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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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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Sarah Arina SPICER   b. 30 Jun 1854, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan; d. 26 Aug 1939, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1939, Minnesota.
4. 5. Alfred SPICER   b. 1855, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan.
5. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Jane M. SPICER   b. 3 Jun 1861, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
8. 9. 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. 10. Nancy Elisabeth (Libby) SPICER   b. 16 Jul 1864, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 25 Mar 1894, Minnesota; bur. Mar 1894, Minnesota.

1. 11. Bertha Diploma DAVIS   b. 28 Mar 1870, Bear Valley, Chester Township, Wabasha, Minnesota; d. 22 Mar 1928, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; bur. 1928, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
2. 12. Charles Henry DAVIS   b. 11 May 1873, Redwood County, Minnesota; d. 27 Apr 1947, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; bur. 1947, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
3. 13. Nettie Nina DAVIS   b. 23 Apr 1875, , Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 12 Feb 1977, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; bur. 1977, ,, California.
4. 14. Lulu DAVIS   b. 1877, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. Abt 1880, Minnesota; bur. Minnesota.
5. 15. Floy Emerald DAVIS   b. 5 Aug 1879, Minnesota; d. 15 Apr 1974, Upland, San Bernadino, California; bur. 1974, California.
6. 16. Ina Olive DAVIS   b. 11 Dec 1881, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 11 Mar 1921, Nebraska; bur. 1921, Nebraska.
7. 17. Jesse Clarence DAVIS   b. 30 Apr 1884, Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska; d. 27 Dec 1977; bur. 1977.
8. 18. Lewis Lionel DAVIS   b. 20 Jul 1886, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 23 Oct 1946; bur. 1946.
9. 19. Clyde Leonard DAVIS   b. 1 Jul 1888, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 23 Dec 1959, at his home in Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; bur. 1959, Nebraska.
10. 20. Ethyl Leota DAVIS   b. 27 Jul 1891; d. 3 May 1993, Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska; bur. 1993, Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska.

William Spicer had cancer in his face which required many surgeries to remove the cancerous tissue and bone. Due to the surgeries, William's face was horribly disfigured and his sinus cavities were exposed which drained constantly and required frequent dressing changes. Despite severe pain from the facial mutilation(s), and the exposure of his open wounds to bacteria and germs, William survived, albeit miserably, in this condition for many years. His son, Lanklyn also suffered from facial cancer, however, his malignancies were diagnosed in the early stages and less extreme measures of treatment was provided, i.e. burning the malignancies.

William Harrison Spicer made a blackboard for one of the first schools [in Holt County, Nebraska] which is written in "Before Today" a book about the people who settled Holt County Nebraska

The same book states, James Davis and Arina Wyman moved to Minnesota in 1855, a year before Arina Philinda Davis was born. Then moved their family to Holt County, Nebraska in 1878 with 13 children. Yet Arina and William Harrison's daughter, Valerie [Lanklyn's sister] was born in 1875, where I don't know but their 2nd child, Claude was born in 1877 in Atkinson, Nebraska, a year before the book claims Arina Phylinda moved to Holt County, NE with her parents! So it is questionable that Arina Wyman and James Davis moved to Holt County, Nebraska with their 13 children after all.

He was named after his uncle William Harrison, I

William moved his family back and forth between Minnesota and Nebraska on several occasions by covered wagon. On the family's last trip back to Minnesota, William and Arina's 6 year old son, Nathan, contracted scarlet fever and died near Winnebago City, Minnesota. Heart broken, William and Arina carried their small child away from the train and buried him under a small cherry tree on the prairie.

Once the towns people heard that someone on the train had died of the fever they wired to all of the towns and villages ahead to warn them, and the people on the wagon train were shunned and made to stay away from the towns and villages. In later years one of Nathan's brother's went back to Winnebago in search of his brother's small grave in order to place a headstone but was unable to find it.

