Philadelphia-Bradford-Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....VINCENT, Fred Porter 1856 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      FRED PORTER VINCENT. - Although residing in Philadelphia in order to
  discharge the duties attaching to the office of United States appraiser at the
  port of Philadelphia, Fred Porter Vincent is numbered among the leading citizens
  of Sullivan county. He was born in Milan, Bradford county, Pennsylvania,
  February 2, 1856, and was the second son of David B. and Joanna E. Vincent. He
  acquired his preliminary education in the public schools, later attended a
  private school in Athens and then completed his education in the common schools.
  He thus gained a good practical knowledge of those branches of learning which
  fit one for life's responsible duties, and was also trained to habits of
  industry by his father, who encouraged him to engage in such work as usually
  falls to the lot of young lads in country villages. For a few years prior to
  attaining his majority he spent the greater part of his time in his father's
  blacksmith shop, and in the fall of 1877 he entered the employ of J. W. Carroll,
  a prominent clothier of Athens. Soon mastering the principles and methods
  whereon a successful mercantile business is conducted, he was entrusted by his
  employer with the establishment of several branch stores, and in the fall of
  1879 came to Dushore in the interest of Mr. Carroll. Here he opened a clothing
  store, which he successfully conducted for his employer until 1885, when he
  purchased a half interest in the business, the following year becoming sole
  proprietor. Carrying a large and complete stock of men's clothing and furnishing
  goods, and endeavoring earnestly to meet the wishes of the public, he won a
  liberal patronage, and conducted this store until the winter of 1896.
  
      Mr. Vincent has always taken an active part in political affairs in his
  county and is a pronounced Republican, unswerving in his support of the
  principles of the "grand old party." He has served as chairman of the Republican
  standing committee for several years, and his keen discrimination and capable
  management have been very effective in securing Republican victories. He has
  been honored with a number of official positions, was appointed postmaster at
  Dushore by President Harrison, in 1889, for a four-years term, and in 1886 was
  elected collector of Dushore. In the early spring of 1897 he was appointed by
  President McKinley to the position of assistant United States appraiser of the
  port of Philadelphia, and is now residing temporarily in that city. His
  administration of the affairs of the office has been most commendable and
  acceptable, for he is a man of sterling integrity of character and upright
  purpose, who never falters in the performance of any duty of public or private
  life. He and his estimable wife have a very extensive circle of warm friends in
  Sullivan county, and as one of the prominent men of the locality he well
  deserves representation in its history.
  
  
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                History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
                by Thomas J. Ingham
                  
                Compendium of Biography
                  
                The Lewis Publishing Company
                Chicago: 1899
  
  
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