David Spicer

David Spicer
(1821-1893)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rosanna Shuck

David Spicer ⁴ ⁵

Born: 18 January 1821, , Muskingum County, OH ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷
Marriage (1): Rosanna Shuck on 6 April 1843 in , Muskingum County, OH ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 3 October 1893, , Wayne County, IL at age 72 ⁵ ⁶ ⁷
Buried: After 3 October 1893, Johnsonville, IL ⁵

bullet General Notes:

(Source: Wayne County Press, Wayne County, IL, 19 Oct 1893)

The Spicer family: Benton, blind sister, mother, and father were all poisoned by arsenic in their coffee. Joseph Spicer, the only other family member present at breakfast, does not drink coffee and therefore was fine. All survived except Mr. Spicer, who lingered for a week, and then died. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer had 5 married children in the neighborhood. No one was arrested.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, IL on 14 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 32B, District 137, Dwelling 77, Family 85, Roll 0257
Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, Illinois
David Spicer..Head..59..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 sons.)
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• He was buried after 3 October 1893 in the Hale Cemetery in Johnsonville, IL.

Find A Grave Memorial #17164089
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• His obituary was published in the Wayne County Press on 12 October 1893 in , Wayne County, IL.

David Spicer died Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock, from the effects of the poisoning, . . . He died at the age of nearly 70 years. His remains were laid to rest last Wednesday in the Hale cemetery. Leaves bereaved wife and several grown up children. . .

(Source: Wayne County Press, Wayne County, IL, 12 Oct 1893)
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David married Rosanna Shuck, daughter of Christopher Shuck and Mary Ann Livengood, on 6 April 1843 in , Muskingum County, OH.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Rosanna Shuck was born on 8 July 1824 in Ohio,² ³ ⁸ died on 29 December 1915 ² ⁸ and was buried after 29 December 1915 in Johnsonville, IL ² ³ ⁸.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, IL on 14 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 32B, District 137, Dwelling 77, Family 85, Roll 0257
Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, Illinois
David Spicer..Head..59..OH..Farmer
Rosanah Spicer..Wife..57..OH..Keeping House
Joseph Spicer..Son..26..IL..At Home
Thomas Spicer..Son..21..IL..At Home
Lafaette Spicer..Son..19..IL..At Home
John L. Spicer..Son..17..IL..At Home
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1 Genealogy.com, Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850 Marriage Index (Family Archive #400).

2 Jon M. Milner, World Family Tree Vol. 070, Ed. 1, Tree #0663 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: Jan.-2001).

3 Jon M. Milner, World Family Tree Vol. 076, Ed. 1, Tree #0583 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: May-2001).

4 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Indian Prairie Township, Wayne County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 137, p. 32B, dwelling 77, family 85, David Spicer and Rosanna Shuck; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0257.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17164089.

6 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE" (Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com Database: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).

7 Earl R. Sager, World Family Tree Vol. 089, Ed. 1, Tree #1113 (Genealogy.com, LLC. Release date: Dec.-2001).

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17164117.

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