WILLIAM SPORE
William Spore, age 88, a resident
of
passed away Tuesday evening at
o'clock at his home, 504 West Emerson
street.
Death was due to infirmities
of age.
The funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at
the
conducted by the Rev. J. C. Cummins,
of the General Baptist church. In-
terrment in the church cemetery.
William Spore was born March 3,
1839, the son of David and Lucinda
(Mauck)
Spore, who resided near
Owensville.
He was converted at the
Turner chapel, under the preaching
of Aaron Turner, pastor of the Meth-
ofist church at Owensville at that
time.
Mr. Spore joined the White
church and was in attendance as
long as he was able.
On
ted in marriage to Dicey Binkley,
and to this union three children
were born, Miss Eckley
O. Spore,
William Oscar
Spore and Mrs. Anna D.
Ervin, wife of Robert Ervin, re-
siding south of the city. These
children survive together with sev-
en grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren.
Later, Mr. Spore was united in
marriage to Mary E. Norman on Oct-
ober 15, 1884, who survives him,
together with one brother, Andrew
Jackson Spore, of Owensville, the
only one left of a large family of
brothers and sisters.
Mr. Spore has resided in Gibson
County all his life and during the
active years of his life lived on a
farm west of
sided in
three years.
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