1. 21. Valerie SPICER   b. 21 Mar 1875, near Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota; d. May 1949; bur. May 1949.
2. 22. Claude Urban SPICER   b. 1 Feb 1877, Near Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota; d. 31 Jan 1967, Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa; bur. Feb 1967, North Branch, Cedar County, Iowa.
3. 23. Geneva Pearl SPICER   b. 2 Jun 1882, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 8 Feb 1967; bur. Feb 1967.
4. 24. Lanklyn Sylvester SPICER   b. 15 Aug 1884, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 3 Jun 1970, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Jun 1970, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota.
5. 25. Baby Boy SPICER   b. 16 Jan 1886, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 16 Jan 1886, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; bur. Jan 1886, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
6. 26. Morton Cecil SPICER   b. 13 Feb 1889, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 23 Dec 1922, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 1922, Minnesota.
7. 27. Nathan SPICER   b. 27 Apr 1891, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 16 Apr 1895, near Winnebago City, Faribault County, Minnesota; bur. 16 Apr 1895, Under a tree near Winnebago City, Minnesota.
8. 28. Zella Enid SPICER   b. 29 Dec 1894, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 4 Feb 1973, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California; bur. 1973, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California.
9. 29. Evelena Joy SPICER   b. 10 Jun 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. Aft 10 Jun 2002; bur. 2002.
10. 30. William Edward SPICER   b. 9 Jan 1899, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. Apr 1982, Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota; bur. 1982, Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota.
11. 31. Nannie Bell SPICER  

1. 32. Annie Eliza PORT  
2. 33. Frances PORT  
3. 34. William PORT  
4. 35. Henry PORT  
5. 36. Asa Henry PORT  
6. 37. Edwin PORT  
7. 38. Lila PORT  
8. 39. Elizabeth\Lizzie PORT  
9. 40. John PORT, II  
10. 41. Dorothy PORT  
11. 42. Clarissa PORT  
12. 43. Mary Ellen PORT  
13. 44. Ernest W. PORT   b. 20 Sep 1881, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; d. 12 Sep 1967, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. Sep 1967, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
14. 45. Magaret V. PORT   b. 7 Sep 1884, Minnesota; d. 29 Apr 1968, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1 May 1968, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
15. 46. Adolph Edward PORT   b. 5 Jun 1889, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; d. 3 Feb 1945, Village of Swan River, Sago Township, Itasca County, Minnesota; bur. 7 Feb 1945, Village of Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota.

1. 47. Elwyn Earl SPICER   b. 10 Jul 1883; d. 2 Feb 1971, Canistota, South Dakota.
2. 48. Alma Hazel Fern SPICER   b. 22 Apr 1885; d. 16 Oct 1956; bur. 1956.
3. 49. Archibald Jesse SPICER   b. 17 Jul 1887, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 27 Mar 1968, Canistota, South Dakota; bur. 1968, Canistota, South Dakota.
4. 50. Harold SPICER   b. 11 Apr 1892; d. 12 May 1892.
5. 51. Asa James SPICER   b. 11 Oct 1896; d. 3 Apr 1898.

1. 52. Asa Joel SPICER   b. 10 Jul 1880, Warba, Itasca County, Minnesota; d. 18 Dec 1959, Minneapolis, Hennipen County, Minnesota; bur. 21 Dec 1959, Warba, Itasca County, Minnesota.
2. 53. Joel Isaac SPICER   b. 5 Dec 1881, Warba, Itasca County, Minnesota; d. 1954, California; bur. 1954, California.
3. 54. Alpheus Langlyn SPICER   b. 14 Jun 1882; d. 14 Apr 1968, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
4. 55. Lillian (Libby) SPICER   b. 28 Mar 1884.
5. 56. Gertrude Ella SPICER   b. 15 Mar 1886, Mazzeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 30 Jul 1935, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. Aug 1935, Minnesota.
6. 57. William Harrison SPICER, III   b. 17 Mar 1889; d. Nov 1900.
7. 58. John Jesse (Jack ) SPICER   b. 6 Feb 1894.
8. 59. Iona Belle SPICER   b. 23 Mar 1901; d. 1901.

1. 60. Mina Angeline SPICER  
2. 61. Jessie SPICER   b. 9 Oct 1897, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. Wabasha County, Minnesota.

1. 62. Elmer Vane SLAYMAKER   b. 25 Jul 1890; d. 2 Feb 1972.
2. 63. Edward Charles SLAYMAKER   b. 5 May 1892; d. 22 Feb 1951.
3. 64. George Henry SLAYMAKER   b. 7 Jun 1894; d. Aft 1975.
4. 65. Izetta Rinnie SLAYMAKER   b. 8 Sep 1895, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 1989.
5. 66. Laurence Guy SLAYMAKER   b. 18 Jun 1897; d. 9 Sep 1975, Basset, Nebraska; bur. 1975, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
6. 67. Frances Shirley SLAYMAKER  

1. 68. Caroline Olive DAVIS   b. 7 Mar 1899, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. Apr 1992, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
2. 69. Clare Helen DAVIS   b. 21 Sep 1900, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 21 Nov 1982, Santa Ana, California.
3. 70. Florence DAVIS   b. 9 Apr 1904, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. Feb 1995, Denver, Colorado; bur. 1995.

