Seventh Generation

310. William SPICKERNAGLE was born on 16 January 1831.¹⁴² He died in 1878 at the age of 47 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.

Marriage Record:
Margaret Ann Dean married William Spickernagle, 23 Sep 1862
Yalobusha County, MS

During the Civil War, William Spickernagle served in R. F. Walker's unit of Local Defense, as a Private, Printer's Guard. 4 Oct 1864 Took Oath of Allegiance (Deserters oath). His residence was Memphis. Description: Fair complexion, dark hair, dark eyes, 5'7", age 33. 11 Oct 1864 - reported as Prisoner of War, deserter from rebel army at Memphis, Tenn.

1867 Memphis, TN City Directory
Spickernagle, William and John, newsdealers, 125 Poplar, residence same
1871 and 1872, 1876, 1877 Memphis TN City Directories:
Spickernagle, William news depot, 125 Poplar, residence same

A Memphis City Directory for 1878 still listed William Spickernagle as a book and news dealer at the same address.

on Google:
A History of the Yellow Fever by John McLead Keating, Tenn.
Appendix
papers re 1878 devastating yellow fever epidemic in Memphis
On list of the dead was a Wm Spickernagle.
There is a child Callie Spickernagle, born 1872, died 17 Oct 1879, that is buried in the same grave with William. Died, age 7, of Yellow Fever.

and here:
http://www.wdbj.net/shelby/business/1879/index.html
SOUTHERN BUSINESS GUIDE
1879-80.
ILLUSTRATED.
CONTAINING THE NAMES, BUSINESS AND ADDRESS OF THE LEADING MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS AND BUSINESS MEN IN THE SOUTHERN STATES,
Comprising our Patrons and others, together with
Brief Sketches of the Principal Cities and Villages
OF THE SOUTH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
22 New Church Street, Post Office Box 3763.
Benson & Ripley, Managers.

Memphis
Spickernagle, Mrs. A., Tobacco and Stationery, 125 Poplar street.

And these census records:
1870, Shelby Co TN, City of Memphis
W. Spickernagle, age 39, news dealer, b. KY
Marg, age 26, b. Mississippi
Ida, age 6 months, b. TN

1880, Shelby Co TN, City of Memphis
Margaret Spickernagle, age 43, news dealer, b. MS, father b. NC, mother b. TN
Ida M. daughter, age 10, b. Tennessee, father b. KY, mother b. MS
John C., son, age 6, b. Kentucky, father b. KY, mother b. MS

1890 Memphis City Directory
Spickernagle, Margaret A., Mrs. new depot at 164 Main & 123 Poplar
[her son, John C. Spickernagle was listed as a clerk in bonds, at the 123 Poplar address]

William SPICKERNAGLE and Margaret Ann DEAN were married on 23 September 1862 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. Margaret Ann DEAN, daughter of David DEAN and Elizabeth DUNCAN, was born in 1844 in Mississippi.

1890 Memphis, TN City Directory
Spickernagle, John C., clerk, boards, 123 Poplar
Spickernagle, Mrs. Margaret A. new depot, 164 Main and 123 Poplar

Obviously the settling of her father's estate:
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922
American Citizen, Canton, Madison, MS, 25 Dec 1875
Legal Advertisements
David Vinson, Admr of David Dean, Deceased
vs
Margaret Spickernagle et al
In the Chancery Court of Madison County in the State of Mississippi, at Rules, the 4th Monday in November, A.D. 1875
Upon opening complainants bill it appeared to the satisfaction of the Court that Margaret Spickernagle and ___Spickernagle her husband, Lilly S. Brown and ___Brown, her husband, Wm. N. Dean and Leonidas Dean, Louisa Steel and ___Steel, her husband, Mary Meredith, and ___Meredith, her husband, Caladonia Spickernagle and ___Spickernagle her husband, Rebecca McAlester, and David W. Dean, are non-residents of the State of Mississippi. Margarent Spickernalge and her husband reside...Memphis, Tennessee. Louisa Steel and her husband, Mary Meredith and her husband, Wm H. Dear, Leonidas Dear, Liily S. Brown and her husband have Post Office in Bryan, Brazos Co, TX. Residence of Caladonia Spickernagle and her husband is Owensburg, KY. Residence of David W. Dean is White Co, TN. Residence of Rebecca McAlester is not known. The named parties, defendant, are to appear before this Court in Canton on the 1st Monday in January 1876, the second day of said Term...
29 Nov 1875. J. W. Downs, Esq, Solicitor of Complaints.
E. S. Jeffrey, Clerk

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922
American Citizen, Canton, Madison Co, MS, 1 Jan 1876
Same article as above.

William SPICKERNAGLE and Margaret Ann DEAN had the following children: