Spencer THOMPSON & Ms. __?__ & Elizabeth E. WEST

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Spencer THOMPSON, Sr.
Ms. __?__
Elizabeth E. WEST

WARNING: I'm not at all certain this family group sheet is correct. There are several glaring anomalies.

Husband: Spencer THOMPSON, Sr.
Birth: aft. 1806
Death: bet. 1846 and 1850
Father: John THOMPSON II
Mother: Elizabeth SPENCER

Marriage-1: bef. 1829

Wife-1: Ms. __?__

Marriage-2: 1 May 1845/6, Caldwell Co., KY

Wife-2: Elizabeth E. WEST
Birth: 1811/12, KY

Child with Wife-1:

1. Spencer THOMPSON, Jr., b. 1828/9, KY

Child with Elizabeth E. WEST:

2. John W. THOMPSON, b. 1847/8, KY

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Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Thompson, Spencer West, Elizabeth E. May 1, 1845 (sic) Caldwell Co., KY

1b. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: IL, IN, KY, OH, TN, 1720-1926. (Data from the "Hunting for Bears" collection; Broderbund CD-2):

Thompson, Spencer West, Elizabeth E. May 1, 1846 (sic) Caldwell Co., KY

2. U.S. Census, 1850 (online at GenealogyLibrary.com): District No. 1, Christian Co., KY, p. 473, 629/679, enumerated 18 Sep 1850 (extracted by Debbie Hammonds and by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Spencer Thompson 21 M W Farmer 150 Ky

Elizabeth E. Thompson 38 F W "

Jenny A.F. Thompson 18 F W "

John W. Thompson 2 M W "

Jenny A.F. THOMPSON is said to be Jenny Ann Frances JONES, daughter of George W. JONES & Sarah THOMPSON and granddaughter of John THOMPSON & Elizabeth SPENCER.

3. Emails from Debbie Hammonds.

Comments:

I have a great deal of difficulty believing that the Spencer THOMPSON who married Elizabeth E. WEST is the same Spencer THOMPSON as in the 1850 Census. He would only have been 16 or 17 years old when he married a woman 33 or 34 years old. Also, for this Spencer to be the son of John and Elizabeth (SPENCER) THOMPSON, Elizabeth would have birthed him when she was 54 years old! I don't buy it. How 'bout this scenario:

The Spencer in the 1850 Census is Spencer Junior. His father, Spencer Senior, is the Spencer who married Elizabeth E. WEST as a second marriage in 1845, then he died before 1850. This scenario would also allow Spencer Senior to be old enough for Elizabeth (SPENCER) THOMPSON to be his mother. Also part of this scenario, Spencer, Sr., must have left Christian Co. to live in Caldwell Co., where he met and married Elizabeth WEST. After he died, some time between 1846 and 1850, Elizabeth (WEST) THOMPSON, a widow with a small child, moved to Christian Co. to live with her step-son.

However, I don't like explanations this complicated…

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