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Facts and Events
Biography
- John William Spencer born 1845 in Michigan, as recorded of the 1870 census record Maple Valley, Greenville, MI. Not known when or where he died nor where buried.
- He was a common farm Laborer, who could not read nor write, parents from Penn. (Montcalm County Clerks record book) Married Alfasate [Alfeseta] Pratt born in Michigan, her parents from New York state. This marriage is not listed in the early (1851-1904) Montcalm County Marriage Records. She was also a common laborer. They had 4 children.
- About 1880 this family lived in Day Township, East Stanton Village, Montcalm County, Michigan.
- Montcalm County, MI., Township of Day - Page (12) 88 of the 1880 census provided most of this information. 687 people is listed for this Township census. His father and mother both born PA.
- His only son, William Clarence Spencer tells the story of his Dad in 1880 or 1881 telling him he was going to the store to get some cigars,but he never returned home, the family; never heard nor saw him again. A Mystery???
- PRESIDENTIAL TIES: George Washington, known as the father of his country, did not father any children. Washington is, however, related to four of his successors: Franklin Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, George Bush, and George W. Bush. They all descended from a 15th-century Englishcouple, Henry SPENCER and Isabella LINCOLN. [Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 5, No. 7, 13 February 2002, Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist].
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