Nathan and his second wife Abigail are buried at Fort Ann, Washington County, New York in a small cemetery at the crossroad between Hadlock and Buttermilk Falls Road. The graves were first apparently marked with two field stones, and later headstones.

Inscription on the headstone of Nathan Spicer:
"In memory of Mr. Nathan Spicer,
who departed this life July 27, A.D. 1811,
aged 76 years

Com living men, as you pass by
As you ar now so once was I
As I am now so you must bee
Prepare for death
and follow me

Useful in life
Resigned in death
And at Gods call
Give up my breath"

Nathan as well as many of his descendants was a blacksmith. His craft was highly respected and versitile. Nathan was skilled at his craft. Blacksmithing fell into 3 specialtie groups as described in Jean Grubes book entailed preforming a wide variety of work, "[group 1]...all sorts of iron or boat work, chaise and chair work, cleaning and mending guns, pistols, locks and keys, cleans and mends jacks, shoes horses, and makes all kinds of kitchen furniture, ...hinges for houses, etc...cranes, tongs, trivets, spits, pans, drippers, skimmers, etc...repairs all kinds of things, and made Betty lamps and other lighting fixtures. Tools ususally included the hearth with bellows, water trough, shovels, tongs, rakes, pokers, and water containers for dampening down the fire and cooking objects...[group 2] anvil, sledges, tongs, swages, cutters, chisels, and hammers...[group 3]shoeing box which contains knives, rasps and files for preparing the horses hooves for shoes, an iron stand for supporting the horses foot while working on it and a special hammer and nails to fasten the shoe to the hoof."

Blacksmiths also made wagon wheels, axes, sleigh runners, bits for horses, iron fittings for houses and schooners, chains, ploughs, any item forged from metals.

One can assume that Nathan and his sons may have put their skills to work for the Revolution.


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SPICER Sr, Nathan
Birth: CT 10 Sep 1735
Service: NY
Rank: PS
Death: NY 27 Jul 1811
Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No
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Spouse: Abigail Mayhew
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New Stores (later called Nassau), Rensselaer County, New York; On June 3, 1798 New Stores became Union Village and contained 30 homes. In 1806 the township of Nassau was formed and by 1808 the name of Union Village became Nassau Village.

1. 2. Nathan Henry SPICER, II   b. 29 Nov 1756, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1 Jan 1845, Springport, Cayuga, New York; bur. Jan 1845, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Oakwood lies within the boundaries of Lansingburgh, New York but was annexed by Troy.
2. 3. George SPICER   b. 1757, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1840, near Pontiac, Huron County, Ohio; bur. 1840, Ohio.
3. 4. Ebenezer SPICER   b. 1759, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1813, Sussex Vale, New Brunswick, Canada; bur. 1813, New Brunswick, Canada.
4. 5. Jeremiah SPICER   b. 28 Aug 1761, Cayuga County, New York; d. 14 Aug 1825, Granville, Washington County, New York; bur. Aug 1825, New York.

1. 6. Michael SPICER   b. 1766, Great Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York; d. 12 Apr 1842, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York; bur. Apr 1845, Essex County, New York.
2. 7. Leah SPICER   b. 1769, Hudson Hill, Dutchess County, New York; d. Feb 1856, Cornith, Saratoga County, New York; bur. 1856, New York.
3. 8. Benjamin SPICER   b. 1770, Dutchess County, New York.
4. 9. Isaac SPICER   b. 1772, Dutchess County, New York; d. Apr 1839, Tonawanda [Tonewante], Niagra County, New York; bur. 1839, New York.
5. 10. Rachel SPICER   b. 19 Jul 1775, Dutchess County, New York; d. 10 Nov 1860, Hannibal [now Oswego], Oswego County, New York; bur. 1860, Hannibal [now Oswego], Oswego County, New York.
6. 11. Daniel SPICER   b. 1776, Dutchess County, New York; d. 1829, Brutus, Cayuga County, New York; bur. Cayuga County, New York.
7. 12. Jacob SPICER   b. 26 Sep 1782, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York; d. 10 Mar 1864, West Fort Ann, Washington County, New York; bur. 1864, West Fort Ann, Washington County, New York.
8. 13. Hannah SPICER   b. 24 Mar 1785, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York; d. 28 May 1862, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio; bur. 1862, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio.
9. 14. Tobias SPICER   b. 7 Nov 1788, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York; d. 12 Nov 1862, Troy, New York; bur. 1862, Troy, New York.

Nathan's marriage to Sarah Clarke is listed in the New London Marriages to 1800; Record commencing Oct. 12, 1769, containing the persons married by Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge; "Nathan Spicer of Norwich & Sarah Clark, Jan. 17, 1775"

"The first Congregational Church was organized at Gloucester, Mass., in 1642, removing from thence in 1650 to New London. Consequently we would here correct the mistake made in the Preface of the First Book "Early Connecticut Marriages" and number this as the 10th instead of the 13th Congregational Church organization of the state."

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Nathan served in the same company with his younger brother Michael.
"...from Schoharie Creek they marched on to Johnstown, New York, stayed there some considerable time...here Captain Penn joined the regualr troops....[Nathan & Michael's company] was sent to Herkimer house which was built of brick and was fortified...[It was here they] joined Captain Simeon Newell's company...[They] marched from Herkimer up the Mohawk River to Fort Herkimer on the German Flats..."

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

" New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
Heading: The Line and the Levies (Not Identified)
Sub-Heading; The following men (according to the certificates of the muster-master) served either in the Line or the Levies, having been hired by the several classes under the Land Bounty Rights; but there is nothing to indicate which regiment of the Lines or the Levies they served.
Rank: Enlisted Men
Name: Nathan Spicer II "
Nathan Spicer served in the American Revolutionary War as did his father, Nathan Spicer I, his grandfather, Jabez Spicer and his uncle William Spicer and cousin John Spicer (son of Edward Spicer.)

