Papers, 1873-1953 (bulk: 1907-1936).

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Papers, 1873-1953 (bulk: 1907-1936).

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A family collection of 156 letters, 13 postcards, 54 leaves of notes and documents, and 15 photographs which deal with the estranged family of George W. Spencer. He was a real estate agent in Worcester, Mass., by 1902 while his wife and children lived in Warwick, R.I. The earliest letters are concerning his wife, then Nancy Edna Sarle while at Greenwich Academy Preparatory School, and the postcards from their son William Spencer during World War I while in Europe. There is a very small amount of material being collected for a Spencer genealogy, though one was never published.

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Spencer, George W. (George Washington), 1860-1939.

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Greenwich Academy Preparatory School (East Greenwich, R.I.).

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Spencer family.

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Spencer, Nancy Edna Sarle, b. 1858.

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Spencer, William Marvin, 1892-1984

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William M. Spencer was born in 1892 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton in 1915 and enlisted as an officer in the 165th Infantry Regiment, the former "Fighting 69th" made famous by Col. William Donovan and Father Francis Duffy. As a 2nd Lieutenant, Spencer participated in the Second Battle of the Marne (1918), engaging the enemy on the heights near Villes sur Fere, France. His actions while wounded earned a Distinguished Service Cross. After the war in Chicago, Spencer worked at t...