Finding Our Warrick County, IN Ancestors
Contributed by Nancy Eckel
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On photo below: Spencer Family Joplin, it is the family of Galen Spencer and Maggie (Mary Margaret) Bates. The photo is @ 1892. Maggie married Galen Spencer December 28, 1864, in Boonville.
Family portrait
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l-r Jane (Sarah Jane Perigo) Bates, Maggie Bates Spencer, possibly Rachel Hudson, and Art Spencer on Maggie's lap |
Mrs. Maggie Bates Spencer, |
Mrs. Maggie Bates Spencer |
Galen Spencer, b. October 8,1844 in Boonville, Warrick County to Dr.
Ethan Spencer, b. 1812 in Walton, Delaware County, NY, and Alice Erskin,
b. October 25, 1824. Though the records say she may have been born in
the "Empire State" she and Ethan were married July 5, 1843 in Boonville,
Warrick County, NY. Dr. Spencer had bought land in Boonville in 1830 and
moved there. We suspect that Alice was a native of Evansville but we are
still searching. There is NO record we can find of her in New York
state. Galen Spencer married Mary Margaret "Maggie" Bates on December
23, 1864 in Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana.
Spencer Info
From: mhomesley@mo-net.com
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:21:22 -0500
Subject: 1883 Jasper County History Book
Galen Spencer, attorney at law and mayor of Joplin, was born in Warrick
county, Ind., Oct. 8, 1844. His parents, Dr. Ethan and Alice (Erskine)
Spencer, were natives of the Empire State. His father was born in
Delaware county in May, 1812; his mother was born in October, 1824. They
are now living at Evansville, Ind. Our subject was raised principally on
a farm, and attended the common schools until fifteen years of age; he
then attended a select school near Evansville, Ind., receiving a liberal
education. Subsequently he went to Evanston, Ill., and entered the
Garrett Biblical Institute, which he attended two terms, and then
returned to his native state and accepted a position as principal of the
Booneville city schools, in which capacity he served for three years. In
the spring of 1864 he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Col. John W. Foster commanding,
served about four months,! was mustered out at Indianapolis, and
returned to Booneville. He then reengaged again in teaching, and later
in mercantile pursuits, and continued in that business until 1868. At
the same time he was reading law, and in Feb., 1868, he was admitted to
the bar in Booneville before Hon. J. G. Jones, judge of the circuit
court. He commenced the practice of his profession at Newburg, Warrick
county, where he remained a short time, then returned to Booneville and
engaged in practice until 1873. In the winter of that year he moved to
Danville, Ill., and in the following spring came to Joplin. Judge
Spencer was married in Boonville, Ind., Dec. 22, 1864, to Miss Mary M.,
daughter of B. N. and Sarah J. (Perigo) Bates, of that city. Mrs. S. was
born in Booneville, Sept. 19, 1847. From this union there are six
children, all living: Arthur E., born Oct. 3, 1868, in Newburgh, Ind.;
Clifton B., born May 22, 1871, in Booneville, Ind.; Herbert G., born May
27, 1873, also in Booneville! ; Helen M., born May 15, 1875, in Joplin,
Mo.: Mary G., Born Jan. 31, 1878, in Joplin; and Curran C., born Feb. 6,
1882, in this city. Mrs. S. is a member of the M. E. Church. In the fall
of 1874 our subject was elected judge of the court of common pleas, and
served until that court was abolished by act of the legislature. In 1876
he was elected prosecuting attorney for Jasper county, and in the fall
of 1881 was elected mayor of the city, and re-elected in 1882. Judge
Spencer is a man of great energy and enterprise, is always ready and
willing to contribute for the up-building of public institutions, and
promote the interests of the state and county, and particularly of
Joplin. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias. Our subject
and his amiable wife have a very pleasant home on the corner of Fifth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, and enjoy the confidence and esteem of
all with whom they are associated, socially or otherwise.
- Bob Page -
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