Autauga County AlArchives Biographies.....George Cook Spigener 1849 - 0000
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    GEORGE COOK SPIGENER sheriff of Autauga county, Ala., was born in Robinson
Springs, in what is now Elmore county, in 1849. His father, Llewellyn Spigener,
was born near Columbia, S. C., in 1812, and married Mary Elvira Ramsey, who was
born near La Grange, Ga. Llewellyn Spigener served an apprenticeship of four
years to a wheelwright at Columbia, S. C., and soon after reaching his majority
came to Alabama and engaged at his business in Washington, Autauga county, where
he lived until Prattville was founded, when he removed to the new town, and in
conjunction with his trade carried on farming, and later became traveling agent
for the Pratt Gin company, which position he filled both before and after the
war. He was once town marshal, and during the period of hostilities was tax
assessor of the county. For eight or ten years he was worshipful master of
Prattville lodge of F. & A. M., and was also a royal arch Mason. He died
September 25, 1887, a sincere Methodist. He had three brothers, Samuel, Joel and
William, who lived and died in Coosa county. Their father died while still a
young man, and their mother, Barbara, was married to a Mr. Oliver; both died in
Coosa county. Mrs. Mary E. Spigener, also a Methodist, died about 1877. Her
parents, James N. and Mary Ramsey, came from Georgia to Autauga county, but
subsequently removed to Wetumpka, where they died after the war had closed. One
of their sons, James Newton Ramsey, Jr., was colonel of the First Georgia
regiment, was a brave soldier and a prominent lawyer of Columbus, Ga. George
Cook Spigener is the eldest of a family of six children, the second born being
Mary, wife of W. W. Pierce; the third is Julia, married to W. M. Fisher;
Llewellyn, of Pensacola, and two girls deceased. George C. received his early
education at Prattville and graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical
college at Auburn in 1872. He then passed some time at the Red Mount Iron works,
and then engaged in the undertaking business at Prattville, with which he has
now connected a livery establishment. Mr. Spigener was married in 1883 to Miss
Kate Gardner, a native of Prattville, and daughter of George and Bettie Gardner,
the latter a daughter of Judge Gholson. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are now
deceased. Mr. Spigener once served as town marshal and is now intendent of the
town. From 1880 to 1884 he was sheriff of the county, and in August, 1892, was
re-elected. He is a member of Prattville lodge, No. 19, F. & A. M., and has
served as its worshipful master; is secretary of Daniel Pratt lodge, No. 96; is
P. C. C. and representative to the grand lodge of Merrill Pratt lodge, No. 71,
K. of P., also past dictator and grand representative of Prattville lodge, No.
2128, K. of H. In religion he and wife are Methodists.



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