Husband: Galen SPENCER
Birthdate: October 08, 1844
Birthplace:
Death date: December 30, 1904
Place of death: Joplin, Missouri
Burial:
Father: Dr. Ethan Spencer
Mother: Anna
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: December 28, 1864
Marriage place:

Wife: Mary Margaret "Maggie" BATES
Birthdate: September 19, 1847
Birthplace:
Death date: October 28, 1939
Place of death: Joplin, Missouri
Burial:
Father: Bela Norton Bates
Mother: Sarah Jane Perigo
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Arthur Everett Sr.
Birthdate: October 03, 1868, Boonville, IN
Spouses' names: Lou Ann "Lute" Howard
Marriage date: November 13, 1889
Death date: July 15, 1957

Child No. 2: Clifton Bates
Birthdate: May 22, 1851, Boonville, IN
Spouses' names: Mae
Marriage date: unknown
Death date: unknown

Child No. 3: Herbert Galen "Deed", Boonville, IN
Birthdate: May 22, 1871
Spouses' names: Julia
Marriage date:
Death date:

Child No. 4: Helen Margaret
Birthdate: May 15, 1875, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
Spouses' names: Never married
Marriage date:
Death date: December 10, 1906, Colorado, Texas

Child No. 5: Mary Jane
Birthdate: January 31, 1878, Joplin, Missouri
Spouses' names: Never married
Marriage date:
Death date: August 24, 1922, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Child No. 6: Curren Coke
Birthdate: February 06, 1882, Joplin, Missouri
Spouses' names: unknown
Marriage date:
Death date: Nebraska

Child No. 7: Gertrude Louise
Birthdate: June 5, 1884
Spouses' names: Harry Avery Marr
Marriage date: November 11, 1907, Joplin, Missouri
Death date: October 2, 1971, Denver, Colorado

Child No. 8: Cora Beatrice "Dennis" or "Nennie"
Birthdate: May 2, 1886, Joplin, Missouri
Spouses' names: Never Married
Marriage date:
Death date: March 1964, Denver, Colorado
 
 
Documentation:
* Family records,
* Boonville, IN and Joplin, MO genealogical records.

Notes:
Husband's military service: 100 Day Soldier in Civil War.