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Negro, 89, Veteran of Civil War, Dies - - Adam Spencer, 89 year old negro (born ~1838-1840) who was a veteran of the Civil War, was found dead in his this morning at the home of son-in-law Louis Crumpton, an Illinois Glass Co. house No. 9, when the family went to awaken him for breakfast at 6 o'clock.
Spencer had been blind for number of years. Various rumors as to his age had been extant among his acquaintances, some reaching as high as 101 and 102. The funeral will be held Sunday but the time had not been set today.
(Researcher's note: Adam Spencer enlisted at Fort Blunt, Cherokee Nation, on July 20, 1863, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry, Company F.
On November 16, 1866, Peder Nelson of Washington Township, Buchanan County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #465 for enlisted slave Adam Spencer f/k/a "Andrew". Peder Nelson claimed he had acquired title to "Andrew" (Adam Spencer) by “…purchase from Columbus Spencer as per Bill of Sale dated 17 April 1850 herewith filed.”
Bill of Sale: "Know all men by these presents that I have this day sold a Negro boy named Andrew, 12 years old, to Peder Nelson for the sum of $900; said boy is sound in body and mind, title warranted good. Columbus Spencer, St. Joseph, April 17, 1850.")Date(s) of Creation
8/2/1929
