Joshua Spering

Birth Date

c1816

Death Date

c1873

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman. Pennsylvania native. Married to Eleanor Spering. Father of Sallie Spering, Elizabeth Spering, Emily Spering, Ellen Spering, and Alfred Spering. Attorney in Philadelphia in 1860. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Pennsylvania from 1861 to 1865. Member of the Select Council of Philadelphia from 1865 to 1868. Member of the Republican Party.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Ward 10, p. 48.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Ward 10, District 29, p. 77-78.
"The New Select Council," The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.), October 11, 1865, p. 1.
Find A Grave_, "Joshua Spering (1816-1873)," Memorial #150893490, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150893490 (accessed May 8, 2017).
KYR-0001-007-0369.
KYR-0001-017-0087.

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