According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and her gravestone numbering system, Annie Eleanor Spencer’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Three. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Annie Eleanor Spencer, a tenth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Annie is one of the three daughters of Richard Augustus (gravestone No. 42) and Lottie Lees (née Gadsby) Spencer (shared gravestone No. 42).
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No. 44 Amy Lees Spencer
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Amy Lees Spencer’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Four. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Amy Lees, a tenth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Amy is one of the three daughters of Richard Augustus and Lottie Lee (née Gadsby) Spencer.
***No. 45-47 Roby Alice’s (née Spencer’s) & George Rathbun’s Children: Gravestone No. 45, 46, and 47
Gravestone No. 45-47 are the children of Roby Alice (née Spencer) Rathbun (Gravestone No. 48) and George Rathbun (Gravestone No. 49).
Alice Roby Spencer (gravestone 48) is the daughter of Benjamin Spencer according to newsclipping of Rathbun brothers’ military service.
“Spencer and Rathbun descendants, if you have any additional information on Marcus,Lilly Bell or Alphonse please add a comment to this web site or their individual web site and the web site editor will add this to the site. Thanks.”
No. 45 Marcus Rathbun
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Marcus Rathbun’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Four. Marcus is the son of Roby Alice (née Spencer) and George Rathbun. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Marcus Rathbun, a ninth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island through his mother, Roby Alice (née Spencer) Rathbun.
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No. 46 Lilly Bell Rathbun
According to Audrey Mae’s artistically designed cemetery map and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Historical Family Cemetery, Lilly Bell’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Six. Lilly Bell is the daughter of Roby Alice (née Spencer) and George Rathbun. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Lilly Bell Rathbun, a ninth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island through her mother, Roby Alice (née Spencer) Rathbun.
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No. 47 Alphonse Rathbun
According to Audrey Mae’s artistically designed cemetery map and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Historical Family Cemetery, Alphonse Rathbun’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Seven. Alphonso is the son of Roby Alice (née Spencer) and George Rathbun. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Alphonse Rathbun, a ninth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island through his mother, Roby Alice (née Spencer) Rathbun.
(2013 update: According to Alphonse’s gravestone inscription and Bruce MacGunnigle’s book, Alphonse lived to age five years and four months.)
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Alphonso’s parents are:
Alphonse’s mother, Roby Alice, has the same first name as Roby (née Tarbox) Spencer (Gravestone No. 5), the spouse of Richard Anthony (“Deacon”) Spencer (Gravestone No. 6). Alphonse’s mother, Roby Alice is a descendant of that couple. Audra Eleanor is the first daughter of “Deacon” and Roby Spencer and Marcus’s mother, Roby Alice is a daughter of Audra Eleanor.
Alphonse’ s sister is Lilly Bell (No. 46) and his brother is Marcus (No. 45).
Delightful story re Alphonse’s parents and his aunt and uncle:
The two Rathbun brothers, (George–Gravestone No. 49 and John– Gravestone No. 58) married the two Spencer sisters, (Evelyn –Gravestone No. 57 and Roby Alice–Gravestone No. 48).
Article about the Rathbun brothers who married the Rathbun sisters:
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According to the above article on the Rathbone (sic) genealogy, the Spencer sisters are the daughters of Benjamin (gravestone No. 54) and Audra (gravestone No. 53).
Audrey Mae’s daughter, Crystal, met one of the Rathbun descendants who gave her copies of the above articles.
“Spencer, Johnson, Goff, Tarbox and Rathbun descendants, if you have any additional information on Alphonse Rathbun , please add a comment to this web site and the web site editor will add this to the site. Thanks.”
No. 48 Roby Alice Spencer
According to Audrey Mae’s artistically designed cemetery map and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Historical Family Cemetery, Roby Alice Spencer ‘s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-eight. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Roby Alice, an eighth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
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No. 49 George Rathbun
According to Audrey Mae’s artistically designed cemetery map and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Historical Family Cemetery, George Rathbun’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-Nine and his spouse Roby Alice (née Spencer) Rathbun’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Forty-eight. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of George Rathbun, who was a Veteran. To honor his military service, Audrey Mae places a USA flag by his gravestone Number Forty-Nine on her artistically designed Spencer family cemetery map.
(update: The date of birth on George’s gravestone inscription is August 26,1838.)
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No. 50 William McGowen Spencer
According to Audrey Mae’s artistically designed cemetery map and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Historical Family Cemetery, William McGowen Spencer’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Fifty. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of William McGowen Spencer, a seventh- generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
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More research is needed as web author lives 3000 miles from the Spencer family cemetery and it appears that the gravestone photo may not be the correct gravestone for William McGowen Spencer.
According to Audrey Mae’s mini-biography, Elizabeth Alice Potter (gravestone No. 51) married William McGowen. Web site author has no other information.
More research is needed to determine which Spencer line William belongs.
“Spencer, McGowen and Potter descendants, if you have any additional information on William McGowen Spencer, please add a comment to this web site and the web site editor will add this to the site. Thanks.”
No. 51 Elizabeth Alice Potter
According to Audrey Mae’s artistically designed cemetery map and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Historical Family Cemetery, Elizabeth Alice Potter’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Fifty-One. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Elizabeth Alice Potter.
(2012 Update: Audrey Mae’s granddaughter reported that Elizabeth’s gravestone inscription has 8-26-1838 as date if birth and 9-8-1901 as date of death. More research needed.)
Unsure whether this is Bruce MacGunnigle – 52.