Family Group Sheet
NameJoseph “Joe” R. Spence
Birth17 May 1896 or 1897, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death31 Oct 1946, Lakeland, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
FatherWilliam Spence (1851-1922)
MotherAnna Eliza Warren (~1864-)
Notes for Joseph “Joe” R. Spence
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1918, records Joe Spence, age 21, residence RFD #3, Owingsville, Bath Co., Ky, born 17 May 1897 in Bath Co., Ky, father born in Bath Co., Ky, employer Andy Spence, Bath Co., Ky, nearest relative William Spence, same address.
The birthdate may be off by a year; the 1900 census recorded it as May 1896.
His death certificate records Joe Spence, age about 52, born about 1894 in Boyle Co., Ky, died 31 Oct 1946 at Central State Hospital in Lakeland, Jefferson Co., Ky, single, farmer, father William Spence, mother’s maiden name Ann Elizabeth Spence, cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis, informant records of Central State Hospital, burial in Lakeland, Ky.
The birthdate may be off by a year; the 1900 census recorded it as May 1896.
His death certificate records Joe Spence, age about 52, born about 1894 in Boyle Co., Ky, died 31 Oct 1946 at Central State Hospital in Lakeland, Jefferson Co., Ky, single, farmer, father William Spence, mother’s maiden name Ann Elizabeth Spence, cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis, informant records of Central State Hospital, burial in Lakeland, Ky.
Census
In 1930 he was listed as Joe Spence, age 35, single, patient, at the Central State Hospital for the Insane in Jefferson Co., Ky. Also in the same hospital was Andy Spence, age 46.
