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Alden Spooner

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Alden Spooner

Birth
Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Sep 1844 (aged 94)
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7323716, Longitude: -70.8943509
Plot
West side, Ancient Long Plain section
Memorial ID
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Hon. Alden Spooner

Aged 94 years, 6 mo. & 15 ds.

Note: Birth date calculated from age engraved on the headstone from his date of death would be 13 March 1750. The Dartmouth Vital Records, Births, states a birth date of 2 March 1750.

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Alden Spooner, son of Walter was b. in 1750, at the home above Long Plain which he inherited and on which he built the house now standing in the same door-yard where his grandfather’s long house stood. Appreciating the value of a liberal education his father gave his son unusual advantages in this regard and he entered life equipped for its duties. He worked the home farm but was almost constantly in town office after he reached manhood. He was a Justice of the Peace many years and served in both branches of the State Legislature. Mr. Spooner m. Elizabeth Rounseville and had five children.

Hon. Alden Spooner

Aged 94 years, 6 mo. & 15 ds.

Note: Birth date calculated from age engraved on the headstone from his date of death would be 13 March 1750. The Dartmouth Vital Records, Births, states a birth date of 2 March 1750.

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Alden Spooner, son of Walter was b. in 1750, at the home above Long Plain which he inherited and on which he built the house now standing in the same door-yard where his grandfather’s long house stood. Appreciating the value of a liberal education his father gave his son unusual advantages in this regard and he entered life equipped for its duties. He worked the home farm but was almost constantly in town office after he reached manhood. He was a Justice of the Peace many years and served in both branches of the State Legislature. Mr. Spooner m. Elizabeth Rounseville and had five children.



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