Elmer Vincent
b. 10 Mar 1872 Talladega County, Alabama

NOTE: It is recorded in many places that he was born in Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, but he was probably born in Talladega County like the rest of his siblings.

d.  3 Sep 1956 National City, San Diego, California
m. 1896 (probably in Talladega County) -- The 1900 U.S. Census says 1896 is the approximate year they married.  As yet, a record of their marriage has not yet been found but that's often common for rural Alabama marriages.
Wife:
Vanetta "Nettie" Warren
     She was b. 7 Mar 1882 in Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, according to the California Death Index.

After attending Nettie's funeral while at the home of Evelyn Bailey in August 1976, the daughter of Nettie's half-sister, Pearl Pointer, told Phyllis Vincent Davis the the following story:

"Nettie's mother, Martha "Mattie" Stone Warren Pointer was a nurse and had four (4) children by James Warren that were placed in a home until she married Mr. Pointer.  They were Nettie, Jim "Bud", Noah, and Pearl.  She took Pearl and Bud to raise herself and left Noah and Nettie in the home.  They were raised there."

13 Children:
William Howard Vincent, Nona Mae Vincent, Homer Aubrey Vincent, Ocie Nicholas Vincent, Dollie Grace Vincent, Harold Orville Vincent, Ruby Stacy Ora Vincent, Viva Vivian Vincent, Elmer Vincent (only lived 5 months), James Raymond Vincent, (stillborn male child) Vincent, Bettie Ruth Vincent, and Geraldine Jeanine Vincent.

Education:
Unknown but probably graduated high school.  I was told one had to be a high school graduate to teach school and I was told that Elmer sometimes taught school.

Career:
Elmer and Nettie's youngest daughter, Geraldine, researched the family's history and published a book about it in 1976.  Several family members got a copy.  In it, Elmer's granddaughter Phyllis says her Aunt Gerry recorded "... that Elmer did teach school, [did] coal mining and later was in the cement business with sons Bill, Ocie, Harold and Raymond."

Other Information:
- Elmer and Nettie traveled across the U.S.A. from the time they were married until their last child was born.  Their first 6 children were born in Walker County in west Alabama.  After that, their children were born in Trumann Arkansas, Flat River Missouri, Webb City, Missouri, Spelder City, Missouri, Henryetta, Oklahoma, and finally National City, San Diego County, California. 
- Elmer was my grandfather Oakley Vincent's closest younger brother.  A family legend about Elmer was told to me, Ron Vincent by my father, Wilburn Vincent (1919-1993) and his sister, Evelyn Vincent Farris (1913-1980) in Hueytown, Alabama in the 1970s.  They said that Elmer had bought a cow on credit and could not eventually could not pay for it.  Back then, people only had to sign their name to a paper or give a verbal agreement and a handshake to secure credit for a purchase.  Your credit was only as good as your reputation.  When Elmer could not pay for the cow, his credit was ruined and he had to leave town in order to establish credit elsewhere so that his family could have a place to live.
- Here is Photo of Elmer from the 1940s.

- Here is a 1948 Photo of Elmer and Mike Bolen.

- Here is a Photo of Nettie from about 1960.

- Here is a Photo of Nettie from 1975.

- Here is a Photo of 9 of Elmer and Nettie's 13 children (11 lived to adulthood).
  Nettie is seated.  Her children in this photo they are (L to R):
   Nona Mae  (1900 - 1999)
   Homer Aubrey  (1903 - 1986)
   Dollie Grace  (1908 - 1994)
   Harold Orville  (1910 - 1997)
   Ruby Stacy Ora  (1912 - 1992)
   Viva Vivian  (1914 - 1999)
   James Raymond  (1919 - 2008)
   Betty Ruth  (1923 - 2007)
   Geraldine Jeainine  (1929 - 2017)

Not pictured are:
William Howard  (1898 - 1988) and Ocie Nicholas (1906 - 1967).

Gerry Vincent Maple's research:
As mentioned above, Elmer and Nettie's youngest daughter, Geraldine, researched the family's history and published a book  in 1976.  She contacted me (Ron Vincent) about 1972 for information about her father's ancestors.  After publishing her book and pedigree, she wanted to visit her Alabama cousins.  She and her sister Ruby planned a trip from her home in West Covina, California (near L.A.) to Alabama.

Every year in July, my father Wilburn Glenwood Vincent and his twin brother William Lenwood Vincent hosted a Vincent Family Reunion.  They would invite the descendants of their dad, Oakley Vincent.  On occasion, their cousin Clarence Vincent would attend with his family.

Clarence was the son of Oakley's brother, Alvin Vincent.

Elmer's daughters Gerry Vincent Maple and her sister Ruby Vincent Smith planned their trip back east to attend the reunion in July 1978.  Photos are in the Photos section of MyKinfolks.org, my other genealogy website.  Here are some of them:

- THIS LINK is for a text file that explains the other photos in the above folder.

- THIS LINK is to a photo of Ruby Vincent Smith, James Alfred Vincent, Gerry Vincent Maple, and Ron Vincent (the author of this website).  James Alfred Vincent is Clarence's younger brother, another son of Alvin Vincent mentioned above.  James is beckoning for his cousins to join in the photo.

- THIS LINK is to a photo of Oakley Seay Vincent, Ruby Vincent Smith, James Alfred Vincent, and Gerry Vincent Maple.

- THIS LINK is to a photo of William Lenwood Vincent, Ruby Vincent Smith, James Alfred Vincent, Oakley Seay Vincent (rear), Timothy Lee Bolen (Gerry's son in front), and Gerry Vincent Maple.

- THIS LINK is to a photo of Celia Vincent Bass, Wilburn Glenwood Vincent, Oakley Seay Vincent (rear), Gerry Vincent Maple (front), Wilburn's twin brother William Lenwood Vincent, Ruby Vincent Smith, James Alfred Vincent, and Aaron Walker Vincent.  My mother is Doris Vincent.  Her arm can be seen taking this same photo.  Another relative sent me this shot.