Individual Details

BIOGRAPHY: Spencer Haltom was born February 19, 1813 in Montgomery Cou nty, Nort h Carolina, to Joseph and Mary (Randle) Haltom. He came to J ackson Township of Owen County, Indiana in 1831. He married on Octobe r 8, 1840 to Mary L. Asher, daughter of William and Mary (Davis) Asher , born April 30, 1817 in Tennessee. Spencer first appears in the recor ds of Owen County on January 11, 1837 when he patented 40 acres in Mo rgan Township, section 24, which became his home. On M arch 2, 1837 t he Owen County Commissioners appointed him supervisor of Road Dis tric t #2 in Morgan Township for that year. Listed as illiterate in the 18 50 ce nsus, Spencer was one of the few members of the Haltom family wh o could not rea d or write. His mother lived with his family in Owe n County. After her death, and the settlement of her estate on Septe mber 9, 1853, Spencer took his family in a covered wagon to Lucas Cou nty, Iowa. Spencer sold his Owen County land o n December 10, 1853 . He left two children, Gemima and Sarah, buried in the Ash er Cemete ry, in Jackson Township. He was living in Lucas County in 1870. Spe n cer and Mary Haltom settled in what was known as the Puckerbrush com munity, in Otter Creek Township, on the Clarke County-Lucas County lin e. Spencer died on January 22, 1888, Mary on December 20, 1905.

Birth	Feb 19, 1813	Montgomery County, North Carolina
Marriage	Oct 8, 1840	Owen County, Indiana, USA - Mary Lou Asher
Death	Jan 22, 1888	Lucas County, Iowa

Spouse

Mary Lou Asher (1817 - 1905)

Father	Joseph Haltom (1759 - 1825)
Mother	Mary Randel (1764 - 1853)
Sibling	Mary Haltom (1797 - )
Sibling	Sarah Ellen Haltom (1800 - 1882)
Sibling	William Haltom Jr. (1804 - 1859)
Sibling	Joel Haltom (1805 - 1873)
Sibling	James W Haltom (1807 - 1890)
Sibling	Rachel Haltom (1810 - 1887)
Sibling	Amy A Haltom (1814 - 1872)