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Birth	:	13 Dec 1751 East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Death	:	Oct 1777 East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial	:	Straight-Spencer Lot, East Greenwich, Kent County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6394440, -71.5428060
Description	:	Father: William Spencer 1723-1777 Mother: Mary Manchester Spencer 1719-1784 Age 26 died of Small Pox about the time his father did. His parents and his sister Elizabeth are the only Spencer's buried in This lot. The other family members were buried in the newer area as this Straight Cemetery became known as Over-Back because it was over and behind the newer section. --- """""The Spencers were buried on the west end of yard, next to the west wall, and heads facing west. As a child, Audrey (1912-2007) remembered the Over-back cemetery was also called the Straight cemetery, but she did not know anything about... Read More	Father: William Spencer 1723-1777 Mother: Mary Manchester Spencer 1719-1784 Age 26 died of Small Pox about the time his father did. His parents and his sister Elizabeth are the only Spencer's buried in This lot. The other family members were buried in the newer area as this Straight Cemetery became known as Over-Back because it was over and behind the newer section. --- """""The Spencers were buried on the west end of yard, next to the west wall, and heads facing west. As a child, Audrey (1912-2007) remembered the Over-back cemetery was also called the Straight cemetery, but she did not know anything about the Straight family. Oral tradition had kept the Spencer family descendents aware of the father (William) and the eldest son (Richard) dying of small pox in October of 1777 while the second son (John) was fighting in the American Revolution. The wife, Mary (nee Manchester) and mother buried her husband and son in the Straight cemetery and then wrote to General Washington, Commander-in-chief, to send her second son home to run the farm. He refused saying all men were needed in the war. She then sold some land to pay Samuel Davis to take her son’s place in Col. Greene’s Regiment. picture369 @1918: Audrey Mae Spencer and her uncle, Alfred E. “Ern” Spencer Audrey remembered her father and uncle often going to inspect the Over-back cemetery. Audrey’s husband, Milton MacDonald, would mow the land in the new Spencer family cemetery on Middle Road while his father-in-law, William J.B. and his brother Alfred E. (aka uncle Ern) would walk a short distance south from the Spencer family cemetery and then jump over the stonewall to inspect the Over-back cemetery.""""

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Where is Richard Spencer's memorial?
Richard Spencer's memorial is located at: Straight-Spencer Lot, East Greenwich, Kent County, USA.
When did Richard Spencer death?
Richard Spencer death on Oct 1777 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Richard Spencer's memorial?
Latitude: 41.6394440
Longitude: -71.5428060

Family Members:

Parent

William Spencer

(1723 - 1777)

Mary Manchester Spencer

(1719 - 1784)

Siblings

Elizabeth Spencer Shippee

(1746 - 1814)

John Spencer

(1760 - 1849)

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