It's the old inscription on the back of the photo that really proves the relationship: Aunt Bernice Spence and Uncle Hugh Spence. The photo was owned and inscribed by Cora Barkley Nance, daughter of Anah Lucinda McCalister Barkley, Bernice's sister.
Hugh Young Spence was the fourth of twelve children of Robert Spence and Mary Ann Hall Spence. His siblings were John, Robert Jr., Margaret, Mary, Nancy, William, Andrew Perry, Mary Jane, Samuel, Henry Tennessee, and David.
Following are brief family history reports showing the connection between my Barkleys and Spences. Please feel free to comment or contact me as I may have more recent updates to these family trees.
Descendants of Hugh Young "Hewie" Spence
Hugh Young "Hewie" Spence, son of Robert and Mary Ann Hall Spence, was born 25 May 1827, in Laurens Co., South Carolina, and died 11 May 1913, in DeKalb Co., Alabama. He married Bernice McCalister, daughter of John and Nicey McCalister. She was born 18 July 1831, and died 26 February 1928, in Rosalee, Jackson Co., Alabama.
Children of Hugh Spence and Bernice McCalister are:
1. John W. Spence, born 03 December 1849, in South Carolina; died 18 May 1890, probably in Cherokee Co., Alabama, dying from yellow fever 7 days before his wife died.
2. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Spence, born 28 October 1851, in South Carolina; died 28 January 1917.
3. Mary Jane Spence, born about 1854, in South Carolina; died before 1910.
4. Elip Spence, born 01 February 1859, in South Carolina; died 04 March 1896.
5. Martin V. Spence, born about 1864, in Georgia; died before 1910.
6. Rufus Spence, born 28 August 1868, in Polk Co., Georgia; died 01 September 1921, in Milton Co., Georgia.
7. Decie Spence, born 25 May 1871, in Georgia; died 07 January 1900.
8. James Ira Spence, born about 1874, in Alabama; died before 1910.
9. Dorah Spence, born about 1876, in Georgia; died before 1910.
Second Generation:
1. John W. Spence was born 03 December 1849, in South Carolina, and died 18 May 1890, probably in Cherokee Co., Alabama, dying from yellow fever. He married Amanda Josephine Barkley on 11 January 1880, daughter of Jasper Barkley and Mary Rains. She was born 28 December 1859, in Alabama, and died 25 May 1890, from yellow fever 7 days after her husband died.
Children of John Spence and Amanda Barkley are:
10. Pearl F. Spence, born December 1880, in Alabama; died 27 January 1903, in Hunt Co., Texas. She married John F. Decker on 09 February 1902, in Hunt Co., Texas; he was born April 1873, in Arkansas.
11. Willie Jasper Spence, born 30 July 1885, in Cherokee Co., Alabama; died 08 October 1964, in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co., Texas.
12. Alonzo Hugh Spence, born 18 January 1889, in Cherokee Co., Alabama; died 17 May 1957, in Juarez, Mexico.
2. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Spence was born 28 October 1851, in South Carolina, and died 28 January 1917. She married David White.
Children of Elizabeth Spence and David White are:
13. Lucy Frances White, born 06 February 1882, in Jackson Co., Alabama; died 24 March 1951.
14. Eula White; she married Mr. Meeks.
15. Mattie White.
3. Mary Jane Spence was born about 1854, in South Carolina, and died before 1910. She married John Garren.
Children of Mary Spence and John Garren are:
16. Howard Garren.
17. Arthur Garren.
4. Elip Spence was born 01 February 1859, in South Carolina. He never married. He went west and died 04 March 1896.
5. Martin V. Spence was born about 1864, in Georgia, and died before 1910. He married Ida Elrod on 27 October 1889, in DeKalb Co., Alabama.
Children of Martin Spence and Ida Elrod are:
18. Foshen Spence; disappeared when young.
19. Horace Spence.
6. Rufus Spence was born 28 August 1868, in Polk Co., Georgia, and died 01 September 1921, in Milton Co., Georgia. He married Cornelia Moore December 1889. She was born 16 June 1869, in Georgia, and died 22 October 1950, in Fulton Co., Georgia.
