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Nelson Strong Spencer 1857–1949 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Dec 1857

Birth Location: Lee, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 29 Apr 1949

Death Location: Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA

Father: Anquilla Spencer

Mother: Mary Spencer

Spouse(s): Ida Spencer

Children(s): Clifford Spencer, Charles Spencer, Mary Parks

Nelson Strong Spencer / was born in 1857 in Lee, Illinois, USA, the child of Anquilla Spencer And Mary Ann Hetler Spencer. Nelson Strong Spencer married Ida Florence Rush Spencer, and had children including Charles Blakley Spencer, Clifford Ricker Spencer, Mary Spencer Parks. Nelson Strong Spencer / passed away in 1949 in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Nelson Strong Spencer // was born in 1857 in Lee, Illinois, USA, the child of Anquilla Spencer And Mary Ann Hetler Spencer.
  • Nelson Strong Spencer // married Ida Florence Rush Spencer, and had children including Charles Blakley Spencer, Clifford Ricker Spencer, Mary Spencer Parks.
  • Nelson Strong Spencer // passed away in 1949 in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

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Children(s)

Nelson Spencer's Ancestors

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Nelson Spencer
1857–1949
Birth Place: Lee, Illinois, USA
Parents
Anquilla Spencer
1832–1915
Pennsylvania USA
Mary (Ann Hetler) Spencer
1834–1882
Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
David Spencer
1802–1870
Centre, Pennsylvania USA
Rachel (Shivery) Spencer
1802–1886
Pennsylvania USA
Nathaniel (Nathan) Hetler
1810–1877
Mifflin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Catherine ("Kittie" Culp) Hetler
1807–1894
Northumberland, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Spencer
1754–1829
Susanna Spencer
1767–1834
Johannes Hetler
1762–1811
Anna Hetler
1769–1850
Jeremiah Culp
1752–1829
Elizabeth Culp
1782–1837
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Spencer
1726–1796
Hannah Spencer
1732–1796
Hans Hetler
1738–1765
Anna Hetler
1750–1817
Johann Henninger
1737–1815
Catharine Henninger
1748–1822
Johann Culp
1723–1777
Catherina Culp
1725–1809
Christian Merkel
1761–1846
Anna Markle
1768–1864

Nelson Spencer's Descendants

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Nelson (Strong) Spencer (3 Dec 1857–29 Apr 1949) m. Ida (Florence Rush) Spencer (20 Oct 1860–17 Apr 1941)
  1. 1. Clifford (Ricker) Spencer 1885–1904
  2. 2. Charles (Blakley) Spencer 1888–1969 m. Ann (Gardner) Spencer 1889–1973
    1. 1. Ann (Jane Spencer) Soderholm 1924–2004 m. Nels (Louis Soderholm) Jr. 1922–1978
  3. 3. Mary (Spencer) Parks 1890–1962 m. Ralph (Spencer Parks) Sr. 1890–1965
    1. 1. Ralph (Spencer Parks) Jr. 1919–2000 m. Helen (Elizabeth Frazee) Parks 1921–2004

Nelson Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1857
3 Dec 1857
Birth of Nelson Strong Spencer // in Lee, Illinois, USA
Lee, Illinois, USA
1949
29 Apr 1949
Age 92
Death of Nelson Strong Spencer // in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Dec 1857
    Event Place: Lee, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Apr 1949
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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