JAMES SPENCER 1785-1880
Descendants of
James Spencer
1.
JAMES3 SPENCER
was born 1785 in
Greenbrier Co. Va., and died 1880 in Nicholas Co. WVa.. He married (1) ELIZABETH HOPTONSTAL 1808
in Greenbrier Co. Va., daughter of ABRAHAM HOPTONSTAL and RACHEL PRICE. She was born 1791, and died 1831 in
Greenbrier Co. WVa.. He married (2)
MARY COOK 1833 in GreenbrierCo.Va..
She was born 1815 in Va..
Children of JAMES SPENCER and
ELIZABETH HOPTONSTAL are:
i.
MARGARET4 SPENCER, b. 1810, Greenbrier Co. Va/WV; m. FRANSIS
TINCHER, 1826.
2.
ii. WILLIAM
HAMILTON SPENCER, b. 1813, Greenbrier Co. VA/WV; d. 1890, Nicholas Co. WV.
3.
iii. ALLEN
SPENCER, b. 1807, Greenbrier Co. Va.; d. 1881, Nicholas Co. WV.
iv. JESSIE
SPENCER, b. 1820.
v. MADISON
SPENCER, b. 1820.
vi. RACHEL
SPENCER, b. 1822.
vii. SMITH
SPENCER, b. 1824.
viii. ABRAHAM
SPENCER, b. 1827.
ix. SI SPENCER,
b. 1829.
x. ELIZABETH
SPENCER, b. 1831.
xi. JAMES
SPENCER, b. 1831.
xii.
LYDIA4 SPENCER.
xiii. MARIE ANN
SPENCER.
xiv. MCNIEL
SPENCER.
xv. ALEXANDER
SPENCER, b. 1836.
xvi. GEORGE
SPENCER, b. 1837.
xvii. SAMUEL
SPENCER, b. 1838.
4.
xviii. WASHINGTON
SPENCER, b. June 01, 1844, Nicholas Co WVa.; d. January 18, 1921, Lewis Co.
Wash..
xix. FRANKLIN
SPENCER, b. 1846.
xx. SARAH
SPENCER, b. 1847.
CLAIM OF SOLDIER FOR SERVICE PENSION
dated March 9, 1878
STATE of West Virginia
COUNTY of Greenbrier
On
this date and in this county , the aforesaid, JAMES SPENCER, age 94 years
and
resident of Trout Valley in the county
of Greenbrier, WVa. who being duly sworn
according to law, declared that he is the identical James
Spencer who served under the
name James
Spencer as a soldier in the company command of Captain S. Taylor in
the
regiment of Virginia, commanded
by Col. Jas Concade in the war of 1812; that he
enlisted at Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co. WV on or about
September 1, 1812 and served a
term of 6
months and continued in actual service of said for the term of 6 months.
He was
hereby discharged at Lewisburg,
Greenbrier Co. on April 1 of 1813. That since the date of
his discharge he has resided in WV, Ohio, and Illinois. Age
about 26 when enlisted with
birthplace
being Greenbrier Co.Va.
The
following is his description at the time of his enlistment, Via :Indian,
dark
complexion, black hair, black eyes,5
feet 8 inches high
He
makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which he may
be
entitled under section 4736 to 4740,
inclusive, Revised Statues, and the act of March 9,
1878, and hereby appoints with full powers of substitutions
and revocation AW Fitzgarald
of Wash.DC,
his lawful attorney, to prosecute his claim.
He
also declares that he has therefore made NO application before for Bounty Land
or
Pension. He gives his residence is now
Nicholas Co. WV in the town of Trout.
signature_________X___________
ATTEST: Washington Spencer ( s/o
James)
Jacob Taylor
Also personally appeared Moses Perkins
age 82 years residing in Greenbrier Co. and
Solomon Taylor age 79 years residing in
Nicholas Co. WV, persons I certify to be
respectable and entitled to credit , and who being by me
duly sworn, say that they have
known James
Spencer for 75 years and 55 years respectively; that they were present
and
saw him sign his name to foregoing
declaration; that they have every reason to believe,
from the appearance of said claimant and acquaintance with
him, that he is the identical
person he
represents himself to be; and the further say that they are able to
identify him as
being the identical
person who rendered the service alleged to in this
application.