His name appears on assignment of land bounty rights by members of a class in Col. William B. Whiting's regiment. Office of State, Albany, NY. He served also under Col. Fred. Wesenfels, Major Elias Van Bershreten (New York Men of Revolution), MajorElias Van Bershreten (New York Men of Revolution)

Source [1];
Descendants of Peter Spicer
Compiled by Susan Meeche 1911

Source [2]: Descendants of Nathan Spicer [1735 - 1811]
Compile by Jean B. Grube 1979

1. 15. Jeremiah SPICER   b. Sep 1784, Springport, Cayuga County, New York; d. Michigan; bur. Michigan.
2. 16. Asa E. SPICER   b. 26 May 1785, Springport, Cayuga County, New York; d. 24 Jan 1871, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Jan 1871, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
3. 17. Nathan Henry SPICER, III   b. 3 Apr 1786, Utica, Oneida County, New York; d. 16 May 1873, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; bur. 1873, Iowa.
4. 18. Ellen SPICER   b. 3 Sep 1789, Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York; d. New York from Cholera; bur. New York.
5. 19. William SPICER   b. 6 Jul 1801, Amenia, Dutchess County, New York; d. 18 May 1856, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; bur. 1856, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
6. 20. Catherine SPICER   b. 1803, Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.
7. 21. Clara SPICER   b. 1805, Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.

1. 22. Benjamin SPICER   b. 1800, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York; d. Abt 1863.
2. 23. Isaac Gamble SPICER   b. 2 May 1809, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York; d. 8 Mar 1887, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota; bur. 1887, South Dakota.
3. 24. Elizabeth [Betsy] SPICER   b. 1812, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York; d. Farmington, Ontario County, New York; bur. New York.

1. 25. Sarah Ann SPICER   b. New London County, Connecticut.
2. 26. Mary SPICER  

Jeemiah was first engaged to woman named Phebe Newman who died while preparing for the impending nuptials. It is apparent that Jeremiah was deeply in love with young Phebe and must have been devistated upon her untimely death. As a memorial to Phebe Newman, Jeremiah named his 2nd daughter Phebe, a son Numan, and gave to all his other sons the last syllable of her name; Lyman, Orman, Daman, and Beaman.

1. 27. Sally SPICER   b. 18 Sep 1786, New York.
2. 28. Phebe SPICER   b. 6 Sep 1788, New York; d. 4 Mar 1876, North Granville, Washington County, New York; bur. 1876, New York.
3. 29. Betsey SPICER   b. 31 Aug 1790, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. 26 Mar 1881, Freetown, Cortland County, New York [probably]; bur. 1881, New York.
4. 30. Numan SPICER   b. 21 Oct 1792, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. 15 Mar 1873, Kendall, Orleans County, New York; bur. 1873, New York.
5. 31. Eunice SPICER   b. 1 Oct 1794, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. 9 Sep 1870, Kendall, New York; bur. 1870, New York.
6. 32. Lyman SPICER   b. 26 Jan 1797, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. 10 Oct 1875, Kendall, New York; bur. 1875, New York.
7. 33. Maline SPICER   b. 2 Mar 1800, Granville, Washington County, New York.
8. 34. Polly SPICER   b. 20 Jul 1803, Granville, Washington County, New York.
9. 35. Orman SPICER   b. 1 Dec 1804, Granville, Washington County, New York.
10. 36. Eliza SPICER   b. 26 Nov 1806, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. 26 Jul 1825, Whitehall, New York; bur. New York.
11. 37. Daman SPICER   b. 1808, New York; d. Bef Jan 1824.
12. 38. Beaman SPICER   b. 22 Jan 1812, New York; d. New York; bur. New York.

Michael's enlistment in the Revolutionary War came this way; Every man in that part of the country volunteered and/or was bound to furnish a seasoned man for service. Nathan Spicer furnished his 16 year old son Michael; Nathan also served.

In a letter to Edward R. Wells dated March 1840, *Tobias Spicer said of his brother Michael, "As to our family connexions [sic]...Michael still lives in Ticonderoga--- is poor and careless still." This seems a rather harsh description of Michael who was known to be a hard working and respected family man.

*Note; Tobias had little good to say about any of his siblings as he felt all but sister Hannah were going to hell because they were not Methodists.

1. 39. Talmon SPICER   b. 28 Feb 1794, Granville, Washington County, New York.
2. 40. Laura SPICER   b. 23 Apr 1796, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. Aft 1865, New York.
3. 41. Daniel SPICER   b. Abt 1797, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York.
4. 42. Lucinda SPICER   b. 1799, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York.
5. 43. Amanda SPICER   b. 12 Feb 1803, Shaftsbury, Bennigton, Vermount.
6. 44. Michael SPICER   b. Apr 1808, New york; d. Feb 1820.
7. 45. Hial SPICER   b. 1809; d. 1880; bur. 1880.
8. 46. Sarah SPICER   b. 1811, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York.

1. 47. Almira DOTY   b. 17 Mar 1798, Granville, Washington County, New York.
2. 48. Fidelia DOTY   b. 1800, Granville, Washington County, New York.
3. 49. Clark DOTY   b. 1802, Granville, Washington County, New York.
4. 50. Elizabeth DOTY   b. 1804, Granville, Washington County, New York.
5. 51. Amanda DOTY   b. 1806, Granville, Washington County, New York.
6. 52. George DOTY   b. 3 Feb 1809, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York.
7. 53. Kezia DOTY   b. 1811, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York.
8. 54. William DOTY   b. 6 Jul 1814, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York.

1. 55. Benjamin Harrison SPICER  

1. 56. Caliste SPICER   b. 3 Jul 1801; d. Fort Ann, Washington County, New York; bur. New York.
2. 57. SPICER   b. Abt 1802.

1. 58. John BISHOP   b. 19 Jan 1794, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York; d. 13 Apr 1870, Oswego, Oswego County, New York; bur. 1870, New York.
2. 59. Artemus BISHOP   b. 30 Dec 1795, Pompey, Onodaga County, New York; d. 28 Nov 1872; bur. 1872.
3. 60. George BISHOP   b. 25 Dec 1797, Pompey, Onodaga County, New York; d. Aug 1868; bur. Aug 1868.
4. 61. Abigail BISHOP   b. 27 Nov 1800, Pompey, Onodaga County, New York; d. 30 Jan 1875; bur. Feb 1876.
5. 62. Eliza BISHOP   b. 30 Nov 1802, Pompey, Onodaga County, New York; d. 19 Oct 1835; bur. 1835.
6. 63. Lewis BISHOP   b. 27 Dec 1805, Pompey, Onodaga County, New York; d. 18 Apr.
7. 64. Sally BISHOP   b. 12 Jul 1809, Pompey, Onodaga County, New York; d. 1832; bur. 1832.
8. 65. Nelson BISHOP   b. 16 Mar 1812, Oswego, New York; d. Aug 1879; bur. Aug 1879.
9. 66. Mary BISHOP   b. 8 Dec 1814, Oswego, New York.
10. 67. Ruby Ann BISHOP   b. 6 Nov 1817, Oswego, New York.
11. 68. William Henry BISHOP   b. 11 Sep 1821, Oswego County, New York; d. 10 Aug 1884, Fillmore, Millard County, Utah; bur. Aug 1884, Fillmore, Millard County, Utah.

