Joseph W. Spencer

1824 - 1895  (70 years)

• Name	Joseph W. Spencer  [1, 2]
  Born	14 Apr 1824	Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Feb 1895	Fairgrove, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Buried	16 Feb 1895	Gilford Cemetery, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Tuscola County Advertiser, February 21, 1895 Joseph Spencer was found dead in his barn one day last week. It is supposed that heart disease was the cause. he was an old soldier having served three years in the Mexican War. he was past 90 years of age. The G.A. R. of Reese and Gilford turned out to administer the last rites to their deceased brother at the U.B. Church in Gilford, the Sixteenth and interred in the Gilford Cemetery. He was a native of Canada, but had been a resident of Gilford for a good many years. He leaves a wife and four children. Saginaw Evening News, Saturday, February 16, 1895 Pioneer of Tuscola Found Dead at Gilford Brother Died in the Same Way Four Years Ago, and Strange to Say the Same Barn Joseph Spencer, age 76 years, one of the oldest pioneers of Tuscola County, a Veteran of the Mexican and late Civil War, was found dead in his barn, rear of resident, near Gilford last night at 8:00 by a neighbor named Gilbert Quipp. A coroner's inquest was held and a verdict of death from heart disease was rendered. A wife and four children survive him. His brother Manuel was found dead in the same barn four years from the same disease. Another brother, Moses, was shot at Bay City in the 60's by a rough character, dying afterwards from the effects of his wounds. (Both obituaries courtesy of Valerie C. Atkinson, who also noted that his Military service included the Third Regiment of U.S. Infantry from May 1847 to Aug. 19, 1848, Mexican War, and the U.S. Army from Aug. 23, 1864 to Sept. 6, 1865)
  Person ID	I33418	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2021

  
  

  Family	Almanza Hopkins,   b. 17 Feb 1833, Cambridge Township, Washington County, New York ,   d. 1 Mar 1903, Fairgrove, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 70 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1852	Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan
  	They had six children... Janette in 1865, Homer in 1858, Lydia in 1861, Hiram (Arley Spencer's father) on 08/28/1890, Varnum J.W. in 1867 and Irene in 1870.
  Children	1. Chloe Spencer,   b. Jul 1855,   d. Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan   2. Janette Spencer,   b. Abt 1856,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Milton Spencer,   b. 16 May 1857, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 26 May 1857, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 0 years)   4. Homer B. Spencer,   b. 11 Jan 1859, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 9 Jan 1932, Fairgrove, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 72 years)   5. Lydia Spencer,   b. 23 Mar 1861, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Hiram Spencer,   b. 31 May 1861, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Varnum J. W. Spencer,   b. 10 Nov 1867, Michigan ,   d. 29 Mar 1870, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 2 years)   8. Eva C. Spencer,   b. 29 Jan 1870, Michigan ,   d. Abt 1944, Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F10653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 8 Dec 1852 - Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan Died - 14 Feb 1895 - Fairgrove, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - 16 Feb 1895 - Gilford Cemetery, Gilford, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Boucher, Angela-Family Researcher [aboucher@rogers.com]. [S570] Atkinson, Valerie Cummings--Family Researcher (atkins3kids@tds.net).