Children of Rufus Spence and Cornelia Moore are:
20. Nora B. Spence , born about 1891. She married Mr. Coleman.
21. Aytch B. Spence, born 24 August 1892; died 13 March 1963, in Fulton Co., Georgia. He married Hattie Crowe.
22. Alvarado Spence, born about 1895. She married Jeff Nuth.
23. Lizzie Spence, born about 1899.
24. Ena L. Spence, born about 1902. She married Guy Tolbert.
25. Sallie Spence, born about 1906. She married Chet Coleman.
26. William Cody Spence, born about 1909.
27. Rufus Jeff Spence, born 13 March 1911; died 17 October 1969.
28. Christine Spence, born about 1915; died about 1929.
7. Decie Spence was born 25 May 1871, in Georgia, and died 07 January 1900. She married Hardy Smith on 29 September 1887, in DeKalb Co., Alabama.
Child of Decie Spence and Hardy Smith is:
29. Joe Smith.
Third Generation:
11. Willie Jasper Spence was born 30 July 1885, in Cherokee Co., Alabama, and died 08 October 1964, in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co., Texas. He married (1) Effie Gertrude Adams 19 August 1906, in Hunt Co., Texas, daughter of Henry Adams and Ellen Lowery. She was born June 1891, in Texas, and died 05 October 1926, in Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. He married (2) Dovie Huff 26 July 1936, in Rains Co., Texas, daughter of James Huff and Mary Fuston. She was born 12 September 1898, in Texas, and died 16 October 1963, in Austin, Travis Co., Texas.
Notes for Effie Gertrude Adams:
Effie died in a gruesome accident. The family was moving to Mountain View, Oklahoma, when their truck broke down and they all transferred to the truck of Max Barker, who was traveling with them. Effie and the children had to sit in the back of the truck. Effie sat in a rocking chair facing the traffic behind. They were traveling through Bowie, Texas, at night, when they went under a too-low bridge, and Effie was hit in the back of the head and nearly decapitated. Burial: 07 October 1926, Elmwood Cemetery, Montague Co., Texas.
Children of Willie Spence and Effie Adams are:
30. Hallie J. Spence, born 01 June 1907, in Texas; died 31 August 1982. She married (1) Silas Jabus Burleson between 1920 and 1925; he was born 28 September 1904, in Grand Saline, Texas; died 28 May 1960, in Emory, Rains Co., Texas. She married (2) Lannie Moore after 1960.
31. Grace M. Spence, born 1909, in Texas; died 07 June 1939, of typhoid fever, in Mountain View, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma. She married Bryan Miller before February 1938.
32. Rachel May Spence, born 1910, in Texas; died 24 October 1970, in Emory, Rains Co., Texas. She married Ernie Bunk Adair about 1925; he was born 09 August 1904, in Hopkins Co., Texas; died 18 March 1965, in Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., Texas.
33. Joe L. Spence, born 29 July 1913, in Parvin, Kaufman Co., Texas; died 18 August 2003. He married Bennie Mersedese Davis 23 September 1933, in Mt. View, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma.
34. Raymond Eugene Spence, born 10 August 1915, in Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas; died 24 August 1994, in Wood Co., Texas. He married Verba Mae Richardson 20 June 1936, in Emory, Rains Co., Texas; born 23 December 1921, in Garden Valley, Texas; died December 2008, in Rains Co., Texas.
35. John Doss Spence, born 22 January 1918, in Texas; died July 2005. He married (1) Lena Mae Williams; born 02 February 1920; died 17 July 2004. He married (2) Lillian.
36. Stanley Jay Clark Spence, born 07 May 1921, in Texas; died 25 February 2012. He married (1) Margaret Aileen Miller 21 February 1948, in Caddo Co., Oklahoma; she was born 22 October 1922; died 04 October 1978, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married (2) Janice LaTrell who was born 16 October 1930; died 01 June 1989. He married (3) Anabelle Routin 10 August 1991.
