Springer, Thomas Oglesby

Male 1827 - 1910  (82 years)


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  • Name Springer, Thomas Oglesby 
    Born 2 Mar 1827  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Feb 1910  Compton, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4

    • The following biographical sketch was published by McKendree College in 1928.

                THOMAS O. SPRINGER

           Thomas O. Springer was born November 2, 1827, in Madison County, Illinois. He grew up on a farm and attended the public schools; later he entered McKendree and was graduated in the scientific course in 1849. He was one of the founders of the Platonian Literary Society. The death of his parents added new responsibilities, under which he conducted himself as a faithful elder brother, keeping the family together on the farm and assisting in the education of his younger brothers. In 1855, he was married to Miss Emma M. Thompson, who died in 1858. He was married again in 1872 to Miss Ella J. Randle, of Lebanon, Illinois. From 1856 to 1864, he was Clerk of the Circuit Court. He also held the office of supervisor. In politics, he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, and ever after that was a staunch Republican. He was member of the Methodist Church, the order of A. F. & A. M., R. A. M., and Knights of Honor. In 1890, Mr. Springer moved to Thornberry, Texas, and later to Compton, Calif., where he died in 1909.
    Person ID I3982  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  [5
    Family ID F1306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thompson, Emily B.,   d. 21 Jan 1858 
    Married 1855  [6, 7
    Children 
     1. Springer, John Franklin,   b. 25 Jun 1856,   d. 3 Aug 1857  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Randle, Ella Jane,   d. 18 Nov 1903, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1872  Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    • Thomas and Ella had no children.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1308  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, page 105.
      Thomas Oglesby Springer; born 2 March 1827; no place given, although Fort Russell Township (Madison County), Illinios is a logical assumption.

    2. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 154-155. Biographical sketch of Thomas O. Springer.
           "Thomas O. Springer was born November 2, 1827, in Madison County, Illinois. He grew up on a farm and attended the public schools;...."

    3. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 105.
      Died 22 February 1910 in Compton, California.

    4. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. Biographical sketch of Thomas O. Springer; pages 154-155.

    5. [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."

    6. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 105.
      Thomas Oglesby Springer and Emily B. Thompson; married; no date or place given. "Thomas ... married (1) Emily B. Thompson, daughter of Samuel B. Thompson, an early Methodist circuit rider, known and loved all over Kentucky and southern Illinois, and for whom St. John's Church at Edwardsville was originally named 'Thompson's Chapel.'"

    7. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 154-155. Biographical sketch of Thomas O. Springer.
           "In 1855, he was married to Miss Emma M. Thompson, who died in 1858."

    8. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, pages 105, 107.
      Thomas Oglesby Springer and Ella Jane Randle; married 1872 in Lebanon, Illinois. Ella Jane Randle was the daughter of Edmund Randle. Thomas and Ella had no children.

    9. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 154-155. Biographical sketch of Thomas O. Springer.
           "He was married again in 1872 to Miss Ella J. Randle, of Lebanon, Illinois."