1. 71. Letha D. RUSSELL   b. 11 Jan 1894.
2. 72. Essie Adelia RUSSELL   b. 24 Sep 1895.
3. 73. Sylvenus Claude RUSSELL  
4. 74. Sylvester Clyde RUSSELL   b. 10 May 1900; d. 25 Jul 1900, Casper, Wyoming; bur. Casper, Wyoming.
5. 75. Fred RUSSELL   b. 11 Aug 1901; d. Casper, Wyoming; bur. Casper, Wyoming.
6. 76. Esther Leota RUSSELL  
7. 77. Bertha I. RUSSELL   b. 6 Dec 1908, Newport, Nebraska; d. 2 Aug 1912, Nebraska; bur. Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
8. 78. Mildred Gaye RUSSELL  

1. 79. Merle Ray BAILEY  
2. 80. Frank BAILEY, Jr.   b. 22 Nov 1906; d. 23 Apr 1940.

1. 81. Vernice Leota EMERY  
2. 82. Henry EMERY  
3. 83. William EMERY  

1. 84. Vernice Leota EMERY  
2. 85. Henry EMERY  
3. 86. William EMERY  

1. 87. Nona DAVIS  
2. 88. Glen DAVIS  
3. 89. Frances DAVIS  
4. 90. Peter DAVIS  

1. 91. Nona DAVIS  
2. 92. Glen DAVIS  
3. 89. Frances DAVIS  
4. 90. Peter DAVIS  

1. 93. Theresa Lucille DAVIS  
2. 94. Ivor Minor DAVIS   b. 12 Sep 1916, died in infancy; d. 24 Jan 1917.

1. 95. Beulah Irene DAVIS   b. 2 Sep 1911, Nebraska; d. 29 Jun 1913, Nebraska; bur. 1913, Nebraska.
2. 96. Gladys DAVIS  
3. 97. Shirley Lois DAVIS  
4. 98. Leonard Clyde DAVIS  
5. 99. Nettie Arlene DAVIS  
6. 100. Howard Charles DAVIS  
7. 101. Richard Lee DAVIS   b. 6 Feb 1936; d. 7 Feb 1936.

1. 95. Beulah Irene DAVIS   b. 2 Sep 1911, Nebraska; d. 29 Jun 1913, Nebraska; bur. 1913, Nebraska.
2. 96. Gladys DAVIS  
3. 97. Shirley Lois DAVIS  
4. 98. Leonard Clyde DAVIS  
5. 99. Nettie Arlene DAVIS  
6. 100. Howard Charles DAVIS  
7. 101. Richard Lee DAVIS   b. 6 Feb 1936; d. 7 Feb 1936.

1. 102. Ferne Clarissa MORRISON   b. 7 Mar 1915, Nebraska; d. 1 May 1997, Susanville, Lassen, California.
2. 103. Vernon Davis MORRISON  
3. 104. Lloyd George MORRISON  
4. 105. Ethel Mae MORRISON   b. 8 Dec 1921, Nebraska; d. 29 Jul 1999, Sylmar, Los Angelos, California.
5. 106. Willard Dewett MORRISON  
6. 107. Phyllis Jane MORRISON   b. 1 Apr 1930; d. 29 Jul 1999, Chadron, Dawse, Nebraska.

1. 108. Fern SHELDON  
2. 109. Frank SHELDON  
3. 110. Earl SHELDON  
4. 111. Karl SHELDON  

1. 112. Vesta CORIELLE   b. 23 Nov 1894.
2. 113. Beatrice CORIELLE  
3. 114. Edna CORIELLE  
4. 115. Harold CORIELLE   b. 10 Jan 1900; d. Feb 1975, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon; bur. Feb 1975, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon.
5. 116. Daughter CORIELLE   b. 1902; d. 1902; bur. 1902.

1. 117. Lloyd Follis SPICER   b. 14 Dec 1896, Mazeppa, Wabash County, Minnesota; d. 25 Feb 1982, Hennipen County, Minnesota; bur. Feb 1982, Hennipen County, Minnesota.
2. 118. Gerald SPICER  
3. 119. Nellie Fern SPICER  
4. 120. Louis SPICER   b. 6 Dec 1904, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 30 Dec 1904, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Jan 1905, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota.
5. 121. Ruth Daisy SPICER   b. 2 Mar 1907, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 12 Aug 1909, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Aug 1909, Pine County, Minnesota.
6. 122. David Cecil SPICER  
7. 123. Ethyl Arina Debora SPICER   b. 16 Feb 1912, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 6 Feb 1920, North Branch, Chisago County, Minnesota; bur. Feb 1920, Chisago County, Minnesota.
8. 124. Marjorie Esther SPICER  
9. 125. Raymond Burton SPICER  

