Asa Holmes SPICER, II

1825 - 1896  (70 years)

• Birth	18 Mar 1825	West Sparta, Livingston, NY   [1, 2]
  Birth	17 Mar 1825	West Sparta, Livingston, NY   [3, 4]
  Census	26 Aug 1850	Plainfield Township, Kent, MI   [5]
  	1850 census at Plainfield, Kent, MI shows Asa H. Spicer, 25, b. NY, laborer; Nancy, 19, b. NY.
  Census	18 Jun 1860	Courtland, Kent, MI   [6]
  	1860 census at Courtland, Kent, MI shows Asa Spicer, 38, b. NY, shingle maker; Nancy, 27, b. NY; children: Clarissa, 9, b. MI; William, 7, b. NY; Sarah A., 5, b. NY; Jesse, 3, b. MI; Asa, 7/12, b. NY.
  Census	2 Jun 1880	Mazeppa Township, Wabasha, MN   [7]
  	1880 census at Mazeppa Township, Wabasha, MN shows Asa Spicer, 55, farmer, b. NY, parents b. Unknown; Huldah, 45, b. CANADA, parents b. VT/VT. Also enumerated is Mande Eastman, 7, b. MN, parents b. blank.
  Note	1864  [1]
  	About 1851 Asa moved to Michigan where he started a shingle making business with Marquis De Lafayette Smith. In 1864 when the shingle making business failed Asa moved his family to Nebraska and then to Minnesota where Nancy died in 1866.
  Death	3 Mar 1896	Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN   [3, 4]
  Burial	Mazeppa Cemetery, Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN   [4, 8]
  	Find A Grave e-Memorial

  
  

  Father	Asa E. SPICER,   b. 26 May 1785, Springport, Cayuga, NY d. 24 Jan 1871, Marcellon, Columbia, WI (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth TOBIAS,   b. 6 Aug 1791, Washington Co., NY d. 29 Apr 1861, West Sparta, Livingston, NY (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F4120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy M CHAPMAN,   b. 3 Jun 1832, Nunda, Livingston, NY d. 19 Feb 1866, Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1846	West Sparta, Livingston, NY   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Clarissa Jane SPICER,   b. 18 Aug 1850, Plainfield Township, Kent, MI d. 13 Mar 1945, Bassett, Rock, NE (Age 94 years)   2. William Harrison SPICER,   b. 8 Jul 1852, MI d. 20 Mar 1931, Brainerd, Crow Wing, MN (Age 78 years)   3. Sarah Arina SPICER,   b. 30 Jun 1854, NY d. 26 Aug 1939, St. Paul, Ramsey, MN (Age 85 years)   4. Alfred SPICER,   b. 1855, Plainfield Township, Kent, MI   5. Jesse Archie SPICER,   b. 7 Aug 1857, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 13 Jun 1927, Canistota, McCook, SD (Age 69 years)   6. Asa Henry SPICER,   b. 3 Aug 1859, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 13 Feb 1902, Bemidji, Beltrami, MN (Age 42 years)   7. John Henry SPICER,   b. 28 Feb 1862, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 26 Jan 1914, Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN (Age 51 years)   8. Nancy Elizabeth SPICER,   b. 16 Jul 1864, Plainfield Township, Kent, MI d. 25 Mar 1894, MN (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F4121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hulda M PAGE,   b. 24 Feb 1834, CANADA d. 15 Feb 1909, Little Falls, Morrison, MN (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1866	Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN   [1, 2]
  	I believe Huldah was married at least 3 times; Robbins, Lindman and Spicer. She married for the first time at age 16. Hulda was a widow with 6 sons when she married Asa.
  Family ID	F4465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Mar 1825 - West Sparta, Livingston, NY Birth - 18 Mar 1825 - West Sparta, Livingston, NY Marriage - 23 Dec 1846 - West Sparta, Livingston, NY Census - 26 Aug 1850 - Plainfield Township, Kent, MI Marriage - 1866 - Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN Census - 2 Jun 1880 - Mazeppa Township, Wabasha, MN Death - 3 Mar 1896 - Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN Burial - - Mazeppa Cemetery, Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S549] Spicer Family File, 549. [S570] Meech, Mrs Susan Spicer & Miss Susan Billings Meech, The Spicer Genealogy, (Meech, Susan B., Unknown, 1911), 570. [S496] Wallewein Family, 496. [S502] Descendants of William Sibley, 502. [S1850] 1850 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1850), 1850. [S1860] 1860 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1860), 1860. [S1880] 1880 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1880), 1880. [S500] Find A Grave, 500.