Steel, Steele, Vincent, KY-PA-Elbert, CO
Looking for ANY information on a Clara Vincent, formerly Clara Steel(e?).
She was in CO in 1882, as she wrote a letter on 22 September 1882, and signed it as follows:Clara Vincent, Elbert, Colorado, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
She may have been born in KY.Her husband in PA was Caleb Vincent.He died of typhoid in 1877.Her children first lived with Vincent relatives, then went to a school for orphans in Phila., PA.
She clearly left her children in PA and went to Elbert for a reason, perhaps she went to live with Steel or Steele family, or found another love.I do not kow her exact age, but assuming that she and Caleb were of similar age when they married in 1873, she would have been 25.
Thanks,
Jay