SIGNED: William W. Taylor Moses Perkins
James Spencer X Solomon Taylor X
SWORN: this 18 day of June 1880
NOTE: William Taylor, Jacob Taylor, and Solomon Taylor is from my Daniel Taylor line thus proving the Taylor and Spencer's knew each other for many years. Washington Spencer was my gggrandfather and son of James Spencer verifying I have the correct lineage.
2.
WILLIAM HAMILTON4 SPENCER (JAMES) was born 1813 in
Greenbrier Co. VA/WV, and died 1890 in Nicholas Co. WV. He married MINERVA CALDWELL 1836 in
Greenbrier Co. WV. She was born
1820 in Greenbrier Co. WV, and died 1862.
Children of WILLIAM SPENCER and
MINERVA CALDWELL are:
i.
CRAWFORD5 SPENCER, b. 1838.
5.
ii. EVANDER
SPENCER, b. 1840; d. Cottle,WVNicholas Co..
iii. JULIA ANN
MATILDA SPENCER, b. 1842.
iv. ELIZABETH
SPENCER, b. 1844.
v. RUFUS SPENCER,
b. 1846; m. MARTHA.
vi. MARTHA
SPENCER, b. 1848, Fayette Co. WV; m. ALEX BRANSFORD PATTERSON, 1872.
vii. ABRAHAM
SPENCER, b. 1852.
viii. MIRIAM
MARGARET SPENCER, b. 1854.
3.
ALLEN4 SPENCER (JAMES) was born 1807 in Greenbrier Co.
Va., and died 1881 in Nicholas Co. WV.
He married (1) CHRISTINE O'DELL. He married (2) POLLY
CLENDEMIN KNAPP December 31, 1846 in Nicholas Co. WV. She was born 1828 in Greenbrier Co. Va.,
and died 1906 in Nicholas Co. WV.
Children of ALLEN SPENCER and POLLY
KNAPP are:
i. BENJAMIN
BRUCE5 SPENCER.
6.
ii. MARY
ELIZABETH SPENCER, b. 1848, nicholas Co. WV; d. 1927, nicholas Co. WV.
7.
iii. JANET R.
SPENCER, b. 1849; d. 1878.
8.
iv. CHARLES
MCCLUNG SPENCER, b. 1851, nicholas Co. WV; d. 1942.
9.
v. JAMES ABRAHAM
SPENCER, b. 1853, nicholas Co. WV; d. 1922, nicholas Co. WV.
10.
vi. MUSCOE
GARNETT SPENCER, b. 1858, nicholas Co. WV; d. 1927.
11.
vii. MALISSA ANN
SPENCER, b. 1861; d. 1946.
12.
viii. THRESSA M.
SPENCER, b. 1861; d. nicholas Co. WV.
13.
ix. GEORGE ALLEN
SPENCER, b. 1864; d. 1924.
14.
x. WILLIAM
MCCLELLEN SPENCER, b. 1868; d. 1950, Ohio.
4.
WASHINGTON4 SPENCER (JAMES) was born June 01, 1844 in
Nicholas Co WVa., and died January 18, 1921 in Lewis Co. Wash.. He married MARIETTA WILLIAMS 1867 in
Nicholas Co. WV, daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS and ELIZABETH NUTTER. She was born May 04, 1851 in Nicholas Co
WVa., and died April 01, 1917 in Lewis Co. Wash..
Notes for WASHINGTON SPENCER:
Washington Spencer was my gggrandfather.
He was a twin to Franklin Spencer and they were sons of James Spencer by second
wife Mary Cook.
In 1902 with the revenuers on his heels
Washington Spencer, Armour Lawson Godfrey, and parts of both their families
formed a wagontrain and headed west for Washington. They settled in
Mossyrock,Lewis County Wa.
