Asenath Parker Spicer, daughter of Joseph V. Parker and Lucy Boyd Parker. She was born 10 April 1834 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. She married James Montgomery Spicer in 1850 in Nebraska, when she was only 16. He was born 24 May 1822 in Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, United States and died 12 March 1913.
They had a farm along the western side of the Nishnabotna River in Washington Township. Asenath gave birth to a son who died young (1852). They also had one son, James A. Spicer, that came to them (adopted) in December 1889, when Asenath was 55 years old.
An alternate death date for Asenath is given in the Iowa Cemetery Records, which I was not sure which date was correct. Thanks to Kathy Weaver, who provided me with the newspaper page with the obituary included below, we can confirm the year of her death was 1915.
Name: Asinath Spicer
Death Date: 7 Oct 1919
Page #: 93
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1834
Cemetery: Hamburg
Comment: wif of: James M.
Level Info: Fremont County Grave Records
Obituary of Asenath Parker Spicer:
Asenath Parker was born April 10, 1834, near West Winchester, Canada.
She was married May 10, 1850, to James Montgomery Spicer, at Fort Carney, near what is now Nebraska City, the Rev. William Rector, M.E. minister officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer enjoyed the distinction of being the first white couple married in Nebraska. To this union was born one son, who died at the age of sixteen months, in 1852. Mrs. Spicer leaves a foster son, James Spicer of Hamburg, Iowa, a number of nephews and nieces and a host of friends. She was a faithful wife and mother, a good friend and neighbor. In her early years she united with the Church of Christ. Though not an active worker in the church she remained true to the church and steadfast in her belief in God.
Mrs. Asenath Parker Spicer died at her home September 7, 1915 at 10 a.m. Funeral services were conducted at the residence at 3 o'clock, Sept. 8, 1915, by the Rev. D. H. Coonradt. Interment was in Hamburg cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest beside the husband, who preceded her to the Great Beyond March 12, 1913.
The Hamburg Reporter
Hamburg, Iowa, Friday, September 10, 1915
Vol. XXI. No. 18, col. 6
Des Moines, Ia
Curator
Historical bld.
16 May 2012 email from Kathy Weaver with attached pdf of newspaper page.
Transcribed by Eileen Lentz 18 May 2012
Siblings:
Daughter of Richard Bolton and Lucy Boyd
Martha Bolton Parker Wilcox (1820 - 1912)
Daughters of Joseph Parker and Lucy Boyd Parker
Lucy Parker (1832 - 1845)
Asenath Parker Spicer (1834 - 1915)
They had a farm along the western side of the Nishnabotna River in Washington Township. Asenath gave birth to a son who died young (1852). They also had one son, James A. Spicer, that came to them (adopted) in December 1889, when Asenath was 55 years old.
An alternate death date for Asenath is given in the Iowa Cemetery Records, which I was not sure which date was correct. Thanks to Kathy Weaver, who provided me with the newspaper page with the obituary included below, we can confirm the year of her death was 1915.
Name: Asinath Spicer
Death Date: 7 Oct 1919
Page #: 93
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1834
Cemetery: Hamburg
Comment: wif of: James M.
Level Info: Fremont County Grave Records
Obituary of Asenath Parker Spicer:
Asenath Parker was born April 10, 1834, near West Winchester, Canada.
She was married May 10, 1850, to James Montgomery Spicer, at Fort Carney, near what is now Nebraska City, the Rev. William Rector, M.E. minister officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer enjoyed the distinction of being the first white couple married in Nebraska. To this union was born one son, who died at the age of sixteen months, in 1852. Mrs. Spicer leaves a foster son, James Spicer of Hamburg, Iowa, a number of nephews and nieces and a host of friends. She was a faithful wife and mother, a good friend and neighbor. In her early years she united with the Church of Christ. Though not an active worker in the church she remained true to the church and steadfast in her belief in God.
Mrs. Asenath Parker Spicer died at her home September 7, 1915 at 10 a.m. Funeral services were conducted at the residence at 3 o'clock, Sept. 8, 1915, by the Rev. D. H. Coonradt. Interment was in Hamburg cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest beside the husband, who preceded her to the Great Beyond March 12, 1913.
The Hamburg Reporter
Hamburg, Iowa, Friday, September 10, 1915
Vol. XXI. No. 18, col. 6
Des Moines, Ia
Curator
Historical bld.
16 May 2012 email from Kathy Weaver with attached pdf of newspaper page.
Transcribed by Eileen Lentz 18 May 2012
Siblings:
Daughter of Richard Bolton and Lucy Boyd
Martha Bolton Parker Wilcox (1820 - 1912)
Daughters of Joseph Parker and Lucy Boyd Parker
Lucy Parker (1832 - 1845)
Asenath Parker Spicer (1834 - 1915)
Asenath Parker Spicer, daughter of Joseph V. Parker and Lucy Boyd Parker. She was born 10 April 1834 in Mountain, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. She married James Montgomery Spicer in 1850 in Nebraska, when she was only 16. He was born 24 May 1822 in Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, United States and died 12 March 1913.
