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Surnames: JOHNSON-SPRY-ANDERSON-MOFORD-BURTON-BOYCE- THOMPSON BENJAMIN SPRY He was born 23 October 1817 in Zanesville, Ohio. and died 6 July 1887. He married Miss Ivy Johnson in 1844 and died 25 Jun 1875, preceding Benjamin in death. They had seven children: Hattie J. born 1845, m. E. D. Anderson; Annie E. born 1846 and married J. W. Burton of Mt. Pleasant; Charles W. born 1847, a farmer in Marion Twp., who married Flora B. Moford; J. W., who died in infancy; Mary E., who resides with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Burton; Emma C. who died in 1873, at age 20; and Homer J., born 1857, a farmer in Marion Twp, and who married Miss E. L. Anderson. Mrs. Harriet Boyce, now deceased, was a native of Washington County, MD, and grandmother of Mrs. Anderson. Her maiden name was Thompson, and she was born December 7, 1792. Her first husband was Jacob Johnson, and they had 13 children, of whom 12 lived to adulthood. She had at time of death, 7 children, 48 grandchildren, and 27 great-grandchildren. Her second husband was Mr. Boyce. They were members of the M. E. Church (this biography is a little confusing. I am not sure if the last part refers to Hattie J. (Spry) Anderson in the part "Mrs Harriet Boyce....a grandmother of Mrs. Anderson.") Henry County, Iowa 1888 bio. Notify Administrator about this message?
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