Children of Willie Spence and Dovie Huff are:
37. Willie Ray Spence, born and died about 1938.
38. Barbara Ann Spence, born 06 July 1940, in Rains Co., Texas.
12. Alonzo Hugh Spence was born 18 January 1889, in Cherokee Co., Alabama, and died 17 May 1957, in Juarez, Mexico. He married Nettie F. Jennings 30 January 1909, in Kaufman Co., Texas, daughter of George and Lisa Jennings. She was born 04 September 1894, in Tennessee, and died 31 May 1965, in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California.
Children of Alonzo Spence and Nettie Jennings are:
39. Thurman L. Spence, born 17 November 1909, in Texas; died 15 October 1974, in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles Co., California. He married (1) Neva Belle Moore about 1935, in Clinton, Oklahoma, divorced in 1940, died 2003. He married (3) Ernestine N. Anderson Schmid 27 December 1973, in Los Angeles, California; she was born in 1923.
40. Odessa Athelene Spence, born 05 September 1915, in Texas; died 04 January 1980, in Sacramento Co., California. She married Theodore D. Bell; he was born 21 May 1913, in Illinois; died 29 June 1967, in Sacramento Co., California.
13. Lucy Frances White was born 06 February 1882, in Jackson Co., Alabama, and died 24 March 1951. She married John Thornhill 17 March 1901.
Children of Lucy White and John Thornhill are:
41. Claude Emerson Thornhill, born 28 April 1902; died 08 September 1968, in New Home, Jackson Co., Alabama.
42. Mabel Gladys Thornhill, born 19 May 1904. She married Gay Hembrie.
43. Ila Elizabeth Thornhill, born 06 June 1912. She married Blake Peek.
44. John Ralph Thornhill, born 11 October 1916. He married Maggie Ann Bouldin.
Descendants of Jasper Barkley
Jasper Barkley, son of J. M. and Zilpha Rains Barkley, was born 16 March 1838, in Alabama, and died 26 March 1904, in Hunt Co., Texas. He married Mary Elizabeth Rains 13 July 1856, in Cedar Bluff, Cherokee Co., Alabama, daughter of Larkin Rains. She was born 17 January 1838, in South Carolina, and died 28 December 1905, in Hunt Co., Texas.
Children of Jasper Barkley and Mary Rains are:
1. Kinion Cicero Barkley, born 21 August 1857, in Alabama; died 30 October 1924, in Clay Co., Texas.
2. Amanda Josephine Barkley, born 28 December 1859, in Alabama; died 25 May 1890.
3. Andrew J. Barkley, born 19 September 1862, in Alabama; died in infancy.
4. Julia Florence Barkley, born 24 February 1864, in Alabama; died in infancy.
5. Theodosia Genevieve Barkley, born 01 September 1871, in Alabama; died after 1920.
6. Oscar Lee Barkley, born 30 December 1873, in Cedar Bluff, Cherokee Co., Alabama.
7. Leora Elizabeth Barkley, born 08 September 1876, in Alabama. She married (1) Edgar Craig 09 June 1897; he died before 1900. She married (2) George L. Barkley 24 December 1900, in Hunt Co., Texas; he was born January 1855, in Alabama; he died 11 August 1906.
Second Generation:
1. Kinion Cicero Barkley was born 21 August 1857, in Alabama, and died 30 October 1924, in Clay Co., Texas. He married Sarah E. McDaniel 03 August 1879, daughter of Fleming and Sidney McDaniel. She was born 10 November 1861, in Cherokee Co., Alabama, and died 21 June 1937, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Children of Kinion Barkley and Sarah McDaniel are:
8. Burtis M. Barkley, born about 1881, in Alabama; died before 1910.
9. Mertis R. Barkley, born about 1881, in Alabama; died before 1910.
10. Effie C. Barkley, born 02 November 1892, in Alabama; died 04 July 1967, in Clay Co., Texas.
11. Grover Cleveland Barkley, born 11 January 1885, in Alabama; died 04 March 1938, in Wichita Co., Texas. He married Clara about 1924; she was born about 1901 in Tennessee.
