Spencer

According to “A History of the City of St. Peters” by William C. Loyd in 1999, “George Spencer married Sally McConnell, daughter of John McConnell on April 14th 1807. This marriage certificate was the first issued in St. Charles district under the American government. Ebenezer Ayres, a Justice of the Peace, performed the ceremony.They settled on their grant in St. Peters and raised 16 children.”

 

George Stovin Spencer’s brother was Judge George Robert (called Robert) Spencer and his wife Mary Pauline “Polly” McConnell was the sister of Sarah “Sally” McConnell. Again, according to “A History of the City of St. Peters”, it is written that “During the Indian trouble he served as the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd St. Charles Regiment with the rank of Captain. In 1814 he as promoted to the rank of Major. In 1816 he was elected to the third territorial general assembly representing St. Charles County.”

 

There is also a connection between the George S. Spencer family and the Gaiter family members also buried at the Black Walnut Cemetery. A granddaughter of George and Sarah, Eleanor Spencer who was the daughter of Robert and Anna Cayce Spenser married John Cunningham. He is the son of Catherine Gaiter who is buried at Black Walnut Cemetery along with her daughter, John’s half-sister, Sarah Gaiter.