Dr. James Rankin Vincent and Fanny Belle McLean

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Husband Dr. James Rankin Vincent ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 28 Jul 1855 - New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: Rev. George C. Vincent (1813-1889) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Martha Hanna (      -1899) 6 7

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       Marriage: 16 Dec 1886 8

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Wife Fanny Belle McLean ^{1 3 8}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1864 - Washington Co, PA 3
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         Father: Wilson McLean (1843-1895) 1 3 9
         Mother: Ann McNary (      -      ) 1 3 10

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   Other Spouse: Dr. J. R. Vincent (      -      ) 1 3 - 16 Dec 1886 3

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James Rankin Vincent

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His boyhood days were spent at New Wilmington and Brookville, Pennsylvania, removing to the latter place at the age of fifteen and remaining five years. He attended the public schools of both places. He then went to New Athens, Ohio, and attended Franklin College four years, his father being president of the institution at that time. He attended lectures at the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he was a student three years, graduating therefrom in 1884. In March of the same year he located at Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, and was soon in the midst of a lucrative practice. In 1891 he removed to East Liberty, Pittsburgh, where he continued the practice of his profession. He was one of the leaders in the establishment of the Pittsburgh Hospital, was one of the first members of the hospital staff. He was a member of the Allegheny County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was a member of the filtration commission, consisting of twelve men, appointed by the mayor to investigate the water supply for the city of Pittsburgh and devise some means of getting rid of the impurities which had long been a menace to the health of the city. The labors of this commission resulted in the establishment of the present filtration plant. In 1901 Dr. Vincent prepared and drafted a bill which he introduced and was passed by the legislature of that year, called the Pure Milk Bill. This act resulted in a great improvement in the quality and purity of the milk supply and a marked decrease in mortality among children and infants. Dr. Vincent was a member of the United Presbyterian church, and an adherent of Republican principles. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Fraternal Lodge, No. 32, Pittsburg Chapter, Duquesne Commandery and Syria Shrine.

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General Notes: Wife - Fanny Belle McLean

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She was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, reared in Wilkinsburg, and was a successful teacher in the schools of that city.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 328.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 140.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 328.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 947.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1301.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 138.

7 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 57.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 142.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 425.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1108.