2. Amanda Josephine Barkley was born 28 December 1859, in Alabama, and died 25 May 1890. She married John W. Spence 11 January 1880, son of Hugh Spence and Bernice McCalister. He was born 03 December 1849, in South Carolina, and died 18 May 1890.
Children of Amanda Barkley and John Spence are:
12. Pearl F. Spence, born December 1880, in Alabama; died 27 January 1903, in Texas. She married John F. Decker 09 February 1902, in Hunt Co., Texas; he was born April 1873, in Arkansas.
13. Willie Jasper Spence, born 30 July 1885, in Cherokee Co., Alabama; died 08 October 1964, in
Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co., Texas.
14. Alonzo Hugh Spence, born 18 January 1889, in Cherokee Co., Alabama; died 17 May 1957, in
Juarez, Mexico.
5. Theodosia Genevieve Barkley was born 01 September 1871, in Alabama, and died after 1920. She married (1) James H. Hewitt 23 October 1887, in Cherokee Co., Alabama. He died 14 January 1889. She married (2) H. Frank Phillips 12 July 1891. He was born May 1864, in Georgia, and died between 1907 and 1910.
Child of Theodosia Barkley and James Hewitt is:
15. Charles Hewitt, born January 1889, in Alabama.
Children of Theodosia Barkley and H. Phillips are:
16. May Phillips, born May 1892, in Alabama.
17. Bonnie F. G. Phillips, born May 1894, in Texas.
18. Ellis F. A. Phillips, born March 1896, in Texas.
19. Lester Harder "Hardy" Phillips, born 23 November 1898, in Texas.
20. Marie Phillips, born about 1902, in Texas.
21. Opal C. Phillips, born about 1908, in Texas.
6. Oscar Lee Barkley was born 30 December 1873, in Cedar Bluff, Cherokee Co., Alabama. He married Minnie Belle Ferguson 05 January 1902, in Hunt Co., Texas. She was born 15 October 1880, in Cornersville, Mississippi.
Children of Oscar Barkley and Minnie Ferguson are:
22. Homer Larkin Barkley, born 11 January 1903, in Texas; died 11 May 1959, in Orange Co., California.
23. Madge Gertrude Barkley, born 18 August 1905, in Texas; died 1976, in Carnegie, Oklahoma. She married Arthur Clark Black 31 October 1928.
24. Leonard Hershel Barkley, born 12 April 1909, in Oklahoma; died 07 October 1999, in Woodlake, Tulare Co., California.
25. Mary Ruby Barkley, born 06 August 1911, in Oklahoma. She married Andy Flippin; born 03 January 1911; he died 09 September 1988, in Mountain View, Oklahoma.
26. Alma Madeleine Barkley, born 14 August 1914, in Oklahoma; died 08 May 2002.
27. Jasper Roy Barkley, born 02 March 1916, in Oklahoma; died May 1984, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma. He married Bertie Jean.
28. Orville Horace Barkley, born 19 February 1920, in Oklahoma; died 01 January 1992, in Mountain View, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma.
Third Generation:
13. Willie Jasper Spence was born 30 July 1885, in Cherokee Co., Alabama, and died 08 October 1964, in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co., Texas. He married (1) Effie Gertrude Adams 19 August 1906, in Hunt Co., Texas, daughter of Henry Adams and Ellen Lowery. She was born June 1891, in Texas, and died 05 October 1926, in Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. He married (2) Dovie Huff 26 July 1936, in Rains Co., Texas, daughter of James Huff and Mary Fuston. She was born 12 September 1898, in Texas, and died 16 October 1963, in Austin, Travis Co., Texas.
Children of Willie Spence and Effie Adams are:
29. Hallie J. Spence, born 01 June 1907, in Texas; died 31 August 1982. She married (1) Silas Jabus Burleson between 1920 and 1925; born 28 September 1904, in Grand Saline, Texas; died 28 May 1960, in Emory, Rains Co., Texas. She married (2) Lannie Moore after 1960.
