Saturday, November 14, 2009

Rev. William S. Spencer

Rev. William S. and Martha Didama Gross Spencer
Burial: Shake Rag Cemetery Tuscaloosa

Parents of William Saldon Spencer
Grandparents of John Kirby Spencer
Great Grandparents of Ida Spencer Whaley
Great-Great-Grandparents of Mary, Tammie and Lucien Whaley


*note: footstones behind headstones

Shakerag Cemetery name later changed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Southeast, Tuscaloosa, Alabama


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


Martha Didama Gross 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

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