Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
from "Memorial Record of Alabama"
GEORGE COOK SPIGENER sheriff of Autauga county, Ala., was born in Robinson Springs, in what is now Elmore county, in 1849. His father, Llewellyn Spigener, was born near Columbia, S. C., in 1812, and married Mary Elvira Ramsey, who was born near La Grange, Ga. Llewellyn Spigener served an apprenticeship of four years to a wheelwright at Columbia, S. C., and soon after reaching his majority came to Alabama and engaged at his business in Washington, Autauga county, where he lived until Prattville was founded, when he removed to the new town, and in conjunction with his trade carried on farming, and later became traveling agent for the Pratt Gin company, which position he filled both before and after the war. He was once town marshal, and during the period of hostilities was tax assessor of the county. For eight or ten years he was worshipful master of Prattville lodge of F. & A. M., and was also a royal arch Mason. He died September 25, 1887, a sincere Methodist. He had three brothers, Samuel, Joel and William, who lived and died in Coosa county. Their father died while still a young man, and their mother, Barbara, was married to a Mr. Oliver; both died in Coosa county. Mrs. Mary E. Spigener, also a Methodist, died about 1877. Her parents, James N. and Mary Ramsey, came from Georgia to Autauga county, but subsequently removed to Wetumpka, where they died after the war had closed. One of their sons, James Newton Ramsey, Jr., was colonel of the First Georgia regiment, was a brave soldier and a prominent lawyer of Columbus, Ga. George Cook Spigener is the eldest of a family of six children, the second born being Mary, wife of W. W. Pierce; the third is Julia, married to W. M. Fisher; Llewellyn, of Pensacola, and two girls deceased. George C. received his early education at Prattville and graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical college at Auburn in 1872. He then passed some time at the Red Mount Iron works, and then engaged in the undertaking business at Prattville, with which he has now connected a livery establishment.
Mr. Spigener was married in 1883 to Miss Kate Gardner, a native of Prattville, and daughter of George and Bettie Gardner, the latter a daughter of Judge Gholson. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are now deceased. Mr. Spigener once served as town marshal and is now intendent of the town. From 1880 to 1884 he was sheriff of the county, and in August, 1892, was re-elected. He is a member of Prattville lodge, No. 19, F. & A. M., and has served as its worshipful master; is secretary of Daniel Pratt lodge, No. 96; is P. C. C. and representative to the grand lodge of Merrill Pratt lodge, No. 71, K. of P., also past dictator and grand representative of Prattville lodge, No. 2128, K. of H. In religion he and wife are Methodists.
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Death Of A Prominent Citizen
Mr. G. C. Spigener is dead. After an eventful life the end came peacefully at his home at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. This announcement will cause profound sorrow throughout this section of the State. No name was more familiar to the people of this county than that of the deceased. It was here that he was born and here for more than three score years he has resided. During that time he has been most prominent in the religious, political, fraternal and social circles of this section, having held many positions of honor. For many years he has been the funeral director of this county and his figure has been a familiar one at the graves of the citizens of this section. His fate is the common fate of all and he, too, on yesterday was committed to the dust from which he sprang.
George Cook Spigener was born June 21st, 1849, and died last Tuesday afternoon, February 4th, 1913. He was, therefore, in his 64th year. His father, Lewellen Spigener, was one of the early settlers of this county, having come from Orangeburg, South Carolina, and settled at Washington when that was a flourishing town. After residing at Washington and Robinson Springs he moved to Prattville, where he died in 1887. Mr. Lewellen Spigener was married to Miss Mary E. Ramsey, August 16, 1848, and to this union was born six children, viz: George Cooke, Mary, who married W.W. Peace, and now deceased; Lewellen, who resides at Pensacola, Helen, who died about 38 years ago, Julia, wife of W.M. Fisher, and Kate, who died in infancy.
G.C. Spigener was reared to manhood in Prattville. On November 29th, 1883, he married Miss Kate Gardner, who survives him. To this union there are five surviving children: Ruby, the wife of Dr. R.O. Dickinson, Lewellen, now in Denver, Col., Katie Ruth, a teacher in Dothan, and George and Leon.
The deceased was a prominent member of the local orders of Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, Masons and Red Men, who took part in the funeral services yesterday. The services were conducted at 3 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. W.P. Dickinson, Pastor of the M.E. Church, of which the deceased was long an official member. The body was interred at Oak Hill cemetery, and the large concourse of sorrowing friends who were present attested the esteem in which the deceased was held.
