PARENTS: Kentucky
MARRIED: SPENCER, DAVID (COLORED) m. YOUNG, MARCELLA F (COLORED) 1860-01-25 MORGAN
CHILDREN: Edna, Sherman, John, Sarah, Jennie, Julia May (M. Currie), Victoria, Olia, Hattie, Harvey & Horace (twins)
Cem rec: 82 yrs. birth yr est.
Paving contractor
1900 census living on SE street, Jacksonville, by Carl S. & Mary E. Spencer
1880 census East St, Jacksonville. lvg with Mary E and 9 children
NO stone found. 12/2021: per (contributor 49388122) VA provided stone.
Possible civil war veteran (not mentioned in obit):
DRAFT REG: Sulphur Springs, farmer, 30 yo, married.
ADDTNL REC: 13th regiment US Colored Troops H Artillery. Substitute for drafted man (Andrew Roessler). Born KY. Mustered in Nov. 5, 1864, Jacksonville IL
Jax Daily Journ. Sun Oct 23? 1914.
Funeral services for David Spencer were held at 2:30 Thurs at 2nd Baptist church, conducted by Rev. HH Dewitt, Pastor; assisted by Rev. Messrs. Muse, Kirk and Shaw. Church was filled to overflowing. Singing by quartet: Mrs. C.H. Freeman, Mrs. P.F. Dealy, Carl Spencer and Chestine Mason, who sang "Nearer My God", and "Lead Kindly Light", "Safe in the Arms", and "Shall we Gather". Profusion of flowers taken care of by Mrs. Saml McAlister, Mrs. Jas Mathews, Mrs. J.W. Muse, and Mrs. Martha Wilson. Bearers were Jas Mathews, Saml McAlister, Jas Young, Jas Blue, Jacob Davis & Silas Timberlake.
Attending from out of town Mrs. Malinda Smith, Bloomington; Mrs. Ella Rhinehard, Springfield; Tom McDaniel, Arnold Station
See also: The Source, (online) article Apr 4, 2024 by C Boehlke
PARENTS: Kentucky
MARRIED: SPENCER, DAVID (COLORED) m. YOUNG, MARCELLA F (COLORED) 1860-01-25 MORGAN
CHILDREN: Edna, Sherman, John, Sarah, Jennie, Julia May (M. Currie), Victoria, Olia, Hattie, Harvey & Horace (twins)
Cem rec: 82 yrs. birth yr est.
Paving contractor
1900 census living on SE street, Jacksonville, by Carl S. & Mary E. Spencer
1880 census East St, Jacksonville. lvg with Mary E and 9 children
NO stone found. 12/2021: per (contributor 49388122) VA provided stone.
Possible civil war veteran (not mentioned in obit):
DRAFT REG: Sulphur Springs, farmer, 30 yo, married.
ADDTNL REC: 13th regiment US Colored Troops H Artillery. Substitute for drafted man (Andrew Roessler). Born KY. Mustered in Nov. 5, 1864, Jacksonville IL
Jax Daily Journ. Sun Oct 23? 1914.
Funeral services for David Spencer were held at 2:30 Thurs at 2nd Baptist church, conducted by Rev. HH Dewitt, Pastor; assisted by Rev. Messrs. Muse, Kirk and Shaw. Church was filled to overflowing. Singing by quartet: Mrs. C.H. Freeman, Mrs. P.F. Dealy, Carl Spencer and Chestine Mason, who sang "Nearer My God", and "Lead Kindly Light", "Safe in the Arms", and "Shall we Gather". Profusion of flowers taken care of by Mrs. Saml McAlister, Mrs. Jas Mathews, Mrs. J.W. Muse, and Mrs. Martha Wilson. Bearers were Jas Mathews, Saml McAlister, Jas Young, Jas Blue, Jacob Davis & Silas Timberlake.
Attending from out of town Mrs. Malinda Smith, Bloomington; Mrs. Ella Rhinehard, Springfield; Tom McDaniel, Arnold Station
See also: The Source, (online) article Apr 4, 2024 by C Boehlke
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