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

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.

Pierre Vincent, Jr. and Sarah Celeste Sally
Ryan (daughter of Jacob Ryan, Sr.) married in 1816.

Jacob Ryan, Sr. and Pierre Vincent, Sr. decided
to move with their families west to "no mans 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
Settlment.

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 Home place went to
Simeons oldest son, Nathaniel Uncle Bud
Vincent, (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 Vincent
Settlement and reared a large family.

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

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

Brother of
Nathaniel "Bud" Vincent (Jan 4, 1842)
Henrietta Vincent (May 6, 1843)
Bennett Vincent (Oct 7, 1845)
John A. Vincent (June 15, 1850)
Daniel Vincent (Jan 15, 1853)
Josephine Vincent (Nov 15, 1857)

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.

Father of
Clarisse Vincent (1868)
Dorise Vincent (1869)
Hulda Vincent (1871)
Raymond Vincent (1872)
Dupra Vincent (1873)
Samantha Vincent (1875)
Laura Vincent (1877)
Florence Vincent (1878)
Benson Vincent (1879)
Westley Vincent (1881)
Ophelia Vincent (1883)
Lawrence Vincent (1884)==my line==
Idonia Vincent (1886)
Soney Vincent (1887)
Nore Vincent (1889)


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Thank you to Gloria Bello
Find A Grave contributor,
for creating this memorial
page.
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