Washington Spencer joined Civil War 1864
in Clay Co. WV in Company of Captain Stephenson
Children of WASHINGTON SPENCER and
MARIETTA WILLIAMS are:
15.
i. JOHN
JONES5 SPENCER, b. January 18, 1870, Richwood, Nicholas Co. WV; d.
1944, Fenwick Mountain, WVa. Nicholas Co..
ii. LAURA BELLE
SPENCER, b. October 02, 1872; m. LEWIS WOLF.
16.
iii. MARTHA
"MATTIE" SPENCER, b. 1879, Nicholas Co. WVa..
iv. JAMES ABRAHAM
SPENCER, b. 1881; d. 1928; m. BLANCH WILLIAMS.
17.
v. LOLA CATHERINE
SPENCER, b. October 31, 1883, Nicholas Co WVa..
vi. SALOMIE E.
SPENCER.
18.
vii. GORDON
BASTELL SPENCER, b. March 04, 1868, Richwood,WV,Nicholas Co.; d. February 02,
1939, Richwood,WV,Nicholas Co..
viii. JAMES
ABRAHAM SPENCER, b. March 04, 1881, nicholas Co WVa.; d. May 07, 1928; m.
BLANCHE WILLIAMS.
19.
ix. MATILDA
SPENCER, b. December 26, 1874, Nicholas Co WVa.; d. March 28, 1964, Morton Lewis
Co Washington.
x. ONORA SPENCER,
b. 1877.
20.
xi. MARTHA
SPENCER, b. October 10, 1879, Nicholas Co WVa..
21.
xii. THEODOSIA
SPENCER, b. September 11, 1886, Fenwick Mountain, WV Nicholas Co.; d. November
29, 1943, Tacoma, Wash, Pierce Co..
xiii. MAMIE
SPENCER, b. April 11, 1889, Nicholas Co WVa.; d. February 12, 1909; m. DUNCAN
BRYANT.
xiv. SOLOMIE
SPENCER, b. January 02, 1892, Ophelia, Nicholas Co. WV; d. 1963; m. RUSSELL
WILLIAMS.
xv. EDGAR
SPENCER, b. 1894.
Generation No.
3
5.
EVANDER5 SPENCER (WILLIAM HAMILTON, JAMES) was born
1840, and died in Cottle,WVNicholas Co..
He married (1) ELIZA CUTLIP. He married (2) MARY MULLENS
1891 in Nicholas Co. WV, daughter of WILLIAM MULLENS and DELIAH DEAL.
Children of EVANDER SPENCER and
ELIZA CUTLIP are:
i. WILLIAM
HAMILTON LEE6 SPENCER, b. 1871; m. VIRGINIA ANN WOODS.
ii. WALLACE IRVIN
SPENCER, b. 1873.
iii. HENRY LUTHER
LEMON SPENCER, b. 1877.
iv. THEODOSIA
SPENCER, b. 1879; m. EDMUND WOLFE, 1900.
v. THEODORE
FRANSIS SPENCER, b. 1881.
vi.
MINERVA6 SPENCER, b. 1892, Nicholas Co. WV; d. 1977, Webster
Co. WV; m. DOTSY FITZHUGH KYER, 1913.
vii. EWELL
SPENCER, b. 1894; d. 1977; m. ADA BACUS, 1914, Oakland,MD.
viii. MAXIMA
SPENCER, b. 1896, Nicholas Co. WV; d. 1961; m. CLARA CUTLIP, 1918, Craigsville,
Nicholas Co. WV.
ix. DEWEY
SPENCER, b. 1898, Nicholas Co. WV; m. HATTIE MULLENS, 1933.
x. SHELLY
SPENCER, b. 1902; d. 1977, Ashland,Ohio; m. MILDRED SAMPLES, 1928,
Akron,OH.
xi. DELPHIA
SPENCER, b. 1903; m. CLERANCE RIDDLE, 1922, Camden on Gauley,WV.
6.
MARY ELIZABETH5 SPENCER (ALLEN ,
JAMES) was born 1848 in nicholas Co. WV, and died 1927 in nicholas Co.
WV. She married PJILLIP HINKLE 1866
in Nicholas Co. WV ( by Abraham Spencer).
