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Springer, William McKendree Thompson

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  • Name Springer, William McKendree Thompson 
    Born 31 Aug 1828  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • According to the family genealogy written by Jessie E. Springer, William traveled overland to California in August of 1850 to search for gold. He found enough to make into a watch fob, but not enough to make him rich; he returned to Illinois in November 1850.
    Died 9 Oct 1881  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 

    •      Jessie E. Springer writes: "In July, 1881, William M. T. Springer started to Colorado for his health He stopped at Lawrence, Kansas to visit his sister, Lucinda, wife of Samuel P. Irwin, but he became worse, and died there on October 9, 1881. He was brought back to Edwardsville, and buried in Woodlawn Cemetery."
           The following biographical sketch was published by McKendree College in 1928.

           William McKendree Springer was born in Madison County, Illinois, August 31, 1828. He attended the public schools of his neighborhood and in 1848 entered McKendree. At the end of the school year closing in 1849, he left school, not to return because of failing health. In 1850, he went overland to California, but in the summer of 1851 he returned and resumed the business of farming. However, he soon left the farm and engaged in running a saw mill. In 1875 he left the saw mill, moved to Edwardsville, and engaged in selling hardware and farm machinery. He was a Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Church. For many years he served as Sunday School Superintendent. He was a member of the Masonic Order and of the Knights of Honor. In 1881 he started to Colorado for the improvement of his health. At Lawrence, Kansas, where he stopped to visit his sister, he was taken sick and died there in October of that year. He was married to Miss Margaret Barber in 1857, who with four of their six children survived him.
    Person ID I3983  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2015 

    Father Springer, John,   b. 8 Jan 1784, Harrod's Fort, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1849, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Byrd, Elizabeth,   b. Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1849, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Mar 1826  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F1306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barber, Margaret Jane,   b. 7 Jul 1833, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1918, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 7 Jan 1857  Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Children 
     1. Springer, Lizzie Theodora,   b. 15 Oct 1857, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1858, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Springer, Thomas Wentworth,   b. 11 Nov 1858, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1931, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. Springer, Jennie Florence,   b. 4 Jan 1861, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +4. Springer, Mary Emma,   b. 2 May 1862, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1950, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     5. Springer, Josephine Lincoln,   b. 28 Nov 1867, Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1951, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     6. Springer, William Barber,   b. 10 Nov 1875, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1882, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, pages 105, 125.
      William McKendree Thompson Springer; born 31 August 1828 on the family farm in Fort Russell Township (Madison County), Illinios.

    2. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 307-308. Biographical sketch of William McKendree Springer.
           "William McKendree Springer was born in Madison County, Illinois, August 31, 1828. He attended the public schools of his neighborhood...."

    3. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 126.
      "In 1850, after the first rush for gold was over, Will went overland to California, in August, found enough gold to make a Masonic watch fob, bearing the insignia of the Royal Arch Masons, of which he was a member, but not enough to make him rich, and returned in November, of the same year."

    4. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 307-308. Biographical sketch of William McKendree Springer.
           "At the end of the school year closing in 1849, he left school [McKendree College], not to return because of failing health. In 1850, he went overland to California, but in the summer of 1851 he returned and resumed the business of farming."

    5. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, pages 106, 130.
      "...died 9 October 1881 at the home of his sister, Lucinda Irwin, at Lawrence, Kansas;" "In July, 1881, William M. T. Springer started to Colorado for his health. He stopped at Lawrence, Kansas to visit his sister, Lucinda, wife of Samuel P. Irwin, but he became worse, and died there on October 9, 1881. He was brought back to Edwardsville, and buried in Woodlawn Cemetery."

    6. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 307-308. Biographical sketch of William McKendree Springer.

    7. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 307-308. Biographical sketch of William McKendree Springer.
           "In 1881 he started to Colorado for the improvement of his health. At Lawrence, Kansas, where he stopped to visit his sister, he was taken sick and died there in October of that year."

    8. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 75.
      "On March 16, 1826, John Springer married the young widow of George Biggs, Elizabeth Byrd Biggs, daughter of John Byrd. Although there is no record of the marriage in either Madison or St. Clair County, it is verified by a notice in the 'Edwardsville Spectator' for March 25, 1826: 'On March 16, 1826, John Springer of Madison County and Mrs. Elizabeth Biggs of St. Clair County were married by the Reverend Joseph Oglesby, M. G.' A similar notice appeared soon after in the 'Illinois Intelligencer', published at Vandalia."

    9. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, pages 106, 127.
      William McKendreeThompson Springer and Margaret Jane Barber; married 7 January 1857 in Decatur, Illinois, where Margaret's step-father, Rev. Joel Knight was preaching. Margaret was the daughter of John Barber, Jr. and Eliza Robinson Barber. William M. T. and Margaret (Barber) Springer "lived on the old home place" [in Fort Russell Township (Madison County), Illinois] and had six children.

    10. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 307-308. Biographical sketch of William McKendree Springer.
           "He was married to Miss Margaret Barber in 1857, who with four of their six children survived him."


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