Nicholas Boone 'Bud' Spencer was the son of James and Deborah 'Deb' or 'Debby' Bowman Spencer. He appears to have been named after his grandfather Nicholas B. Bowman. Bud was born in Owsley County, Kentucky on January 31, 1858. According to one grandson, Bud was a redhead.
Bud married Temperance 'Tempy' Collier around 1880. The 1910 Wolfe County, Kentucky census records show that Temperance gave birth to nine children. There are two children that must have died as babies or small children as there appears to be no other records of them. Bud was called 'Pa' by the seven children who lived to adulthood:
Floyd 1881-1934
Icy Hyden 1885-1970
Ed 1888-1925
Callie 1890-1956
Oma (Amy) 1892-1917
Frances 1895-1974
Lizzie 1898-1971
We don't know much about Bud's character or personal information about him except for smatterings that come from a newspaper or some sort of official document. For historical context, we might note that Bud was born in the period right before the start of the Civil War and lived through the turbulent times of fighting and feuding that existed in Kentucky for at least half a century after the war ended. Bud's lifetime ended shortly after the end of The Great Depression.
Bud and Temperance apparently went through some financially trying times. There were three notices in the local newspaper of a 'Sheriff's Sale' to be held on July 7, 1908. The notices said a judgment was made against Bud and a C.V. Hensley in favor of a P.Y. Drake. There was to be an auction at Bud's place of and one yolk of red oxen, one yolk of pied oxen and two pied milch cows to satisfy the debts. The events that led up to this sale are unknown. It may have quite possibly have been related to Bud and Temperance's son Floyd's 1905 shootout with Millard Brewer. There was apparently a $2500 bond that was forfeited when Floyd left town and joined the Army. Bud may have been the person who cosigned the papers to help his son.
Bud and Temperance were married for around 37 years. Temperance died in May 25, 1917.
Bud married Sallie Rice on June 14,1926 in Manchester, Clark County, Kentucky. Sallie is said to have been a widow of Ben Rice. Not a whole lot is known about Bud and his relationship with Sallie. We do know, deserved or not, Sallie was apparently not well liked by her stepchildren. Bud's daughter, Callie, is said to have referred to Sallie as 'Sallie Bud'. Bud's son, Floyd, visited Sallie and Bud in Glencairn, Kentucky. He sent a letter home to wife, Reatha dated August 12, 1934. He wrote "i dont think so well of paws wife still she trys to do any thing to please me Callie and gram(???) dont get along all of the people on the rule of contraryness out here".
Son, Floyd's August 12 letter also mentions the hard times experienced in Kentucky in 1934. "have visited most all of my people times ant so good out here most of the people here liv on red cross i ame to go to midle town ohio first of the month can get a job in Roller mills three dollars a day".
Bud is listed as a farmer in the census records for most years. The 1920 census shows him employed as a laborer in the oil fields. He is back to farming in 1930, but appears to have retired by 1940.
We don't know if Bud was a 'moonshiner'. Making moonshine was fairly common back then. It is known that Bud's son, Floyd, had his own bootlegging business in Arkansas. There is a family story that one of Bud's grandson's had come back to Kentucky from Arkansas for a visit (probably in the 1930's). The grandson wasn't real familiar with the people or the area so he stopped and asked for the family. The people he talked to denied knowing them. The grandson finally talked to someone the next day and the people he was actually talking to were family, but they were making moonshine and since they didn't know him they didn't give him any information because they were afraid he was a revenuer.
Bud outlived three of his adult children. Daughter, Amy Spencer Bradley Barger, died from complications related to a difficult childbirth in Perry County, Kentucky on July 23, 1917. Son, Edd Spencer, died in a shootout with another man in Piney, Arkansas on May 7, 1925. Son, Floyd, was killed during a shootout with sheriff's officers near Pine Bluff, Arkansas on November 17, 1934.
Bud died of 'senility' at the age of 82 on November 21, 1940.
To be continued...
Bud married Temperance 'Tempy' Collier around 1880. The 1910 Wolfe County, Kentucky census records show that Temperance gave birth to nine children. There are two children that must have died as babies or small children as there appears to be no other records of them. Bud was called 'Pa' by the seven children who lived to adulthood:
Floyd 1881-1934
Icy Hyden 1885-1970
Ed 1888-1925
Callie 1890-1956
Oma (Amy) 1892-1917
Frances 1895-1974
Lizzie 1898-1971
We don't know much about Bud's character or personal information about him except for smatterings that come from a newspaper or some sort of official document. For historical context, we might note that Bud was born in the period right before the start of the Civil War and lived through the turbulent times of fighting and feuding that existed in Kentucky for at least half a century after the war ended. Bud's lifetime ended shortly after the end of The Great Depression.
