John Warren Spencer . . . . . . . Mary Elizabeth Fisher

John Warren Spencer was born on June 20, 1834, died on Nov. 5, 1926; the third child of Selby Spencer and Juletta "Lettie" Credle. His first wife was Nancy Jane Berry (1842-1861), the daughter of John Berry, Jr. (1817-1898) and Sally Stotesberry (1817-1881). Nancy Jane died one month after giving birth to a daughter, Nancy Jane Spencer. John Warren married 2nd on Mar. 3, 1864 to Mary Elizabeth Fisher, b. Feb. 22, 1844, d. Feb. 8, 1940, the daughter of Albert Graham Fisher (1810-1884) and Sarah Harris (1813-1876). The couple had eight children:

Eliza Missouri Spencer : b. Dec. 5, 1864 - d. Feb. 8, 1940
Edward Orizon Spencer : b. Aug. 30, 1866 - d. Oct. 17, 1937
Alice P. Spencer Spencer : b. 1871 - d. 1941
Frederick Brunnell Spencer : b. Oct. 9, 1878 - d. May 30, 1965
Sarah Etta Spencer : b. Apr. 5, 1881 - d. Dec.22, 1938
Minnie Blanche Spencer : b. Oct. 27, 1882 - d. Apr. 2, 1910
Lillian Evangeline Spencer : b. Apr. 14, 1885 - d. Apr. 13, 1948
Zeta May Spencer : b. Apr. 14, 1888 - d. Mar. 21, 1979.

John Warren Spencer served as a Private in Spencer's Independent Cavalry Company patrolling in Hyde, Tyrrell, Beaufort and Washington counties and in 1864, in Company A, 66th NC Regiment of Infantry. He was captured and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland until he was paroled in 1865. After the war, John farmed on acreage adjacent to his fathers near Lake Landing Township. Their family were members of the Soule Methodist Church and buried in the Soule Cemetary.

Eliza "Lyda" Missouri Spencer was born on Dec. 5, 1864 and died on Feb. 8, 1940. She was the oldest daughter of John Warren Spencer and Mary Elizabeth Fisher, his second wife. Lyda married to Thomas S. Swindell on Feb. 7, 1883 in Lake Landing Township. Thomas was the son of Henry Lucas Swindell (1826-1877) and Margaret Anna Benson (1838-1903). He was born on Jan. 26, 1857 and died on Nov. 20, 1913.
The couple had five children: Theron Cleveland Swindell, b. July 4, 1884; Jay Swindell, b. Feb. 17, 1886; Martha "Mattie" Virginia Swindell, b. Mar. 17, 1887; Cecil Barrett Swindell, b. May 15, 1891; Erma Rosalyn Swindell, b. Mar. 31, 1895.
Lyda's sister, Sarah Etta Spencer, married Henry Lucas Swindell, Jr., the brother of her husband, Thomas S. Swindell, therefore the children of the brothers were Double First Cousins.
By the time I was 8 years old, I had visited my Great Grandmothers quite often in Hyde County...."Lyda" at Lake Landing and Sarah Ann Rebecca at Swindell Fork.

Contributed by Robert K. Williams (Mother...Julia Campbell Swindell)

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