Nathan Wardner Vincent was born July 1, 1870, and died June 2, 1923. He was the third son in a family of five children born to Joseph and Maria Sisson Vincent, and was born in the town of Alfred, Allegany County, N. Y.
By profession, Mr. Vincent was a machinist. He learned the trade in the Rogers Machine Shop, Alfred, N. Y. Later he worked in the Potter Printing Press Company, Plainfield, N. J. Then for a time he was in the employ of the Babcock Manufacturing Company, Leonardsville, N. Y. Later he returned to Alfred and worked in the Rogers Machine Company.
At the age of twenty-one he was baptized and united with the Second Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church. Later he moved his membership to Leonardsville; when he came to Alfred, he with his wife and daughter brought his membership here.
On June 27, 1906, he was united in marriage to Mamie E. Rogers, of Muscoda, Wis. To them were born five children. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Jennie Louise, Warda and Mamie Elizabeth. The two older children, Amy and Avery, died nearly four years ago due to an automobile accident. He also has living a brother, A. W. Vincent, of Wellsville, N. Y., and a sister Fanny. Funeral services were conducted at his home by his pastor, and burial was in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
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