Generation 5

1. JOSIAH MARTIN⁵ SPENCER (ELIJAH⁴, JOHN³ "JOHNSEY" JR., JOHN² SR., JOHN¹ "Of Albemarle") was born on December 15, 1826 in Gibson Co., Tennessee. He died on February 08, 1908 in Texas. He married (1) ARAMINTA GATON on December 24, 1857 in De Soto Co., Mississippi. She was born on February 26, 1836 in South Carolina. She died in 1861. He married (2) MARY JANE MARSHALL, daughter of William W. Marshall and Elvira M. Clark, about Abt. 1862. She was born on February 25, 1836 in Limestone Co., Alabama. She died on January 09, 1914 in Jayton, Kent Co., Texas.

JOSIAH MARTIN SPENCER was buried in Rock Bluff Cemetery - Rock Bluff, Comanche Co., Texas.

MARY JANE MARSHALL was buried in Jayton Cemetery - Jayton, Kent Co., Texas.

JOSIAH MARTIN SPENCER and ARAMINTA GATON had the following children:

i.          ELIZABETH M. ANN⁶ "BETTIE" SPENCER was born on November 15, 1858 in Mississippi. She married JOSEPH GIST ELLIOTT, son of William Joseph Elliott and Mary B. Douglas, on January 30, 1878. He was born on April 14, 1859 in South Carolina or Virginia.

ii.         JAMES WILLIAM "JIMMIE" SPENCER was born on April 14, 1861 in Eudora, De Soto Co., Mississippi. He died on August 06, 1926 in Arp, Smith Co., Texas. He married NINA LUCY BROOKS, daughter of John D. Brooks and Unknown, on May 01, 1885 in Memphis, Tennessee. She was born on April 19, 1867 in Alabama. She died on January 23, 1949 in Smith Co., Texas.

JOSIAH MARTIN SPENCER and MARY JANE MARSHALL had the following children:

iii.        ELIJAH JEFFERSON "LIGI" SPENCER was born on October 01, 1863 in De Soto Co., Mississippi. He died on May 02, 1940 in Florida. He married SALLIE LEE LESTER on December 24, 1898 in De Soto Co., Mississippi. She was born in 1878. She died in 1949.

ELIJAH JEFFERSON "LIGI" SPENCER was buried in Eudora, De Soto Co., Mississippi (Eudora Baptist Cemetery).

SALLIE LEE LESTER was buried in Eudora, De Soto Co., Mississippi (Eudora Baptist Cemetery).

iv.        JOSEPH LEE SPENCER was born on November 21, 1865 in De Soto Co., Mississippi. He died on February 28, 1899 in Mississippi. He married MOLLIE E. BROWN, daughter of W. W. Brown, on July 04, 1889.

v.         SUSAN ELVIRA "SUSIE" SPENCER was born on February 17, 1869 in Pleasant Hill, De Soto Co., Mississippi. She died on August 29, 1961 in Anson, Jones Co., Texas. She married ANDREW BUFFORD THORNTON, son of Ira Thornton and Mary Harris, on December 18, 1898 in De Leon, Comanche Co., Texas. He was born on January 27, 1880 in Prescott, Nevada Co., Arkansas. He died on March 13, 1969 in Aspermont, Stonewall Co., Texas.

vi.        COLUMBUS CRISMAN "LUM" SPENCER was born on March 15, 1871 in Pleasant Hill, De Soto Co., Mississippi. He died on February 16, 1941 in Jayton, Kent Co., Texas. He married (1) MINNIE IDA HARRISON, daughter of Levi Harrison and Arminda Pounds, on February 20, 1895 in Comanche Co., Texas. She was born on September 03, 1878 in Johnson Co., Texas. She died on July 13, 1909 in Runnels Co., Texas. He married (2) JANIE POLK.

vii.       REBECCA RUTH "BECKY" SPENCER was born on December 22, 1873 in De Soto Co., Mississippi. She died on June 26, 1954 in De Leon, Comanche Co., Texas. She married JOHN GIBSON BROUGHTON, son of Edward Thomas Broughton and Sallie T. Gibson, on December 27, 1893 in Comanche Co., Texas. He was born on July 12, 1874. He died on August 18, 1951.

viii.      NORA BEATRICE SPENCER was born on December 19, 1877 in Pleasant Hill, De Soto Co., Mississippi. She died on June 24, 1958 in Rotan, Fisher Co., Texas. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON HARRISON, son of Levi Harrison and Arminda Pounds, on February 20, 1895 in Comanche, Comanche Co., Texas. He was born on November 13, 1869 in Cleburne Co., Alabama.