History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties Iowa
By W.E. Alexander
Western Publishing Company, Decorah, Iowa
Date:  1883

Biography Section: Page 524, New Hampton Township
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Springer, W. J., attorney at law, born in Macon County, Illinois, in
1852. In 1855 his parents moved to Iowa County, Iowa. His parents were
Springer, W. G. and Springer, Lydia, natives of Kentucky. The subject
of our sketch read law in the office of Rumple & Lake, of Marengo, and
was admitted to practice in August 1879, at which time he located in
New Hampton. Married Mary E. (Wilson) Springer, a native of Ohio. They
have two children - a son and daughter.