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- ORIN VINCENT, a retired farmer and
- prominent citizen of Milton, Wis., is a native of Allegany
County, N.Y., born on the 4th day of November, 1807. His parents
were Joshua and Olive VINCENT, and to them were born a family
of fifteen children, seven of whom are yet living. Our subject
was reared to manhood in the Empire State, receiving his education
in the public schools, and in March, 1829, was united in marriage
with Miss Lucy BABCOCK, who was born in the year 1811, and is
a sister of Dr. BABCOCK, whose sketch appears on another page
of this volume.
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- The young couple began their domestic life in New York, but
in June, 1848, left their Eastern home and came to Rock County,
Wis. About three years previous Mr. VINCENT had made a trip to
the West, traveling all over this State with a view to making
a location. Being pleased with the future prospects of this county,
he made a permanent settlement in 1848, taking up his residence
on section 1, in the town of Harmony, where he purchased 100
acres of land. In connection with the work of developing and
improving his land, Mr. VINCENT devoted considerable attention
to the raising of sheep, owning the finest grade to be found
in the county. In 1865, he abandoned agricultural pursuits and
the following year settled in Milton, where he has made his home
continuously since, becoming one of its representative and leading
citizens.
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- Mr. VINCENT has been prominently identified with the public
improvements of the town, and has
- ever taken a deep interest in its welfare. He has filled
various local offices of honor and trust, discharging his duties
with promptness and fidelity; has served as school director,
and for a number of years was commissioner and trustee. In the
cause of education he has been especially interested, and was
the second trustee of Milton College, which position he has also
held in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, of which he is a member.
He cast his first Presidential vote for John Quincy Adams, and
supported the Whig party until its dissolution, when he joined
the new Republican party, and at each succeeding election has
cast his ballot for the candidates of that great political organization.
He voted for Gen. William Henry Harrison in 1840, and also for
the illustrious grandson of the Tippecanoe hero in 1888. Mr.
and Mrs. VINCENT have never had any family of their own, but
have raised a number of orphan children, and though they have
traveled life's journey together for upwards of sixty years,
they are yet hale and hearty for persons of their age.
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- Taken from "Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock
County, Wis." (c)1889, p. 553; lithograph from same book.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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