1. | Spencer B HOLYCROSS was born in Abt. 1802 in Virginia (son of Howell HOLYCROSS and Frances CROWDER); died before April 1864 in Ohio did not make it a law to keep death records until 1867. Notes:
Died:
There has been some sickness here and some have died…. Spencer Holycross is dead…. -Central Ohio was plagued over the war years by outbreaks of scarlet fever, diphtheria, consumption, smallpox, diarrhea, and whooping cough.
Family/Spouse: Polly M. HARRINGTON. Polly (daughter of Benjamin HARRINGTON and Elizabeth RICE) was born in Abt. 1808 in Rhode Island ; died on 7 Aug 1831 in Union County, Ohio; was buried in Aug 1831 in Hathaway Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Retta Loretta HOLYCROSS CURL was born in 1826 in Ohio, ; died about 1923.
- Allen HOLYCROSS
Spencer married Laura Ann MCCAULEY, 5 on 19 Sept., 1836 in Madison Co., Ohio. Laura (daughter of John MCCALLEY, 6 and Dorothy "Dolly" MOODY, 6) was born on 14 Jun 1801 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, ; died in Mar 1864 in Darby Twp., Union County, Ohio, ; was buried in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- S nnah Susannah HOLYCROSS was born in Abt. 1838 in Ohio, .
- Pvt Henry Clay HOLYCROSS was born in 1839 in Ohio ; died on 10 Feb 1862 in Genl. Hosp. Lebanon, Kentucky; was buried in Feb 1862 in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio, .
- Mary HOLYCROSS ALLEN was born in 1841 in Virginia; was buried in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio, .
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