1. 69. Clarissa SPICER  
2. 70. Abigail SPICER   b. 31 Oct 1794, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. Oct 1819, Seneca Falls, Ontario County, New York.
3. 71. Ezra SPICER   b. 14 Sep 1796, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. 13 Apr 1869, Kendall, New York.
4. 72. Philander SPICER   b. Abt 1800, New York.
5. 73. Betsy SPICER   b. Abt 1800, New York.
6. 74. Daniel SPICER, II   b. 23 Apr 1802, Granville, Washington County, New York; d. 25 Oct 1880, Dover Center, Ohio.
7. 75. Horace SPICER   b. Abt 1804, New york.
8. 76. Adeline SPICER   b. Abt 1806, New York.
9. 77. Darius Hurlburt SPICER   b. 21 Feb 1809, Granville, Washington County, New York.

1. 78. Anna SPICER   b. 12 Feb 1805, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York; d. Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois; bur. Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois.
2. 79. Chester SPICER   b. 8 Mar 1807, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
3. 80. Oliver Emmons SPICER   b. 6 Aug 1809, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York; d. 25 Sep 1894, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa.
4. 81. Nathan SPICER   b. 5 Oct 1811, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
5. 82. Eber SPICER   b. 26 Nov 1813, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
6. 83. Phoebe SPICER   b. 1 Feb 1816, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
7. 84. Jerry SPICER   b. 27 Aug 1818, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
8. 85. Cynthia Caroline SPICER   b. 31 Dec 1819, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York; d. 18 Aug 1875, Monreua, Saratoga County, New York.
9. 86. Keziah SPICER   b. 19 Apr 1822, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
10. 87. Hitta Marie SPICER   b. 29 May 1824, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York; d. 11 May 1889, Glen Falls, New York.
11. 88. Mary Lavinia SPICER   b. 26 Aug 1828, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
12. 89. Royal Carmi SPICER   b. 15 Oct 1832, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.

1. 90. Lyman Spicer WELLS   b. Abt Sep 1808, Rensselaer County, New York.
2. 91. William Armstrong WELLS   b. 17 Oct 1814, Rensselaer County, New York; d. 16 Mar 1837.
3. 92. George WELLS   b. Abt 1816.
4. 93. Edward Ryan WELLS   b. 9 Jan 1818, Erie, Pennsylvania.
5. 94. Laura WELLS   b. Abt 1821, Green Township, Richland, Ohio.
6. 95. Olivia Hannah WELLS   b. 26 Apr 1828, Green Township, Richland, Ohio; d. 1904, Holland , Michigan; bur. 2 Dec 1904.

"I occasionally preached in the town of Granville at the house of my brother...He lived in the neighborhood of a Baptist Church, and was surrounded by Baptist professors. I do not recall that there was one Methodist in all that part of town. At this time the state of religion was exceedingly low in the place [about 1810]. It was on a week evening, my brother's large kitchen was well filled, and Elder R., their minister, was present..."
-Jeremiah Spicer

Apparently Jeremiah gave a sermon to his brother's guests on 'Falling from Grace', a subject which he and the Elder R. disagreed.

1. 96. Emeline SPICER   b. Abt 1816, Lansingburg, New York; d. 1901.
2. 97. Maria B. SPICER   b. Abt 1822, New York; d. Aft 1873.

1. 98. Tobias SPICER   b. 1 Nov 1813, Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. 1834, Near Williamstown, New York; bur. 1834, New York.
2. 99. Henry SPICER   b. 1 Apr 1816, Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. Williamstown, Ingham County, Michigan; bur. Michigan.
3. 100. John SPICER   b. 4 Dec 1817, Springport, Livingston County, New York.
4. 101. Polly SPICER   b. 2 Jan 1820, Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. 1 Sep 1859, New York; bur. Sep 1859, New York.
5. 102. Angeline SPICER   b. 21 Nov 1821, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 1 Sep 1901, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Sep 1901, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
6. 103. Asa Holmes SPICER   b. 18 Mar 1825, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 3 Mar 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. Mar 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
7. 104. Elizabeth SPICER   b. 3 May 1826, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
8. 105. Nathan Henry SPICER   b. 12 Aug 1828, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. Feb 1867, Cortland, Kent County, Michigan; bur. 1867, Michigan.
9. 106. Langlin SPICER   b. 5 Apr 1830, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 12 Sep 1897, Pardeeville, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Sep 1897, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
10. 107. Clara SPICER   b. 30 Sep 1834, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
11. 108. William Harrison SPICER, I   b. 10 May 1836, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
12. 109. Calista SPICER   b. Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. Springport, Livingston County, New York; bur. New York.
13. 110. Catherine SPICER   b. West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.

1. 111. Martha SPICER   b. 29 Jul 1817, York State [sic].
2. 112. William SPICER   b. 31 May 1819, York State [sic].
3. 113. Valentine SPICER   b. 26 Jan 1820, York State [sic].
4. 114. Charles Russell SPICER   b. 22 Oct 1822, York State [sic]; d. 3 Jun 1887, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa; bur. Jun 1887, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.
5. 115. Catherine SPICER   b. 23 May 1826, York State [sic].
6. 116. Nathan SPICER, IV   b. 19 Apr 1828, York State [sic].
7. 117. Henry SPICER   b. 1 Oct 1830, York State [sic].
8. 118. Zeriah C. SPICER   b. 27 Jul 1833, York State [sic].
9. 119. Claramon SPICER   b. 27 Sep 1835, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

1. 120. Amy SPICER   b. 28 Apr 1822, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
2. 121. Nathan SPICER   b. 4 Jul 1824, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
3. 122. Sarah Ann SPICER   b. 25 Oct 1826; d. 18 Jun 1848.
4. 123. Hannah SPICER   b. 3 May 1827, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
5. 124. Edward SPICER   b. 29 Oct 1829, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
6. 125. Catherine SPICER   b. 1834, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
7. 126. Cordella SPICER   b. 1837, Probably in northeastern Ohio.
8. 127. George SPICER   b. 1842, Probably in Vicksburg, Michigan.
9. 128. Phebe SPICER   b. Jun 1849, Probably in Vicksburg, Michigan.

