Albert Scott Spiller (1852 - 1928)

Born 18 Oct 1852 in Williamson, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jeanette (Smith) Spiller — married about 31 Aug 1874 in Sharp, Arkansas, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1928 at age 75 in Monette, Craighead, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Scott was born in 1852. He passed away in 1928.

Albert Scott Spiller, was known to family and friends as "Scott" Spiller. He was the son of William D. Spiller and Harriet Warden. William is said to have gone to look for work and was never heard from again. He left before Scott was born. By 1860 Harriet was living with Henderson T. Johns and had a child, Andrew Peter Johns by him. Scott was a sawyer by trade and worked at the Medley Saw Mill in Sharp Co. AR.

For the first 20 years of his life he was known as Albert Johns, living in the household of his mother and step-father, Henderson T. Johns. The family lived in Union Co. IL in 1860, by 1870 they had moved to Batesville, AR. They most likely moved to Evening Shade about 1872.^[1][2]

Scott married on Aug 31, 1874 in Sharp Co. to Mary Jeanette Smith, daughter of Elijah Smith and Malinda Puckett. Scott and Jeanette had 6 children: Sarah Dean who married Charles Albert Whitten, Alberta Gertrude who married Thomas C. Rush, Frederick Clifton who married Nora Evelyn Meadows, Ollie May (never married), Martin V. who died at age 3, and Miriam S. who married Richard Alexander Stroud.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW5-V44 : 19 February 2021), Scott Spillers, Piney Fork, Sharp, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 191, sheet 131A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,057.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3XC-T6D : accessed 7 December 2021), Albert S Spillers, Piney Fork Township, Sharp, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 8A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,077.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23245775/albert-scott-spiller : accessed 07 December 2021), memorial page for Albert Scott Spiller (18 Oct 1852–18 Jun 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23245775, citing Macey Cemetery, Monette, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Joyce Hambleton Whitten (contributor 46497793) .