Burdette Spencer ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

• His occupation in 1880 was a First turnkey at Elmira Correctional Facility when it opened in Elmira, NY. ⁷

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Elmira, NY on 11 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 464B, District 80, Family 437, Roll 817
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
1212 Hall(?) Street
Burdette Spencer..Head..51..NY..Reformatory Guard

(Living with wife, 2 sons, and mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Elmira, NY on 14 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 24, Family 242
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 37 years
Burdette Spencer..Head..Sep 1828..72..New York..Keeper (Ref.)

(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Elmira, NY on 15 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 25, Family 2, Roll 931
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
459 Roe Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 48 years
Burdett Spencer..Head..81..New York..Turnkey N. Y. S. Reformatory

(Living with wife.)
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• He was buried after 21 November 1916 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY.

Find A Grave Memorial #99834252.

Burdette married Emma Eliza Lightfoot, daughter of Levi Edward Lightfoot and Susan Anne Corneliusdatter Nelson, on 10 April 1862 in Ottawa, IL.^{1 2 3 4} (Emma Eliza Lightfoot was born on 25 March 1843 in Nauvoo, IL,^{1 2 3 7 8 9 10} died on 16 May 1928 in Lily Dale, NY ^{1 7 10} and was buried after 16 May 1928 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung, NY ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They have conflicting marriage information of 10 April 1862 and Elmira, NY. ⁷

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Elmira, NY on 11 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 464B, District 80, Dwelling 383, Family 437, Roll 817
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
1212 Hall(?) Street
Burdette Spencer..Head..51..NY..Reformatory Guard
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..37..IL..Keeping House
Burr Spencer..Son..12..NY..At School
Earnest Spencer..Son..6..IN
Lois Spencer..Mother..83..MA..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Elmira, NY on 14 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 24, Family 242
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 37 years
Burdette Spencer..Head..Sep 1828..72..New York..Keeper (Ref.)
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..Mar 1843..57..Illinois..2/2..Employer Knitting Mill
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Elmira, NY on 15 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 25, Family 2, Roll 931
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
459 Roe Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 48 years
Burdett Spencer..Head..81..New York..Turnkey N. Y. S. Reformatory
Emma E. Spencer..Wife..66..Illinois..2/1

NOTE - Married son Earnest and his family lived next door.
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  Marriage Notes:

E-mail from Marjorie R. Tracy:
Inger Eliza (Emma Lide) Lightfoot met Burdette Spencer when he was a soldier. He had gone to Illinois and had enlisted in 1861. They were married in Elmira, Chemung, New York on 10 Apr 1862 which is where they ultimately settled. After the Civil War, Burdette brought Emma to Elmira for about 4 years, where their first son, Burr Leland, was born in 1867. They moved to Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, which is where my husband's grandfather Earnest Lightfoot Spencer was born in 1874. After Burdette died in 1916, "Emma" moved to Lily Dale, New York to the Spiritualist colony there and lived out her life.

Burdette and Emma had two sons, one of whom, Burr Leland, died in a fall from a bridge construction site. Their other son, Earnest Lightfoot Spencer, was my husband's grandfather.

There is a strange coincidence in the names of her son, "Earnest Lightfoot Spencer", and a son of her brother, Edward Levi Lightfoot, whose son 's name was "Ernest Spencer Lightfoot". Now, according to the book "The Sloopers", Edward Levi Lightfoot married Minnie Belle Burget in 1877, and his son, Ernest Spencer Lightfoot, would have been born well down the line, as he was the 8th of 12 children. So, there is a good possibility that Edward either named his son directly after Earnest Spencer, or the Ernest might be from someone who both Emma and Edward appreciated and named their sons for; plus possibly giving his son the last name his sister now had.
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Name:Burdett Spencer
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Apr 1862
Event Place: LaSalle, Illinois, United States
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Emma E Lightfoot
Spouse's Sex: Female

Citing this Record
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q288-DT4Y : 22 July 2021), Burdett Spencer and Emma E Lightfoot, 10 Apr 1862; citing LaSalle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,710,810.
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