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Below is a family biography included in The History of Carroll County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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J. S. Vincent, a member of the firm of Pickard & Vincent, hardware merchants of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born in Sherman, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1847. His parents, James P. and Ann Vincent, are both of English descent, and natives of New York, where they still reside, engaged in stock dealing and banking. J. S. Vincent was reared at the home of his parents in his native county, and received a collegiate education at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. After finishing his education he engaged in the drug business in his native county, and continued two years, or until 1868, when he moved West and located at Piedmont, Wayne Co., Mo. Here he resumed the drug business, continuing for two years, after which he established a general merchandise store, which for seven years he managed very successfully. He then came to Eureka Springs and dealt in stock until 1885, when he entered the present firm. His marriage with Hannah Willink was celebrated in 1868. She is also a native of New York. Their marriage has been blessed by the birth on one child, Claude P.
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