1. SPICER
2. 1. SPICER

1. 2. Lloyd F. SPICER
2. Lyle SPICER
3. John SPICER
4. Dennis SPICER
5. Ralph SPICER
6. Earl SPICER
7. Ruby SPICER b. 8 May 1920; d. 10 Jul 1920, Rice County, Minnesota; bur. 10 Jul 1920, Rice County, Minnesota.
8. Franklin SPICER
9. Roy SPICER b. 1922; d. 4 Jan 1923, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Jan 1923, Pine County, Minnesota.
10. Lloyd F. SPICER
11. Lyle SPICER
12. John SPICER
13. Dennis SPICER
14. Ralph SPICER
15. Earl SPICER

William Spicer had cancer in his face which required many surgeries to remove the cancerous tissue and bone. Due to the surgeries, William's face was horribly disfigured and his sinus cavities were exposed which drained constantly and required frequent dressing changes. Despite severe pain from the facial mutilation(s), and the exposure of his open wounds to bacteria and germs, William survived, albeit miserably, in this condition for many years. His son, Lanklyn also suffered from facial cancer, however, his malignancies were diagnosed in the early stages and less extreme measures of treatment was provided, i.e. burning the malignancies.

William Harrison Spicer made a blackboard for one of the first schools [in Holt County, Nebraska] which is written in "Before Today" a book about the people who settled Holt County Nebraska

The same book states, James Davis and Arina Wyman moved to Minnesota in 1855, a year before Arina Philinda Davis was born. Then moved their family to Holt County, Nebraska in 1878 with 13 children. Yet Arina and William Harrison's daughter, Valerie [Lanklyn's sister] was born in 1875, where I don't know but their 2nd child, Claude was born in 1877 in Atkinson, Nebraska, a year before the book claims Arina Phylinda moved to Holt County, NE with her parents! So it is questionable that Arina Wyman and James Davis moved to Holt County, Nebraska with their 13 children after all.

He was named after his uncle William Harrison, I

William moved his family back and forth between Minnesota and Nebraska on several occasions by covered wagon. On the family's last trip back to Minnesota, William and Arina's 6 year old son, Nathan, contracted scarlet fever and died near Winnebago City, Minnesota. Heart broken, William and Arina carried their small child away from the train and buried him under a small cherry tree on the prairie.

Once the towns people heard that someone on the train had died of the fever they wired to all of the towns and villages ahead to warn them, and the people on the wagon train were shunned and made to stay away from the towns and villages. In later years one of Nathan's brother's went back to Winnebago in search of his brother's small grave in order to place a headstone but was unable to find it.

1. Valerie SPICER b. 21 Mar 1875, near Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota; d. May 1949; bur. May 1949.
2. Claude Urban SPICER b. 1 Feb 1877, Near Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota; d. 31 Jan 1967, Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa; bur. Feb 1967, North Branch, Cedar County, Iowa.
3. Geneva Pearl SPICER b. 2 Jun 1882, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 8 Feb 1967; bur. Feb 1967.
4. Lanklyn Sylvester SPICER b. 15 Aug 1884, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 3 Jun 1970, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. Jun 1970, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota.
5. Baby Boy SPICER b. 16 Jan 1886, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 16 Jan 1886, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; bur. Jan 1886, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
6. Morton Cecil SPICER b. 13 Feb 1889, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 23 Dec 1922, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 1922, Minnesota.
7. Nathan SPICER b. 27 Apr 1891, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 16 Apr 1895, near Winnebago City, Faribault County, Minnesota; bur. 16 Apr 1895, Under a tree near Winnebago City, Minnesota.
8. Zella Enid SPICER b. 29 Dec 1894, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 4 Feb 1973, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California; bur. 1973, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California.
9. Evelena Joy SPICER b. 10 Jun 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. Aft 10 Jun 2002; bur. 2002.
10. 4. William Edward SPICER b. 9 Jan 1899, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. Apr 1982, Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota; bur. 1982, Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota.
11. Nannie Bell SPICER