1. 126. Violet BRIGHT   b. 11 Feb 1900, Zumbrota Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. Between 1902 and 1903, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Between 1902 and 1903, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota.
2. 127. Eve May BRIGHT  
3. 128. Marion De Lafayette BRIGHT  
4. 129. Ray Rufus BRIGHT   b. 8 Aug 1906; d. Oct 1975, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. Oct 1975, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
5. 130. Wilbur Cole BRIGHT   b. 8 Mar 1908, Zumbro Falls, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 9 Nov 2000, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; bur. Nov 2000, Wisconsin.
6. 131. Oliver Clark BRIGHT   b. 12 Apr 1910; d. 20 Nov 1974; bur. Nov 1974.

1. 132. Dorothy Jean HEIL  
2. 133. Burrell HEIL  
3. 134. Alda DeLyle HEIL  

Lanklyn Sylvester Spicer 1884 1970

Lanklyn Spicer was my great-great grandfather, and his name fit as he was a very tall lanky man and I am told he had a wonderful twinkle in his eyes. He lived up north on a farm in Bruno Minnesota. He grew beautiful roses and was quite proud of them.

Lanklyn came from a large family, with nine brothers and sisters. As a young boy, Lanklyn’s family frequently moved by covered wagon back and forth from Nebraska, where he was born, to Minnesota. The reason for these frequent moves was due to the various Indian ‘uprisings.’ In 1895 on the family’s last journey back to Minnesota, Lanklyn’s younger brother Nathan contracted diphtheria and passed away near the city of Winnebago. Lanklyn’s family settled in Faribault, Minnesota before permanently setting in Sandstone, Minnesota.

According to his sister Evelena, Lanklyn had a wonderful sense of humor and was quite a prankster. He and his siblings all learned to play various instruments, Lanklyn learned to play several instruments quite well, and the family often entertained themselves with 'concerts.'

Lanklyn grew up on the family farm but had the Spicer wanderlust and eventually left home to see what life had to offer off the farm. He surprised his family when he returned to the farm in 1909 with a new bride, Estella Mae O‘Connell. In 1912 Lanklyn’s brother’s family came to visit Lanklyn’s growing young family including a son recently born. Joy turned to sorrow when it was discovered that the visiting relatives had brought ‘the fever’ with them. Lanklyn’s wife and new born son caught the fever and the child soon passed away. The local undertaker left a small white box out on the deserted street in front of Lanklyn’s home. After fetching the box, Lanklyn and Estella said their goodbyes and placed their infant inside. Securing the lid, Lanklyn then placed the box back out in the street to be picked up by the undertaker for burial.

Life was hard at the turn of the century but Lanklyn managed to support and raise 8 children. As a farmer Lanklyn didn’t have modern conveniences such as tractors and reapers, the land was plowed while walking behind a horse or mule and water was ‘drawn’ from a well he had to dig. Wood had to be chopped for fuel to heat the house and cook meals. Vegetable gardens were essential and were hoed by hand. Meat was raised and hunted to feed the family.

Lanklyn was a quiet man, at least in his later years, who enjoyed spending his evenings sitting in his easy chair reading his Bible and watching the small green tree frogs that would cling to the glass of the big picture window he sat beside.

1. 135. Cecil William SPICER   b. 10 Jan 1910, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 15 May 1974, On the Amtrak train enroute to Pasco, Washington; bur. 18 May 1974, Coon Rapids, Anoka County, Minnesota.
2. 136. Thelma SPICER   b. 25 Aug 1911, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 17 Dec 1991, Sandstone, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 1991, Sandstone, Pine County, Minnesota.
3. 137. Baby boy SPICER   b. 1912, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 1912, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 1912, Pine County, Minnesota.
4. 138. Cora Igsli SPICER   b. 27 Oct 1913, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 9 Nov 1913, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 19 Nov 1913, Pine County, Minnesota.
5. 139. Faith Oralie SPICER   b. 19 Oct 1914, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 14 Aug 2001, Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota; bur. 19 Aug 2001, Minnesota.
6. 140. Robert Claude SPICER   b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. Jan 2001, Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota; bur. Jan 2001, Minnesota.
7. 141. Baby boy SPICER   b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 29 Oct 1920; bur. 1920.
8. 142. Bryan Monroe SPICER  
9. 143. Elaine SPICER  
10. 144. Baby boy SPICER   b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota; d. 29 Oct 1920; bur. 1920.