He was born 1844 in nicholas Co. WV, and died 1930 in nicholas Co.
WV.
Marriage Notes for MARY SPENCER and
PJILLIP HINKLE:
Rev. Abraham Spencer was Mary's
uncle.
Children of MARY SPENCER and
PJILLIP HINKLE are:
22.
i. JANET
MELVINA6 HINKLE, b. 1867; d. 1941.
ii. ELIZA
HINKLE.
iii. CHARLES
THOMAS HINKLE.
iv. JAMES HENRY
HINKLE.
v. WILLARD GRANT
HINKLE.
vi. NANNIE BLANCH
HINKLE.
vii. SAMUEL KYLE
HINKLE.
viii. ARTHUR
HINKLE.
ix. MAUDE
HINKLE.
x. MILLARD
HINKLE.
7.
JANET R.5 SPENCER (ALLEN, JAMES) was born 1849, and
died 1878. She married WESLEY
CUTLIP.
Children of JANET SPENCER and
WESLEY CUTLIP are:
i.
SUSAN6 CUTLIP.
ii. ARILLA
CUTLIP.
iii. BERTHA
CUTLIP.
iv. HENRY
CUTLIP.
v. TAYLOR
CUTLIP.
Children of CHARLES SPENCER and
LYDIA HINKLE are:
i. VOSIE
VEORA6 SPENCER, b. 1887.
ii. OKEY EARL
SPENCER, b. 1892.
iii. THOMAS RAY
SPENCER, b. 1894.
iv. KEN KINETT
SPENCER, b. 1899.
v. CATHERINE RUTH
SPENCER, b. 1912.
9.
JAMES ABRAHAM5 SPENCER (ALLEN, JAMES) was born 1853 in
nicholas Co. WV, and died 1922 in nicholas Co. WV. He married NANCY ELIZABETH HINKLE 1879
in Nicholas Co. WV. She was born
1858 in nicholas Co. WV, and died 1947 in nicholas Co. WV.
Children of JAMES SPENCER and NANCY
HINKLE are:
i. WILLIET
BERTHELDA6 SPENCER, b. 1879.
ii. BESSIE MAY
SPENCER, b. 1881.
iii. IRA LABAN
SPENCER, b. 1883.
iv. JOHN ALLEN
SPENCER, b. 1885.
23.
v. NORA MYRTLE
SPENCER, b. 1892; d. October 02, 1962.
10.
MUSCOE GARNETT5 SPENCER (ALLEN, JAMES) was born 1858 in
nicholas Co. WV, and died 1927. He
married ANNIE LAURIE SPENCER 1891.
She was born 1868, and died 1946 in Ohio.
Child of MUSCOE SPENCER and ANNIE
SPENCER is:
i. LILLIE
OLIVE6 SPENCER, b. 1894.
11.
MALISSA ANN5 SPENCER (ALLEN, JAMES) was born 1861, and
died 1946. She married TAYLOR
MORTON 1879. He was born 1848, and
died 1911.
Children of MALISSA SPENCER and
TAYLOR MORTON are:
i. WALTER
MARVIN6 MORTON.
ii. DANA ALLEN
MORTON, b. 1880.
iii. MANA MAY
MORTON, b. 1882.
iv. ERNEST BLACK
MORTON, b. 1887.
v. SADIE VERNON
MORTON, b. 1889.
vi. ADILA VERGIL
MORTON, b. 1892.
12.
THRESSA M.5 SPENCER (ALLEN, JAMES) was born 1861, and
died in nicholas Co. WV. She
married JAMES COSTELLO BABER in nicholas Co. WV. He died in nicholas Co. WV.
Children of THRESSA SPENCER and
JAMES BABER are:
i. JESSE
THOMPSON6 BABER.
ii. HARRY
BABER.
iii. PEARL
SPENCER BABER.
iv. DOROTHY
ELIZABETH BABER.
v. FLORENCE BELL
BABER.
vi. EMILY SUE
BABER, b. 1886.
vii. HENRY
ROBINSON BABER, b. 1888.
viii. WALLACE
RAPELJE BABER, b. 1898.
ix. JAMES CLARK
BABER, b. 1900.