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

Catherine died when her son was about 3 years old.

1. 129. Reuben \ William RYAN  

1. 130. David THOMPSON  
2. 131. Lewis THOMPSON  
3. 132. Almira THOMPSON  
4. 133. Julia THOMPSON  
5. 134. Jane THOMPSON  
6. 135. William THOMPSON  
7. 136. Clara THOMPSON  

1. 137. George SPICER   b. 1826, Peru, Huron County, Ohio.
2. 138. Isaac SPICER   b. 1829, Peru, Huron County, Ohio.
3. 139. James SPICER   b. 1831, Peru, Huron County, Ohio.
4. 140. Unknown son SPICER   b. 1834, Peru, Huron County, Ohio.
5. 141. Unknown son SPICER   b. 1837, Peru, Huron County, Ohio.
6. 142. Charles B. SPICER   b. 1840, Peru, Huron County, Ohio.

1. 143. Lester Vandercook SPICER   b. 10 Mar 1837, Oxford, Ohio.
2. 144. Charles Edward SPICER   b. 22 Apr 1840.
3. 145. Irene Josephine SPICER   b. 29 May 1842.
4. 146. Russel Belden SPICER   b. 18 May 1846, Erie County, Ohio.
5. 147. William Henry SPICER   b. 18 Sep 1846.
6. 148. Freferick Racine SPICER   b. 29 May 1852.

1. 149. Lewis FAIRWEATHER   b. 1796, New Brunswick.
2. 150. Eliza FAIRWEATHER   b. 1798, New Brunswick.
3. 151. Samuel FAIRWEATHER   b. 1800, New Brunswick.

1. 152. Caroline BAKER  
2. 153. Charles G. BAKER  
3. 154. Huldah BAKER  

1. 155. Brownell EVERTS  
2. 156. Norville EVERTS  
3. 157. Jane EVERTS   b. 17 Mar 1810.
4. 158. William Wallace EVERTS   b. 14 Mar 1814; d. 1890, Illinois.

1. 159. Jay Spicer BACKUS   b. 17 Jan 1810, Granville, Washington County, New York.
2. 160. Clinton C. BACKUS   b. 18 Jan 1812, Freetown, Cortland County, New York.
3. 161. Numon Spicer BACKUS   b. 12 Apr 1816, Freetown, Cortland County, New York; d. 27 Nov 1899, Macedon, Wayne County, New York; bur. Nov 1899, New York.
4. 162. Rhoda BACKUS   b. 26 Aug 1817, Freetown, Cortland County, New York.

1. 163. James Henry SPICER   b. 15 Apr 1819.
2. 164. Mary Nobel SPICER   b. 21 Jun 1822.
3. 165. Evelina Malvina SPICER   b. 24 Jul 1827.
4. 166. Gertrude Amanda SPICER   b. 12 Jul 1829.
5. 167. Emily Teresa SPICER   b. 11 Nov 1841.

1. 168. Ellen Douglas COMSTOCK   b. 19 Feb 1817.
2. 169. William E. COMSTOCK   b. Apr 1818.
3. 170. Henry Elkana COMSTOCK   b. 17 Feb 1819.
4. 171. Eunice Maria COMSTOCK   b. 22 Feb 1820.
5. 172. Elkana Lyman COMSTOCK   b. 12 Jun 1821; d. 7 Oct 1822; bur. 1822.

1. 173. Eliza CORBIN   b. 7 May 1826.
2. 174. Joseph CORBIN   b. 7 Oct 1827.
3. 175. Mary CORBIN   b. 2 Apr 1829.
4. 176. Jeremiah CORBIN   b. 4 Mar 1831.
5. 177. Charlotte CORBIN   b. 8 May 1834.
6. 178. Rhoda S. CORBIN   b. 14 Jan 1836.

1. 179. William Thomas BURNS   b. 20 Jun 1824, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York; d. 20 Aug 1884, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; bur. Aug 1884, Wisconsin.
2. 180. Polly Eliza BURNS   b. 28 Sep 1835, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York; d. 5 Aug 1912, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York; bur. 1912, New York.

1. 181. Tamon TALLMAN SPICER   b. Bef 1847.
2. 182. Samuel E. SPICER   b. 1849.

In writing a letter dated March 24, 1840 to Edward Wells, Caliste's brother Tobias Spicer noted that, "Caliste is a widow Sheldon. She lives in Fort Ann."

1. 183. Sarah F. BISHOP   b. 11 Dec 1845, Oswego, Oswego County, New York; d. 5 Dec 1931.

William is also listed as being married to Malinda Helman Case, b. October 01, 1837 in Pike (township), Livingston County, Illinois
Married: 15 May 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children
Julia Ann Bishop b: 20 Jul 1854 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah
Susan Arvilla Bishop b: 13 Dec 1855 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah
Artemus Henry Bishop b: 7 Apr 1857 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah
John Bishop b: ABT 1842 in
Susan Bishop b: ABT 1844 in
Artemus Bishop b: ABT 1846 in

But I doubt William was married to Malinda since he and Elizabeth Pratt married in1841and their children were born between 1841and 1859

1. 184. Mary Elizabeth BISHOP   b. 18 Dec 1841, La Porte, Indiana.
2. 185. Vesta Lucetta BISHOP   b. 15 May 1843, La Porte, Indiana.
3. 186. William Sylvanus BISHOP   b. 25 Jan 1845, La Harpe, Hancock, Illinios.
4. 187. Joseph Franklyn BISHOP   b. 24 Dec 1846, Harison, Cass County, Missouri.
5. 188. Mahonri Moriancumar BISHOP   b. 25 Nov 1848, Pisgah, Harrison County, Iowa.
6. 189. Penelope BISHOP   b. 16 Sep 1850, Echo Canyon, Summit, Utah.
7. 190. Eliza Eldula BISHOP   b. 28 Jul 1853, Provo, Utah.
8. 191. Nelson Spicer BISHOP   b. 1 Nov 1855, Fillmore, Millard, Utah.
9. 192. Heber Layfayette BISHOP   b. 15 Dec 1857, Fillmore, Millard, Utah.
10. 193. Savalla BISHOP   b. 31 Dec 1859, Fillmore, Millard, Utah.

