James Spencer (abt. 1784 - 1880)

Born about 1784 in Kiester, Greenbrier County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Elisa (Haptonstall) Spencer — married 11 Dec 1808 in Greenbrier Co., W

Husband of Mary (Cook) Spencer — married 12 Dec 1833 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1880 at about age 96 in Fenwick, Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

James Spencer lived in Appalachia, in West Virginia.

James was born about 1784. He married Elizabeth Eliza Haptonstall in December 1808 in Greenbrier County, Virginia. After her death in 1831, he married Mary Cook. As documented in FamilySearch, James and Elizabeth had 12 children and James and Mary had 12 children. He was enumerated in the 1880 US Census on 25 June 1880 as widowed, not working, and living with his son, Washington Spencer. He passed away in July 1880.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-215 : accessed 7 April 2022), James Spencer, Frankford, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-PYT?i=30&cc=1803955&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHLT-215
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH54-S4G : 20 February 2021), James Spencer, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States; citing 200, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 190; FHL microfilm 29,669. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY1-T66?i=81&cc=1803958&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXH54-S4G
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRXZ-SLQ : 11 February 2018), James Spencer and Mary Cook, 12 Dec 1833; citing Greenbrier, West Virginia, v 1A p 140, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 595,040.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DF-6B6 : 12 April 2016), James Spencer, Nicholas county, part of, Nicholas, Virginia, United States; citing family 118, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYN9-PVZ?i=17&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8DF-6B6
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM9-G7S : 19 March 2020), James Spencer, 1860. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSC-9P35?i=58&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHM9-G7S
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64H-74M : 19 March 2020), James Spencer in entry for George Spencer, 1870
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TS-SKR : 15 July 2017), James Spencer in household of Washington Spencer, Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 117A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,410. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBJ-JG3?i=24&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM6TS-SKK
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52500356/james-spencer : accessed 07 April 2022), memorial page for James Spencer (1784–4 Jul 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52500356, citing Macedonia Church Yard Cemetery, Fenwick, Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Shauna T (contributor 47283269) .