13.
GEORGE ALLEN5 SPENCER (ALLE N, JAMES)
was born 1864, and died 1924. He
married CHRISTINA BELL ODELL. She
was born 1872, and died 1900.
Children of GEORGE SPENCER and
CHRISTINA ODELL are:
i.
GLENNA6 SPENCER.
ii. GRETTA AUDRA
SPENCER.
iii. GEORGE ALDEN
SPENCER.
iv. MARY EVELYN
SPENCER.
v. FRANKLIN
EDWARD SPENCER.
vi. CORA ESTA
SPENCER, b. 1891.
vii. ALVIN
GIDEAON SPENCER, b. 1894.
viii. HULING HALL
SPENCER, b. 1896.
14.
WILLIAM MCCLELLEN5 SPENCER (ALLEN, JAMES) was born
1868, and died 1950 in Ohio. He
married (1) LUEMMA JANE THOMAS. She
died 1947 in Ohio. He married (2)
PLUMA IDELIA BURT 1948.
Children of WILLIAM SPENCER and
LUEMMA THOMAS are:
i. JAMES
GARLAND6 SPENCER.
ii. LESTER
SANFORD SPENCER, b. 1890.
iii. EULA MOYE
SPENCER, b. 1895.
iv. RUFUS LOWRY
SPENCER, b. 1898.
v. ORPHA PEARL
SPENCER, b. 1905.
15.
JOHN JONES5 SPENCER (WASHINGTON, JAMES) was born
January 18, 1870 in Richwood, Nicholas Co. WV, and died 1944 in Fenwick
Mountain, WVa. Nicholas Co.. He
married WILMOTH HATTA BENNETTE November 12, 1891 in Nicholas Co. WVa., daughter
of CHARLES BENNETT and CATHERINE SPENCER.
She was born 1867 in Holcomb,WVa, Nicholas Co., and died 1923 in Fenwick
Mountain, WVa. Nicholas Co..
Notes for JOHN JONES SPENCER:
WILL of John Jones Spencer
02-03-1943
Item 1st: personal representaive to pay
just debts.
Item 2nd: Devise to daughter Jessie
(Spencer) Young and son-in-law
Sydney Young all real, personal, or mixed
property in equal shares.
Item 3rd: Sydney Young named
executor.
Testes: Zita Smith
J.
M. Wolverton
Brooks B. Callahan
probabted 07-15-1944
_______________________________________________________________
Children of JOHN SPENCER and WILMOTH
BENNETTE are:
i.
DOVIE6 SPENCER.
Notes for DOVIE SPENCER:
Dovie died from a stomach tumor when she
was about 6-7 years old. She was a Twin
of Rhoda who died shortly
afterbirth.
(I believe Dovie was born with PKD but
they didn't know anything about this disease back then)
ii. JAMES H.
SPENCER.
iii. RHODA
SPENCER.
Notes for RHODA SPENCER:
Rhoda was twin to Davie. Rhoda died
shortly after birth.
iv. WINONA
SPENCER, b. 1887.
v. JESSIE
SPENCER, b. 1895.
24.
vi. LOLA
LAVERNIASPENCER, b. 1893, Kentucky Dist.WV,Nicholas Co.; d. 1955, Nicholas Co.
WV.
Child of MARTHA SPENCER and JOHN
GODFREY is:
i.
MARLE6 GODFREY.
Children of LOLA SPENCER and ROBERT
MILLER are:
25.
i. ROBERT
GRANVILLE JR6 MILLER, b. May 11, 1920, Doty,WA Lewis Co.; d.
1984.
26.
ii. EDITH MILLER,
b. January 23, 1923, Doty, WA Lewis Co..
Children of GORDON SPENCER and
REBECCA O'DELL are:
27.
i. EDWARD
BLAIN6 SPENCER, b. August 08, 1890, Richwood, WV, Nicholas Co; d.
