Peleg Cross Spencer 1853-1931 was the son of Peleg
Samuel Spencer and Emeline Cross. He married Elizabeth Buoy and
Ida May Bell. Peleg Cross Spencer was in Vernon, TX before
moving west and eventually ranching in Idaho. He must have
divorced his first wife. He disapperared for a time and then showed
up in Hidalgo Co., TX. I am looking for information on his life
there. Did he and his second wife have children?
Additional information follows. Please contact me if you are
researching Spencers in Hildago
County.
Regards,
Diane
First
Generation
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1. Peleg Samuel SPENCER. Born 25 Jul 1818 in
Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT.
Died Before 20 Aug 1873. Buried in
Kansas. Occupation Farmer. Residence
Shaftsbury; 2 Mi. South Of
Danville, Vermillion Co., IL; MO.
Peleg Spencer-30 and his wife
Emmaline-18 are listed in the 1850 census for
Vermillion Co., IL with
their daughter Electra-9/12.
He married Emeline/Emmaline A. CROSS,
daughter of Samuel CROSS & Esther, 16
Apr 1849 in Warren Co., IN.
Born 28 Feb 1832 in NY. Died 5 Mar 1895 in Reeds,
Jasper Co., MO.
Buried in Reeds Cem., Reeds, Jasper Co., MO. Religion
Methodist.
They had the following children:
2 i. Electra SPENCER
3
ii. Peleg Cross SPENCER
4 iii. John SPENCER
5 iv. Edward
SPENCER
6 v. Parker Samuel SPENCER
7 vi. George
SPENCER
Second
Generation
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3. Peleg Cross SPENCER. Born 1853 in Danville, IL.
Died 26 Jun 1931. Buried
in Hidalgo Co., TX.
The Peleg Cross
Spencer family moved from Vernon, Texas, to Santa Rosa,
California, in
1897 by covered wagon. The family later moved to Burns,
Oregon,
and then to Owyhee, Idaho, where they homesteaded Big Springs Ranch
in
1901. Later Peleg Cross Spencer left his family and apparently
returned
to Texas.
He first married Elizabeth "Eliza
Jane" BUOY. Born 13 Dec 1853 in Lane Co.,
OR. Died 11 Jul 1940 in
Boise, ID.
Eliza Jane Buoy's place of birth is given as Illinois
on her sons' death certificates. At the age of eight
Eliza Jane moved with her parents to Illinois where she later married
Peleg Cross Spencer. Eliza and Peleg moved
to Vernon, Texas,
soon after their marriage and later came West. A grandson was
told Eliza Jane walked barefooted to California because she only had one pair of shoes, and they were for good. They had only a pair of
mules and a team of oxen. In 1900 they homesteaded Big Springs
Ranch in Owyhee County, Idaho. Birthdates for the children of
Peleg Cross and Eliza Jane (Buoy) Spencer appear to be too close
for Wales and Kate and Earl and Eugene. The dates are that way
on tombstones and were taken from death certificates and obituaries.
They had the following children:
8 i.
Charles R. SPENCER
9 ii. Kate Liss SPENCER
10 iii. Wales
SPENCER
11 iv. Georgia L. SPENCER
12 v. Earl SPENCER
13 vi.
Eugene Cross SPENCER
14 vii. Belle SPENCER
He second married Ida
May BELL.
Third
Generation
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8. Charles R. SPENCER. Born 23 Jun 1877 in Vernon,
TX. Died 10 May 1969 in
Nursing Home, Boise, ID. Buried 12 May 1969 in
Cloverdale Cem., Meridian, ID.
Occupation Sheep Rancher.
9.
Kate Liss SPENCER. Born 12 Nov 1882 in Vernon, TX. Died 27 Oct 1940.
10. Wales SPENCER. Born 8 Feb 1883 in Vernon, TX. Died 16 Jun 1972
in
Seattle, WA. Buried in Cloverdale Cem., Meridian, ID. Occupation
Cattle And
Sheep Rancher.
He married Ruth HUGHES, 13 Jul 1921
in Boise, ID. Born 5 Aug 1896 in Cornell,
IA. Died 3 Nov 1963 in Rest
Home, Boise, ID. Religion Jehovah Witness. They
had the following
children:
29 i. Bette SPENCER
11. Georgia L. SPENCER. Born
23 Jul 1884 in Vernon, TX. Died 27 Dec 1970 in
Nursing Home, Boise,
ID. Buried in Cloverdale Cem., Meridian, ID. Occupation
Nurse, RN.
Religion Catholic.
She married Herman J. VAN ELSBERG, 1914 in
Boise, ID. They had the following
children:
30 i. Herman A.
"Van" VAN ELSBERG
12. Earl SPENCER. Born 3 Sep 1887 in Texas. Died
18 Feb 1972 in Pasadena, Los
Angeles Co., CA. Buried 21 Feb 1972 in
Cloverdale Cem., Meridian, ID.
Occupation Sheep Rancher.
13.
Eugene Cross SPENCER. Born 29 Dec 1887 in Texas. Died 12 May 1953 in Los
Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA. Buried 16 May 1953 in Forest Lawn Cem.
Occupation Real Estate Salesman.
14. Belle SPENCER.
Belle Spencer Turner was the informant for the deaths of her
brothers Earl
and Eugene in California.
She married Clarence
TURNER.