Son of Oliver and Alathea (Allen) Spicer.
Amos Spicer was the cousin of Major Miner Spicer, and served as captain in Miner's regiment during the War of 1812, being present at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Amos made a trip on horseback to what is now Summit County in 1810, and purchased land, returning again in 1811, by oxcart, in company with his cousin Major Spicer. He settled permanently in what is now Akron in 1816, after settling his inheritance in Connecticut. He resided in a cabin near the corner of present day Carroll and Spicer streets.
Along with Major Spicer, and another cousin, Paul Williams, Amos was one of the earliest settlers within the boundaries of present-day Akron.
Amos died in 1830 in Coventry township, and was buried in the Spicer cemetery, next to his wife Eunice. When Spicer cemetery was purchased for the construction of Buchtel College, all the bodies were moved to Glendale.
Spicer and his wife Eunice had several children, including Amos Jr. and Pierponte Edwin, who died in Eaton Co., Michigan; Oliver, who resided in Dickson Co., Tennessee; Alathea; Clarissa (wife of Wm. Babcock); Pamelia (wife of Robt. McLean) and Sarah who married Barnabas Williams, son of Paul Williams, the first resident in what is now Akron.
Amos Spicer was the cousin of Major Miner Spicer, and served as captain in Miner's regiment during the War of 1812, being present at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Amos made a trip on horseback to what is now Summit County in 1810, and purchased land, returning again in 1811, by oxcart, in company with his cousin Major Spicer. He settled permanently in what is now Akron in 1816, after settling his inheritance in Connecticut. He resided in a cabin near the corner of present day Carroll and Spicer streets.
Along with Major Spicer, and another cousin, Paul Williams, Amos was one of the earliest settlers within the boundaries of present-day Akron.
Amos died in 1830 in Coventry township, and was buried in the Spicer cemetery, next to his wife Eunice. When Spicer cemetery was purchased for the construction of Buchtel College, all the bodies were moved to Glendale.
Spicer and his wife Eunice had several children, including Amos Jr. and Pierponte Edwin, who died in Eaton Co., Michigan; Oliver, who resided in Dickson Co., Tennessee; Alathea; Clarissa (wife of Wm. Babcock); Pamelia (wife of Robt. McLean) and Sarah who married Barnabas Williams, son of Paul Williams, the first resident in what is now Akron.
Son of Oliver and Alathea (Allen) Spicer.
Amos Spicer was the cousin of Major Miner Spicer, and served as captain in Miner's regiment during the War of 1812, being present at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Amos made a trip on horseback to what is now Summit County in 1810, and purchased land, returning again in 1811, by oxcart, in company with his cousin Major Spicer. He settled permanently in what is now Akron in 1816, after settling his inheritance in Connecticut. He resided in a cabin near the corner of present day Carroll and Spicer streets.
Along with Major Spicer, and another cousin, Paul Williams, Amos was one of the earliest settlers within the boundaries of present-day Akron.
Amos died in 1830 in Coventry township, and was buried in the Spicer cemetery, next to his wife Eunice. When Spicer cemetery was purchased for the construction of Buchtel College, all the bodies were moved to Glendale.
Spicer and his wife Eunice had several children, including Amos Jr. and Pierponte Edwin, who died in Eaton Co., Michigan; Oliver, who resided in Dickson Co., Tennessee; Alathea; Clarissa (wife of Wm. Babcock); Pamelia (wife of Robt. McLean) and Sarah who married Barnabas Williams, son of Paul Williams, the first resident in what is now Akron.
Amos Spicer was the cousin of Major Miner Spicer, and served as captain in Miner's regiment during the War of 1812, being present at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Amos made a trip on horseback to what is now Summit County in 1810, and purchased land, returning again in 1811, by oxcart, in company with his cousin Major Spicer. He settled permanently in what is now Akron in 1816, after settling his inheritance in Connecticut. He resided in a cabin near the corner of present day Carroll and Spicer streets.
Along with Major Spicer, and another cousin, Paul Williams, Amos was one of the earliest settlers within the boundaries of present-day Akron.
Amos died in 1830 in Coventry township, and was buried in the Spicer cemetery, next to his wife Eunice. When Spicer cemetery was purchased for the construction of Buchtel College, all the bodies were moved to Glendale.
Spicer and his wife Eunice had several children, including Amos Jr. and Pierponte Edwin, who died in Eaton Co., Michigan; Oliver, who resided in Dickson Co., Tennessee; Alathea; Clarissa (wife of Wm. Babcock); Pamelia (wife of Robt. McLean) and Sarah who married Barnabas Williams, son of Paul Williams, the first resident in what is now Akron.
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New stone placed in spring of 2016.
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