Annabelle (Lane) Vincent (1929 - 1984)

Born 4 Jan 1929 in Kyrock, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Ernest Edward Lane and Clorene Nelson (Musick) Lane

Wife of William Ralph Vincent — married 29 Oct 1949 in Warren County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1984 at age 55 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Annabelle (Lane) Vincent was a Kentuckian.

Birth

Annabelle was born in Kyrock, Edmonson County, KY, in Jan 1929, the youngest of four surviving children.

Annabelle Lane as a Teen

Annabelle's mother always told her that her full name was Mary Agnes Annabelle Lane, but only Annabelle appears on her birth certificate. Only her brothers called her Annie.

Namesake

In late 1928, prior to her birth, Annabelle was named by a headstrong 5-year-old Anna Belle Clement^[1] (sister of Tennessee Governor Frank Goad Clement), at the little girl's insistence, while she was staying at Kyrock, KY with Mrs. Clorene Lane.

Childhood

Annabelle spent her early years at her father's home in Bee Spring, not far from his general store at Kyrock. Later the family moved to nearby Sweeden, where they built a new store.

Annabelle (Lane) Vincent and her mother, Clorene (Musick) Lane

Education

Annabelle attended school at Kyrock and Brownsville. After graduation, she studied Home Economics at Indiana University in Bloomington for two years, before receiving her Ms. degree by virtue of her marriage in Oct 1949 to Bill Vincent her Third Cousin.

Occupation

Vincent’s Store For Men

Annabelle assisted Bill with everyday operations of his store, Vincent's Store for Men on the Public Square in Leitchfield. She studied interior decoration and particularly enjoyed arranging widow displays for the store.

Public Service

Annabelle always worked for the betterment of her community and its residents. She served on the Hospital Board in Grayson County , KY, the Fair Board, and as President of the local Woman's Club. She was a passionate member of the Democratic Party, serving several terms on the State Central Executive Committee.^[2] Annabelle often cared for two-year-old children in the nursery of the Leitchfield First Baptist Church. She was named a honorary Kentucky Colonel for her tireless pubic service.

Hobbies

Annabelle studied interior decoration and enjoyed working in her home. She also enjoyed many forms of needle crafts, including sewing, knitting, crochet, and needlepoint.

She enjoyed collecting antiques, including furniture and especially glassware. Annabelle and her husband Bill traveled far and wide looking for eye-catching pieces. Depression glass was one of her favorite genres. She planned to open a shop selling antique glassware in her later years.

Annabelle assumed the role of unofficial Family Historian from her father, searching graveyards and family documents for information. She left her unfinished work in the care of her son, Bill, Jr., shorty before her untimely death.

Sources

1. Obituary
2. Birth Record
3. Death Record
4. Find a Grave Memorial

Footnotes

1. ↑ Anna Belle Clement O'Brien
2. ↑ Annabelle (Lane) Vincent in the Political Graveyard

DNA Confirmation

• Parental relationship is confirmed by a 725.0 cM match on twenty nine segments between M Vincent, GEDmatch M811226 and her first cousin Becky (Lane) Goad, GEDmatch T953511.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Bill Vincent and his third cousin G. Crenshaw. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great, great grandparents, Morris Asbury and Louticia Froggett. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 109 cM across 6 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Matthew Patterson and Bill Vincent, first cousins once removed. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 1st to 2nd Cousins based on sharing 575 cM across 29 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for William Vincent and this mtDNA test of his maternal line cousin Daniel O'Connor.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 47.0 cM X-Chromosome match between Bill Vincent GEDmatch A660845 and his 4th Cousin Freddy Arlen Parsley GEDmatch A386123. Their MCRA is Elizabeth (Quisenberry) Nelson.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 40.3-cM X-Chromosome match between Bill Vincent GEDmatch A660845 and his 5th Cousin Barry W. Downs GEDmatch A063195. Their MCRA is Anna (Gordon) Sanders. (There is no automatic way to show this X-Chromosome relationship on WikiTree.)
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Bill Vincent GEDmatch M143417, Barton Music GEDmatch T951297 and Carlyla Kinder GEDmatch A792416 sharing a 28.4 cM segment on chromosome 7 from 79509297 to 109674796.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 78.6 cM match on four chromosomes between M. Vincent GEDmatch M811226 and her third cousin Helen (Polka) Karl GEDmatch A034885.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 239.2 cM match on ten segments between M. Vincent, GEDmatch M811226 and her second cousin once removed Barton Musick, GEDmatch T951297.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by triangulated groups consisting of Bill Vincent, GEDmatch M143417, M.A. (Ballard) Silva, Gedmatch M200133, and Tracey (Barrett) Baldwin, GEDmatch M665272, sharing a 21.7 cM segment on chromosome 22 from 22436448 to 34132567, with MCRA Samuel Sanders and Anna (Gordon) Sanders.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 23.48 cM segment on chromosome 4, consisting of Bill Vincent and Jason Minton, his 5C1R, and Zeppelin Sims, his 5C2R. (Jason and Zeppelin are 6C1R.) Their most-recent common ancestors are James Jones and Jemima Duncan, the 4x great grandparents of Bill Vincent and 5x great grandparents of Jason Minton and 6x great grandparents of Zeppelin Sims.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 44.6 cM X-Chromosome match between M. Vincent GEDmatch M811226 and her 5th Cousin Once Removed W. W. Thompson GEDmatch T324528.
• Paternal relationship confirmed by William Vincent (M143417) and Summer Orman (A239508) 7.8 cM match on one segment, using Gedmatch with 7.4 generations to MRCA.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Bill Vincent and June (Jeffries) Watts, third cousins. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins based on sharing 158 cM across 9 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.