Bud and Temperance apparently went through some financially trying times. There were three notices in the local newspaper of a 'Sheriff's Sale' to be held on July 7, 1908. The notices said a judgment was made against Bud and a C.V. Hensley in favor of a P.Y. Drake. There was to be an auction at Bud's place of and one yolk of red oxen, one yolk of pied oxen and two pied milch cows to satisfy the debts. The events that led up to this sale are unknown. It may have quite possibly have been related to Bud and Temperance's son Floyd's 1905 shootout with Millard Brewer. There was apparently a $2500 bond that was forfeited when Floyd left town and joined the Army. Bud may have been the person who cosigned the papers to help his son.
Bud and Temperance were married for around 37 years. Temperance died in May 25, 1917.
Bud married Sallie Rice on June 14,1926 in Manchester, Clark County, Kentucky. Sallie is said to have been a widow of Ben Rice. Not a whole lot is known about Bud and his relationship with Sallie. We do know, deserved or not, Sallie was apparently not well liked by her stepchildren. Bud's daughter, Callie, is said to have referred to Sallie as 'Sallie Bud'. Bud's son, Floyd, visited Sallie and Bud in Glencairn, Kentucky. He sent a letter home to wife, Reatha dated August 12, 1934. He wrote "i dont think so well of paws wife still she trys to do any thing to please me Callie and gram(???) dont get along all of the people on the rule of contraryness out here".
Son, Floyd's August 12 letter also mentions the hard times experienced in Kentucky in 1934. "have visited most all of my people times ant so good out here most of the people here liv on red cross i ame to go to midle town ohio first of the month can get a job in Roller mills three dollars a day".
Bud is listed as a farmer in the census records for most years. The 1920 census shows him employed as a laborer in the oil fields. He is back to farming in 1930, but appears to have retired by 1940.
We don't know if Bud was a 'moonshiner'. Making moonshine was fairly common back then. It is known that Bud's son, Floyd, had his own bootlegging business in Arkansas. There is a family story that one of Bud's grandson's had come back to Kentucky from Arkansas for a visit (probably in the 1930's). The grandson wasn't real familiar with the people or the area so he stopped and asked for the family. The people he talked to denied knowing them. The grandson finally talked to someone the next day and the people he was actually talking to were family, but they were making moonshine and since they didn't know him they didn't give him any information because they were afraid he was a revenuer.
Bud outlived three of his adult children. Daughter, Amy Spencer Bradley Barger, died from complications related to a difficult childbirth in Perry County, Kentucky on July 23, 1917. Son, Edd Spencer, died in a shootout with another man in Piney, Arkansas on May 7, 1925. Son, Floyd, was killed during a shootout with sheriff's officers near Pine Bluff, Arkansas on November 17, 1934.
Bud died of 'senility' at the age of 82 on November 21, 1940.
To be continued...
Nicholas Boone 'Bud' Spencer was the son of James and Deborah 'Deb' or 'Debby' Bowman Spencer. He appears to have been named after his grandfather Nicholas B. Bowman. Bud was born in Owsley County, Kentucky on January 31, 1858. According to one grandson, Bud was a redhead.
Bud married Temperance 'Tempy' Collier around 1880. The 1910 Wolfe County, Kentucky census records show that Temperance gave birth to nine children. There are two children that must have died as babies or small children as there appears to be no other records of them. Bud was called 'Pa' by the seven children who lived to adulthood:
Floyd 1881-1934
Icy Hyden 1885-1970
Ed 1888-1925
Callie 1890-1956
Oma (Amy) 1892-1917
Frances 1895-1974
Lizzie 1898-1971
We don't know much about Bud's character or personal information about him except for smatterings that come from a newspaper or some sort of official document. For historical context, we might note that Bud was born in the period right before the start of the Civil War and lived through the turbulent times of fighting and feuding that existed in Kentucky for at least half a century after the war ended. Bud's lifetime ended shortly after the end of The Great Depression.
Bud and Temperance apparently went through some financially trying times. There were three notices in the local newspaper of a 'Sheriff's Sale' to be held on July 7, 1908. The notices said a judgment was made against Bud and a C.V. Hensley in favor of a P.Y. Drake. There was to be an auction at Bud's place of and one yolk of red oxen, one yolk of pied oxen and two pied milch cows to satisfy the debts. The events that led up to this sale are unknown. It may have quite possibly have been related to Bud and Temperance's son Floyd's 1905 shootout with Millard Brewer. There was apparently a $2500 bond that was forfeited when Floyd left town and joined the Army. Bud may have been the person who cosigned the papers to help his son.
Bud and Temperance were married for around 37 years. Temperance died in May 25, 1917.
Bud married Sallie Rice on June 14,1926 in Manchester, Clark County, Kentucky. Sallie is said to have been a widow of Ben Rice. Not a whole lot is known about Bud and his relationship with Sallie. We do know, deserved or not, Sallie was apparently not well liked by her stepchildren. Bud's daughter, Callie, is said to have referred to Sallie as 'Sallie Bud'. Bud's son, Floyd, visited Sallie and Bud in Glencairn, Kentucky. He sent a letter home to wife, Reatha dated August 12, 1934. He wrote "i dont think so well of paws wife still she trys to do any thing to please me Callie and gram(???) dont get along all of the people on the rule of contraryness out here".