1. 145. Cecil SPICER  
2. 146. Edwin SPICER   b. 22 Nov 1915; d. 10 Sep 1960, Hennipen County, Minnesota; bur. Sep 1960.
3. 147. Valerie SPICER  

1. 148. Ruth Kendahl SPICER  
2. 149. Margaret SPICER  

1. 145. Cecil SPICER  
2. 146. Edwin SPICER   b. 22 Nov 1915; d. 10 Sep 1960, Hennipen County, Minnesota; bur. Sep 1960.
3. 147. Valerie SPICER  

1. 150. Ruth Kendahl SPICER  
2. 149. Margaret SPICER  

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

[William Harrison Spicer.GED]

Nathan's family was travelingby covered wagon from Nebraska to Minnesota. While enroute, 4 year old Nathan contracted Diphtheria and passed away near the city of Winnebago.[William Harrison Spicer.FTW]

Nathan's family was travelingby covered wagon from Nebraska to Minnesota. While enroute, 4 year old Nathan contracted Diphtheria and passed away near the city of Winnebago.[William Harrison Spicer.FTW]

Nathan's family was travelingby covered wagon from Nebraska to Minnesota. While enroute, 4 year old Nathan contracted Diphtheria and passed away near the city of Winnebago.

1. 151. Arlys DONATHAN  

1. 152. Frank SPICER  
2. 153. Ira SPICER  
3. 154. Laura SPICER  
4. 155. Harrison William SPICER  
5. 156. Wilma SPICER  
6. 157. Joel SPICER, II   b. 22 May 1919, St. Paul. Ramsey County, Minnesota; d. 23 May 1919, St. Paul. Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 24 May 1919, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota.
7. 158. Clinton James Byrl SPICER  

1. 159. Helen Janet INGRAHAM  
2. 160. Donald Grant INGRAHAM   b. Abt 1918; d. 1922; bur. 1922.
3. 161. Helen Janet INGRAHAM  

1. 162. Ellenora PETERS  
2. 163. Joan PETERS  
3. 164. Baby PETERS  

1. 165. Ellenora PETERS  
2. 166. Joan PETERS  
3. 167. Baby PETERS  

1. 168. Lloyd F. SPICER  
2. 169. Lyle SPICER  
3. 170. John SPICER  
4. 171. Dennis SPICER  
5. 172. Ralph SPICER  
6. 173. Earl SPICER  
7. 174. Ruby SPICER   b. 8 May 1920; d. 10 Jul 1920, Rice County, Minnesota; bur. 10 Jul 1920, Rice County, Minnesota.
8. 175. Franklin SPICER  
9. 176. Roy SPICER   b. 1922; d. 4 Jan 1923, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Jan 1923, Pine County, Minnesota.
10. 177. Lloyd F. SPICER  
11. 178. Lyle SPICER  
12. 179. John SPICER  
13. 180. Dennis SPICER  
14. 181. Ralph SPICER  
15. 182. Earl SPICER  

1. 183. Shirley SPICER  

1. 184. Charles BALLARD  
2. 185. James BALLARD  
3. 186. Russell BALLARD  
4. 187. Shirley BALLARD  
5. 188. BALLARD  
6. 189. BALLARD  
7. 190. BALLARD  
8. 191. Charles BALLARD  
9. 192. James BALLARD  
10. 193. Russell BALLARD  
11. 194. Shirley BALLARD  
12. 195. BALLARD  
13. 196. BALLARD  
14. 197. BALLARD  

1. 198. Lila SPICER   b. Minnesota; d. Jun 1929, Minnesota; bur. Minnesota.
2. 199. Asa Henry SPICER   b. 18 Aug 1911, Minnesota; d. 8 Mar 1973, Itasca County, Minnesota; bur. 1973.
3. 200. Adolph Victor SPICER   b. 5 Oct 1919, Minnesota; d. 26 Mar 1990; bur. 1990.

1. 201. Sarah PORT   b. 2 Jul 1906, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; d. 29 Apr 1984, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. May 1984, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.

1. 202. Henry [Hank] ROBBINS  
2. 203. Leo ROBBINS  
3. 204. John ROBBINS   b. 1904; d. 1978; bur. 1978.
4. 205. Gladys ROBBINS   b. 13 Nov 1919; d. 8 Jan 1983; bur. 1983.

