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"Families are like branches on a tree, we grow in different directions, but our roots remain as one"
Emanuel Spencer Sr. and Amanda Styles
Emanuel Milton Spencer Sr. was born in September of 1840 on the east coast of Georgia near present day Burke, Liberty, and Emanuel counties He was the third or fourth child born to David Spencer and Louisa Anderson. He was born enslaved to Spencers of Liberty County or possibly Hunters in Burke County Georgia with the rest of his family. Between the late 1840s and 1850s he and his family were sent to work for Rev. Johnathan Gaulden in Lowndes County GA. Upon the end of the Civil War, he made his way to Brooks County Georgia where he married Louisa Wright in 1870. It is unclear what became of this marriage or if any children were born out of this union. However, in 1878 he married Amanda Styles.
Amanda Styles was born in March 1852 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to Benjamin Styles and Mary Farrow. Benjamin Styles was born in 1825 to Gabriel Styles, his owner, and an unknown enslaved woman in Spartanburg, SC. The origins of Mary Farrow are unknown at the moment. Mary Farrow was most likely brought to work for Gabriel Styles in 1847 when he married Rebecca Farrow who was his neighbor in Spartanburg. In 1850 Benjamin and Mary would have their first child, Judge Styles. This union would bring eleven children: Judge, Amanda, Rufus, Patient, Susan, Caroline, Minas, Minnie, Monar, Eva, and Mary.
Marriage Certificate of Emanuel Spencer Sr. and Amanda Styles
May 9th 1878
Emanuel Spencer and Amanda Styles had their first child, Cornelia, in 1876. This union would bring a total of thirteen children: Cornelia, Emanuel Jr., Lula, Mattie, Charlie, Minas, Mary, Nellie, Shekina, Amanda, Minnie, Marie, and Benjamin. The family moved from the Spain community in Quitman to the Simmon Hill Community in Dixie in 1896. Emanuel and three of his brothers: Damon, Joseph, and George found success in spearheading methods in peanut farming. This increased the wealth and wellbeing of all of their families.
In 1904 the couple purchased a large plot of land from J.B. Roundtree and had a house built there. The couple allocated a plot of land next to the Simmon Hill Missionary Baptist Church to be used for a school, which would eventually become Brooks County Training School. This school would educate most of the next generation of Spencer descendants until it closed in the late 1950s.
Quitman Free Press-Dec. 14, 1904
Brooks Co. GA Land Deed Showing 140 acres of land purchased by Emanuel and Amanda Spencer
September 23, 1904
Quitman Free Press-Sept. 14, 1928
Emanuel Spencer Sr. died of typhoid fever in December of 1904. Amanda Styles continued to raise her children alone as the beginning of the 20th century started to bring her grandchildren too. Her grandchildren remember her as a “red skinned woman that was loving, but stern.” Her word was law, even as her children were grown” Amanda Styles died September 1, 1928 and was predeceased by her by her daughter, Marie Spencer, who died in 1921 due to kidney failure.