Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Allen County. WILLIAM T. SPENCER was born May 14, 1828, on the place where he now lives, in the northeastern part of Allen County, Ky., where he grew to manhood and has always resided. His father, William Spencer, was born September 6, 1803, in Allen County, is living, and has long been an active Baptist. He is the son of John Spencer, a native of Charlotte County, Va., born in 1775; removed to Barren (now Allen) County, Ky., in 1797, and died in 1845. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; his father was Moses Spencer, of Maine, born in 1750, who served seven years with Washington in the Revolutionary war, and died in Tennessee in 1814; his father died in 1805, at the age of one hundred and six years. William has been twice married, and is the father of twenty-two children. His first wife was Sallie, daughter of William and Delilah (Tinsley) Rithery, and their offspring are Rev. John H., William T., Francis J., Moses, Chloe A. (Moody) and Josephine (Wood). After the death of his first wife, he married Susan, daughter of Daniel Marr, of Allen County, and their children are Albert G., Frazier, Lou, Elizabeth, Lee, Alice, Clay, Nancy and Mordicah. January 1, 1859, William T. Spencer married Eliza E., daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Smith) Marr, of Allen County (born March 12, 1837), and to them have been born Galla (Moore) and Nancy E. (deceased). Mr. Spencer is a farmer, having 358 acres of productive land, in a good state of cultivation. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.; also a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Democrat. Spencer Washington Tinsley Rithery Moody Wood Marr Smith = Charlotte-VA Barren-KY ME TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/allen/spencer.wt.txt