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Sarah E. SPENCER

Sarah E. SPENCER

Female 1862 - 1936  (74 years)


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  • Name Sarah E. SPENCER
    Birth 14 Apr 1862  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1870  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Muddy Creek, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1880  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 2 May 1936  Muddy Creek, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Burial Mt. Nebo Cemetery, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • Obituary, West Union Herald, Thursday, May 28, 1936:

      Mrs. S. E. Anderson
      Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Spencer) Anderson, 74, wife of Lewis Anderson, died at her home at the head of Muddy Creek, Saturday forenoon following a long illness. She suffered a paralytic stroke a few years ago [from] which she never fully recovered.

      Mrs. Anderson was the daughter of the late John L. and Caroline (Backus) Spencer. Surviving are her aged companion Lewis Anderson and children, Mrs. Rella Tustin, of Walnut Fork; Arza, of Sistersville; Mrs. Rose Casper, of Baltimore Md.; Otis, of Booher; Mrs. Emma Sapp, of Fairmont; Benjamin, of San Diego, Calif.; Lownis, of Farr; and Curtis at home.

      She was the mother of fourteen children, part of whom died in infancy. She is also survived by the following brothers and sister, Silas Spencer, of Nutters Fork; T. R. Spencer, of West Union; Rebecca A. Murphy, of Booher; S. Lenora McKinney, of Nutters Fork; and W. W. Spencer, of Knights Fork.

      She had been a member of the U.B. church for many years.

      Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 at M. Nebo Church of Christ of Muddy Creek, in charge of Rev. A. E. Harper. Burial was in the church cemetery, in charge of T. J. Sellers, funeral director, of Middlebourne.
    Person ID I105663  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021

    Father John Leslie SPENCER,   b. CA 1838   d. 11 May 1871, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years)
    Mother Caroline BACKUS,   b. May 1837
    Family ID F35063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lewis W. ANDERSON,   b. CA 1858, Wetzel Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 10 Jan 1880  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    >1. Otis W. ANDERSON,   b. CA 1890, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Kershel ANDERSON,   b. CA 1908, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F57823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2286] 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    3. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 46, Line 4 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12039750&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1752] Obituary - At home, West Union Herald, 5/28/1936.