John Spensley (b. 1845)

SPENSLEY, YOUNG

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/22/2005 at 15:15:17

Spensley, John, farmer, Section 31; PO Putnam; born in Dubuque, Iowa 1845; located in this county in 1873. Married Miss Helen B. Young in 1868; she was born in Logan Co., Kentucky in 1852; their children are George R., born Nov. 3, 1872; John William, Sept. 30, 1874; James W., Oct. 30, 1876; Mary T., Aug. 14, 1877. He is President of the Board of Independent School Directors. He owns 147 ½ acres of land, worth $25 per acre.

Page 622, 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa
Putnam township