I found Arthur Spencer & family including his mother, Mary Roxie Amsbaugh Spencer living in Wilken Co., Minn. All Spencer families left Fayette, Ohio after the death in 1879 of patriarch, David F. Spencer of RI,. Arthur, your line, went to MN, as did my Grandfather, Charles E. Sister Olive moved to Herford. Tx. Another sister married John Wood.
William and Lee were b. in Mn, 1891 and 1893, south of Fargo. (lots of story here). Arthur`s wife was Virginia Hackett, who died in 1905+-, buried at Clearwater, MN. at the Catholic Cemetery. Arthur remarried and homesteaded at Fromberg, Mt in 1906. I have the photo, he and his mother in a buggy.
William worked as a boy on a large boat on Flathead Lake, adopted a girl who is retired. Lee tried to run the homestad, but the mountainside was not productive. I traced his movement to Butte. At about that time before he went to war, the photo of my gramps and Lee, dressed in chaps and spurs, had a staged shootout for the camera. The photo was marked `Cuz Lee` in our photo box upstairs, but I never learned who Lee was, until a late in life search was done.
I have a photo of Lee`s grave marker. I tried to find Wheelers some years ago, and found a link in LA., also in Sacramento.
I would be most pleased to share what I have. David F, Spencer had a father blacksmith (Amos) who made cannons for the war of 1812. There is enough known about him to write a small book. His family founded the town of East Greenwich, RI., in about 1669 or so. John Spencer`s writing can still be seen in the city building there. When I learned about the 4 brothers Spencer and a sister who caame to Mass. in 1632, I didn`t believe I could be connected to them. However I did the dna test which has me matched to them on all 12 points. Lee would have passed the same test.
If you are interested I can show you how to find the records for 2 revolutionary war vets, one is an Athey and the other is David Strait, who applied for a pension in 1832 after a law was passed, after nearly all the vets had died. However he made it to his 90s, and got his pension for the last years of his life. His story in his own words written by a court scribe tells his story of attending war actions. It is on the net also. His grave is a field stone with his initials carved on it. No military marker at all. I hope all this isn`t too much to take on a early post like this. I will stay only on a specific topic if told to do so. Most pleased to hear from you. Wendell Spencer