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Henry Franklin Spidell

Henry Franklin Spidell

Male 1843 - 1920  (76 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has no ancestors but 12 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Henry Franklin Spidell 
    Birth 26 Nov 1843  Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Apr 1920  Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 30 Apr 1920  Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 7 Nov 1941  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID L5FK-KP4 
    Person ID I165096  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Family Mary Ann Davis,   b. 9 Jun 1845, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1916, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jan 1863  Buchanan Township, Atchison, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harriet Ann "Hattie" Spidell,   b. 16 Sep 1864, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1926, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Margaret Elmira Spidell,   b. 25 Apr 1866, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1929, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     3. Minne Bell Spidell,   b. 5 Feb 1868, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1949, Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +4. Henry Franklin Spidell, Jr,   b. 31 Jul 1870, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1936, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     5. Gordon Davis Spidell,   b. 22 Jul 1872, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1877, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     6. Reuben Riley Spidell,   b. 30 Jul 1874, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1955, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     7. Paul Clifford Spidell,   b. 27 Jul 1876, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1901, McCammon, Bannock, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     8. Ira Oclean Spidell,   b. 14 Sep 1881, Riverdale, Franklin, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1944, Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     9. Elizabeth Ray Spidell,   b. 17 Sep 1883, Riverdale, Franklin, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1962 (Age 78 years)
     10. Rosa May Spidell,   b. 3 Jul 1885, Riverdale, Franklin, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1889 (Age 3 years)
     11. Clyde Elliot Spidell,   b. 8 May 1888, Riverdale, Franklin, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1942, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F12197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Nov 1843 - Adams, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Jan 1863 - Buchanan Township, Atchison, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Apr 1920 - Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 30 Apr 1920 - Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 7 Nov 1941 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • I wrote a letter to Mrs. Darrel Wold asking if she had any informatio n o n my Henry Franklin Spidell family. This is the letter I received bac k fr om her.

      Riverdale, Idaho
      Jan. 17, 1977

      Dear Brenda,

      I began this letter sometime ago as you can see, but I am an installme n t writer. Any way, I had shoulder surgery the end of Jan. and just no t ab le to write much yet. I checked the Riverdale Cemetery records thoro ughl y & could find no Spidell buried here. The only place it appeared i n th e records is a boy 2 months old born in 1891 abt. He was Earnest Nel son s on of Thomas W. R. & Minnie Spidell Nelson.

      I went to see my uncle James (Jimmy) Woolf, who is 94, will be 95 in M a y and took down what he told me of the Spidell family. He has lived he r e since 1880's.

      The Spidells, Frank & Pop, bought a farm at the foot of the old dugwa y a t the West end of Riverdale. He never knew what Mrs. Spidells name wa s, t hey called her Pop. I said the name Spi'dell and he said in those da ys th ey said it Spy'dle. He could remember some of the family, Henry, Re uben , Paul, Ira, Clyde, Minnie and Bessie. He went to school with Clyd e and I ra. (Jimmy was 8 yrs. old in 1890). One son was killed in a railr oad acci dent at work, in Bear Lake-Montpelier area. He thought that thi s man's wi dow later married another of the Spidell boys. He said the fam ily moved t o Rupert or American Falls area when they left Riverdale. Th e last he rem embered, Reuben was with the police or sheriffs force up th ere in Am. Fal ls he thought.

      Clyde settled in Gentile Valley area, (Thatcher, Cleveland, Grace etc. ) I ra settled in Downey for a time. A Mr. Wright married one of the girl s. H e was a school teacher. He couldn't remember her name for certain, m ayb e Bessie.

      Minnie married Tom Nelson, he told me but he didn't remember the baby b o y was buried up here. He (Jimmy) would have been only 7 yrs. then.

      This Uncle Jimmy of ours has a remarkable memory and I'd be intereste d i n knowing how much of this he remembered from his youth is correct.

      He also related one story about Mr. Spidell, the father, Frank, that h e r emembers.

      Frank, having a prominent nose always said that if he ever met a man w h o has a bigger nose than mine, I'll give him my pocket knife & would sh o w them his favorite pocket knife. One day at the Franklin Grain Mil l a gr oup of men were talking when a stranger with a very prominent nos e walke d in. Frank took out his knife walked up to him and handed it t o the stra nger, who said "What's this for?" When told it was because h e had the big gest nose in the valley he tried to give it back as he didn 't agree. Fran k wouldn't take it, though. He insisted the man keep it. " I keep my wor d & yours is bigger than mine so that knife is yours unti l you find a ma n with a bigger now!"

      I don't know if you like this story but I would like to know little thin g s about my grandparents & I enjoyed it and it is a true incident.

      I hop you received information abut the burial place of Paul Spidell (w a s that the one?) sooner than I'm sending this to you.

      A member of the C. Richard Choules family (a daughter-in-law remarried ) R adia Bell, still owns the home where Spidell's lived but not much o f th e farm.

      (Zera Wold 62 but still kicking)

      Sincerely
      Mrs. Darrel Wold
      Pt. 2 Box 413
      Preston, Idaho 83263