hi , i am doing genealogy on my spencer line and for 5 years have been unable
to find any info all i have is a paper written my my grandma some 40 years
ago ,
i have tried and tried to find info on these folks but like i said nothing,
was wondering if maybe i could run this list past yopu and see if any of it
may ring a bell or two.
this list is hand written
it says spencer family record
JOHN FRANKLIN SPENCER BORN 4-9-1837 IN QUEEN ANNE COUNTY MARYLAND
WIFE NANCY CARPENTER BORN 1-8-1844 IN RUSH COUNTY INDIANA
THEY WERE MARRIED 8-15-1861 IN SHELBY COUNTY INDIANA
THEIR CHILDREN ARE AS FOLLOWS
WILLIAM BORN 6-19-1862 IN MICHIGANTOWN INDIANA
LILLIAN BORN 7-4-1865
ALONZO FOREST BORN 2-6-1867
MARY ELIZABETH BORN 2-22-1869
DORY MAY BORN 1-7-1870
CLARENCE WILBURN BORN 7-20-1873
JESSE BORN 1-14-1875
EDWARD ELLET BORN 4-1-1878
MAUDDY MYRTLE (MAUDE) BORN 12-24-1879
CELESTA PEARL BORN 10-12-1882
WIFE #2 MARTHA ANN STILLWELL HUTTO
CHILDREN FROM THIS MARRIAGE CLENETH Z. BORN 3-10-1885
JOHN FRANKLAND BORN 5-13-1887
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAPER IT SAYS IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFOMATION YOU MAY
WANT TO CONTACT
FRANK SPENCER
140 N. DELA PACK #2406
SOUTH BEND INDINA 46615
PLEASE PLEASE if any of this info sounds like your line or one you have ran
accrossed please let me know. i have tried to find birth records but indiana
does not have any for before 1882 or so we are told, and i am told there are
no marriage records as well.
there was a story passed down in our family well alot of stories
my great grandma was maude spencer,
we had heard stories that john franklin spencer found her on r.r. tracks in
brownsburg indiana and he kept her. we have been unable to find any proof of
this story.
we do know that she was raised by a man from howard county indiana named
SAMUAL LINDLEY , HE WAS A QUAKER MAN WHO WAS VERY BIG IN BRINGING THE QUAKERS
TO INDIANA , I DO KNOW THAT MY GGRANDMA WAS A QUAKER FOR MANY YEARS AND EVEN
THOUGH SHE MARRIED OUT OF THAT FAITH SHE STILL LIVED AS ONE TILL SHE DIED.
another story we were told was that her whole family was killed in the civil
war and that is how she came to live with the lindleys but we have also been
unable to prove this.as it seems her father married wife #2 after the war was
over..... i am trying to gather enough info to write a book on our family but
was told by the book folks that i have to know where she came from and that i
need to check out the spencer info. someone had to know about the spencer
line to write this info ????? PLEASE if you can offer any help please let me
know, thank you so much, kitten