1. 206. Irene PORT  

1. 207. Lyle Sherman SPICER   b. 20 Aug 1911, Canistota, South Dakota; d. 16 Oct 1911, Canistota, South Dakota; bur. Oct 1911, Canistota, South Dakota.
2. 208. Raymond Eugene SPICER  
3. 209. Mildred Leora SPICER  
4. 210. Vernon Clark SPICER   b. 3 Jan 1917, Canistota, South Dakota; d. 14 Feb 1917, Canistota, South Dakota; bur. Feb 1917, Canistota, South Dakota.
5. 211. Helen Margaret SPICER  
6. 212. Lois Frances SPICER  

The names of Archie's children were cut off in the printing of the document I have been given - I have only the last 2 or 3 letters of their first names but have their entire middle names. I have recorded the partial letters and hope I eventually will be able to fill in the rest of their names.

1. 213. Alfred Archibald SPICER  
2. 214. Clifford Jesse SPICER   b. 30 Mar 1912; d. 10 May 1954.
3. 215. -----le Elenora SPICER  
4. 216. ---le Morton SPICER   b. 28 Dec 1916; d. 11 May 1965.
5. 217. ---arl Arabelle SPICER  
6. 218. ----- Ronald SPICER   b. 21 Jun 1925; d. 21 Jun 1925.

1. 198. Lila SPICER   b. Minnesota; d. Jun 1929, Minnesota; bur. Minnesota.
2. 199. Asa Henry SPICER   b. 18 Aug 1911, Minnesota; d. 8 Mar 1973, Itasca County, Minnesota; bur. 1973.
3. 200. Adolph Victor SPICER   b. 5 Oct 1919, Minnesota; d. 26 Mar 1990; bur. 1990.

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

[William Harrison Spicer.GED]

Joel Spicer married his cousin Zella Spicer, daughter of William Harrison Spicer and Arina Davis.[William Harrison Spicer.FTW]

Joel Spicer married his cousin Zella Spicer, daughter of William Harrison Spicer and Arina Davis.[William Harrison Spicer.FTW]

Joel Spicer married his cousin Zella Spicer, daughter of William Harrison Spicer and Arina Davis.

1. 152. Frank SPICER  
2. 153. Ira SPICER  
3. 154. Laura SPICER  
4. 155. Harrison William SPICER  
5. 156. Wilma SPICER  
6. 157. Joel SPICER, II   b. 22 May 1919, St. Paul. Ramsey County, Minnesota; d. 23 May 1919, St. Paul. Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 24 May 1919, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota.
7. 158. Clinton James Byrl SPICER  

1. 219. Nelos SPICER  
2. 220. Clara Eva SPICER   d. 10 Jun 1942, Carlton County, Minnesota.
3. 221. Carl SPICER  

1. 222. Pearl Elnora WOOD  
2. 223. Gertrude Alpha WOOD   b. 30 Nov 1909; d. 27 Oct 1995, Nisswa, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; bur. Oct 1995, Minnesota.
3. 224. Laurance Alpheus WOOD, I   b. 20 Nov 1911; d. Mar 1986, Radford, Radford County, Virginia.
4. 225. Crystal Faith WOOD   b. 8 Jun 1913, Pine Island, Goodhue County, Minnesota; d. 18 Sep 2001, West St. Paul, Minnesota; bur. 2001.
5. 226. Violet Lillian WOOD   b. 1 Jan 1916; d. 5 Oct 1998, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia.

1. 227. Edna SPICER   b. 1920; d. 1955; bur. 1955.
2. 228. Aileen SPICER   b. 1928; d. 28 Jun 1974; bur. 1974.

1. 229. Donald LORTSCHER   b. 26 Nov 1922.

1. 230. Raeburn Lucille BANNICK  
2. 231. Evelyn Maxine BANNICK  
3. 232. Virgil Adrian BANNICK  
4. 233. Merle Elaine BANNICK  
5. 234. Marilyn Marie BANNICK  
6. 235. BANNICK  

1. 236. Darleen E. BARNES   d. 3 Jul 2004; bur. 8 Jul 2004.

1. 237. Darleen E. BARNES   d. 3 Jul 2004; bur. 8 Jul 2004.

