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'''Education:''' Attended Monmouth College 1870-71, most likely as a sub-freshman; followed the scientific course of study instead of the classical course.  
 
'''Education:''' Attended Monmouth College 1870-71, most likely as a sub-freshman; followed the scientific course of study instead of the classical course.  
  
'''Kappa Record:''' Youngest Founder (age 15 when asked to join in March 1870); the first member added to the group of the original four organizers March 1870; listed as Alpha 5. Unable to sign the charter because her mother was giving a formal dinner party and she was needed at home to help. First Alpha initiation for Martha Louisa Stevenson, held in her home on April 1, 1870.
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'''Kappa Record:''' Youngest Founder (age 14 when asked to join in March 1870); the first member added to the group of the original four organizers March 1870; listed as Alpha 5. Unable to sign the charter because her mother was giving a formal dinner party and she was needed at home to help. First Alpha initiation for Martha Louisa Stevenson, held in her home on April 1, 1870.
  
'''Personal Data:''' Considered “the beauty” of the first Alphas. Married in 1876 Rev. Alvan Stuart Vincent. Had two daughters and one son; remembered for playing “The Kappa Waltz,” written and published by S. H. Price, a member of the Monmouth College Music Department, 1873. First Founder to die: May 2, 1897, age 42; originally buried with her parents in the Monmouth Cemetery.  Disinterred November 12, 1912 and reburied in neighboring Glendale Cemetery, where she was joined by her husband in 1916 (privately-held Glendale Cemetery was later annexed by city-owned Monmouth Cemetery).  Dates of birth and death on the original family marker are both incorrect, as proven by records (not born June 27, 1855, nor died 5 May 1897).  Her current marker only gives her correct date of death.
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'''Personal Data:''' Considered “the beauty” of the first Alphas. Married in 1876 Rev. Alvan Stuart Vincent. Had two daughters and one son; remembered for playing “The Kappa Waltz,” written and published by S. H. Price, a member of the Monmouth College Music Department, 1873. First Founder to die: May 2, 1897, age 41; originally buried with her parents in the Monmouth Cemetery.  Disinterred November 12, 1912 and reburied in neighboring Glendale Cemetery, where she was joined by her husband in 1916 (privately-held Glendale Cemetery was later annexed by city-owned Monmouth Cemetery).  Dates of birth and death on her original marker are both incorrect, as proven by records.
  
 
Rev. and Mrs. Vincent followed a number of church callings, including but perhaps not limited to: Brighton, IA; Spring Hill, IN (Decatur County, classified as a ghost town since 1901); and Paxton, IL.  The family returned to Monmouth in September 1896, for the education of their children.  Sue was already suffering the effects of cancer, and surgeries which provided no relief from her suffering.  A month after her passing, her husband accepted a call to preach at Emporia, KS.  He died in 1916 at their daughter's home in Buffalo, NY.  He had served as a Captain in Company K of the 50th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Infantry during the American Civil War.  
 
Rev. and Mrs. Vincent followed a number of church callings, including but perhaps not limited to: Brighton, IA; Spring Hill, IN (Decatur County, classified as a ghost town since 1901); and Paxton, IL.  The family returned to Monmouth in September 1896, for the education of their children.  Sue was already suffering the effects of cancer, and surgeries which provided no relief from her suffering.  A month after her passing, her husband accepted a call to preach at Emporia, KS.  He died in 1916 at their daughter's home in Buffalo, NY.  He had served as a Captain in Company K of the 50th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Infantry during the American Civil War.  

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