Spencer Hendrickson ^{2 3 4}

   Cause of his death was Old Age.³

  General Notes:

Bryan D. Bills (http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvpleasa/cemetery/bills.htm):
NOTE: Catherine and Spencer Hendrickson are listed in the "Pleasants, West Virginia Genealogy Page" as being buried in the Bills Cemetery, at Calcutta, but I really do not believe this to be the fact. I have always heard the rumor that they were either buried in the Bills Cemetery or the Rinehart/Cecil Cemetery and I really believe that if they are in this area at all they are in the Rinehart/Cecil Cemetery which is located much closer to the old Hendrickson home on Schultz Fork Creek run. Also, it has been rumored, that Roberta (Rinehart) Hendrickson wife of Robert Hendricks on was buried in the Bills or Rinehart/Cecil Cemeteries, although there is no stone for her in either cemetery, she could very well be in the Bills Cemetery because she would have died sometime after 1874 when hers on Jacob Spencer was born.

As near as I can determine, the first three graves in the Bills Cemetery are those of, first, Joseph M. Bills, 30 Aug 1853/20 Apr 1857, son of Joseph and Emaline (Reynolds) Bills, second, Eliza Ellen Bills, 2 Sep 1855/9 Nov 1862, daughter of Joseph and Emaline Bills, third, Joseph Bills, 8 Apr 1813/30 Sep 1887, husband of Emaline (Reynolds) Bills.

Therefore, assuming that the death dates of the elder Hendricksons are correct as given - 30 Aug 1856, it does not seem logical to me that anyone would have been buried there before the son of Joseph and Emaline Bills considering that the cemetery is located on the farm of Joseph Bills.

Also, part of the rumor was that this particular pair of Hendricksons did not come to this part of the country at all, and were buried some where around Gormania, near the West Virginia and Maryland border.

Therefore, lacking any hard facts, I only bring this rumor some seventy-odd years ahead. I would welcome any real facts.
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1800 Came to Shenandoah Valley, Bayard, Grant County, West Virginia
1830 Living Bayard, Grant County, West Virginia
1850 Living in the Calcutta - Shultz area, Pleasants, West Virginia
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  Death Notes:

Name: Spencer Hendrickson
Gender: Male
Death Date: 30 Aug 1856
Death Place: French Creek, Pleasants, Virginia
Age: 83
Birth Date: 1773
Occupation: Farming
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Catharine Hendrickson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B58077-4
System Origin: West Virginia-EASy
Source Film Number: 34490
Reference Number: 1856 p1 Line 17
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  Burial Notes:

Note: There is some debate as to whether Spencer and Catherine Hendrickson are actually buried in the Bills Family Cemetery. An old newspaper article states they were buried in the Calcutta cemetery of the United Brethren Church
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 23, Hardy County, VA on 12 October 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 86B, Dwelling 1167, Family 1180
District 23, Hardy County, Virginia
Spencer Hendrickson..78..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife.)
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• He was buried after 30 August 1856 in the Bills Family Cemetery in Calcutta, VA.

Find A Grave Memorial #95999971
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Spencer married Catherine Biser, daughter of John Jacob Biser and Maria Elizabeth Darner, about 1799.¹ (Catherine Biser was born on 27 August 1782 in Middletown, MD,⁶ died on 30 August 1856 in French Creek, VA ^{1 7} and was buried after 30 August 1856 in Calcutta, VA ^{7 8}.). The cause of her death was Grief.³

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 23, Hardy County, VA on 12 October 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 86B, Dwelling 1167, Family 1180
District 23, Hardy County, Virginia
Spencer Hendrickson..78..PA..Farmer
Catharine Hendrickson..72..Unk
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  Marriage Notes:

The Death Register for Pleasants County, Virginia confirms that both Spencer and Catherine died on the same day, 30 Aug 1856. The cause of death for Spencer was listed as "Old Age" while Catherine's was "Grief".
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