Brief Life History of Phebe Y
When Phebe Y Vincent was born on 23 November 1837, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, her father, Charles Vincent III, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Highley, was 26. She married Jesse B. Forehand on 24 September 1857, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 25 July 1876, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States.
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- Phebe S Vincent in household of Charles Vincent, "United States Census, 1850"
- Pheby Vincent, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Phelia Vincent, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
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World Events (6)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English, French, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Spanish: from the personal name Vincent, Latin Vincentius, a derivative of vincens, genitive vincentis, present participle of vincere ‘to conquer’. The name was borne by a 3rd-century Spanish martyr widely venerated in the Middle Ages and by a 5th-century monk and writer of Lérins, as well as various other early Christian saints.
Irish: the English surname (see 1 above) has been established in the south of Ireland since the 17th century, and has also been adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhinse ‘son of the dark man of the island’.
History: The surname Vincent of French origin (see 1 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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