Lysander Spooner (1808 - 1887)

Born 19 Jan 1808 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 May 1887 at age 79 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Douglas Bates [send private message]

Biography

Lysander Spooner is Notable.

A rogue lawyer (according to the definition in Massachusetts Law), Lysander Spooner was an important and outspoken advocate of Abolition and Freedom during his lifetime and often hushed and marginalized by the powerful people of his day. He authored many pamphlets and several books detailing his thoughts about the injustices of the United States system of government and was openly critical of that system.

Sources

• WikiPedia Article for Lysander Spooner

• Lysander Spooner Biography

• Link to Lysander Spooner Memorial #18821908 at Find-A-Grave

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCG2-2R8 : 10 February 2018), Lysander Spooner, 19 Jan 1808; citing PETERSHAM,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 3, 974.43/P3 V2S.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW4Z-GW5 : 10 March 2018), Lysander Spooner, 14 May 1887; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 384 p 142, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,236.