Image No: 541
1870 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY
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Database Image No: 542
1880 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY
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Database Image No: 534
1900 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY (p. 1)
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Database Image No: 535
1900 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY (p. 2)
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Database Image No: 531
1910 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY
The person shown as Ova (or maybe Ora) Vincent would seem to be my grandmother Bonnie Lillian Vincent. I've never heard of anyone in that family named Ova or Ora, and, of course, Bonnie is not listed (even though should would have been five years old at the time of this census).
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Database Image No: 530
1920 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY
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Database Image No: 533
1930 US Census, Edmonson Co., KY
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Database Image No: 799
1940 US Census, Edmonson County, KY
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Database Image No: 125
Article About Lee Vincent in a book called Kentucky Democracy (Page 1)
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