William Carl Spence (1894 - 1959)

Born 16 Mar 1894 in Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Aug 1959 at age 65 in New York, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1894. He was the son of Marquis Spence and Cora Myres. When he registered for the draft in 1917, he was a student in Chicago. He served as a Gunner's Mate Class 3 in the Navy during World War I. He died in New York in 1959.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4S-MN6 : accessed 6 January 2020), Carl W Spence in household of Martin M Spence, Bell Prairie Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 5B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,318.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPH-8R4 : accessed 6 January 2020), Carl Spence in household of John W Abshire, Roanoke Highland Ward, Roanoke (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 7B, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1646; FHL microfilm 1,375,659.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73GC-XZZM : 24 October 2019), William Carl Spence, 1917-1918.

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQ7J-GY6Z : 26 October 2019), William Carl Spence, 24 Jul 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

• "New York State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CHJ-VKN : 11 February 2018), William C Spence, 02 Aug 1959; citing Death, , file #55117, New York State Department of Health—Vital Records Section, Albany.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 January 2020), memorial page for William C Spence (16 Mar 1894–2 Aug 1959), Find A Grave Memorial no. 166639129, citing New Catholic Cemetery, Island Pond, Essex County, Vermont, USA ; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166639129