James Upshur Vincent, Jr. was a prominent journalist in Texas from 1905 to 1961. He worked as market editor, financial editor, and farm editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . A champion of wildlife preservation, Vincent was also active in government and politics.
James Upshur Vincent, Sr. was a prominent attorney, teacher, and journalist in Texas from 1882 to 1911, and he established and managed several newspapers in Texas. In 1875 he married Louella Styles (1853-1924), author, composer, and daughter of Carey Wentworth and Fannie Jean (Evans) Styles. The Vincents and their two sons moved to Texas in 1881. After living in Galveston, Jonesboro, and Glen Rose, the family settled in Meridian in 1886. Louella and James founded a private school in Meridian, where he served as principal and she taught music. In 1890 the family moved once more, to Stephenville, where James purchased the Stephenville Empire, and Louella gave private music lessons.
Louella and James Vincent separated in the late 1890s, but never officially divorced. Louella published poems in regional magazines and toured Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Colorado as a lecturer. Her son, James Upshur Vincent, Jr., acted as her manager. In 1905 she began The Southerner, a literary journal of which James Upshur Vincent, Jr. acted as publisher and manager. This journal was shortlived, however, and from there he went on to become editor and publisher of the Dallas Jeffersonian and then moved to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Source : Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Louella Styles Vincent, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/VV/fvi16.html (accessed June 1, 2010).
From the guide to the Vincent Family Papers 1934; 1935; 1965; 73-160., 1852-1959, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
