The Greene & Pickens Black Families Association
| Martha Jane "Mattie" Spencer-Wilder (1865-1944) |
Amos Wilder (1899-1984)
Hannah Wilder-Hamilton (1894)
Leslie Wilder (1902-1972)
| Martha Jane "Mattie" Spencer was the daughter of Dr. Jedidiah Spencer & Hannah Spencer. Dr. Jedidiah Spencer was one of the county's doctors. He never married, but he took a strong interest in the well being of the African American community. It was stated by the family that Hannah was a slave born in South Carolina. She was sold to Greene County, Alabama. Hannah was said to be 1/3 African and 1/3 Native American. She was purchased by the Spencer family in the early 1840's. However, her brother and a cousin were sold and purchased by someone else. When she was given to Jedidiah Spencer, he immediately took a sexual interest in her. Her two surviving children by him was Martha Jane "Mattie" Spencer & Johnny Frank Spencer. Johnny Frank Spencer married a woman named Lou Ella Burton and they had several children. Johnny Frank died in Greene County and Lou Ella took her children and moved to Marshalltown, Iowa. Martha Jane "Mattie" Spencer married Hillary Wilder of Pickens County. The couple settled in Mantua and had several children. It was said by both families that neither have met their first cousins, because Mattie Wilder & Johnny Frank's children were seperated |
| James Monroe Spencer, a cousin to Mattie Wilder |
| Tillman Upchurch & Wife Sally Spencer Upchurch. Sally was a cousin to Mattie Wilder |