Vincent joined the Mormon Church in 1845 and was driven out of Illinois with the Mormons. He was one of the pioneers to settle in Salt Lake City where he resided for eight years. He then went to the inter-mountain region which is still known as the Shurtleff Place, and was a stock raiser and farmer. When his two oldest boys were grown to manhood they bought a mule train and hauled freight from the Missouri River to Salt Lake City until the Union Pacific Railroad was built. (information provided 3/26/2019 by Anne Shurtleff Stevens)

Son of Elisha Shurtleff 1774-1828 and Susanna Gorham 1776-1851.

Husband of Elizabeth Loomis, married Oct 27, 1836 in Russell, MA, and father of:
Lucy Elvira 1838-1838
Emerson Davis Shurtleff 1839-1868
Harrison Tuttle Shurtleff 1841-1908
Hyrum Chester Shurtleff 1845-1903
Susan Shurtleff 1847-1848
Albert Dewey Shurtleff 1849-1910
Mary Elizabeth Shurtleff 1851-1867
Laura Celestia Shurtleff, Mrs Chauncey Webb b 1855
Haswell Vincent Shurtleff b 1859

Secondly, husband of Mary Elizabeth Hadlock Brockway, married Oct 22, 1847 and father of:
Luman Elisha Shurtleff 1848-1883
Luther Gorham Shurtleff 1849-1850
Martha Maria Shurtleff, Mrs Melvin Miller 1852-1909
Brigham Young Shurtleff b 1854
Vincent Shurtleff b 1857
Mary Emma Shurtleff 1860-1865
George Washington Shurtleff b 1862

Thirdly, husband of Elizabeth Topham, married Dec 4, 1850 in Salt Lake City, father of:
Sarah Jane Shurtleff 1851-1925, Mrs Charles Smith
Emily Shurtleff, 1852-1946, Mrs Philip Gaffney
Heber Kimball Shurtleff 1854-1856
Frank Shurtleff 1858-1864
Eliza Elvira Shurtleff 1860-1875
John Topham Shurtleff 1861-1861
Horace Dexter Shurtleff 1862-1864
William Shurtleff 1866-1920
Hannah Clark Shurtleff, 1869-1940, Mrs Singleton Husted, Mrs William H. Johnston
John Shurtleff 1869-1875

Fourthly, husband of Lydia Amanda Shurtleff maried Dec 9, 1854 in Salt Lake City and father of:
Lewis Vincent Shurtleff b 1857
Haskell David Shurtleff 1862-1864
Charles Henry Shurtleff b 1868

1912 Shurtleff Genealogy 500

Obituary:
The Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, May 26, 1893
page 8

Vincent Shurtliff, who died Wednesday, will be buried today at 10 o'clock from the Eighth ward meeting house. The remains will be interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Mr. Shurtliff was one of the pioneers of Salt Lake City, having arrived here in 1847. He was born eighty years ago May 29th at Westfield, Mass. He was a prosperous farmer until four years ago when he came to Salt Lake to live. He was a Mormon and married four wives, but about twenty years ago withdrew from the Church of Latter-Day Saints and renounced all their dogmas. He was an influential factor in exposing the nefarious and obnoxious practices of Mormon ecclesiasticism. Mr. Shurtliff leaves a large family to mourn his loss.