Isham Vincent, the son of Peter Vincent (abt.1740-aft.1791), was born August 13, 1770, in North Carolina. Around 1805, he married Martha (Smart) Vincent (1786-1849), the daughter of Laban Smart (1758-1840) and Susannah (Simmons) Smart (1766-1838), also in North Carolina.
In 1806, Isham and Martha moved to Kentucky where four of their children were born: Elizabeth "Betsy", Lemuel B., Mary "Polly" Ann, and Henry S. In 1817, the family moved on to Jarvis Township, Madison County, Illinois Territory.[1][2] where they saw Illinois become a state in 1809, raised their family and lived out their lives.
When the family first arrived in the Illinois Territory, they lived in Jarvis Township near Troy with their four children in what would soon be Madison County, In 1818, their household consisted of one "free white male 21 years and upward" and five "other white inhabitants".[3] Troy was platted in 1819 while they lived there.[4] Barbara Allen was born in Jarvis Township. Isham taught in one of the schools here. Three years later, they moved to Silver Creek Precinct near Silver Creek where he had a horse mill used for milling flour.[5]
Birth Year | Count | Names | |
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White Male | 1810-1820 | 1 | Henry |
1804-1810 | 1 | Lemuel | |
1802-1804 | |||
1794-1804 | |||
1775-1794 | |||
Before 1775 | 1 | Isham | |
White Female | 1810-1820 | 2 | Mary "Polly" Ann, Barbara Allen |
1804-1810 | 2 | Elizabeth "Betsey", ??? | |
1794-1804 | 1 | ??? | |
1775-1794 | 1 | Martha | |
Before 1775 | |||
Persons in Agriculture | 2 | Isham, Lemuel |
The family is in Goshen in 1820, which is in the southwest corner of the county between Troy and the Mississippi. Martha's brother Wiley and his family live on adjacent property, and there is probably other extended family nearby. Goshen Settlement has been lost to time and no longer exists. There are two people in the Goshen household unaccounted for that aren't part of the immediate family, fitting the profile of a girl between the ages of 10 and 16 and her mother between the ages of 25 and 45.
Isham and James Street purchased the first land patent in Township 6.0N Range 6.0W Section 36 for a half quarter section[7] of land (80 acres).[8] Their property became part of Alhambra Township when it was formed in 1875.[9] Today, this 80 acres is bounded on the north by Knopp Road, to the west by Mriscin Road, and to the south by Leuscher Road, extending east for 0.25 mile.[10] When Isham buit his initial cabin here on the banks of a stream, Leuscher Road was known as the Hillsboro and St. Louis wagon Road.[5]
Birth Year | Count | Names | |
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White Male | 1825-1830 | ||
1820-1825 | |||
1815-1820 | |||
1810-1815 | 1 | Henry | |
1800-1810 | 1 | Lemuel | |
1790-1800 | |||
1780-1790 | |||
1770-1780 | 1 | Isham | |
1760-1770 | |||
1750-1760 | |||
1740-1750 | |||
1730-1740 | |||
Before 1730 | |||
White Female | 1825-1830 | ||
1820-1825 | 1 | Martha Smart (the daughter) | |
1815-1820 | 1 | Barbara Allen | |
1810-1815 | |||
1800-1810 | |||
1790-1800 | |||
1780-1790 | 1 | Martha (the mother) | |
1770-1780 | |||
1760-1770 | |||
1750-1760 | |||
1740-1750 | |||
1730-1740 | |||
Before 1730 |
Martha's father, Laban Smart (1758-1840), is one line above Isham in the census. He may even live on the same 80 acres acquired in 1824.[8] Their house was the early voting place for Silver Creek precinct.[1] Their last three children Martha Smart, Susannah W., and Edwin were born here, but Susannah died in 1829. The couples youngest two children didn't live to reach the age of 10. When Edwin died in 1825, the family started the Vincent Cemetery and Edwin was the first interred there.[5]
The family members were primitive Baptists[12] religious meetings were conducted here for years. His location helped attract weary travelers for stop overs. Isham kept a tapped barrel of whiskey ready for the travelers. He also held court here as a Justice of the Peace.[5]
Birth Year | Count | Names | |
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White Male | 1835-1840 | 2 | William and Henry Marion Pierce??? |
1830-1835 | |||
1825-1830 | |||
1820-1825 | |||
1810-1820 | 1 | Isaac Riley Pierce??? | |
1800-1810 | |||
1790-1800 | |||
1780-1790 | |||
1770-1780 | 1 | Isham | |
1760-1770 | |||
1750-1760 | |||
1740-1750 | |||
Before 1740 | |||
White Female | 1835-1840 | ||
1830-1835 | |||
1825-1830 | |||
1820-1825 | |||
1810-1820 | 1 | Martha Smart Pierce??? | |
1800-1810 | |||
1790-1800 | |||
1780-1790 | 1 | Elizabeth | |
1770-1780 | |||
1760-1770 | |||
1750-1760 | |||
1740-1750 | |||
Before 1740 | |||
Persons in Agriculture |
By 1840, even their youngest child Barbara Allen is 19. The only reasonable explanation for the household is that one of their grown children is living with them, with their children. As it happens, Isaac and Martha Pierce and their two children are an exact match to the census counts.
Mary "Polly" Ann Pierce lived nearby with her husband, the household on the same census page.[14]
Isham passed away in Alhambra Township, Madison County, Illinois in 1849 at the age of 78. He is buried there in Vincent Cemetery.[15]
Isham and Martha's children:
In a prior version of this profile, the "Biography of Wiley Smart" was used as a general source, available at taylorassociation.com. The webpage is either no longer available or behind their paywall. A web search for "Biography of Wiley Smart" gets no hits. The Internet Archive has no snapshot of that page. The link was broken and generated a Data Doctor error. It's been removed, but hopefully an alternative reference can be found at some point in the future.
CV-0094-412 Clear Volume Patent |
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