1. 194. Clarissa J. SPICER   b. 29 Sep 1821, Lennox, Washington County, New York.
2. 195. Daniel H. SPICER   b. 12 Mar 1828, Phelps, Ontario County, New York.
3. 196. Charles H. SPICER   b. 22 Jan 1830, Galen, Wayne County, New York.
4. 197. Jane M. SPICER   b. 16 Nov 1831, Sullivan, Madison County, New York.
5. 198. Matilda A. SPICER   b. 17 Apr 1834, Brutus, Cayuga County, New York.
6. 199. Eliza M. SPICER   b. 11 Jan 1836, Northfield, Portage County, New York.
7. 200. William B. SPICER   b. 17 Feb 1838, Brighton, Lorain County, Ohio.
8. 201. Lyman Carlos SPICER   b. 17 Mar 1841, Pittsfield, Ohio; d. 15 Feb 1893, North Star, Michigan.
9. 202. Emiline O. SPICER   b. 29 Sep 1842.
10. 203. Theodore SPICER   b. Abt 1849, Kendall, New York; d. 24 Apr 1886, Knoxville, Iowa.

1. 204. Warren SPICER   b. Abt 1850.
2. 205. Sarah A. SPICER   b. 12 Jul 1851, Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan; d. 2 May 1853, Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan.
3. 206. Sophia Belinda SPICER   b. 14 Jan 1854, Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan.
4. 207. Eleanor Anna SPICER   b. 16 Sep 1854, Van Buren, Lagrange County, Indiana; d. 1 Dec 1922, Le Mars, Iowa.

1. 208. Charles Henry DAKE   b. Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York; d. 1909; bur. 1909.
2. 209. Chester J. DAKE   b. 22 Jun 1828, Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
3. 210. Ida DAKE   b. 1834, Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
4. 211. Jane DAKE   b. 1835, Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.
5. 212. Eliza Phoebe DAKE   b. 22 Feb 1838, Warren, Herkimer County, New York; d. Osage, La Salle County, Illinois; bur. Illinois.
6. 213. Thankful Mary DAKE   b. 7 Jan 1840.
7. 214. Oliver S. DAKE   b. 1842, Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois.
8. 215. Carmi DAKE   b. 7 Nov 1848, Illinois.

1. 216. Jay SPICER   b. 4 Oct 1834, Queensbury County, New York; d. 1 Jan 1910, Burlington, Chittenden County, New york.
2. 217. Cyrus SPICER   b. 1 May 1837, Queensbury County, New York; d. 21 May 1932, Black Hawk County, Iowa; bur. May 1932, Black Hawk County, Iowa.

1. 218. John Charles AUSTIN   b. 4 Dec 1857, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York; d. 17 Mar 1908, South Glen Falls, New York.

1. 219. Ai JOSLYN   b. 26 Apr 1848, Queensbury County, New York; d. 11 Aug 1890, Queensbury County, New York.
2. 220. Fordyce JOSLYN   b. 9 Feb 1851.
3. 221. Eber J. JOSLYN   b. 16 Aug 1854, New York; d. 18 Mar 1918.
4. 222. Sanford JOSLYN   b. 16 Apr 1856.
5. 223. Clara Belle JOSLYN   b. 10 Nov 1858.

1. 224. Sarah Anna SISSON   b. 3 Sep 1851.
2. 225. Mary Eliza SISSON   b. 4 Jul 1853.
3. 226. Aiden SISSON   b. 19 Apr 1855.
4. 227. Pheba A. SISSON   b. 3 Sep 1856.
5. 228. William J. SISSON   b. 5 Apr 1858.
6. 229. Joseph A. SISSON   b. 31 Aug 1859.
7. 230. Abigail SISSON   b. 3 May 1863.
8. 231. Chauncey Adelbert SISSON   b. 20 Jul 1868.
9. 232. John J. SISSON   b. 20 Jan 1870.

1. 233. Mary WELLS  

1. 234. Laura E. HOWARD   b. 1846, Pennsylvania; d. 20 Aug 1910, Muncie, Indiana.
2. 235. Ella HOWARD   b. 23 May 1853, Noble County, Indiana; d. 8 Jan 1884; bur. Jan 1884.
3. 236. Lomse HOWARD   b. 26 Apr 1856.
4. 237. Howard HOWARD   b. 16 Apr 1861, Van Wert, Ohio; d. 29 Sep 1941, Cadillac, Michigan.
5. 238. Jane Francis HOWARD   b. 21 Apr 1863, Allen County, Indiana; d. 16 May 1944, Holland , Michigan.

1. 239. Maria M. HEIMSTREET  
2. 240. Charles HEIMSTREET   d. St. Louis, Missouri; bur. St. Louis, Missouri.
3. 241. Daughter HEIMSTREET  
4. 242. William HEIMSTREET  
5. 243. Edward Burton HEIMSTREET   b. 1849.

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

Maria Spicer never married

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

Tobias died at the home of his uncle Daniel Tobias, near Williamstown, NY.

1. 244. Amos POST   b. 1 Sep 1839, New York.
2. 245. Josephine POST   b. 20 Aug 1841, New York.
3. 246. Aaron POST   b. 1845, New York.
4. 247. Nathan A. POST   b. 21 Sep 1847, New York.
5. 248. Abram POST   b. 9 May 1851, New York.
6. 249. Polly POST   b. 14 Feb 1853, New York.

1. 250. Mary E. SMITH   b. 25 Apr 1841, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. Sep 1862, Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York; bur. Sep 1862, New York.
2. 251. Asa SMITH   b. 25 Oct 1842, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 18 Jul 1922, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Jul 1922, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
3. 252. Cleopatra Mcmillion SMITH   b. 4 Jun 1844, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 5 Nov 1865, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Nov 1865, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
4. 253. Catherine Lucy SMITH   b. 2 Feb 1846, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 4 Feb 1868, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Feb 1868, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
5. 254. Jesse Spicer SMITH   b. 2 Feb 1848, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 30 Oct 1923, Wisconsin; bur. Nov 1923, Wisconsin.
6. 255. John Franklin SMITH   b. 20 Jan 1850, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. Abt 1930, South Dakota; bur. South Dakota.
7. 256. America Angeline SMITH   b. 22 Sep 1852, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 1939, Wisconsin; bur. 1939, Wisconsin.

Marquis De Lafayette Smith b September 7, 1824 (son of Jesse and Mary Casselman Smith) traveled with Asa Holmes Spicer and family to Cortland, Kent Co., Mich. where they started a business in Shingle making. Lafayette stayed in Michigan. Asa left and went to Minnesota. The shingle making business didn’t work out.

