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Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman)

b. 1816? d. 1873?

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.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Spering, Joshua. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212479 (November 12, 2026).

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