Leonard Vincent's family was a pioneer family of Jefferson Co. & can be traced back to England to Kings & Queens. He married first Mary Johnson on having their third child which didn't survive his wife also shortly died from complications. He started taking his daughter & her friend Clarissa to local dances as a chaperon. That was how he met and married his second wife Clarissa (Clara)Ross. It has been said that he never stopped loving his first wife Mary but Clara & him had 10 children. All of his children are listed below. My grandmother Arthurs wife used to tell how as he got older he would get mad and come at Clara with his cane waving it high above her head & she would calmly go about what she was doing as if he wasn't there, paying him no mind. Grandma asked her once if she wasn't afraid he would hit her & Clara said no he wouldn't dare..The Vincent men liked the outdoors, avid hunters & fishermen. They also loved children.

On Thursday, Dec. 13, L e o n a rd
Vincent was 83 years old and his children gave him a birthday party.
Those present were Dr.W.A. , Seaton,
Arthur and Grover Vincent, of Three
Mile Creek, and Lansing, Otto and
Everett Vincent, of this village. Letters were sent by his three daughters,
Mis. H. A. Phillips, of St. Lawrence;
Mis. W. Littlefleld, of Orleans Four
Corners, and Miss Blanche Vincent, of
Black River, who could not be present. A bountiful dinner was served
and enjoyed by all. The children
brought their aged father many useful presents, and it is their wish that
they may meet him again in December, 1907.

From: The Watertown Reunion, Saturday,Dec.22,1906
Depauville news section

Leonard Vincent, dies at Clayton

Clayton, Dec. 24 . — Leonard Vincent, one of the best known residents
of this village, died here Monday,
aged 92 years. He was born in the
town of Clayton and hail always
spent his life here . There survives
his widow and ten children, they
are Dr. W. A. Vincent of Three Mile
Bay; Mrs. Ida Phillips, St. Lawrence ;
Mrs. Blanche Hayes, Depauville ; Mrs.
E. M. Littlefleld, Clayton; Arthur and
L. S. Vincent of Watertown , and
Grover, Anson, Otto and Everett, all
of Clayton.
The funeral was held Thursday
morning at 10 o 'clock. Interment
was at Depauville. Rev. S. Lewis
Brooks of the Baptist church officiated.

From The Watertown Reunion,Saturday, Dec.25,1915
(Misprint of childrens names there was no Anson but doesn't list Lansing who ran away from home about age 18 ..TM)