Died
at age 81
in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
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Biography
Clarissa Juliet (Hanks) Spencer, daughter of Lucius Arunah Hanks (~1820 - 1904) and Hannah McMillan (~1832 - 1930), was born on 14 April 1851 in Dover, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA.
In the 1860 census Clarissa (age 9) was living in Summerfield, Monroe, Michigan, United States.[1]
Clarissa was about 23 when she married Civil War veteran Festus Eliel Spencer (1841 - 1909) on 1 January 1874 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA.[2]
In the 1880 census Clarissa (age 29) was living in Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan, with husband Festus and their first three children.[4]
By 1900, still in Ypsilanti, she had given birth to seven children, all surviving, and three sons were still living at home with them.[5]
She was widowed in 1909; in 1910 she was living with a daughter and two sons.[6]
By 1920 she was living alone with her daughter Kate.[7]
Kate married and Clarissa was living in her Ypsilanti household in 1930.[8]
Clarissa died on 3 September 1932 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, aged 81.[9]
She was buried at Highland Cemetery in Ypsilanti, Michigan.[10]
1860 Census: Author: Ancestry.com. Title: 1860 United States Federal Census. Date: 2009,
Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Summerfield, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: ; Page: 134; Image: 134.
Data:
Text: Record for Clarissa J Hanks.
↑ "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNLZ-WPG : 2 March 2021), Festus E Spencer and Claracy Hanks, 1 Jan 1874; citing reference ID , various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 1,019,066.
↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQZ4-L9V : 20 February 2021), Clara Spencer in entry for Guy Spencer, 19 Jun 1893; citing item 1 p 495 rn 457, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,558.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3K-4D3 : 14 January 2022), Clara Spencer in household of Festus Spencer, Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district 235, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm; Roll: 608; Family History Film: 1254608; Page: 248D; Image: 0803.
Festus Spencer Self Male 38 Ohio, United States
Clara Spencer Wife Female 28 Ohio, United States
Walter Spencer Son Male 5 Michigan, United States
Amanda Spencer Dau Female 4 Michigan, United States
Ellner Spencer Dau Female 2 Michigan, United States
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTC-X5G : accessed 23 October 2022), Clarrisa J Spencer, Ypsilanti Ward 2, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 6B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 678; FHL microfilm 1,374,691.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MV-B2N : accessed 23 October 2022), Clara Spencer in household of Jay E Williams, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 26B, line 60, family 721, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1030; FHL microfilm 2,340,765.
Jay E Williams Head Male 39 Michigan
Katherine Williams Wife Female 46 Michigan
Clara Spencer Mother-in-law Female 79 Ohio
↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7G-7NS : 13 March 2018), Clarissa J Spencer, 03 Sep 1932; citing Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,130.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55124917/clarissa-juliet-spencer: accessed 23 October 2022), memorial page for Clarissa Juliet “Clara” Hanks Spencer (14 Apr 1851–3 Sep 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #55124917, citing Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by RickW (contributor 46902750) .
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