1860 Courtland Kent County, Michigan Census p604 Courtland #504/448.

Marquis L Smith 35 M Shingle Maker N.Y

Catherine 33 F N.Y

Mary A. 13 F N.Y.

William H. 5 M OHIO

Jessee E 3 M MICH

Maella L 10/12 F MICH



Asa H Spicer 28 M Shingle Maker N.Y

Nancy 27 F N.Y

Clarissa J 9 F Michigan

William 7 M N.Y.

Sarah A 5 F N.Y

Jessee 3 M Michigan

Asa 7/12 M Michigan


-Source; Kathie Lipscomb-

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Asa's son William Harrison Spicer believed that his step mother Hulda Page Robbins poisoned Asa. It is apparent Hulda did not get along well with her step-children as they were sent to live on their own shortly after she and Asa married. What is interesting is despite the seemingly bad blood between Hulda and Asa's children their descendants got along just fine as seen by the many marriages between Spicer and Robbins descendants. Hulda's grandson Elton Sylvester Robbins had a daughter Gladys, and 3 sons John, Henry [Hank] & Leo. Hulda's grandson John Robbins married Wilma Spicer [whom I believe was the daughter of Joel Isaac Spicer & Zella Enid Spicer. Zella Spicer was the daughter of William Harrison Spicer [the one who accused Hulda of poisoning Asa.] Henry [Hank] Robbins married Edna Spicer and Leo Robbins married Aileen Spicer. Edna and Aileen were the daughters of John Jesse (Jack ) Spicer & Cecilia Demarre. John Jesse Spicer was the son of Asa Holmes Spicer III & Lillian Sheldon. Asa Holmes Spicer III was the son of Asa Holmes II Spicer and Nancy Chapman and he was the step son of Hulda Page Robbins Spicer.

Asa and Hulda were married 31 years. I don't know if the story of Hulda poisoning Asa is true or why, after so many years of marriage, William believed his father met his death at the hands of his wife Hulda. Perhaps William so resented his step-mother for putting he and his siblings out that he blamed her for Asa's death.

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"hi, how have you been? its been a while since I wrote to you. I put the family tree away for a while but I'm back at it now. I found a story in the Mazeppa Tribune telling about a story in the Pine Island Record newspaper, about a Mrs. Spicer trying to poison her husband mar 6 1897 its actually an apology to Mrs. Spicer placed in the tribune by the authors of the story. it says we have learned that the statement regarding Mrs. Spicer was untrue and we were grossly misinformed by what we thought was a reliable source...."

Excerpt from an e-mail sent to me by John Sander on December 27, 2003

Information on the various Spicer Robbins marriages was supplied by John Sander, 3rd great grandson of both Asa Spicer and Hulda Robbins.
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Message Board Post:
I am also a relative of Royal Jesse Chapman. His daughter Abigail Jane was a sister to Nancy, who married Asa Spicer.
As far as I know, there has never been any connection between R.J. Chapman with any other known Chapman's in New York.
As I was doing some census research, 1850, in West Sparta, Livingston Co., NY I discovered that the Jacob Chapman family is enumerated next to the Asa Spicer (Sr.) family. Has anyone tried to tie these two Chapman's together?

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Asa and Nancy married in 1849 during New York’s Graft War and migrated to Minnesota shortly after the Civil War Draft Riots. The years from 1840 through 1866 was a bloody and violent period in New York brought on by "the Panic of 1837." The panic started on May 10, 1837 in New York City with the failure of banks and record unemployment levels.

By 1840, with the influx of immigrants organized crime steadily grew in New York. It infiltrated and dominated all aspects of New York’s life, from the criminal justice system, to those involved in politics, and the social elite down to the working class. Most businesses and political forums had an undercurrent of criminality and corruption. Politicians often used money from gambling operations to get elected, and organized crime figures worked closely with labor racketeers. The Irish played the dominant role in organized crime in New York, Chicago and other cities. Those involved in organized crime controlled the city. Graft by city leaders was prevalent throughout New York. They defrauded the city through padded and fictitious charges and also profited extravagantly from tax favors. The negative effects of organized crime on New York continued for many decades.

In March 1863 the National Conscription Act was passed. The act made all single men aged twenty to forty-five and married men up to thirty-five subject to a draft lottery. One of the major reasons for the draft riot was the act allowed drafted men to avoid conscription (I.e. the draft) by supplying someone to take their place or by paying the government a $300.00 exemption fee. Needless to say, only the wealthy could afford to buy their way out of the draft. On Saturday, July 11, 1863 The National Conscription Act, which was to initially be enforced in New York City, exacerbated long-simmering class tensions in the city. On the evening of Sunday, July 12th, working men and women met in the city's streets and saloons and read the names drawn during the previous day's draft lottery. Not surprising the names the appeared on the draft list consisted almost entirely of the working class and poor.

On Monday morning, workers from the city's railroads, machine shops, shipyards, and iron foundries gathered together to protest the unfairness of the draft. The large crowd then began moving uptown, gathering workers from workshops and factories along the way. Their goal was to march to the
Provost Marshall's Office at Third Avenue and Forty Sixth Street, where more names of those who were to be drafted would be drawn that day. Carrying "No Draft" signs, they cut telegraph wires and gathered weapons along the way.

Over the course of the next three days bloody street battles raged across New York City's rich and poor neighborhoods. One aspect of this riot that is often not told is that the rioters, most Irish and German immigrants, focused some of their rage on the city's black citizens who’s own struggles for work came up against the influx of immigrants The African Americans were not the only victims, the rioters also attacked any person or any business that represented wealth, prosperity, or propensity to be a Republican (whom the rioters held responsible for the segregations of the working class and the wealthy.)

Before peace was finally restored with the arrival of federal troops (many directly from the battlefield at Gettysburg) on Thursday, July 16, New York City's draft riot would become the nation's single most violent civil disorder, with more lives lost than in any other instance of urban domestic violence in American history.

