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Name: VINCENT, Harry Vivian
Nee: bro of Frederick Richard Vincent
Birth Date: 1877 Glastonbury, bapt. 21 Oct
Death Date: 30 Oct 1913 Eldoret, shot by his bro during an argument
Last Date: 1913
Profession: Farmer
Area: Eldoret
Married: In Glastonbury 20 Jan 1901 Florence Tucker b. 1878 Glastonbury
Book Reference: Barnes
General Information:
Barnes - Eldoret Club - Grave - In Loving Memory of Harry Vincent, died October 30 1913 aged 46, Peace Perfect Peace
Fred Vincent occupied Farm 63 which was next to "Farm 64", the farm which ultimately became Eldoret town. The brothers were buried on their land which in due course became part of that land now occupied by the Eldoret Club. The graves are adjacent to the 8th tee on the golf course According to an account in " "64" Eldoret, Yesteryear", written by Rosemary Blanche, Harry was shot by his brother Frederick during a domestic argument. Frederick himself later died as a result of being struck by lightning. [Ancestry Family tree says Harry died 1941 in Wincanton, Somerset)