Birth:  28 Aug 1839;   Death:  7 Jan 1924;   Burial:  11 Jan 1924;   Nativity:  Madison, Indiana

Location:  Lot 84, Plot 6   (block F)

Ledger Notes:
Age: 84 Yrs., 4 Mos., 10 Days; Funeral: W. W. Hollingsworth

General Notes:
Member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Civil War Veteran, Company K, 23rd Missouri Infantry; Husband of Martha (Bristow), Father of Mary (Parrett), Luther, Leota May (Vincent), Corda (Hackett), Elizabeth (Stiteler), S. Angaline, Blanche (Schwab), and Leonard Vinson.  (Four others are buried elsewhere.)

Family Contribution:  John Edward Vinson was born 28 August 1839 in Madison, Indiana and died 7 Jan 1924 in Middleton, Oregon.  He and his wife, Martha Lewis Bristow Vinson brought their family to Oregon in 1874.  They were married in Carroll County, Missouri on 8 June 1862 and were  the parents of 12 children:  Effie Jane Vinson,  Mary Alice Parrett, Rovella Ida Itress Vincent, Luther Tecumpsea Vinson, Leota May Vincent, Cordelia B. Hackett, Lois Etta Green Buchholz, Elizabeth M. (Mattie) Stiteler,  S. Angaline Vinson, Blanche Eunice Schwab, Daisy Fitzlaff and Leonard Vinson. All but the first 4 were born in Oregon.  Several of these children are buried at Pleasant View Cemetery.