The Prattville Progress, February 6, 1913.
from "Memorial Record of Alabama"
GEORGE COOK SPIGENER sheriff of Autauga county, Ala., was born in Robinson Springs, in what is now Elmore county, in 1849. His father, Llewellyn Spigener, was born near Columbia, S. C., in 1812, and married Mary Elvira Ramsey, who was born near La Grange, Ga. Llewellyn Spigener served an apprenticeship of four years to a wheelwright at Columbia, S. C., and soon after reaching his majority came to Alabama and engaged at his business in Washington, Autauga county, where he lived until Prattville was founded, when he removed to the new town, and in conjunction with his trade carried on farming, and later became traveling agent for the Pratt Gin company, which position he filled both before and after the war. He was once town marshal, and during the period of hostilities was tax assessor of the county. For eight or ten years he was worshipful master of Prattville lodge of F. & A. M., and was also a royal arch Mason. He died September 25, 1887, a sincere Methodist. He had three brothers, Samuel, Joel and William, who lived and died in Coosa county. Their father died while still a young man, and their mother, Barbara, was married to a Mr. Oliver; both died in Coosa county. Mrs. Mary E. Spigener, also a Methodist, died about 1877. Her parents, James N. and Mary Ramsey, came from Georgia to Autauga county, but subsequently removed to Wetumpka, where they died after the war had closed. One of their sons, James Newton Ramsey, Jr., was colonel of the First Georgia regiment, was a brave soldier and a prominent lawyer of Columbus, Ga. George Cook Spigener is the eldest of a family of six children, the second born being Mary, wife of W. W. Pierce; the third is Julia, married to W. M. Fisher; Llewellyn, of Pensacola, and two girls deceased. George C. received his early education at Prattville and graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical college at Auburn in 1872. He then passed some time at the Red Mount Iron works, and then engaged in the undertaking business at Prattville, with which he has now connected a livery establishment.
Mr. Spigener was married in 1883 to Miss Kate Gardner, a native of Prattville, and daughter of George and Bettie Gardner, the latter a daughter of Judge Gholson. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are now deceased. Mr. Spigener once served as town marshal and is now intendent of the town. From 1880 to 1884 he was sheriff of the county, and in August, 1892, was re-elected. He is a member of Prattville lodge, No. 19, F. & A. M., and has served as its worshipful master; is secretary of Daniel Pratt lodge, No. 96; is P. C. C. and representative to the grand lodge of Merrill Pratt lodge, No. 71, K. of P., also past dictator and grand representative of Prattville lodge, No. 2128, K. of H. In religion he and wife are Methodists.
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Death Of A Prominent Citizen
Mr. G. C. Spigener is dead. After an eventful life the end came peacefully at his home at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. This announcement will cause profound sorrow throughout this section of the State. No name was more familiar to the people of this county than that of the deceased. It was here that he was born and here for more than three score years he has resided. During that time he has been most prominent in the religious, political, fraternal and social circles of this section, having held many positions of honor. For many years he has been the funeral director of this county and his figure has been a familiar one at the graves of the citizens of this section. His fate is the common fate of all and he, too, on yesterday was committed to the dust from which he sprang.
George Cook Spigener was born June 21st, 1849, and died last Tuesday afternoon, February 4th, 1913. He was, therefore, in his 64th year. His father, Lewellen Spigener, was one of the early settlers of this county, having come from Orangeburg, South Carolina, and settled at Washington when that was a flourishing town. After residing at Washington and Robinson Springs he moved to Prattville, where he died in 1887. Mr. Lewellen Spigener was married to Miss Mary E. Ramsey, August 16, 1848, and to this union was born six children, viz: George Cooke, Mary, who married W.W. Peace, and now deceased; Lewellen, who resides at Pensacola, Helen, who died about 38 years ago, Julia, wife of W.M. Fisher, and Kate, who died in infancy.
G.C. Spigener was reared to manhood in Prattville. On November 29th, 1883, he married Miss Kate Gardner, who survives him. To this union there are five surviving children: Ruby, the wife of Dr. R.O. Dickinson, Lewellen, now in Denver, Col., Katie Ruth, a teacher in Dothan, and George and Leon.
The deceased was a prominent member of the local orders of Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, Masons and Red Men, who took part in the funeral services yesterday. The services were conducted at 3 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. W.P. Dickinson, Pastor of the M.E. Church, of which the deceased was long an official member. The body was interred at Oak Hill cemetery, and the large concourse of sorrowing friends who were present attested the esteem in which the deceased was held.
The Prattville Progress, February 6, 1913.
Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
from "Memorial Record of Alabama"
GEORGE COOK SPIGENER sheriff of Autauga county, Ala., was born in Robinson Springs, in what is now Elmore county, in 1849. His father, Llewellyn Spigener, was born near Columbia, S. C., in 1812, and married Mary Elvira Ramsey, who was born near La Grange, Ga. Llewellyn Spigener served an apprenticeship of four years to a wheelwright at Columbia, S. C., and soon after reaching his majority came to Alabama and engaged at his business in Washington, Autauga county, where he lived until Prattville was founded, when he removed to the new town, and in conjunction with his trade carried on farming, and later became traveling agent for the Pratt Gin company, which position he filled both before and after the war. He was once town marshal, and during the period of hostilities was tax assessor of the county. For eight or ten years he was worshipful master of Prattville lodge of F. & A. M., and was also a royal arch Mason. He died September 25, 1887, a sincere Methodist. He had three brothers, Samuel, Joel and William, who lived and died in Coosa county. Their father died while still a young man, and their mother, Barbara, was married to a Mr. Oliver; both died in Coosa county. Mrs. Mary E. Spigener, also a Methodist, died about 1877. Her parents, James N. and Mary Ramsey, came from Georgia to Autauga county, but subsequently removed to Wetumpka, where they died after the war had closed. One of their sons, James Newton Ramsey, Jr., was colonel of the First Georgia regiment, was a brave soldier and a prominent lawyer of Columbus, Ga. George Cook Spigener is the eldest of a family of six children, the second born being Mary, wife of W. W. Pierce; the third is Julia, married to W. M. Fisher; Llewellyn, of Pensacola, and two girls deceased. George C. received his early education at Prattville and graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical college at Auburn in 1872. He then passed some time at the Red Mount Iron works, and then engaged in the undertaking business at Prattville, with which he has now connected a livery establishment.
Mr. Spigener was married in 1883 to Miss Kate Gardner, a native of Prattville, and daughter of George and Bettie Gardner, the latter a daughter of Judge Gholson. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are now deceased. Mr. Spigener once served as town marshal and is now intendent of the town. From 1880 to 1884 he was sheriff of the county, and in August, 1892, was re-elected. He is a member of Prattville lodge, No. 19, F. & A. M., and has served as its worshipful master; is secretary of Daniel Pratt lodge, No. 96; is P. C. C. and representative to the grand lodge of Merrill Pratt lodge, No. 71, K. of P., also past dictator and grand representative of Prattville lodge, No. 2128, K. of H. In religion he and wife are Methodists.
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Death Of A Prominent Citizen
Mr. G. C. Spigener is dead. After an eventful life the end came peacefully at his home at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. This announcement will cause profound sorrow throughout this section of the State. No name was more familiar to the people of this county than that of the deceased. It was here that he was born and here for more than three score years he has resided. During that time he has been most prominent in the religious, political, fraternal and social circles of this section, having held many positions of honor. For many years he has been the funeral director of this county and his figure has been a familiar one at the graves of the citizens of this section. His fate is the common fate of all and he, too, on yesterday was committed to the dust from which he sprang.
George Cook Spigener was born June 21st, 1849, and died last Tuesday afternoon, February 4th, 1913. He was, therefore, in his 64th year. His father, Lewellen Spigener, was one of the early settlers of this county, having come from Orangeburg, South Carolina, and settled at Washington when that was a flourishing town. After residing at Washington and Robinson Springs he moved to Prattville, where he died in 1887. Mr. Lewellen Spigener was married to Miss Mary E. Ramsey, August 16, 1848, and to this union was born six children, viz: George Cooke, Mary, who married W.W. Peace, and now deceased; Lewellen, who resides at Pensacola, Helen, who died about 38 years ago, Julia, wife of W.M. Fisher, and Kate, who died in infancy.
G.C. Spigener was reared to manhood in Prattville. On November 29th, 1883, he married Miss Kate Gardner, who survives him. To this union there are five surviving children: Ruby, the wife of Dr. R.O. Dickinson, Lewellen, now in Denver, Col., Katie Ruth, a teacher in Dothan, and George and Leon.
The deceased was a prominent member of the local orders of Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, Masons and Red Men, who took part in the funeral services yesterday. The services were conducted at 3 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. W.P. Dickinson, Pastor of the M.E. Church, of which the deceased was long an official member. The body was interred at Oak Hill cemetery, and the large concourse of sorrowing friends who were present attested the esteem in which the deceased was held.
