Elizabeth T. Buell Spencer 1849-1936

BUELL, HOBEIN, SPENCER, GARDNER, MILLER

Posted By: Michael J. Kearney (email)
Date: 11/25/2005 at 16:42:11

The Clinton Herald Monday December 28, 1936 p. 5 Mrs. Eliza T. Spencer, daughter of Elijah Buell, founder of the old town of Lyons and last direct descendent of Buell's immediate family, died Sunday morning in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guy Gardner, in Fargo, N.D. C.A. Buechner, 2308 Garfield street, was notified of Mrs. Spencer's death. The body will arrive here Tuesday evening and will be taken to the Wayne L. Shadduck funeral home where a prayer service will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery. Accompanying the body to Clinton are Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Roy Miller, Seattle, Wash., and a grandson, William Gardner, of Fargo. Mrs. Spencer's last visit here was several years ago at the time of the dedication of the Daughters of the American Revolution monument in honor of Elijah Buell, her father.