Francis Maury Spencer (1835 - 1907)

Born 1 Feb 1835 in Maryland, USA

Ancestors

Son of George D Spencer and Caroline (Bacon) Spencer

Husband of Flora (McDonell) Spencer — married 5 Feb 1866 in Demopolis, Alabama

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1907 at age 72 in Galveston, Texas

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Biography

Father and Mother: George D. Spencer of Pennsylvania and Caroline Bacon of Washington City D.C., Married in Washington City D.C. 10 Aug 1830

Raised in Montgomery county, Maryland and Washington City, D.C.

At age 15 he worked in his uncle Samuel Bacon's grocery store Corner Pennsylvania Avenue and seventh Street Washington City for 1 year as a clerk. After that, he was a clerk for the land office at Washington City for several years.

1860 admitted to the bar, Washington City, D.C.

1861 Traveled to Texas and joined the Confederate States Army as a private with Crums Texas Battalion that became part of the 15th Texas Calvery. Promoted to Major in 1862 and served as part of the General and Staff Officers Corps, Division & Brigade Staff under Brigadier General M. D. Ector's "Texas Brigade" until 1865.

Sources

• Family records, census records and Galveston Daily News.

• Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY56509, FTDNA kit #2376 + Y-Chromosome Test, FTDNA kit #2376 and Autosomal DNA (Ancestry DNA).

• Wiki Tree profile Francis Maury Spencer-7894 created 26 Aug 2014 by Frank Spencer-7007. Autosomal DNA (Ancestry DNA) and Y-DNA match as son of George D Spencer-7895, Spencer-7895 mother was Eleanor Boher-7 Autosomal DNA (Ancestry DNA) match of wife of Uriah Spencer-3805 and Autosomal DNA (Ancestry DNA) match Deborah Eliot-126 wife of Uriah Spencer-3805.