November 10, 1969, Vancover, Clark Co. WA.
ii. ROSS OLEN
SPENCER, b. 1895, Richwood, Nicholas Co.,WV; d. 1914, Richwood, Nicholas
Co.,WV.
28.
iii. HOBART
FORREST SPENCER, b. August 28, 1898, Richwood, Nicholas Co. WV; d. January 01,
1973, Centrailia, Wa.
29.
iv. ROMIE BURTON
SPENCER, b. 1902, Richwood, Nicholas Co. WV; d. May 12, 1960, Chehalis,
WA,LewisCo.
v. CHESTER EARL
SPENCER, b. January 30, 1904, Doty, WA Lewis Co.; m. (1) NETTIE ESKEW; m. (2)
ETHEL BLAKELEY.
vi. DOROTHY BELL
SPENCER, b. August 16, 1909, Doty,Wa Lewis Co.; d. October 08, 1978; m. LEWIS
WILLIAMS.
vii. INFANT
DAUGHER SPENCER.
viii. REAMUS
SPENCER, b. 1914.
30.
ix. GILBERT
RUSSELL SPENCER, b. May 09, 1915, Green Mountain, Wa.
Children of MATILDA SPENCER and
WILLIAM COLLINS are:
i. WILLIAM
HARRISON6 COLLINS.
ii. JOHN GORDON
COLLINS.
iii. EURIAH
COLLINS.
iv. SYLVESTER
COLLINS.
v. JONAH
COLLINS.
vi. ROY
COLLINS.
vii. FEMALE
COLLINS.
viii. SYLVIA
COLLINS.
ix. FOREST
COLLINS.
x. LELA
COLLINS.
xi. HIRAM LAMBERT
COLLINS.
xii. EDGAR
WASHINGTON COLLINS.
Children of MARTHA SPENCER and JOHN
GODFREY are:
i.
OPAL6 GODFREY, m. HUSBAND BRINK.
ii. LOLA GODFREY,
m. HUSBAND CHRISTIAN.
iii. BETTY
GODFREY, m. ALBERT BAMER.
iv. WEEDEN
GODFREY, m. G. BLACK.
v. HEBERT
GODFREY.
vi. MERLE
GODFREY.
vii. MAYNARD
GODFREY.
Children of THEODOSIA SPENCER and
JOHN HAMRICK are:
i. KARL
MARK6 HAMRICK, b. 1906, Fenwick Mountain ,WV,Nicholas Co.; d.
1922.
31.
ii. GARNER
HAMRICK, b. October 05, 1908, Greenbrier Co. WV; d. October 10, 1982.
32.
iii. GARNET
LANORE HAMRICK, b. February 01, 1912, Alta Vista, Green Mountain, WA.
33.
iv. MAMIE EDITH
HAMRICK, b. November 22, 1914, Plesant Valley, Wa.
v. AMEL GRADY
HAMRICK, b. 1916.
34.
vi. MARY
MAGDELINE HAMRICK, b. October 10, 1918, Alta Vista, Green Mountain, Wa.
vii. LAURA ELLEN
HAMRICK.
viii. EDGAR LLOYD
HAMRICK.
ix. INFANT
DAUGHTER HAMRICK, b. 1930.
Children of JANET HINKLE and REV.
REYNOLDS are:
i.
PHILLIP7 REYNOLDS, b. March 08, 1890; d. 1963; m. RISSIE
O'DELL.
ii. EUNICE
ELIZABETH REYNOLDS, b. November 23, 1891; m. ALFRED DORSEY.
iii. WILLIAM
ABNEY REYNOLDS, b. December 08, 1893; m. ELIZABETH MCCLUNG.
iv. JOSEPH
REYNOLDS, b. December 03, 1900; m. (1) GEORGIA GWINN; m. (2) ELSIE BROWN.
v. BERTA
REYNOLDS, b. April 28, 1907; m. SAMUEL MCCLUNG.
vi. PRUDENCE
REYNOLDS, b. September 14, 1910; m. LARRY DIETZ, Richwood,WV Nicholas Co..
vii. SYLVIA
REYNOLDS, b. October 27, 1915; m. RODGER COX, Mt. Nebo,WVa..