Mr. John Spensley, Sr. 1821-1893

SPENSLEY, STEWART, CROCKER

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/27/2017 at 22:47:05

Dubuque Daily Herald. November 14, 1893

In the death of Mr. John Spensley, Sr., which occurred Sunday morning at his home on Dodge street, Dubuque loses one of her best citizens. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Dubuque county, having come here in the year 1834. Mr. Spensley was born Feb. 6, 1821, in Yorkshire, England. In 1821 he came with his parents to Pottsville, Pa. In 1834 they removed to Dubuque county, where for several years he was engaged with his father in mining and smelting. He married Mary Cocker, a native of Manchester, England, in 1841.

About the year 1854 he removed to Center Township, where he engaged in farming until the year 1880 when he sold his farm and purchased the home on Dodge street, where he has since lived.

He leaves a wife and five children, three sons and two daughters, to mourn his loss. The sons are James and William, of Aurora, Iowa, and John, Jr., of Oelwein, Iowa. The daughters are Mrs. D C Stewart, of this city, and Mrs. George Gladwin, of Asbury.