They had a farm along the western side of the Nishnabotna River in Washington Township. Asenath gave birth to a son who died young (1852). They also had one son, James A. Spicer, that came to them (adopted) in December 1889, when Asenath was 55 years old.
An alternate death date for Asenath is given in the Iowa Cemetery Records, which I was not sure which date was correct. Thanks to Kathy Weaver, who provided me with the newspaper page with the obituary included below, we can confirm the year of her death was 1915.
Name: Asinath Spicer
Death Date: 7 Oct 1919
Page #: 93
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1834
Cemetery: Hamburg
Comment: wif of: James M.
Level Info: Fremont County Grave Records
Obituary of Asenath Parker Spicer:
Asenath Parker was born April 10, 1834, near West Winchester, Canada.
She was married May 10, 1850, to James Montgomery Spicer, at Fort Carney, near what is now Nebraska City, the Rev. William Rector, M.E. minister officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer enjoyed the distinction of being the first white couple married in Nebraska. To this union was born one son, who died at the age of sixteen months, in 1852. Mrs. Spicer leaves a foster son, James Spicer of Hamburg, Iowa, a number of nephews and nieces and a host of friends. She was a faithful wife and mother, a good friend and neighbor. In her early years she united with the Church of Christ. Though not an active worker in the church she remained true to the church and steadfast in her belief in God.
Mrs. Asenath Parker Spicer died at her home September 7, 1915 at 10 a.m. Funeral services were conducted at the residence at 3 o'clock, Sept. 8, 1915, by the Rev. D. H. Coonradt. Interment was in Hamburg cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest beside the husband, who preceded her to the Great Beyond March 12, 1913.
The Hamburg Reporter
Hamburg, Iowa, Friday, September 10, 1915
Vol. XXI. No. 18, col. 6
Des Moines, Ia
Curator
Historical bld.
16 May 2012 email from Kathy Weaver with attached pdf of newspaper page.
Transcribed by Eileen Lentz 18 May 2012
Siblings:
Daughter of Richard Bolton and Lucy Boyd
Martha Bolton Parker Wilcox (1820 - 1912)
Daughters of Joseph Parker and Lucy Boyd Parker
Lucy Parker (1832 - 1845)
Asenath Parker Spicer (1834 - 1915)
They had a farm along the western side of the Nishnabotna River in Washington Township. Asenath gave birth to a son who died young (1852). They also had one son, James A. Spicer, that came to them (adopted) in December 1889, when Asenath was 55 years old.
An alternate death date for Asenath is given in the Iowa Cemetery Records, which I was not sure which date was correct. Thanks to Kathy Weaver, who provided me with the newspaper page with the obituary included below, we can confirm the year of her death was 1915.
Name: Asinath Spicer
Death Date: 7 Oct 1919
Page #: 93
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1834
Cemetery: Hamburg
Comment: wif of: James M.
Level Info: Fremont County Grave Records
Obituary of Asenath Parker Spicer:
Asenath Parker was born April 10, 1834, near West Winchester, Canada.
She was married May 10, 1850, to James Montgomery Spicer, at Fort Carney, near what is now Nebraska City, the Rev. William Rector, M.E. minister officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer enjoyed the distinction of being the first white couple married in Nebraska. To this union was born one son, who died at the age of sixteen months, in 1852. Mrs. Spicer leaves a foster son, James Spicer of Hamburg, Iowa, a number of nephews and nieces and a host of friends. She was a faithful wife and mother, a good friend and neighbor. In her early years she united with the Church of Christ. Though not an active worker in the church she remained true to the church and steadfast in her belief in God.
Mrs. Asenath Parker Spicer died at her home September 7, 1915 at 10 a.m. Funeral services were conducted at the residence at 3 o'clock, Sept. 8, 1915, by the Rev. D. H. Coonradt. Interment was in Hamburg cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest beside the husband, who preceded her to the Great Beyond March 12, 1913.
The Hamburg Reporter
Hamburg, Iowa, Friday, September 10, 1915
Vol. XXI. No. 18, col. 6
Des Moines, Ia
Curator
Historical bld.
16 May 2012 email from Kathy Weaver with attached pdf of newspaper page.
Transcribed by Eileen Lentz 18 May 2012
Siblings:
Daughter of Richard Bolton and Lucy Boyd
Martha Bolton Parker Wilcox (1820 - 1912)
Daughters of Joseph Parker and Lucy Boyd Parker
Lucy Parker (1832 - 1845)
Asenath Parker Spicer (1834 - 1915)
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