Young, Spencer, Lewis, Hawkins Family Trees
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James SPENCER's other family: with Martha Jane DEHART (1840- )
James SPENCER's parents: Marvel SPENCER (1793?-1845) and Sarah ADAMS (1797-1866)
James SPENCER's siblings: Martin S. SPENCER (1817-1879), John Alexander SPENCER (1821-bef1907), Peter SPENCER (1822-1902), Harden Edmund SPENCER (1824?- ), Levi SPENCER (1825-1864), Matilda F. SPENCER (1828-bef1910), Fleming SPENCER (1830- ), Drucilla Ruth SPENCER (1832-1917), Thomas J. SPENCER (1834-1860) and Charles Clark SPENCER (1835- )
Ruth SHELTON's parents: Absalom James SHELTON (1801?-1858) and Mary THOMPSON (1808?- )

Family of James Jefferson SPENCER and Ruth Elizabeth SHELTON

Husband: James Jefferson SPENCER (1833-1865)
Wife: Ruth Elizabeth SHELTON (1837-1860)
Children: Alexander SPENCER (1857?- )
Mary Frances SPENCER (1859?- )
Marriage 12 Apr 1855 Patrick County, Virginia

Husband: James Jefferson SPENCER

Name: James Jefferson SPENCER
Sex: Male
Father: Marvel SPENCER (1793?-1845)
Mother: Sarah ADAMS (1797-1866)
Birth 1 Aug 1833 Patrick County, Virginia
Death 20 Apr 1865 (age 31) Elmira, Chemung, New York

Additional Information

Death Cause: Died of disease while a POW during Civil War.

Wife: Ruth Elizabeth SHELTON

Name: Ruth Elizabeth SHELTON
Sex: Female
Father: Absalom James SHELTON (1801?-1858)
Mother: Mary THOMPSON (1808?- )
Birth 28 Jan 1837 Patrick County, Virginia
Death 29 Feb 1860 (age 23) Patrick County, Virginia

Child 1: Alexander SPENCER

Name: Alexander SPENCER
Sex: Male
Birth 1857 (app) Patrick County, Virginia

Child 2: Mary Frances SPENCER

Name: Mary Frances SPENCER
Sex: Female
Birth 1859 (app) Patrick County, Virginia

Note on Husband: James Jefferson SPENCER

Enlisted as a Private on 5 Sept 1861 at the age of 26, Company H, 58th Infantry Reg, Va. Absent, without leave, on 31 Jul 1862. Returned on 26 Aug 1862 (court martialed and pay deducted). Hospitalized on 7 Aug 1863 with rheumatism at Gordonville, Va. Transferred on 8 Aug 1863 at Lynchburg, Va Hospital. Returned on 15 Sept 1863. POW on 30 May 1864 at Bethesda Church, Va. Confined on 4 Jun 1864 at Point Lookout, Md. Confined on 9 Jun 1864 at Elmira, NY. Died of disease while a POW on 20 Apr 1865 in Elmira, NY.