Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
INCENT,
JOHN A., M. D., of Springfield, Ills., was born on June 14th, 1833,
in Richmond, Va. His father, a man of culture, refinement and large
wealth, was born in Paris, France, but was attracted to this country by
his love of republican institutions and the American form of government.
At Philadelphia he became acquainted with Miss Rachel Beall, whom he
subsequently married. When the subject of this sketch was less than
twelve months old, his father fell a victim to cholera. For a time he
was given every care by his mother, and sent to the best schools in
Philadelphia. Subsequently he became an inmate of his uncle’s home in
New York, where he attended Maepe Academy, and afterwards Union College,
from which he graduated with honor.On leaving school he
returned to his native State, and commenced the study of law under judge
Richardson. In due time he was admitted to the bar, and began practice
with good success and better prospects. Hard study and too great
application to business, however, broke down his health. Consulting the
late Dr. Hughes, of Richmond, a homœopathic physician, he was advised
to abandon the pursuit of law as endangering his health and life, and to
take up medicine, becoming a patient and student in the home of his
adviser. He concluded to accept the offer, and having passed through the
usual routine of office study, he attended lectures at the old
Homœopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, and subsequently the
Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, O. He graduated with
distinction in 1858.On graduating he at
once settled down to the duties of his new profession, and has continued
constant in his discharge thereof, except during two years, when his
health necessitated a rest and residence in the South. In 1869 he was
practicing in Newark, O., in partnership with Dr. H. L. Sock, with much
success, when Professor R. E. W. Adams, of Springfield, Ills., died, and
he was invited to fill his place. For awhile he hesitated, but the
earnest solicitations of many of the best citizens of the place, and of
members of the profession elsewhere, prevailed, and he removed to
Springfield. In that city he has now a practice that is growing to
almost unwieldy proportions, and enjoys the high esteem of his medical
brethren and of the community generally.Having been much sought
by patients from beyond the boundaries of the city, who complained of
the difficulty of obtaining suitable accommodation, Dr. Vincent has just
erected, at considerable expense, a handsome and commodious building, in
which he proposes to reside and receive such patients.Dr. Vincent is a member
of the Illinois State Homœopathic Medical Society. He was married in
1856 to Kate A. Blanchard, of Virginia, by whom he has had three
children.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave