8 Edward Livingston Youmans, 



wife. Soon afterward, at a Sunday afternoon meet- 

 ing, she was pointed out to him, but some months 

 elapsed before he sought her acquaintance. From the 

 first he seems to have had no misgivings as to her be- 

 coming his wife, but it was left to Providence to de- 

 termine the manner of meeting. One day, having 

 hurt his hand in the shop so that he could not go on 

 with his work, the spirit moved young Vincent to pay 

 a visit at Uncle Levi's. There he found a quilting 

 party and met Miss Scofield, in whose good graces 

 he made rapid progress. In 1820 they were mar- 

 ried. Vincent was twenty-six years of age, and 

 his bride twenty-two. Their long union was brok- 

 en by the death of Mrs. Youmans in Februar}^, 

 1888; her husband survived her nearly a year. At 

 this great age both remained in full possession of 

 their mental faculties, and some of these incidents 

 were related by Vincent Youmans after his wife's 

 death. 



About a month before the wedding day the wagon 

 shop caught fire and was burned to the ground, and 

 about four hundred dollars worth of finished work, 

 just ready for delivery, was destro3^ed. But this bitter 

 calamity did not postpone the marriage, for Miss Sco- 

 field had saved two hundred dollars from her earn- 

 ings, and with this sum the young husband's business 

 was again set going. He rebuilt his shop, and the 

 first housekeeping of the newly married pair was in 

 a little old log house that stood near by. It was 

 here that my friend Edward was born in the follow- 

 ing June. On the day of his birth his maternal 

 grandmother came to see the happy parents, and was 

 permitted to name the child. She wished to give 

 him the name of her revered pastor, Robert Living- 