1. 238. PRUSSA  

1. 239. PRUSSA  

1. 240. Charles WEICHMAN  
2. 241. John WEICHMAN  
3. 242. WEICHMAN  
4. 243. WEICHMAN  
5. 244. WEICHMAN  
6. 245. WEICHMAN  

1. 246. ACKERMAN  
2. 247. ACKERMAN  
3. 248. ACKERMAN  
4. 249. ACKERMAN  
5. 250. ACKERMAN  
6. 251. ACKERMAN  
7. 252. ACKERMAN  
8. 253. ACKERMAN  

1. 254. Phyllis Mae RUSSELL  
2. 255. RUSSELL  
3. 256. RUSSELL  

1. 254. Phyllis Mae RUSSELL  
2. 257. RUSSELL  
3. 258. RUSSELL  

1. 259. Nettie Gaye RUSSELL  
2. 260. Donna Ray RUSSELL  
3. 261. Nettie Gaye RUSSELL  
4. 262. Donna Ray RUSSELL  

1. 263. Nettie Leota ALLENSWORTH  
2. 264. Mildred Ann ALLENSWORTH  

1. 265. KARMAN  
2. 266. KARMAN  

1. 267. KARMAN  
2. 268. KARMAN  

1. 269. Margaret BAILEY  
2. 270. Betty Ann BAILEY  

1. 271. BUTLER  
2. 272. BUTLER  
3. 273. BUTLER  
4. 274. BUTLER  

1. 275. MORRISON  
2. 276. MORRISON  

1. 277. MORRISON  
2. 278. MORRISON  

1. 279. Richard SPICER  

1. 280. SPICER  
2. 281. SPICER  
3. 282. SPICER  

1. 283. James P. ROTHMAN\RATHMAN   b. 29 Jan.
2. 284. Gertrude ROTHMAN\RATHMAN  
3. 285. Arina P. ROTHMAN\RATHMAN  
4. 286. ROTHMAN\RATHMAN  
5. 287. ROTHMAN\RATHMAN  
6. 288. ROTHMAN\RATHMAN  

1. 289. BRIGHT  
2. 290. James BRIGHT   b. 18 May 1952; d. 1974.

1. 291. Burrill BRIGHT   b. 21 Jun.
2. 292. Donna BRIGHT   b. 30 Jun.
3. 293. Allen BRIGHT   b. 15 Jul.
4. 294. Gale BRIGHT   b. 8 Aug.
5. 295. Gregory BRIGHT   b. 14 Aug.
6. 296. Dale BRIGHT   b. 18 Aug.
7. 297. Gary BRIGHT   b. 19 Aug.
8. 298. Robert BRIGHT   b. 25 Sep.
9. 299. Ronald BRIGHT   b. 11 Nov.
10. 300. Wayne BRIGHT   b. 28 Nov.
11. 301. Sylvia BRIGHT   b. 19 Dec.
12. 302. Peggie BRIGHT   b. 31 Dec.
13. 303. Betty BRIGHT  
14. 304. Wilbur BRIGHT  

1. 305. Richard HEIL   b. 23 May.
2. 306. Mary HEIL   b. 20 Jun.
3. 307. Thomas HEIL   b. 7 Jul.

1. 308. Ronald DANDESWHO   b. 25 Jan.
2. 309. John DANDESWHO, II   b. 12 Dec.

What kind of man was my grandfather Cecil?

When I was 15 I had a cyst removed from my left wrist. After the surgery and when I was put in a regular room they were still having trouble getting me to wake up. They thought I just needed to sleep off the anesthesia but the truth is I was severely dehydrated. The staff wouldn't tell my parents what was going on, just that they couldn't see me until I was fully awake so my parents were left worrying in the waiting room for over 6 hours.

In the meantime my grandpa who we called Gop or Goppy had also tried to see me and like my parents he was turned away at the nurses station. So there I was alone drifting in and out of consciousness. I remember struggling to wake up and being so frightened that I couldn't reach that state of consciousness. Even in that hazy state I knew enough to be scared that something wasn't right but not quite awake enough to do anything about it. Then suddenly through the fog in my brain I heard my grandpa Gop's sweet soothing voice telling me I was going to be OK because he was there for me now.

Then a nurse came into my room. She was angry and told him I wasn't allowed visitors and ordered him to leave. He refused and began raging at her about the inadequate care I was getting. Couldn't they see the reason I wasn't coming to was because I was severely dehydrated!! I was not having trouble coming out of the anesthesia, I was so dehydrated I couldn't regain consciousness! The nursed finally took a good looked at me. My lips were cracked, my skin gray and dry - I must have looked awful because the next thing I knew I was being jabbed with needles in both arms as they set me up for IV's. They pushed the fluids in me as fast as they could and soon I was able to become fully alert.

My grandfather had a severe heart problem and he was not suppose to climb stairs or do anything that would strain his heart yet when he got turned away at the nurses station he went down to the main floor, found a back stairway and walked up 3 flights of stairs in order find me. And he snuck in and out of rooms until he did find me! His perseverance probably saved my life.

