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1840 Census - Simpson Co KY has Joshua H. Spencer. Age 20-30 with a female of the same age. Two boys - one under 5, one 5-10. Next door was Hezekiah Proctor who was the same age & had a wife the same age, also two small boys. He was the son of Charles Proctor & Elizabeth Clifford of Logan Co, and he had married Catherine M. Spencer Morton in 1836 after the death of her first husband, John Morton.

1850 Census - Simpson Co
J. H. Spencer, M, age 36, farmer, A. H. Spencer, F, age 27 [she fudged a bit on her age...]; S. H. Spencer, M, age 14, D. Spencer, M, age 12, M. F. Spencer, F, age 8, J. H. Spencer, M, age 4, R. H., M, age 1. And N. Bibb, a Black man age 36, no doubt a farm hand. All born in Kentucky.

Then in 1860 in Simpson Co, the census shows another tie. Samuel H. Spencer, age 25, and his family are living next door to William Haden Jr. Now this particular William Haden is a bit of a puzzle himself, but I do suspect he is the oldest son of Samuel H. Haden. I believe he was called "Jr" because his uncle William Haden was at that time living in Simpson Co next door to his father Samuel.

FindAGrave.com has the grave of Nancy Haden Spencer, Wand Cemetery, Hadley, Warren Co KY. Joshua is not there but her notes say that he was born 1812, died 1869.

Birth	1814	Kentucky
Marriage	8 Jan 1834	Logan County, Kentucky - Ann H. "Nancy" Haden
Death	1869

Spouse	Ann H. "Nancy" Haden (1817 - 1904)
Child	Samuel Haden Spencer (1834 - 1916)
Child	David Spencer (1838 - )
Child	Mary F. Spencer (1842 - )
Child	Joshua H. Spencer Jr. (1846 - )
Child	Robert H. Spencer (1849 - )

Father	David Spencer (1772 - 1835)
Mother	Elizabeth C. Epperson (1776 - 1863)
Sibling	Paulina R. "Polly" Spencer (1797 - 1876)
Sibling	Anne "Nancy" Spencer (1798 - 1884)
Sibling	Elizabeth E. Spencer (1800 - 1870)
Sibling	Moses Spencer (1801 - )
Sibling	Phebe D. Spencer (1804 - )
Sibling	Thomas Jefferson Spencer (1809 - )
Sibling	Catherine Miller Spencer (1815 - 1885)