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- [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.
- [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;...."
- [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.
- [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.
- [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."
- [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.'"
- [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."
- [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.
- [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."
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