1. 257. Clarissa Jane SPICER   b. 18 Aug 1850, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan; d. 13 Mar 1945, Newport, Rock County, Nebraska; bur. Mar 1945, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
2. 258. William Harrison SPICER, II   b. 8 Jul 1852, York State (Livingston County, New York, probably West Sparta); d. 20 Mar 1931, Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; bur. 23 Mar 1931, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota.
3. 259. Sarah Arina SPICER   b. 30 Jun 1854, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan; d. 26 Aug 1939, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1939, Minnesota.
4. 260. Alfred SPICER   b. 1855, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan.
5. 261. Jesse Archie SPICER   b. 7 Aug 1857, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 13 Jun 1927, Canistota, McCook County, South Dakota; bur. Jun 1927, South Dakota.
6. 262. Asa Holmes SPICER, III   b. 3 Aug 1859, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 13 Feb 1902, Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota; bur. Feb 1902, Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota.
7. 263. Jane M. SPICER   b. 3 Jun 1861, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
8. 264. John Henry SPICER   b. 14 Feb 1862, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 26 Jan 1914, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. 28 Jan 1914, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
9. 265. Nancy Elisabeth (Libby) SPICER   b. 16 Jul 1864, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 25 Mar 1894, Minnesota; bur. Mar 1894, Minnesota.

1. 266. John T. LOVELL   b. 28 Jul 1847, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 6 Jun 1932, Pardeeville, Wisconsin; bur. 1932, Wisconsin.

"...I have not proven that James Smith is a brother of Jesse and John. But it is a possibility as he is also living in West Sparta at the same time. His daughter Catherine married Nathan Spicer."
Kathie Liscomb z_spotz@charter.net

From "Columbia County History Book 1982"
LANGLIN SPICER FAMILY
The first ancestor of the Spicer family to come to Columbia county, Wisconsin, was Langlin Spicer who was born April 5, 1830 in West Sparta Livingston County, New York. He was on of 14 children of Asa and Elizabeth Tobias Spicer. He was married to Mary Smith of West Sparta in 1849. A daughter, Elizabeth and a son, Jeremiah was born to them. Mr. Spicer’s wife died in 1856, and he was married for the second time to Phoebe Van Steenburg in 1858. Their first son, George, was born in West Sparta in 1859. In 1861, the family came to Columbia County, Wisconsin and settled in Marcellon Township. Mr. Spicer’s mother died in New York and his father, Asa, and some of his brothers and sisters also settled in this area.
Langlin Spicer acquired about 280 acres of land in Marcellon. They lived for a time in a small two-story house on a neighboring farm. Later, Mr. Spicer bought the house and moved it to a new location on his own land. While the house was being moved, his wife and children remained inside. Mrs. Spicer related later that it was "a very rough ride."
Much of the Spicer land was covered with virgin timber that had to be cleared. A portion of the timber was left standing to be used for fuel and lumber, after the land was cleared, a walking plow was pulled by a team of oxen to break up the soil.
In 1864, Langlin Spicer’s son, Jeremiah died at the age of 9. In that same year, Mr. Spicer enlisted in Co. I, 49th Wisconsin Infantry and served about a year in the Civil War. In 1865, a second son Jerry was born and in 1866 a third son Charles was born. This same year, Jeffrey died at the age of 16 months.
As the family grew, more rooms were added to the original house which still stands today on highway 33, about one fourth mile west of the junction of highway 22.
A daughter, Cora, was born in 1870, and a fourth son, Clifford, in 1881. All of the children left to go their separate ways except Charles who remained on the family farm.
A short time before his death in 1897, the Spicers moved to Pardeeville, Wisconsin. Mrs. Spicer died there in 1919, and was buried in the family plot in Marcellon Cemetery."
1870 Marcellon Columbia County Census Image 4
Langlin Spicer 40 yrs farmer
Phoebe 35 yrs
George 10 yrs
Charley 4 yrs
Cora May 2/12 yrs
From Nancy Trice:
Langlin Spicer was born 5 April 1830 in West Sparta, New York. He d 12 Sept. 1897 in Pardeeville, Wisconsin.
He married/1 1 Sep 1849 in West Sparta, Mary Smith d/o Jesse and Mary Casselman) Smith. She was b 25 Aug 1831. She d 22 April 1856.
He m/2 4 Nov 1858 Phoebe Maria, d/o John and Rachel Eliza Hagerty) Vansteenburgh. She was b 28 Feb. 1838 in Hartland New York.
April 1861 he removed from New York to Marcellon, Wis. He enlisted 20 Feb, 1865 in Co. I, 49th Wis. Inf. He was a prosperous farmer. He was much beloved by all who knew him. Shortly before his death he retired from his farm and built a fine residence in Pardeeville, Wis.
CHILDREN:
Mary Elizabeth, b 14 Feb. 1851; married Fred Baker.
Jeremiah, b 22 Sep. 1854; d 18 May, 1864
George W b 3 Sep 1860; m Elizabeth Soole
Jeremiah, b 18 June 1864; d 5 Oct, 1865
Charles H, b 12 July 1866; m/1 Ann Wendlich; m/2 Molly Wendlich; m/3 Grace Hanes.
Cora May, b 17 April 1870; m 28 Dec. 1892 in Pardeeville, Phillip s/o Ernest and Anna (Molish) Port, b 28 Dec 1860 near Kingston, Wis; chi: Marian Irene Port, b 9 Jul 1896; Manly C Port b 16 April 1900.

1. 267. Mary Elizabeth SPICER   b. 14 Feb 1851, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
2. 268. Jeremiah SPICER   b. 22 Sep 1854, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 18 May 1864, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. May 1864, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.

1. 269. George W. SPICER   b. 3 Sep 1860, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
2. 270. Jeremiah SPICER   b. 18 Jun 1864, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; d. 5 Oct 1865, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Oct 1865, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
3. 271. Charles H. SPICER   b. 12 Jul 1866, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
4. 272. Cora May SPICER   b. 17 Apr 1870, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
5. 273. Clifford SPICER   b. 1881.

1. 274. Nathan Henry SPICER   b. 1842, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.
2. 275. Margaret Lovina SPICER   b. 1844, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio.
3. 276. John Lovekin SPICER   b. 4 Oct 1846, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.
4. 277. Charles Russell SPICER   b. 1849, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.
5. 278. Nathan Henry SPICER   b. 19 Oct 1851, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa; d. 19 Feb 1936; bur. Feb 1936.

1. 279. Sylvester Nobel SPICER   b. 23 Jan 1855, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.
2. 280. Amanda Malvina SPICER   b. 1857, Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.
3. 281. Mary Marie SPICER   b. 4 Oct 1858, Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.
4. 282. William SPICER   b. 5 Oct 1860, Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.
5. 283. Perry SPICER   b. 16 May 1862, Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.
6. 284. George B. SPICER   b. 1864, Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.
7. 285. Ella Rebecca SPICER   b. 4 Sep 1867, Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.
8. 286. Zeruah SPICER   b. 1869, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.
9. 287. Adella May SPICER   b. 23 Mar 1871, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.
10. 288. Elizabeth Jane SPICER   b. 2 Mar 1873, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.
11. 289. Clara Emily SPICER   b. 21 Sep 1881, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.

