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Maria <I>Bissel</I> Spencer

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Maria Bissel Spencer

Birth
Death
6 Feb 1901 (aged 82–83)
Burial
Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3, Block 7, Lot 65
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The Holton Recorder, February 7, 1901:
Mrs. Maria Spencer, whose life has been hanging in the balance for the past two weeks, died at her home last night at 8:45 o'clock. Her daughter, Dr. Emily E. Spencer was at her bedside. Her two sons have been telegraphed for ....

The Holton Recorder, February 14, 1901:
Maria Bissell was born in Wilmington, Vermont, June 26, 1818, where she lived until she was married to Rev. Moses Spencer, in the year 1841. They came to Kansas we think about 27 or 28 years ago and settled in Holton about the year 1880, since when she has been a highly respected citizen of our city. Mrs. Spencer joined the Methodist church when fourteen years of age .... Since the death of her husband, the profound, logical and able preacher, Rev. Moses Spencer, Mother Spencer and her daughter have lived together ... Three children are left to mourn the death of their mother: Dr. Emily E. Spencer of this city, Edmond of Logan, Kan., and W. W. of Wichita .... Edmond and Walter arrived in time to attend the funeral ....

The Holton Weekly Signal, February 13, 1901.
.... Her husband died August 1, 1893 .... laid to rest beside her husband in the Holton cemetery.

The Tribune, March 1, 1901:
... born ... at the old ancestral home where generations of Bissells had lived and have continued to live .... She had all the experiences of the New England type with some unusual advantages for a girl, in that she was. sent away from home to a boarding school ... became a member of the Methodist church at the age of fourteen .... She was the mother of six children, two of whom died in childhood, Wilbur who was in the Civil War and died from disease contracted in the service, Edmond, who lives at Logan, Kansas, Walter living in Wichita ... the family on account of the father's health came to Waterville, Kansas, about twenty-five years ago, and twenty years ago came to Holton, where Mr. Spencer had a book store until his death in 1893 ....
The Holton Recorder, February 7, 1901:
Mrs. Maria Spencer, whose life has been hanging in the balance for the past two weeks, died at her home last night at 8:45 o'clock. Her daughter, Dr. Emily E. Spencer was at her bedside. Her two sons have been telegraphed for ....

The Holton Recorder, February 14, 1901:
Maria Bissell was born in Wilmington, Vermont, June 26, 1818, where she lived until she was married to Rev. Moses Spencer, in the year 1841. They came to Kansas we think about 27 or 28 years ago and settled in Holton about the year 1880, since when she has been a highly respected citizen of our city. Mrs. Spencer joined the Methodist church when fourteen years of age .... Since the death of her husband, the profound, logical and able preacher, Rev. Moses Spencer, Mother Spencer and her daughter have lived together ... Three children are left to mourn the death of their mother: Dr. Emily E. Spencer of this city, Edmond of Logan, Kan., and W. W. of Wichita .... Edmond and Walter arrived in time to attend the funeral ....

The Holton Weekly Signal, February 13, 1901.
.... Her husband died August 1, 1893 .... laid to rest beside her husband in the Holton cemetery.

The Tribune, March 1, 1901:
... born ... at the old ancestral home where generations of Bissells had lived and have continued to live .... She had all the experiences of the New England type with some unusual advantages for a girl, in that she was. sent away from home to a boarding school ... became a member of the Methodist church at the age of fourteen .... She was the mother of six children, two of whom died in childhood, Wilbur who was in the Civil War and died from disease contracted in the service, Edmond, who lives at Logan, Kansas, Walter living in Wichita ... the family on account of the father's health came to Waterville, Kansas, about twenty-five years ago, and twenty years ago came to Holton, where Mr. Spencer had a book store until his death in 1893 ....


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