Although the surveyor read her husband's name as "James J." during a 1993 survey, several family records state that she was the wife of John Spinks. Virginia Deaths and Burials Index lists Rebecca Spinks, born 1785, in Virginia; died 9 September 1877, in Alexandria, Virginia; wife of John Spinks. In the 1850, 1860, and 1870 census reports, Rebecca Spinks is enumerated as the head of the household living with her children. Contributor Tracie Shrader Smith (#47750453), however, reports that she read the inscription as "the wife of Jared Spinks."
Although the surveyor read her husband's name as "James J." during a 1993 survey, several family records state that she was the wife of John Spinks. Virginia Deaths and Burials Index lists Rebecca Spinks, born 1785, in Virginia; died 9 September 1877, in Alexandria, Virginia; wife of John Spinks. In the 1850, 1860, and 1870 census reports, Rebecca Spinks is enumerated as the head of the household living with her children. Contributor Tracie Shrader Smith (#47750453), however, reports that she read the inscription as "the wife of Jared Spinks."
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"wife of James J. Spinks"
"Erected by T.S. Spinks"
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