Calvin Augustus Spencer (1774 - 1839)

Born 25 Feb 1774 in Vergennes, Addison, Vermont

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1839 at age 65 in Pleasant Valley, Carroll, Iowa, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Spencer Name Study.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Originally buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley (Valley City) , Iowa south of four grandchildren by son Roswell Hopkins Spencer, founder of Pleasant Valley, Iowa, and Roswell's wife Martha Ann Henley Spencer.

Moved and reinterred in Chippiannock Cemetery (founded 1855) Rock Island, Illinois on May 22, 1874 on the lot of another son, Judge John Winchell Spencer. A memorial stone was erected for Calvin and second wife Zeruah at the second grave location.

Parents

Gideon Spencer 1741–1819

Seviah Buck Spencer 1742–1827

Spouses

1. Ruth Cook Hopkins Spencer 1770–1808
2. Zeruah Spencer 1790–1860

Children

1. John Winchell Spencer 1801–1878
2. Daniel Reed Spencer 1804–1881
3. Roswell Hopkins Spencer 1807–1876

Name

Name: Calvin Augustus /Spencer/^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 25 FEB 1774

Place: Vergennes, Addison, Vermont, United States^[6][7][8][9]

Death

Death:

Date: 29 AUG 1839

Place: Age: 65/Pleasant Valley, Carroll, Iowa, United States^{[10][11][12][13]}

Burial

Burial:

Place: Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Gideon SPENCER
2. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: Volume: 207; SAR Membership Number: 41294 Data: Text: Record for Gideon Spencer Object: @M446@
3. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: Volume: 210; SAR Membership Number: 41861 Data: Text: Record for Gideon Spencer Object: @M447@
4. ↑ Source: #S17 Data: Text: Record for Calvin Augustus Spencer
5. ↑ Source: #S226
6. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Gideon SPENCER
7. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: Volume: 207; SAR Membership Number: 41294 Data: Text: Record for Gideon Spencer Object: @M446@
8. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: Volume: 210; SAR Membership Number: 41861 Data: Text: Record for Gideon Spencer Object: @M447@
9. ↑ Source: #S17 Data: Text: Record for Calvin Augustus Spencer
10. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Gideon SPENCER
11. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: Volume: 207; SAR Membership Number: 41294 Data: Text: Record for Gideon Spencer Object: @M446@
12. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: Volume: 210; SAR Membership Number: 41861 Data: Text: Record for Gideon Spencer Object: @M447@
13. ↑ Source: #S17 Data: Text: Record for Calvin Augustus Spencer
14. ↑ Source: #S17 Data: Text: Record for Calvin Augustus Spencer

Calvin Augustus Spencer BIRTH 25 Feb 1774 Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA DEATH 29 Aug 1839 (aged 65) Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA BURIAL Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Show MapGPS-Latitude: 41.4818538, Longitude: -90.5791495 MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #192888047 Has a photo of gravestone.

Inscription IN MEMORY OF CALVIN SPENCER BORN BINNINGTON, VT. Feb.25, 1774 DIED Pleasant Valley Iowa Aug. 29, 1839 The memory of the just is blessed. Psalms (should be Proverbs) 10th 7th

• Source: S1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S17 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Iowa, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
• Source: S226 Title: Jacobus, Donald Lines , "The Four Spencer Brothers" NOTEJacobus, Donald Lines . "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their". The American Genealogist. 27 (April 1951): pp. 79-87.
• Source: S23 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1
• Source: S24 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michael Spencer for creating WikiTree profile Spencer-5630 through the import of Sam-Derifield_2013-10-16_2013-10-16.ged on Oct 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.