ALANSON SPENCER was born near the town of New Hartford, Connecticut, March 31st, 1817, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eveline Hageman, in Wysox Township, Carroll County, Illinois, October 18, 1894. Aged 77 years, 6 months, and 18 days. He was married to Miss Polly M. Bowen, of Pike, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, October 1st, 1838, and in the following year they settled at Elkhorn Grove, Illinois. They were among the pioneers who settled in Tama County, Iowa and later made a home near Newall, Buena Vista County, Iowa. His wife and five daughters survive him. The daughters are: Mrs. Eveline Hageman, Lottie, wife of Tallman Bellows, Caroline, wife of Joseph Shultz, Anne, wife of Theodore Lampsell (Samsel), and Candace, wife of Hiram Shook. The last four reside near Newall, Iowa. Two sons died in childhood. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 20, 1894, at the Union Church, a few miles north of Milledgeville; at which there were present a large concourse of relatives and friends to pay their last respects to one whom they had known as husband, father, brother, and neighbor. His life and work as a pioneer in Carroll County had given him a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances. The services were conducted by Rev. J. O. Talley, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Union Cemetery.
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ALANSON SPENCER was born near the town of New Hartford, Connecticut, March 31st, 1817, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eveline Hageman, in Wysox Township, Carroll County, Illinois, October 18, 1894. Aged 77 years, 6 months, and 18 days. He was married to Miss Polly M. Bowen, of Pike, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, October 1st, 1838, and in the following year they settled at Elkhorn Grove, Illinois. They were among the pioneers who settled in Tama County, Iowa and later made a home near Newall, Buena Vista County, Iowa. His wife and five daughters survive him. The daughters are: Mrs. Eveline Hageman, Lottie, wife of Tallman Bellows, Caroline, wife of Joseph Shultz, Anne, wife of Theodore Lampsell (Samsel), and Candace, wife of Hiram Shook. The last four reside near Newall, Iowa. Two sons died in childhood. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 20, 1894, at the Union Church, a few miles north of Milledgeville; at which there were present a large concourse of relatives and friends to pay their last respects to one whom they had known as husband, father, brother, and neighbor. His life and work as a pioneer in Carroll County had given him a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances. The services were conducted by Rev. J. O. Talley, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Union Cemetery.
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