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Elijah Cicero Spencer (1817 - 1893)

Elijah Cicero Spencer
Born in Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married 5 Dec 1841 [location unknown]
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Died at age 76 in Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Elijah was born in 1817. He is the son of Nehemiah Spencer and Betsey Swan. He passed away in 1893.

He married Mary J. Bull 5 Dec 1841

Aged 43 in 1860.[1]

Age 53 in 1870.[2]

Elijah Cicero Spencer began life for himself in his early "teens". working on a farm and in sawmills until he was sixteen; then engaged with Martin Ridgebury, of Wysox, to learn the shoemaker's trade; he remained with him three years, and one year with A.A. Bishop. He followed this occupation to some extent for thirty years, at the same time clearing and tilling a farm of 11 acres, which he purchased in 1842, frequently working in the field all day and on the bench until midnight. . . .The Spencer family was member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pond Hill, of which Mr. Spencer has been trustee thirty years and steward twenty-five; he is a nearest advocate of the principles of prohibition, and has done much for the advancement of education in Bradford county, nearly all his children being teachers.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRT-CC9 : Sun Mar 10 20:20:39 UTC 2024), Entry for Elijah Spencer and Mary Spencer, 1860.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLR-7P8 : Tue Mar 05 02:19:36 UTC 2024), Entry for E C Spencer and Mary J Spencer, 1870.
  3. ↑ Ref: H. C. Bradsby, History of Bradford County, PA, S.B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1891, p.1187
  • "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWX4-ZL2 : Sun Mar 10 14:31:08 UTC 2024), Entry for E. C. Spencer and Mary Spencer, 1880.
  • Bradford County, Pioneer and Patroit Families, 1770-1800, by Clement F. Heverly, 1913, p. 89
  • Burial List, Wysox Church Cemetery,
  • History of the Presbyterian Church of Wysox, PA by Victor Charles Detty, Pastor, 1937, 1791-1936, p.213.

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Profile created by Stanley Wood, June 19, 2012.





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