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Lucy Lodica Elmer Spencer

July 3, 1843–December 14, 1890

1 Born in Lee County, Iowa Territory; daughter of Lucina (Lucinda) Elmer and Hiram Elmer. 2 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1852. 3 Married first Richard Spencer, 1858; widowed, 1858. 4 Married second John Henry Spencer as a plural wife, 1860; ten children. 5 Lived at Payson, Utah County, Utah Territory. 6 Moved to Thistle Valley, Sanpete County, Utah Territory, 1877. 7 Served as president of the Indianola Relief Society in Indianola, Sanpete County. 8 Died at Lake Shore, Utah County; buried at Payson. 9 (See Document 4.7)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed May 2023), Lucy Lodica Elmer LDY1-VY1. “Deaths,” Deseret Evening News, Dec. 20, 1890, 2. Indianola Ward Sunday School minutes and records, 1890–1906, 1916, 1918, 1921–1923, Indianola Ward, North Sanpete Stake, CHL. Alternate spellings of her middle name include “Lodisa” and “Lodisia.”

  2. [2] “Deaths,” 2. “Family Tree,” database, Lucy Lodica Elmer. Her mother’s family name was also Elmer.

  3. [3] “Lucy Lodisa [sic] Elmer,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  4. [4] “Family Tree,” database, Lucy Lodica Elmer and Richard Spencer L58V-VBW.

  5. [5] “Family Tree,” database, Lucy Lodica Elmer and John Henry Spencer KW86-4Y1. Richard and John Spencer were brothers.

  6. [6] 1870 U.S. census, Payson, Utah Co., Utah Territory, p. 235B, Lucy L. Spencer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1612.

  7. [7] “Deaths,” 2. Madoline Cloward Dixon, Peteetneet Town: A History of Payson, Utah (Provo, UT: Press Publishing Company, 1974), 110. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson Memorial Assoc./Deseret News, 1936), 4:550. 1880 U.S. census, Thistle Precinct, Sanpete Co., Utah Territory, p. 471B, Lucy L. Spencer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1338.

  8. [8] “Deaths,” 2. “Lamanite Sisters Testify,” Woman’s Exponent 9, no. 10 (Oct. 15, 1880): 74–75.

  9. [9] “Deaths,” 2. “Family Tree,” database, Lucy Lodica Elmer. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 2015), memorial no. 22655470, Lucy Lodica Elmer Spencer; Payson City Cemetery, Payson, UT.