1. 290. Amy Ann LEMON   b. 1847.

1. 291. Harriet EVERTS  

1. 292. Maria EVERTS  

First twenty years of his life were spent in Freetown, and in Groton, NY. Was a clerk and farmer: 1836 moved to Palmyra, NY., where he was employed as clerk for W.P. Jackson. One year in Salem, MI. After marriage returned to Groton, NY. where in connection with his father and brother Clint, he purchased two farms and remained twenty years. Fall of 1859 he purhased the farm one and one half miles from Palmyra, where he died . Was Baptized by his brother, Rev. Jay Backus, in 1836 and united with the Baptist Church. Soon after elected Deacon and later to Palmyra he served the Baptist Chruch.
Ref: History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer, a Land Holder in New London,
Ct. by Susan Spicer Meech & Susan Billings Meech 1911 pg 194

1. 293. Courtly Clinton BACKUS   b. Groton, Tompkins County, New York.
2. 294. Charlotte BACKUS   b. 23 Sep 1840, Groton, Tompkins County, New York.
3. 295. Scott S. BACKUS   b. 19 Oct 1845, Groton, Tompkins County, New York.
4. 296. Ellen A. BACKUS   b. 2 Oct 1849, Groton, Tompkins County, New York.
5. 297. Rufus Numon BACKUS   b. 16 Aug 1856, Groton, Tompkins County, New York.

from The Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau, and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin, published 1892, page 770:

Delbert Clarence Burns, of Trempealeau county, is a son of William Thomas Burns, who was born in Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York, July 20, 1824. He was the son of John and Laura Burns.

December 13, 1847, W. T. Burns was united in marriage to Louisa Jane Bugbee, a daughter of William Bugbee, and in 1854, they came to Wisconsin, first to Portage, thence to Trempealeau Township, settling on section 1. This farm was entirely new, but he improved the place and made of it a pleasant home and there he resided until his death, August 20, 1884.

He was a well-known and esteemed citizen, and took an active interest in promoting the growth and prosperity of the community in which he lived. He was a member of the Town Board of Trempealeau, and took an active part in the religious and educational progress of the town. He was especially active in church matters, and was one of five who built the Methodist Church at Centreville, he having been a member of that denomination for twenty years. Politically he was identified with the Republican party. He met his death in a sudden and peculiar way, having died from the sting of a bee.

His only child, Delbert C., was born at the homestead in Trempealeau county, March 8, 1857, which he now owns and occupies.

He married Lunetta C. French, a daughter of Henry French, of Galesville, and a well-known pioneer of Trempealeau County. Mr. and Mrs. Burns have two children: Florence Mabel and Lulah Camele.

1. 298. Delbert Clarence BURNS   b. 8 Mar 1857, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; d. 1908, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; bur. 1908, Wisconsin.

1. 299. Cornelia COOPER   b. 4 Feb 1854, Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York; d. May 1911, Mechanicville, New York; bur. May 1911, New York.

1. 300. Andrew J. FITCH, II   b. 21 Mar 1868.
2. 301. S. Emaline [Lena] FITCH   b. 19 Jun 1871; d. 28 Jul 1890.

1. 302. Brigham Layfayette MELVILLE   b. 31 Oct 1887.

1. 303. Leontine ELLIOTT   b. 17 Jul 1888, Le Mars, Iowa; d. 14 May 1957, Toledo, or.

1. 304. Eliza KENT  
2. 305. Nettie KENT  
3. 306. Alby KENT  
4. 307. Leita KENT  

1. 308. Anna Alma SWAIN  

1. 309. Lillian SPICER   b. 9 Mar 1857, Marengo, Illinois; d. 13 Apr 1906, Burlington, Chittenden County, New york.
2. 310. Flora SPICER   b. 5 Dec 1858, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa; d. May 1902, Shell Rock, Bulter County, Iowa.
3. 311. Jeannette SPICER   b. 5 Feb 1861, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa.
4. 312. Thadeus SPICER   b. 4 Sep 1864, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa.
5. 313. Camilla E. SPICER   b. 14 Mar 1867, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa.
6. 314. Wilmot Jay SPICER   b. 26 Jul 1875, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa.

1. 315. Herman Jewett SPICER   b. 9 Dec 1863; d. 26 Dec 1864.
2. 316. Orville William SPICER   b. 9 Dec 1863; d. 13 Jun 1866.
3. 317. Alice May SPICER   b. 6 Apr 1871, Black Hawk County, Iowa.
4. 318. Lucy Elizabeth SPICER   b. 26 May 1874, Parkersburg, Bulter County, Iowa.
5. 319. Charlotte Allene SPICER   b. 30 May 1876, Monroe, Iowa.
6. 320. Ruth Tryelma SPICER   b. 30 Jan 1880.

1. 321. Bertha AUSTIN   b. 6 May 1881, Rensselaer County, New York; d. 13 Apr 1966, Glen Falls, New York.

1. 322. Rosa JOSLYN  
2. 323. Willis A. JOSLYN   b. 1877.
3. 324. Adelbert Clavin JOSLYN   b. 1881; d. 1927.

1. 325. Lottie JOSLYN  
2. 326. Burton JOSLYN  
3. 327. Freddie JOSLYN  
4. 328. Nellie JOSLYN  
5. 329. Edwin JOSLYN  

1. 330. NONE  

1. 331. Lilly JOSLYN   b. 7 Apr 1871; d. Feb 1873.
2. 332. Elvora JOSLYN   b. 9 Feb 1873; d. 9 Jun 1960.
3. 333. Franklin JOSLYN   b. 13 Mar 1875; d. 5 Oct 1949.
4. 334. Milton Arthur JOSLYN   b. 7 Apr 1886; d. 16 Feb 1973.

1. 335. Florence SHELDON  
2. 336. Marie Eleanor SHELDON   b. 12 Nov 1881, West Fort Ann, Wahington County, New York.

1. 337. Henry HOLMES, II  
2. 338. Clara HOLMES  
3. 339. Daughter HOLMES  

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

An influential citizen of Palmyra, Wisconsin. He was President of the "Farmers Saving Bank" of Palmyra, and Secretary of the Wisconsin Pharmacetical Association.

1. 340. Alice HEIMSTREET   b. Janesville, Wisconsin.

1. 341. Daughter HEIMSTREET