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FOUNTAIN GREEN FAMILIES NEWS MEMORABILIA |
HOMER VINCENT 1852-1921 |
& | IDA MARIE ALLTON 1854-1944 |
Author - Marcia Farina Contributor - Marta J. Wells |
Ida Marie Allton was born in Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois, November 26, 1854. She was the daughter of Walter Scott Allton and Elizabeth Fancher.
She married Homer Vincent on December 27, 1877, in Hancock County, at "Father's Residence", presumably Ida's father. Marriage License Homer, born in 1852, was the son of Terry and Christina (Spiker) Vincent, originally from New York and Ohio, respectively. Terry Vincent was farming in McDonough County, Illinois, in 1850, was listed in LaHarpe Township, Hancock County, in the 1855 Illinois State Census, and was reported as a carpenter in LaHarpe Township in 1860. He served a short stint in Company A of the 65th Illinois Infantry in 1865. Ida and Homer lived in Fountain Green Township for a few years and began their family there. In the early 1880s they moved to Page County, Iowa, where Homer initially farmed. On April 12, 1881, Homer was a witness to the marriage of Walter, his father-in-law, and Sidney Parker. Ishmael, author of the Fountain Green local news column for The Republican, wrote on August 25, 1890, that among others visiting in the vicinity was "Mrs. Homer Vincint of Page Co., Iowa." By 1910 they had moved into the town of Shenandoah. Homer died on May 9, 1921, at Shenandoah. Ida was still living there as of 1930. When her brother, Edward, died in April of 1943, she was named as Mrs. Ida Vincent of Tabor, [in Fremont County, immediately west of Page County], Iowa. She died at Tabor at the home of her daughter, Bess, on January 17, 1944. Both Homer and Ida are buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Shenandoah. The children of Ida Alton and Homer Vincent were:
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enumerated July 25, 1850, dwelling #3366 Walter S Alton, 42, male, farmer, value of real estate 1000, value of personal estate 1000, born IL
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enumerated August 24, 1860, dwelling #5379 Jerry Vincent, 33, male, carpenter, value of real estate 1000, value of personal estate 30, born NY
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numerated June 6, 1870, dwelling #146 Alton, Walter, 51, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 1000, value of personal estate 800, born NY, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
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enumerated June 11-12, 1880, dwelling #97 Vincent, Homer, white, male, 28, married, farmer, born IL, father born NY, mother born OH
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enumerated June 12, 1900, dwelling #67 Vincent, Homer, head, white, male, June 1852, 47, married for 21 years, born IL, father born NY, mother born OH, farmer, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, paying on a mortgage on his farm home, farm schedule 72 Ida, wife, white, female, Nov 1855, 44, married for 21 years; mother of 4 children, 3 living; born IL, father born NY, mother born IN, could read, write and speak English Merline C, son, white, male, Apr 1881, 19, single, born IL, both parents born IL, attended school for 9 months, could read, write and speak English Earnest F, son, white, male, Mar 1886, 14, single, born IA, both parents born IL, attended school for 6 months, could read, write and speak English Bessie, daughter, white, female, June 1889, 10, single, born IA, both parents born IL, attended school for 9 months, could read, write and speak English
enumerated May 9, 1910, dwelling #96, 322 Sycamore Street [There are many illegible areas on this census page.] Vincent, Homer A, head, male, white, 57, married (1st) for 30 years, born IL, father born NY, mother born OH, spoke English, paying on a mortage on his home Ida M, wife, female, white, 55, married (1st) for 30 years; mother of 4 children, 3 living; born IL, father born NY, mother born IN, spoke English Earnest F, son, male, white, 25, widower, born IA, both parents born IL, spoke English Bessie A, daughter, female, white, 21, single, born IA, both parents born IL I____ M, granddaughter, female, white, 2, single, born IA, father born IA, mother born NE
enumerated January 13, 1920, dwelling #213, 322 Sycamore Street Vincent, Homer, head, paying on a mortgage on his home, male, white, 66, married, could read and write, born IL, father born NY, mother born OH, spoke English, janitor, seed house, working for wages Ida, wife, female, white, 65, married, could read and write, born IL, father born NY, mother born OH, spoke English Maxine, granddaughter, female, white, 11, single, attended school after Sept. 1, 1919, could read and write, born IA, father born IL, mother born IL, spoke English
enumerated April 17, 1930, dwelling #521, 601 Seventh Ave. Vincent, Ida M, head, owned her home, home value 4000, did not own a radio, female, white, 74, married ?, age at first marriage - 23, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, radio dept, seed house Maxine, granddaughter, female, white, 22, single, could read and write, born IA, father born IA, mother born IL, spoke English, stenographer, seed house |
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