Individual Details

Marriage Record:
Margaret Ann Dean married William Spickernagle, 23 Sep 1862
Yalobusha County, MS

During the Civil War, William Spickernagle served in R. F. Walker's unit of Local Defense, as a Private, Printer's Guard. 4 Oct 1864 Took Oath of Allegiance (Deserters oath). His residence was Memphis. Description: Fair complexion, dark hair, dark eyes, 5'7", age 33. 11 Oct 1864 - reported as Prisoner of War, deserter from rebel army at Memphis, Tenn.

1867 Memphis, TN City Directory
Spickernagle, William and John, newsdealers, 125 Poplar, residence same
1871 and 1872, 1876, 1877 Memphis TN City Directories:
Spickernagle, William news depot, 125 Poplar, residence same

A Memphis City Directory for 1878 still listed William Spickernagle as a book and news dealer at the same address.

on Google:
A History of the Yellow Fever by John McLead Keating, Tenn.
Appendix
papers re 1878 devastating yellow fever epidemic in Memphis
On list of the dead was a Wm Spickernagle.
There is a child Callie Spickernagle, born 1872, died 17 Oct 1879, that is buried in the same grave with William. Died, age 7, of Yellow Fever.

and here:
http://www.wdbj.net/shelby/business/1879/index.html
SOUTHERN BUSINESS GUIDE
1879-80.
ILLUSTRATED.
CONTAINING THE NAMES, BUSINESS AND ADDRESS OF THE LEADING MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS AND BUSINESS MEN IN THE SOUTHERN STATES,
Comprising our Patrons and others, together with
Brief Sketches of the Principal Cities and Villages
OF THE SOUTH
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NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
22 New Church Street, Post Office Box 3763.
Benson & Ripley, Managers.

Memphis
Spickernagle, Mrs. A., Tobacco and Stationery, 125 Poplar street.



And these census records:
1870, Shelby Co TN, City of Memphis
W. Spickernagle, age 39, news dealer, b. KY
Marg, age 26, b. Mississippi
Ida, age 6 months, b. TN

1880, Shelby Co TN, City of Memphis
Margaret Spickernagle, age 43, news dealer, b. MS, father b. NC, mother b. TN
Ida M. daughter, age 10, b. Tennessee, father b. KY, mother b. MS
John C., son, age 6, b. Kentucky, father b. KY, mother b. MS

1890 Memphis City Directory
Spickernagle, Margaret A., Mrs. new depot at 164 Main & 123 Poplar
[her son, John C. Spickernagle was listed as a clerk in bonds, at the 123 Poplar address]

Birth	16 Jan 1831
Marriage	23 Sep 1862	Yalobusha County, Mississippi - Margaret Ann Dean
Death	1878	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Spouse	Margaret Ann Dean (1844 - )
Child	Maggie Spickernagle (1866 - 1868)
Child	Ida M. Spickernagle (1870 - )
Child	Callie Spickernagle (1872 - 1879)
Child	John C. Spickernagle (1874 - )

Father	William Spickernagle (1790 - 1845)
Mother	Levinia Comstock (1810 - 1837)
Sibling	Horace Spickernagle (1829 - )
Sibling	John Spickernagle (1833 - )
Sibling	Laura Spickernagle (1835 - )
Sibling	Lavinia Spickernagle (1837 - )