John SPICER

1817 - 1847  (29 years)

• Birth	4 Dec 1817	Springport, Cayuga, NY   [1]
  Death	3 Mar 1847	Garden Grove, Decatur, IA   [2]
  	Garden Grove, located on Pottawattamie [Sac and Fox] land on the eastern bank of the Weldon Fork of the Grand River, was the first permanent settlement that served as a Mormon way-station from 1846 to 1852. Cabins which were supplied with well water served as a resting place for those who were unable to continue on westward. When the families were able to continue their journey, the cabin and surrounding grounds and fields served the next family to arrive from Nauvoo, Illinois during their westward journey.
  Death	3 Mar 1847	Nauvoo, Hancock, IL   [3]
  	The Spicer genealogy states that John died of "black tongue" in Nauvoo, IL, while on the road to Utah.

  
  

  Father	Asa E. SPICER,   b. 26 May 1785, Springport, Cayuga, NY d. 24 Jan 1871, Marcellon, Columbia, WI (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth TOBIAS,   b. 6 Aug 1791, Washington Co., NY d. 29 Apr 1861, West Sparta, Livingston, NY (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F4120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Dec 1817 - Springport, Cayuga, NY Death - 3 Mar 1847 - Garden Grove, Decatur, IA Death - 3 Mar 1847 - Nauvoo, Hancock, IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S549] Spicer Family File, 549. [S1172] Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery Map, 1172. [S570] Meech, Mrs Susan Spicer & Miss Susan Billings Meech, The Spicer Genealogy, (Meech, Susan B., Unknown, 1911), 570.