The Prattville Progress, February 6, 1913.
from "Memorial Record of Alabama"
GEORGE COOK SPIGENER sheriff of Autauga county, Ala., was born in Robinson Springs, in what is now Elmore county, in 1849. His father, Llewellyn Spigener, was born near Columbia, S. C., in 1812, and married Mary Elvira Ramsey, who was born near La Grange, Ga. Llewellyn Spigener served an apprenticeship of four years to a wheelwright at Columbia, S. C., and soon after reaching his majority came to Alabama and engaged at his business in Washington, Autauga county, where he lived until Prattville was founded, when he removed to the new town, and in conjunction with his trade carried on farming, and later became traveling agent for the Pratt Gin company, which position he filled both before and after the war. He was once town marshal, and during the period of hostilities was tax assessor of the county. For eight or ten years he was worshipful master of Prattville lodge of F. & A. M., and was also a royal arch Mason. He died September 25, 1887, a sincere Methodist. He had three brothers, Samuel, Joel and William, who lived and died in Coosa county. Their father died while still a young man, and their mother, Barbara, was married to a Mr. Oliver; both died in Coosa county. Mrs. Mary E. Spigener, also a Methodist, died about 1877. Her parents, James N. and Mary Ramsey, came from Georgia to Autauga county, but subsequently removed to Wetumpka, where they died after the war had closed. One of their sons, James Newton Ramsey, Jr., was colonel of the First Georgia regiment, was a brave soldier and a prominent lawyer of Columbus, Ga. George Cook Spigener is the eldest of a family of six children, the second born being Mary, wife of W. W. Pierce; the third is Julia, married to W. M. Fisher; Llewellyn, of Pensacola, and two girls deceased. George C. received his early education at Prattville and graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical college at Auburn in 1872. He then passed some time at the Red Mount Iron works, and then engaged in the undertaking business at Prattville, with which he has now connected a livery establishment.
Mr. Spigener was married in 1883 to Miss Kate Gardner, a native of Prattville, and daughter of George and Bettie Gardner, the latter a daughter of Judge Gholson. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are now deceased. Mr. Spigener once served as town marshal and is now intendent of the town. From 1880 to 1884 he was sheriff of the county, and in August, 1892, was re-elected. He is a member of Prattville lodge, No. 19, F. & A. M., and has served as its worshipful master; is secretary of Daniel Pratt lodge, No. 96; is P. C. C. and representative to the grand lodge of Merrill Pratt lodge, No. 71, K. of P., also past dictator and grand representative of Prattville lodge, No. 2128, K. of H. In religion he and wife are Methodists.
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Death Of A Prominent Citizen
Mr. G. C. Spigener is dead. After an eventful life the end came peacefully at his home at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. This announcement will cause profound sorrow throughout this section of the State. No name was more familiar to the people of this county than that of the deceased. It was here that he was born and here for more than three score years he has resided. During that time he has been most prominent in the religious, political, fraternal and social circles of this section, having held many positions of honor. For many years he has been the funeral director of this county and his figure has been a familiar one at the graves of the citizens of this section. His fate is the common fate of all and he, too, on yesterday was committed to the dust from which he sprang.
George Cook Spigener was born June 21st, 1849, and died last Tuesday afternoon, February 4th, 1913. He was, therefore, in his 64th year. His father, Lewellen Spigener, was one of the early settlers of this county, having come from Orangeburg, South Carolina, and settled at Washington when that was a flourishing town. After residing at Washington and Robinson Springs he moved to Prattville, where he died in 1887. Mr. Lewellen Spigener was married to Miss Mary E. Ramsey, August 16, 1848, and to this union was born six children, viz: George Cooke, Mary, who married W.W. Peace, and now deceased; Lewellen, who resides at Pensacola, Helen, who died about 38 years ago, Julia, wife of W.M. Fisher, and Kate, who died in infancy.
G.C. Spigener was reared to manhood in Prattville. On November 29th, 1883, he married Miss Kate Gardner, who survives him. To this union there are five surviving children: Ruby, the wife of Dr. R.O. Dickinson, Lewellen, now in Denver, Col., Katie Ruth, a teacher in Dothan, and George and Leon.
The deceased was a prominent member of the local orders of Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, Masons and Red Men, who took part in the funeral services yesterday. The services were conducted at 3 o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. W.P. Dickinson, Pastor of the M.E. Church, of which the deceased was long an official member. The body was interred at Oak Hill cemetery, and the large concourse of sorrowing friends who were present attested the esteem in which the deceased was held.
The Prattville Progress, February 6, 1913.
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