Of course my mom was extremely grateful that her stubborn father was so determined to see me that he snuck his way in, but she was also very upset that he had climbed all of those stairs and risked his own life in order to get to me. And that is the kind of man my grandpa, my "Goppy", Cecil William Spicer was.

1. 310. SPICER  
2. 311. SPICER  
3. 312. SPICER  
4. 313. SPICER  

1. 314. VORK  
2. 315. VORK  
3. 316. VORK  

Cora's Death Certificate correctly identifies her mother's maiden name as Estella Mae O'Connell but incorrectly identifies her father Lanklyn S. Spicer as Conkly S. Spicer. I believe the mistake occurred due to the circumstances of little Cora's death. One of Lank's brothers and his family came to visit Lank and Mae around the time of Cora's birth. This family brought Scarlet Fever with them and Mae and her newborn daughter Cora contracted the illness. To prevent the spread of the Scarlet fever the family was under quarantine when Cora died so the undertaker left a small casket at the curb. Lank retrieved the casket and gently placed his infant daughter in it then returned the casket to the curb. The undertaker removed Cora and immediately buried her. On all of the other death certificates I have collected a family member has filled out the father's name and mother's maiden name, then signed the certificate as the "informant." Because Cora's family was under quarantine no family member signed her death certificate, instead it names the informant as "Taken from register." I believe whoever copied the register misread Lank's name. Perhaps it was smudged or faded. Whatever the reason the L was mistaken for a C and the A for an O, then they got the next 3 letters correct; KLY, but then for whatever reason did not add the N.

1. 317. CHILDREN  

1. 318. SPICER  
2. 319. SPICER  
3. 320. SPICER  
4. 321. SPICER  

1. 322. SPICER  
2. 323. SPICER  
3. 324. SPICER  
4. 325. SPICER  
5. 326. SPICER  
6. 327. SPICER  
7. 328. SPICER  
8. 329. Thomas Wayne SPICER   b. 9 Jul 1950, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; d. 23 Jul 2000, Concrete, Washington; bur. Jul 2000, Washington.

1. 330. Larry CHRISTIANSEN  
2. 331. Linda CHRISTIANSEN  
3. 332. Sheryl CHRISTIANSEN  
4. 333. Beverly CHRISTIANSEN  
5. 334. Steve Mark CHRISTIANSEN   b. 1 Aug.
6. 335. Kathy CHRISTIANSEN   b. 13 Sep.
7. 336. James CHRISTIANSEN   b. 23 Sep.
8. 337. Michael Carl CHRISTIANSEN   b. 16 Nov, Askov, Pine County, Minnesota; d. Askov, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Askov, Pine County, Minnesota.

1. 338. SPICER  

1. 339. SPICER  

1. 340. SPICER  
2. 341. SPICER  

1. 342. William\Billy Hugo WRIGHT   b. Jun 1929, Minnesota; d. 1981.

1. 343. SPICER  

1. 344. Katherine MCDONOUGH  
2. 345. Thomas MCDONOUGH   b. St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
3. 346. Joan MCDONOUGH   b. St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
4. 347. James MCDONOUGH   b. St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
5. 348. Austin MCDONOUGH   b. St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
6. 349. Mary MCDONOUGH   b. St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
7. 350. Patsy June MCDONOUGH  

1. 351. WRIGHT  

1. 352. SPICER  

1. 353. Earnest PETERSON, II  
2. 354. PETERSON  
3. 355. PETERSON  

1. 356. TREPTOW  

1. 357. SCANLON  
2. 358. SCANLON  

1. 359. Wallace John WELSCH, II  
2. 360. Robert WELSCH  
3. 361. WELSCH  
4. 362. WELSCH  

1. 363. WOOD  

1. 364. HAMMER  
2. 365. HAMMER  
3. 366. HAMMER  
4. 367. HAMMER  
5. 368. HAMMER  
6. 369. HAMMER  
7. 370. HAMMER  
8. 371. Maxine Edith HAMMER   b. 12 Jul 1944; d. 9 May 1997, Hugo, Washington County, Minnesota.

1. 372. BARHYDT  

1. 373. LORTSCHER  
2. 374. LORTSCHER  

1. 375. RANTHUM  
2. 376. RANTHUM  
3. 377. RANTHUM  
4. 378. RANTHUM  
5. 379. RANTHUM  
6. 380. RANTHUM  

1. 381. BUDENSIEK  
2. 382. BUDENSIEK  
3. 383. BUDENSIEK