Son, Floyd's August 12 letter also mentions the hard times experienced in Kentucky in 1934. "have visited most all of my people times ant so good out here most of the people here liv on red cross i ame to go to midle town ohio first of the month can get a job in Roller mills three dollars a day".
Bud is listed as a farmer in the census records for most years. The 1920 census shows him employed as a laborer in the oil fields. He is back to farming in 1930, but appears to have retired by 1940.
We don't know if Bud was a 'moonshiner'. Making moonshine was fairly common back then. It is known that Bud's son, Floyd, had his own bootlegging business in Arkansas. There is a family story that one of Bud's grandson's had come back to Kentucky from Arkansas for a visit (probably in the 1930's). The grandson wasn't real familiar with the people or the area so he stopped and asked for the family. The people he talked to denied knowing them. The grandson finally talked to someone the next day and the people he was actually talking to were family, but they were making moonshine and since they didn't know him they didn't give him any information because they were afraid he was a revenuer.
Bud outlived three of his adult children. Daughter, Amy Spencer Bradley Barger, died from complications related to a difficult childbirth in Perry County, Kentucky on July 23, 1917. Son, Edd Spencer, died in a shootout with another man in Piney, Arkansas on May 7, 1925. Son, Floyd, was killed during a shootout with sheriff's officers near Pine Bluff, Arkansas on November 17, 1934.
Bud died of 'senility' at the age of 82 on November 21, 1940.
To be continued...
Bud married Temperance 'Tempy' Collier around 1880. The 1910 Wolfe County, Kentucky census records show that Temperance gave birth to nine children. There are two children that must have died as babies or small children as there appears to be no other records of them. Bud was called 'Pa' by the seven children who lived to adulthood:
Floyd 1881-1934
Icy Hyden 1885-1970
Ed 1888-1925
Callie 1890-1956
Oma (Amy) 1892-1917
Frances 1895-1974
Lizzie 1898-1971
We don't know much about Bud's character or personal information about him except for smatterings that come from a newspaper or some sort of official document. For historical context, we might note that Bud was born in the period right before the start of the Civil War and lived through the turbulent times of fighting and feuding that existed in Kentucky for at least half a century after the war ended. Bud's lifetime ended shortly after the end of The Great Depression.
Bud and Temperance apparently went through some financially trying times. There were three notices in the local newspaper of a 'Sheriff's Sale' to be held on July 7, 1908. The notices said a judgment was made against Bud and a C.V. Hensley in favor of a P.Y. Drake. There was to be an auction at Bud's place of and one yolk of red oxen, one yolk of pied oxen and two pied milch cows to satisfy the debts. The events that led up to this sale are unknown. It may have quite possibly have been related to Bud and Temperance's son Floyd's 1905 shootout with Millard Brewer. There was apparently a $2500 bond that was forfeited when Floyd left town and joined the Army. Bud may have been the person who cosigned the papers to help his son.
Bud and Temperance were married for around 37 years. Temperance died in May 25, 1917.
Bud married Sallie Rice on June 14,1926 in Manchester, Clark County, Kentucky. Sallie is said to have been a widow of Ben Rice. Not a whole lot is known about Bud and his relationship with Sallie. We do know, deserved or not, Sallie was apparently not well liked by her stepchildren. Bud's daughter, Callie, is said to have referred to Sallie as 'Sallie Bud'. Bud's son, Floyd, visited Sallie and Bud in Glencairn, Kentucky. He sent a letter home to wife, Reatha dated August 12, 1934. He wrote "i dont think so well of paws wife still she trys to do any thing to please me Callie and gram(???) dont get along all of the people on the rule of contraryness out here".
Son, Floyd's August 12 letter also mentions the hard times experienced in Kentucky in 1934. "have visited most all of my people times ant so good out here most of the people here liv on red cross i ame to go to midle town ohio first of the month can get a job in Roller mills three dollars a day".
Bud is listed as a farmer in the census records for most years. The 1920 census shows him employed as a laborer in the oil fields. He is back to farming in 1930, but appears to have retired by 1940.
We don't know if Bud was a 'moonshiner'. Making moonshine was fairly common back then. It is known that Bud's son, Floyd, had his own bootlegging business in Arkansas. There is a family story that one of Bud's grandson's had come back to Kentucky from Arkansas for a visit (probably in the 1930's). The grandson wasn't real familiar with the people or the area so he stopped and asked for the family. The people he talked to denied knowing them. The grandson finally talked to someone the next day and the people he was actually talking to were family, but they were making moonshine and since they didn't know him they didn't give him any information because they were afraid he was a revenuer.
Bud outlived three of his adult children. Daughter, Amy Spencer Bradley Barger, died from complications related to a difficult childbirth in Perry County, Kentucky on July 23, 1917. Son, Edd Spencer, died in a shootout with another man in Piney, Arkansas on May 7, 1925. Son, Floyd, was killed during a shootout with sheriff's officers near Pine Bluff, Arkansas on November 17, 1934.
Bud died of 'senility' at the age of 82 on November 21, 1940.
To be continued...
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