30. Grace M. Spence, born 1909, in Texas; died 07 June 1939, in Mountain View, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma. She married Bryan Miller before February 1938.
31. Rachel May Spence, born 1910, in Texas; died 24 October 1970, in Emory, Rains Co., Texas. She married Ernie Bunk Adair about 1925; born 09 August 1904, in Hopkins Co., Texas; died 18 March 1965, in Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., Texas.
32. Joe L. Spence, born 29 July 1913, in Parvin, Kaufman Co., Texas; died 18 August 2003. He married Bennie Mersedese Davis 23 September 1933, in Mt. View, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma.
33. Raymond Eugene Spence, born 10 August 1915, in Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas; died 24 August 1994, in Wood Co., Texas. He married Verba Mae Richardson 20 June 1936, in Emory, Rains Co., Texas; born 23 December 1921, in Garden Valley, Texas; died December 2008, in Rains Co., Texas.
34. John Doss Spence, born 22 January 1918, in Texas; died July 2005. He married (1) Lena Mae Williams; born 02 February 1920; died 17 July 2004. He married (2) Lillian.
35. Stanley Jay Clark Spence, born 07 May 1921, in Texas; died 25 February 2012. He married (1) Margaret Aileen Miller 21 February 1948, in Caddo Co., Oklahoma; she was born 22 October 1922; died 04 October 1978, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married (2) Janice LaTrell who was born 16 October 1930; died 01 June 1989. He married (3) Anabelle Routin 10 August 1991.
Children of Willie Spence and Dovie Huff are:
36. Willie Ray Spence, born and died about 1938.
37. Barbara Ann Spence, born 06 July 1940, in Rains Co., Texas.
14. Alonzo Hugh Spence was born 18 January 1889, in Cherokee Co., Alabama, and died 17 May 1957, in Juarez, Mexico. He married Nettie F. Jennings 30 January 1909, in Kaufman Co., Texas, daughter of George and Lisa Jennings. She was born 04 September 1894, in Tennessee, and died 31 May 1965, in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California.
Children of Alonzo Spence and Nettie Jennings are:
38. Thurman L. Spence, born 17 November 1909, in Texas; died 15 October 1974, in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles Co., California. He married (1) Neva Belle Moore about 1935, in Clinton, Oklahoma; died in 2003. He married (3) Ernestine N. Anderson Schmid 27 December 1973, in Los Angeles, California; born 1923.
39. Odessa Athelene Spence, born 05 September 1915, in Texas; died 04 January 1980, in Sacramento Co., California. She married Theodore D. Bell; born 21 May 1913, in Illinois; died 29 June 1967, in Sacramento Co., California.
16. May Phillips was born May 1892, in Alabama. She married Sanford V. Lawson. He was born about 1869 in Tennessee, and died 15 March 1942, in Kaufman, Kaufman Co., Texas.
Children of May Phillips and Sanford Lawson are:
40. Jewel Lawson, born about 1911 in Texas.
41. Sanford Lawson, Jr., born about 1913 in Texas.
42. Theodocia Lawson, born about 1916 in Texas.
43. Robbie Mae Lawson, born about 1917 in Texas.
22. Homer Larkin Barkley was born 11 January 1903, in Texas, and died 11 May 1959, in Orange Co., California. He married Edna Faye Beddo 24 December 1924. She was born 03 June 1905, and died 02 November 1992, in San Bernardino Co., California.
Children of Homer Barkley and Edna Beddo are:
44. Alvin Lee Barkley, born 20 March 1927, in Oklahoma; died 28 February 1997, in Boswell, Choctaw Co., Oklahoma.
45. Elbie Gene Lee Barkley, died in infancy.
46. Homer Darrel Barkley.
24. Leonard Hershel Barkley was born 12 April 1909, in Oklahoma, and died 07 October 1999, in
Woodlake, Tulare Co., California. He married Minnie Olive Willcox. She was born 27 December 1912, in Checotah, Oklahoma, and died 29 November 2001, in Woodlake, Tulare Co., California.
