William Vinson

Birth Date

1816-03-22

Death Date

1882-04-13

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and lumberman. Wayne County, Virginia, native. Married to Jane Chambers Vinson. Father of Richard Vinson, Zariah Vinson Johnson, Tennessee Vinson, Zotto Cushing Vinson, Mary J. Vinson, and Pharaoh Vinson. Representative in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1853 to 1854.

E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities, Volume 3 (Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), p. 1507. Find A Grave, “William Oliver Vinson (March 22, 1816-April 13, 1882),” Memorial #83483248, http://findagrave.com/memorial/83483248 (accessed March 6, 2018). William Vinson, “Letter, William Vinson to Wife and Children, Richmond Va., January 28, 1854 (Ms2008-048),” VT Special Collections Online, accessed January 27, 2017, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/Appalachia/Ms2008-048VinsonWilliamLetter1854. _Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 266. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 145. Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), Ancestry, 1919, Lawrence County, file no. 19059.

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