Nathan SPICER

1892 - 1895  (3 years)

• Birth	1892  [1]
  Death	16 Apr 1895	Winnebago, Faribault, MN   [2, 3]
  	The Spicer family file states that while enroute from Nebraska to Minnesota Nathan contracted diptheria and died on April 16, 1895 near the city of Winnebago and that he was buried there, under a tree. The 1895 census of this family, taken June 20 in Mazeppa, Faribault Co., and to include those family members as of June 1 includes Nathan, age 3. William indicates he has been in the state and district 11 months. Nathan does not appear in subsequent census so I don't doubt he died young and probably of diptheria but I do question the date and surrounding story.

  
  

  Father	William Harrison SPICER,   b. 8 Jul 1852, MI d. 20 Mar 1931, Brainerd, Crow Wing, MN (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Arina Philinda DAVIS,   b. 11 Mar 1856, Davenport, Scott, IA d. 28 Dec 1928, Finlayson, Pine, MN (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F4123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 16 Apr 1895 - Winnebago, Faribault, MN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S496] Wallewein Family, 496. [S549] Spicer Family File, 549. [S954] 1895 Minnesota Census, (Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1977), 954.