OLD ABE EAGLE
June 15, 1893
Born in Ireland in 1842. Arrived in New Mexico in 1878 via Iowa and Colorado. A surveyor ever since. Located at “Deadwood” and “Red Cloud” mines in Gallinas Mts. – later subject of much litigation. A bachelor survived by 3 brothers and 2 sisters.
Died at the age of 51 yrs. of pneumonia. He lived at Pinos Wells
| Name: | William J Spence |
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| Birth Date: | 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Ireland |
| Death Date: | 9 Jun 1893 |
| Cemetery: | Cedarvale Cemetery |
| Burial or Cremation Place: | White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America |
| 1885 CENSUS Name: | William F Spence | ||||||
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| Gender: | Male | ||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||
| Age: | 42 | ||||||
| Birth Date: | abt 1843 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Ireland | ||||||
| Enumeration District: | 13 | ||||||
| Residence: | Precinct 08, Lincoln | ||||||
| Relation to Head: | Head | ||||||
| Marital status: | Single | ||||||
| Father’s Birth Place: | Ireland | ||||||
| Mother’s Birth Place: | Ireland | ||||||
| Page Number: | 21 | ||||||
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Results for your Search by Grantee: SPENCE WILLIAM For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# DEED SPENCE WILLIAM J 1 D 97 1 18821127 BEARD SAMUEL G 18820128 188210097 1 TIP TOP LODE 188210097 RECEIPT SPENCE WILLIAM J 1 K 110 1 18881221 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE 18881120 RED CLOUD MINING DISTRICT 188810110 Section Township 01S Range 11E 188810110 Section Township 01S Range 12E 188810110 PATENT SPENCE WILLIAM J 1 DP 273 3 18920509 SUMMIT LODE 18911010 MINERAL CERTIFICATE NO 370 189210273 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 189210273 Section Township 01S Range 11E PART SECS 19 24-25 30 189210273
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- When William J. Spence was born in 1842 in Ireland, his father, William, was 26 and his mother, Ann, was 20. He had eight brothers and four sisters. He died on June 9, 1893, in White Oaks, New Mexico, at the age of 51, and was buried there.
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