Walter Keen Spencer Jr. (1836 - 1894)

Born 14 Aug 1836 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Shackleford) Spencer — married 1859 in Polk County, MO

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1894 at age 58 in Sherman, Grayson County Texas

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Military Service

Military Service:

Date: 1862

Place: Served as a Corporal in Captain J.H. Murray's Company 1, 26th Enrolled Missouri Militia (Federal). The 26th EMM served in SW MO, campaigning against Marmaduke's Invasion and serrving in the battle of Springfield Jan 1863

Note

Note: #NI0045

Sources

• WikiTree profile Spencer-2464 created through the import of Spencer Family Tree 4 2002.GED on Nov 28, 2011 by Chet Spencer. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chet and others.

Notes

Note NI0045May have donated land to the city of Rockford Illinois. This land was turned into a park and

was only to be sold to the kin of his family.

May have offspring in Sherman TX.

The homestead in Fair play, MO is still owned partially by the Bugg and Bradbury family.

Found birth date of 14 Aug 1835 on LDS site but this is probably not correct

Name Walter Spencer Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Polk county, Polk, Missouri, United States Gender Male Age 15 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1835 Birthplace Illinois, United States House Number 582 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Walter Spencer M 63 Pennsylvania Elizabeth Spencer F 53 Kentucky, United States Walter Spencer M 15 Illinois, United States Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-DGV : 12 April 2016), Walter Spencer in household of Walter Spencer, Polk county, Polk, Missouri, United States; citing family 582, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Name Walter Spencer Event Type Census Event Date 1880 Event Place Marion, Polk, Missouri, United States Gender Male Age 44 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) W Occupation Farmer Relationship to Head of Household Self Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self Birth Year (Estimated) 1836 Birthplace Illinois, United States Father's Birthplace Kentucky, United States Mother's Birthplace Kentucky, United States Sheet Letter C Sheet Number 329 Person Number 0 Volume 1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Walter Spencer Self M 44 Illinois, United States Mary Ann Spencer Wife F 41 Tennessee, United States Alice O Spencer Daughter F 20 Missouri, United States James W Spencer Son M 19 Missouri, United States Sarah E Spencer Daughter F 17 Missouri, United States John S Spencer Son M 15 Missouri, United States Rosanna B Spencer Daughter F 12 Missouri, United States Nancy Spencer Daughter F 8 Missouri, United States Jesse Howard Spencer Son M 6 Missouri, United States Charles Kane Spencer Son M 6 Missouri, United States Mattie Spencer Daughter F 3 Missouri, United States Walter Scott Spencer Son M 0 Missouri, United States Ephraim Cheek Other M 23 Missouri, United States Citing this Record "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6F7-8R3 : 14 August 2017), Walter Spencer, Marion, Polk, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 117, sheet 329C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0710; FHL microfilm 1,254,710.