Spencer Links and Notes

Link to Shakerag Cemetery/Church (Google Books)
"From the Gulf states and beyond: the legacy of Lee Pederson and LAGS"

By Lee Pederson, Michael Montgomery, Thomas Nunnally

Link to old photos of Shakerag Church in Tuscaloosa, Al
From Alabama Dept of Archives and History

Notice the marker above the red circle in the recent photo...
then look at the enlarged view of the old church on the left... I think you see the same marker.
A metal commercial building now stands appx where the old church stood.
I don't know if Rev Wm. was pastor of this Methodist church or not, but would guess so.

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Ida Spencer - b.Tuscaloosa, AL 1884 - moved with family to Texas 1892 (8yrs old) d.Ft Lauderdale, FL 1958

Father - John Kirby Spencer b. Tuscaloosa, AL - 1839 - moved to Texas 1892 - d.1905
Mother - Leslie Elizabeth Williams b. Centerville, AL -1849 - moved to Texas 1892 - d.1898

G-Father - William Saldon Spencer b.1815 (elbert, ga?) d.1870 tuscaloosa al - Wesley Chapel Cemetary, Ralph AL -no headstone
G-Mother - Lucinda Morris b. 1817 (Tusc?) d. 1870 Tuscaloosa, AL - Wesley Chapel Cemetary, Ralph AL - no headstone

GGFather - Rev Wm S. Spencer b. 1790 d. 1841 Tuscaloosa, AL - Shake Rag Cemetary/ - 50 yrs 8 mos
GGMother - Martha Didama Gross Spencer - b. 1791 d. 1867 Tuscaloosa, AL - Shake Rag Cemetary/- 76 yrs 6 mos
12 children, the last, Abner, was only one born in AL in 1840. Moved to Al between 1830 and 1840.

A Wm Whaley, 1755 - 1819, came to America on a convict ship. Served in Rev War in Capt John Shackleford company of No. Carolina.

Ida Jane Spencer (mama's aunt) m. Benjimen Franklin Maharry. b. Apr 1857. Moved to Russia.


COPY OF INFO FOUND ON WEB:

I think this is a match. I hope it is what you are looking for.

I have been told a William S. Spencer born

September 17, 1790 Georgia died August 13, 1814 tombstone found in Shakerag Methodist Cemetery Mt. Pleasant a few miles SSE of Tuscaloosa, AL is the father of

William Saldon born abt 1814

I have been told Jesse Morris b 1800 d 1848 Tuscaloosa AL married Nancy Sept 15, 1812 Morgan Co,GA are the parents of Lucinda born 1817 According to marriage record

Lucinda first married Joel Andderson Pierce in November 30, 1837 Tuscaloosa AL

The on Oct 30 1839 she married William Saldon Spencer as Lucy Pierce.....

William Saldon OR Saldin Spencer born abt 1814 (moved to Tuscaloosa, AL at about age 35) died abt 1870 tombstone Westley Methodist Chruch outskirts of Tuscaloosa, AL.

wife Lucinda or Lucy Morris b 1817 (age 33 1850 Tuscaloosa, AL died after 1870 Wesley Cemetery. They married Oct 30, 1839 in Tusculoosa Co., Alabama.


They had maybe 12 children *I am sure of

1. *John Kirby b 1839 (listed 4 in 1850 AL d 1905 buried Redwater, Bowie Co, Texas. near wife Leslie Elizabeth "Rebecca" Williams b Nov 17, 1849 AL died Nov 30, 1898 Redwater, TExas 5 children 2 spouses

2. Sarah b aabt 1840 age 10 1850 AL census married Will Meeks.

3. Mary abt 1842 listed age 8 1850 AL census married unknown.

4. William Salon (Salladdin II) abt 1844 listed age 6 1850 AL Census

5. Margaret S. "Maggie" OR Margarete b about 1847 Alabama married Washington Leeton

6. Harriet abt 1849 listed 1 in 1850 Tusculoosa AL census married Ike Maharette or Mahoney.

7.* Jesse M. Spencer aft 1850 AL d ?1905 on tombstone Redwater, Texas married James H. "Jim" Staggers in Alabama

8. Melissa aft 1850 AL married a McCain

9. Ida Jane aft 1851 married Benny Marharette

10. *Joshua Octavius "Josh" OR Ott b Sept 10, 1851 Tuscalosa, AL died January 18, 1923 Redwater, Texas **This is my line** He married Emmonds Robuck b Aug 22, 1856 died February 10, 1942 Redwater, Texas Married December 23, 1877 maybe 1875 Lafayette Co., Miss They had 8 children. My grandmother was #6 born July 4, 1888.

11. Maria b abt 1857 in Alabama listed ae 13 in 1870 Tuscaloosa, AL census

12. George Washington b Oct 25, 1862 Tuscaloosa, Al listed on 1870 census

died April 21 1949 Batesville, Panola Co, Miss Black Jack Cemetery Married July 10, 1881 Oxford, MS to Tempy Ann Meeks b July 4, 1862 AL died July 9, 1941 Batesville, Panola Co, Miss Black Jack Cemetery. They had 1 children.

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I have the following information which may be of interest to you: Three of William Saladin Spencer and Lucy Pearce's daughters married three Maharrey brothers: Harriet Spencer married Isaac B. Maharrey on 16 Aug. 1865 in Greene Co. AL, Margaret Spencer married John Maharrey 26 Aug. 1869. John died Mar. 1870 and Margaret married (2) Robert W. Leaton (Seeton?) in Nov. 1877 in Tuscaloosa Co. AL. Ida Jane Spencer married Benjamin Franklin Maharrey 4 Apr. 1877 in Tuscaloosa, Co. AL. Contact me by e-mail if you need other information on these families.

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Didama Spencer

Birth: Mar. 8, 1791 - Georgia, USA

Death: Oct. 3, 1867, USA

Headstone Reads: Aged 76 years, 6 months, & 15 days

Thou art not in the tomb confined,

Death cannot claim the immortal mind.

The earth close 'ore its sacred trust,

Yet goodness dies not in the dust.

Burial: Shake Rag Cemetery Tuscaloosa (Photo of headstone)

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Lucinda E. Morris Spencer

Birth: 1817

Death: unknown - Lucinda died after 1870.

Spouse: William Saladin Spencer (1815 - 1870)

Burial: Shake Rag Cemetery Tuscaloosa

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Rev William S. Spencer

Birth: Sep. 17, 1790 - Georgia, USA

Death: Aug. 13, 1841 - Alabama, USA

Headstone Reads: 50 yrs. 9 months 26 days

Burial: Shake Rag Cemetery Tuscaloosa - (Photo of headstone)

William Saladin Spencer

Birth: 1815

Death: 1870

Spouse: Lucinda E. Morris Spencer (1817 - ____)*

Burial: Shake Rag Cemetery Tuscaloosa

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John Kirby SPENCER - . 1839

Gender: Male Death: 25 DEC 1905 Redwater Cemetery, Redwater, Bowie, Texas