Joseph Martin Vincent (1847 - 1907)

Born 5 Mar 1847 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 Feb 1907 at age 59 in Calcasieu, Louisiana

Biography

Joseph was born in 1847. He passed away in 1907.

Joseph Martin Vincent (Mar 5, 1847) of Vincent Settlement, La.

Joseph Martin Vincent (March 5, 1847) C.S.A., member of Brigan's Company La. Infantry 28th Regiment Co. A

Jacob Ryan, Sr. and Pierre Vincent, Sr. (Joseph's great grandfather) decided to move with their families west to "no man's land" called Rio Hondo, a prairie land whose ownership was claimed by Texas and the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. This isolated and unsettled country was on the west bank of the Calcasieu River across from Lake Charles, La. It was later called The Settlement or Vincent Settlement.^[1]

Simon Vincent and Tabitha Lyons, (Joseph Martin Vincent's Parents) built a large two-story house at Vincent Settlement and reared a large family. When Simeon Vincent died the Homeplace went to Simeon's oldest son, Nathaniel Uncle BudVincent, (Joseph Martin Vincent's oldest brother).

Across the prairie from Nathaniel Uncle Bud Vincent's home, Joseph Martin Vincent and his wife Josephine Ellender (daughter of St. Germain Ellender and Rebecca Ryan (daughter of John Jacob Ryan and Mary Ann Hargrove) built a large two-story house at VincentmSettlement and reared a large family.

Son of Simeon Vincent (Mar 3, 1820) and Tabitha Lyons (Oct 1, 1820)

Husband of Josephine Ellender (Aug 9, 1846) the Daughter of St. Germain Ellender and Rebecca Ryan

Joseph M. Vincent and Josephine Ellender Married (June 20, 1867) in Vincent Settlement, La. Calcasieu Parish.

Children

Father of

1. Clarisse Vincent (1868)
2. Dorise Vincent (1869)
3. Hulda Vincent (1871)
4. Raymond Vincent (1872)
5. Dupra Vincent (1873)
6. Samantha Vincent (1875)
7. Laura Vincent (1877)
8. Florence Vincent (1878)
9. Benson Vincent (1879)
10. Westley Vincent (1881)
11. Ophelia Vincent (1883)
12. Lawrence Vincent (1884)

Acadian

Son of Simeon Vincent and Tabitha Lyons

Grandson of Pierre Vincent, Jr. and Sarah Celeste Sally Ryan

Great-Grandson of Pierre Vincent, Sr. and Catherine Golmand

Great-Great-Grandson of Joe Vincent and Dame Marie Cotard

Pierre Vincent, Sr. son of Joe Vincent and Dame Marie Cotard were two of the forty Acadians who sailed on the Le Beaumont, the third of the boats to leave Bell-Isle en Mer, France to Louisiana in 1785.

Sources

1. ↑ THE HISTORY OF HACKBERRY, LOUISIANA

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