Born in St. Vincent, Kentucky, on August 15, 1901, Agnes was the oldest daughter of Robert and Martha Hite Chapman. Agnes received her early training at St. Peter School in Waverly. She completed her high school at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Because of her warm and cheerful disposition she was a favorite among her classmates.
In September 1921, Agnes entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. On March 20, 1922, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Agnes Vincent.
During her novitiate, Sister Agnes Vincent assisted Sister Ethelreda Melbourne in the art studio. She began her first assignment away from Mount Saint Joseph as a teacher at St. James School in Louisville. Her last assignment was St. Peter of Alcantara School in Stanley. Aside from her classroom duties in which she was quite successful, Sister Agnes Vincent continued her work in art. Her oil painting of St. Joseph, a copy of Guido Reni’s painting of Joseph and the Child Jesus, is considered a brilliant work of art.
Due to persistent illness, Sister Agnes Vincent returned to Mount Saint Joseph sometime during the school year 1929‑1930. She received extensive though unsuccessful medical treatments. As her condition worsened, she was admitted to St. Anthony Hospital in Louisville where the doctors diagnosed a brain tumor. She was anointed several days later and remained unconscious. Her long illness ended in peaceful death on February 9, 1932. Her remains were brought from Louisville to Mount Saint Joseph the following day. Father James L. Whelan, chaplain, celebrated the funeral Mass on February 11. With her students from Stanley as pallbearers, Sister Agnes Vincent’s remains were carried to the convent cemetery for burial.