James Lindsey Spence

1861 - 1926  (64 years)

• Name	James Lindsey Spence
  Born	7 Mar 1861	Arkansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Feb 1926	Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA
  Buried	15 Feb 1926	City Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
  Person ID	I5887	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family	Hester Annie Crow,   b. 12 Dec 1862, Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1900, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1882	Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA
  Children	+ 1. William Aubra Spence,   b. 5 Sep 1883, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 2 Jun 1937, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 53 years)   2. Lelia May Spence,   b. May 1886, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 1903, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age ~ 16 years) + 3. James Luther Spence,   b. 19 May 1890, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1946, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 56 years) + 4. Clyde Hoover Spence,   b. 8 Nov 1896, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 18 May 1977, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017
  Family ID	F2459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Mar 1861 - Arkansas, USA Married - 15 Oct 1882 - Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA Died - 14 Feb 1926 - Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA Buried - 15 Feb 1926 - City Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		James Lindsey Spence Engineer SLSF RR
  		James Lindsey Spence Taken in 1905

  
  

  Documents		Obituary of James Lindsey Spence Published in The Jonesboro Evening Sun on February 17, 1926
  		Marriage License for James Lindsey Spence and Hester Annie Crow Groom Name: Jas L. Spence Bride Name: Annie Crow Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1882 Marriage Place: Craighead, Arkansas, United States

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of James Lindsey Spence and Hester Annie Crow Spence City Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: J.L. SPENCE DIED AT HOME HERE TODAY James L. Spence, age 64 years, died this morning at 5 o'clock at his home on north Drake street. Four years ago the deceased was stricken with paralysis from which he never recovered sufficiently to pursue his vocation. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Orbie and Clyde of Jonesboro, James of Monroe, La., two brothers, Joe and Jasper residing on farms south of this city and a sister, Mrs. Thorn of Thayer, Mo. Mr. Spence was an old resident of Craighead county and grew to manhood on a farm south of the city. Up to the time of his paralytic stroke he had been an engineer on the Cotton Belt railroad. Funeral services will be conducted from the residence tomorrow afternoon at 1:30. Rev. Hammond and King of Fisher Street Methodist church officiating with burial in the City cemetery in charge of J.B. Gregg & Son. The pall bearers are the following members of the B. of R.T.; Frank Smith, A.A. Goin, R.C. Cloyd, J.C. Marcom, R.R. Hortin and T.A. Howlett. (Published in The Jonesboro Evening Sun on February 17, 1926)