FIFTH GENERATION

16. William Foulke SPENCER II or Jr⁽⁶⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽¹⁶⁾ was born on 28 Nov 1873 in Richmond, IN.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾ He died on 17 Mar 1950.⁽¹⁹⁾ He was buried in Muncie, Delaware Co., IN.⁽²⁰⁾⁽²¹⁾ William F. Spencer II participated in his father's businesses, the Richmond School Furniture Company and the American Lawn Mower Company (which shared facilities) in Richmond and, in 1902, Muncie, Indiana. He worked with his brother George Moreland Spencer (1871 - 1938) and brother-in-law Robert Butler Kersey (1861 - 1945, husband of his oldest sister Elizabeth Errickson Spencer).

"During the latter part of [W.F.Spencer I's] life after his wife, Christiana, passed away [i.e. 1910-1920] he turned the business over to his sons William F. II and George M. Spencer. He then traveled frequently in Europe where he seemed to have a great satisfaction in going to the usual tourist countries and writing home about it." (Philip Boyd Letter)

June 16, 1931, W. F. Spencer II was issued Patent No. 1,810,501 for a "new and useful improvement in Blackboard Stands and Work Cases" (1998 in the posession of W. F. Spencer V).

The next generation, Robert Spencer Kersey (1900 - 1965) and William Foulke Spencer III (1908 - 1945), also worked in the business.

The Richmond School Furniture Company was active into the mid-twentieth century. The American Lawn Mower Company is still (1998) run by Kersey family in Muncie.
He was married to Estelle CUNNINGHAM on 20 Oct 1897.⁽²²⁾

17. Estelle CUNNINGHAM⁽⁴⁾ was born in 1873.⁽⁶⁾⁽²³⁾ She died on 7 Feb 1936. She was buried in Muncie, Delaware Co., IN.⁽²⁴⁾ Children were:

i. Eleanor Cunningham SPENCER⁽⁴⁾ was born on 18 Feb 1900. She died about 1961.⁽⁷⁾⁽²⁵⁾
8 ii. William Foulke SPENCER III.

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