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Isaiah Buchanan "Buck" Vinsant

(26 Feb 1842 - Bef 1929)

VAN BUREN PRESS, September 15, 1860
Pursuant to a call for a meeting to take measure for the better protection of life and property the citizens met at the Court House ....organization of a thorough police system in the county.
Selected for police of their respective districts.
Van Buren included Isaiah Vinsant [Father of this Isaish who died 1862]
Fran Warren ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com

Served in Company G; 35th Arkansas Infantry Confederacy.

1900 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR
Buck Vinsent, b. Feb 1842, age 58, married for 30 years. Born AR, father b. VA, mother b. TN
Sarah N., wife, b. Jan 1849, age 51, has had 8 children, 7 are living. Born AR, father b. MO, mother b. KY
children all born in Arkansas:
Minnie, dau, b. Jun 1871, age 28, married
Wallace, son, b.1873, age 27
William, son, b. 1879, age 21
Othelo, son, b. 1881, age 19
Albert, son, b. 1883, age 17
Myrtis, dau, b. 1885, age 15
Susan, dau, b. 1889, age 11

1910 Census states they had been married 34 years but this may be an error; Minnie & George both born before that. Perhaps Sara Foster is a second wife.

1910 Census, Isaiah B. Vinsant lives near George W. Hays and Minnie (Vinsant) Hays. As her father was Isaiah Vinsant, I can only assume this is her father. Living with them are Grace L. and Foster B. Holt, niece and nephew. Next door is Othello M. Vinsant age 30 and his family; likely another son.
Isaiah B. Vinsant, age 68, married once for 34 years; b. AR; mother b. TN
Saran N. age 61, 8 children, 7 living; b. AR; father b. MO
George W., son, age 36, single
Susan C., daughter, age 21, single
Grace L. Holt, niece age 16; Forster B. Holt, nephew age 15.

A chapter from HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY by Clara Eno, lists names from Deeds from the 1830's through 1870's. She listed Peter Vines to Silas M. Larimer, Isaiah B. Vinsant, James B. Vinsant, A. J. Vandergrift and wife Mary. No date given. James Woosley, 1872, follows but it's impossible to tell if that is part of the same deed.

Isaiah B. Vinsant was born February 26, 1842, in Crawford County,
Ark., in the house where he now lives, and is a son of Isaiah and
Margaret (Shinault) Vinsant. The father grew to manhood in his native
State, Virginia, and about 1830 immigrated to Crawford County, Ark.,
before Van Buren was founded. He was by trade a tanner, shoemaker,
cabinet-maker and wheel-wright, and engaged in all of them after
coming to Arkansas. He came here upon the first keelboat that ever
navigated the Arkansas River, and died in this county March 4, 1862,
about fifty-six years of age. He was a successful business man, well
educated, and was the owner of a large tract of land. The mother,
Margaret (Shinault) Vinsant, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., about
1826, and there received a common-school education. Upon reaching
maturity she came to Arkansas, where she married and became the mother
of eight children, all now living: James M., Isaiah B., Thomas J.,
Margaret, Andrew J., Tennessee, Elijah A. and George. Mrs. Vinsant is
now living in Paris, Lamar Co., Tex. Her husband was a prominent
politician of the county in early days, served two terms as probate
judge, and was for a number of years justice of the peace. The
paternal grandparents were natives of France, who immigrated to the
United States in an early day, and passed the remainder of their
lives. The maternal grandparents were pioneers of Tennessee, who late
in life immigrated to Crawford County, where they died. The
grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812. Our subject was reared
on the home farm, receiving a common-school education and also
studying some of the higher branches. When eighteen he enlisted in the
first company formed in the county, which was known as Company G,
Third Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Confederate army
until the close of the war. The most important battles in which he
fought were Wilson Creek, Prairie Grove, Poison Springs, Saline,
Helena, evacuation of Little Rock and Prairie De Hand. After the
surrender at Shreveport, La., he was paroled, and then made his home
in Hunt County, Tex., until the following December, since which time
his home has been in Crawford County. He is a successful farmer,
owning 360 acres of land, 175 of which are well cultivated and
improved. September 15, 1870, Mr. Vinsant married Sarah N. Foster,
daughter of J. S. and Susan Foster, natives of Kentucky, who were
reared in this county. Mrs. Vinsant was born here, and has borne our
subject seven children, all save one now living: Minnie J., George W.,
William B., Othello M., Albert and Myrtis. Andrew is deceased. Mr.
Vinsant is a strong Democrat, and as such has served two terms as
county assessor.
SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Obituaries, Death Notices & News Items Extracted from the Van Buren Press Argus 1925
Vol 10, Fran Alverson Warren, p.20
22 May 1925
ATTENDING CONFEDERATE REUNION IN DALLAS
Messrs. W. H. McKinney, J. A. Kimbrough, I. B. Vinsant and Hamilton Fine, all members of Camp J. T. Stuart, United Confederate Veterans, are attending the annual reunion of the veterans at Dallas, Texas, this week.
Mrs. G. W. Hays and daughter Miss Sue Hays accompanied their father and grandfather, Judge Vinsant and will enjoy the pleasures of the big reunion.

18 Mar 1939. Edgar L. Matlock applied for a military grave marker for Isaiah B. Vinsant, who had served from 1861-1865 in the Confederate States Army as a Private, in Co G, 35th Arkansas Infantry. He had died 1 Jan 1928. The stone was to be place in Peevehouse Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR.

Events

Birth	26 Feb 1842	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Military	1862	Company G; 35th Arkansas Infantry, CSA, Civil War
Marriage	15 Sep 1870	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas - Sara Nancy "Sissie" Foster
Death	Bef 1929

Families

Spouse	Sara Nancy "Sissie" Foster (1849 - 1916)
Child	Minnie Jim Vinsant (1871 - 1942)
Child	George Wallace Vinsant (1874 - 1948)
Child	Andrew "Andie" Vinsant (1875 - 1877)
Child	William B. Vinsant (1879 - )
Child	Othello M. "Thell" Vinsant (1880 - )
Child	Albert Vinsant (1883 - )
Child	Myrtis Vinsant (1885 - )
Child	Susan C. Vinsant (1889 - )

Father	Isaiah B. Vinsant (1805 - 1862)
Mother	Margaret J. Shinault (1817 - 1895)
Sibling	James Madison Vinsant (1840 - 1917)
Sibling	Thomas Jefferson Vinsant (1844 - 1932)
Sibling	Margaret Mae. E. Vinsant (1846 - 1923)
Sibling	Levina Tennessee Vinsant (1849 - 1917)
Sibling	Andrew Jackson Vinsant (1852 - )
Sibling	Elijah Albert "Lige" Vinsant (1855 - 1929)
Sibling	George M. Vinsant (1859 - 1951)

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Isaiah Buchanan "Buck" Vinsant

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