Children of Leonard Barkley and Minnie Willcox are:
47. Richard Ray Barkley, born 27 June 1938, in Carnegie, Oklahoma.
48. Hershel Royce Barkley, born 09 November 1940, in Carnegie, Oklahoma; died 25 October 1999.
49. Ronald Clayde Barkley, born 29 June 1942, in Porterville, California.
50. Rita Lynne Barkley, born 1945, in Visalia, California.
26. Alma Madeleine Barkley was born 14 August 1914, in Oklahoma, and died 08 May 2002. She
married Hilmer L. Adkisson. He was born 11 July 1914, and died 19 July 1998.
Children of Alma Barkley and Hilmer Adkisson are:
51. Arnita Yvonne Adkisson. She married Lloyd Weber.
52. Cheryl Lynne Adkisson. She married Rick Zimmerman.
28. Orville Horace Barkley was born 19 February 1920, in Oklahoma, and died 01 January 1992, in Mountain View, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma. He married Minnie Pauline Fletcher 02 October 1951, daughter of John Fletcher and Bessie Carbough. She was born 14 January 1925, in Cowden, Oklahoma, and died 22 February 2004, in Enid, Oklahoma.
Children of Orville Barkley and Minnie Fletcher are:
53. Iris Elaine Barkley. She married Tony McGrew.
54. Rhonda Denise Barkley. She married Butch Johnson.
55. Sheryl Lynn Barkley.
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Hello I am the great granddaughter of Willie Jasper Spence and I am doing some research. I really appreciate all the hard work you have done. I have a few more things to let you know if you are interested. I hope to keep in touch.
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Oh, am I ever interested! I would love to hear how you are related to us. I have much more that is not listed here, as well. Please feel free to email me at seekyetruth@yahoo.com or if you are more into messaging on Facebook, I'm at Donna Warner Spence. Thanks so much for commenting. I look forward to hearing from you again.
DeletePer a private message to me, Tiffany Dollar stated that Margaret Aileen Miller Spence's birth date is incorrect, although she does not know the actual date. I believe I received that information from a child of the Stanley Spence/Margaret Miller union, but I have no actual proof of it myself. However, I will leave it on the blog for now with this qualifying comment.
ReplyDeleteI Am Tiffany's cousin Jessica. Stanley J Clark Spence is our grandfather. I too appreciate all your hard work researching the Spence family line. As far as grandma Margaret's birthday goes the only information I have is from 2 sources. Her gravestone list the date you have as October 22 1922. However her marriage certificates to our grandfather and her first husband show her to be age 20 on 6/22/41 with estimated birth year as 1921 and age 27 on 2/21/48 with estimated birth year as 1921 or 1920. Neither listed a month or date of birth, just year and age but given Oct 22nd neither 1922 or 21 would match so my guess has been 1920. I have only seen these 2 marriage certificates. I didn't copy as I found it online but believe they were in Caddo county OK records. My father, though he could easily be mistaken says I was born on her birthday Feb 24th and mentions a family bible once kept by Margaret's sister, our great Aunt Dean.
ReplyDeleteJessica, as you can see I don't check this blog for comments very often. I'm so sorry! I used to receive an email when I got a comment, but I have changed computers and it looks like some setting got lost in the process. Anyway, I am always so happy to meet a cousin! I will try to find those marriage records. Do you know her parents' names? I could try to find a 1920 census. I tend to believe earlier records over later ones, as it's easy to be off 2-3 years when a person is 30 or 40 or more, but not so easy to be off that much when she is a baby. If you are on Facebook, please friend me at Donna Warner Spence and I can add you to our private Spence family group. Plus I could message you privately and find out more about your family, as I don't have your great Aunt Dean in my records, either. I have to admit I haven't posted to that group in awhile. I recently got a treasure trove of photos and letters from my grandmother and have been working more on my side of the family (Spence is my husband's name). You could check out past photos and posts and feel free to post any new ones of your own. If you prefer, my email address is seekyetruth@yahoo.com. Thanks so much for commenting!
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