Spring

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We start back with one Cpl Jeremiah Spring 1844-1865. Jeremiah was the son of Leander A Spring & Mary J Peck and like his brother James, he enlisted in the Civil War.

Cpl Jeremiah enlisted with Co A, the 18th Michigan Infantry, on 6 Aug 1862 at the young age of 18. 

In 1864, most of his regiment was captured at Athens, AL and held at Camp Morgan Prison. He was released in 1865 to a parole camp near Vicksburg, MS. 

On 24 Apr 1865, nearly 2000 recently released Union POWs boarded the 'Sultana' steamboat and 3 days later, the boilers exploded killing about 1200 men - Cpl Jeremiah was one of them.
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Jeremiah's younger brother, Arthur Almerion Spring married Margarette Ellen Fisher, the daughter of Valentine Fisher & Elizabeth Bender, and they had 2 sons - Valentine & Arthur Jr.

courtesy of Diane Mills - Find A Grave

Abridged Obit
Hudson Post, 24 Jul 1914
Almeron A Spring died Thursday at his home 5 miles south of the city. Survived by his wife and 2 sons, Arthur in New Mexico, and Valentine, Jackson, Mich. Arthur Almeron Spring was born Nov 26, 1847, and died July 23. Married Apr 26, 1883 to Margaret Fisher. Also survived by a brother and sister, Charles Spring, Winnipeg, Canada, and Mrs Hiel Bennett, Bronson, Mich.
Abridged Obit
Hudson Post Gazette, 25 Jun 1935
Mrs Margaret Spring, 84, died Friday at home of her son, Valentine, at Philadelphia, Pa. Born 5 miles south of here and spent most of her live here. Was last of family of 7 children. Leaves three grandchildren, a nephew, Val W Fisher, and sister-in-law, Mrs Hiel Bennett, Hudson. Burial in Maple Grove.
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Their youngest son, Arthur Almerion Spring Jr married Orpha E Cockin, the daughter of James H Cockin &  Nancy A Laughlin; they had one daughter, Margaret Anne.

Arthur died in 1920 of complications from tuberculosis

Abridged
Hudson Post Gazette, 16 Jan 1920
Val W Fisher received word Monday that Arthur Spring had died at his home in Phoenix, Ariz that day. He leaves a wife and small daughter, a mother, Mrs A A Spring, of Phoenix, and a brother, Valentine W Spring of Philadelphia. Burial to be in Hudson.
Jan 23 - Born near Hudson September 13, 1891. Went west in 1911 after graduating from Hudson. Married Aug 1913 to Orpha Cockin, who survives, as does a baby daughter.

Orpha went on to marry two more times - first to  Joseph Pope who died in 1938 and then Harold B Fish. She died in 1974 and her daughter with Arthur, Margaret, married a Lee Rowe and she died at Florida in 2000

Jackson Citizen Patriot, 3 Sep 1974
FISH - Mrs Orpha E, wife of Harold B, 336 W Cortiano St, passed away at the Medical Care Facility, Tuesday morning, age 84. Besides the husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs Lee (Margaret) Rowe of Boca Raton, Fla; three granddaughters, Mrs Nancy Vail of Pittsburgh, Pa, Miss Jeanne Rowe and Miss Janet Rowe, both of Boca Raton, Fla; one sister, Mrs Vena Lemons of Michigan Center. Mrs Fish was a member of the First Baptist church. Friends may call at the Wetherby Co where services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday. Pastor John DiGangi officiating. Interment Woodland Cemetery.
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Their eldest, Valentine Fisher Spring, married Celia Emma Bullis, the daughter of Leigh W Bullis & Mary A Johnson and they too had 2 sons - Charles & Robert.

1/Lt Charles Seager Spring died in 1944 - like his Great Uncle Jeremiah, in the Mississippi River.

Charles was on American Airlines Fight #2 from Los Angeles to New York via Fort Worth & Little Rock when it crashed into the river seven minutes out from the airport.

Charles was 26 years old.

His father Valentine died in 1962 in a car accident and his mother died 1987 at the home of his brother Robert.

Abridged Obit
Hudson Post Gazette, 6 Sep 1962
Valentine F Spring, 73, retired civil engineer, killed in an auto accident Thursday near New Kensington, Pa. He and his wife had moved to Hudson in 1950. Born Feb 14, 1889, in Medina Twp, son of Almiran and Margaret Fisher Spring. Besides his wife, Celia, he is survived by a son Robert and granddaughter Caryl Spring of Philadelphia; cousins, Mrs Carroll (Edith) Hart and Mrs Leo (Maude) Steger of Hudson; a niece, Mrs Lee Rowe of Jackson. A son, Charles, died in an air accident during WWII.
 

Hudson Post Gazette, 10 Dec 1987

Mrs Celia (Bullis) Spring, 96, of Philadelphia, Pa, passed away November 23, 1987 at a Philadelphia Nursing Home. She was born June 28, 1891 on a farm near Hudson to Leigh and Bina Bullis. She lived in and near Hudson and in 1916 married Valentine F Spring. They moved to Philadelphia and lived until 1949 when Mr Spring retired and they returned to Hudson. Mr Spring died in 1962 and she moved back to Philadelphia where she spent her remaining life with her son. Survivors are one son, Robert B Spring of Philadelphia; one granddaughter, Mrs Caryl M Grant of Alexandria, Virginia and two great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Monday, December 14, 1987 at 11 am in the Mt Ary Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Interment has taken place at Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson.