FAMILY OUTLINE:

1. David T. Springer (1798-1846) m. Louisa WHITE.
1. Isaac S. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1826 in ME & Alma W. GRANT, b. abt. 1836 in ME.
1. Caroline J. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1857 in ME.
2. Cora A. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1859 in ME.
2. Jason SPRINGER, b. abt. 1829 in ME; m. in 1860 to Charlotte SALISBURY. That year they moved to Northern California for logging and sawmill business. In San Francisco, Jason would later operate a door & sash, windowblinds and lumber business called "Jason Springer & Co." until at least 1890. If the lineage of Jason's father is correct, then Charlotte Salisbury may also be a cousin from the family of Susannah Googins.
3. Luther H. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1831 & Sarah M. MARSHALL, b. abt. 1832 in ME, daughter of Walter Marshall & Abigail Gurney.
1. Luther M. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1853 in ME [Census: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930], m. Anna BUCK.
2. Sarah S. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1855 in ME.
3. Ida M. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1857 in ME; d. 1893 in ME.
4. David W. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1859 in ME.
5. Abby L. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1862 in ME.
6. Watson K. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1867 in ME, m. 7/10/1899 [Ancestry.com: Maine Marriages, 1892-1996] in Hancock to Susie C. MacFarland (b. abt. 1867) [There are a number of MacFarlands in Hancock Co.] / or Carrie Abbott (b. abt. 1869) [There are 3 Carrie Abbotts in Hancock County born in the 1860s].
7. Leslie Albert SPRINGER, (b. 5/1868, d. abt. 1940); m. on 12/29/1890 Gouldsboro, Hancock, ME to Linda M. SNYDER (b. 1/1871, d. abt. 1940).
8. Hervy E. SPRINGER (1872-1878) [obituary transcribed from Ellsworth newspaper].
9. Howard D. SPRINGER (1874-1878).
10. Maud SPRINGER, b. abt. 1877.
4. Ransom B. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1834 in ME & Mary ? b. abt. 1838 in ME.
1. Frances SPRINGER, b. abt. 1864 in ME.
2. Annie SPRINGER, b. abt. 1865 in CA.
3. Llewellyn SPRINGER, b. abt. 1868 in CA.
5. Sarah C. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1836 in ME.
6. Hannah SPRINGER, b. abt. 1838 in ME.
7. Watson King SPRINGER, b. abt. 1840 in ME [Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910] m. Emma J. COGGINS, b. abt. 1846 in ME.
8. Abigail SPRINGER, b. abt. 1842 in ME.
9. Rachel SPRINGER, b. abt. 1844 in ME, m. Amasa Parker Willey.
10. David E. SPRINGER, b. abt. 1846 in ME.

Springer researcher Verona Flint provides this obituary that clarifies David T. Springer's absence in the 1850 US Census:

Scan of unidentified newspaper clipping from Verona Flint

DAVID T. SPRINGER, July 3, (1846). Obituary, unknown source.

"In Ellsworth, July 3d. Mr. David Springer, of Hancock, aged 45. He came to his end, in a sudden and unexpected moment. While at work in the saw mill at E, one of the millmen threw a strip of edging, the end of which hit him in the left side, after which he survived on 25 hours. Whether it was the design of the man to kill Mr. S, is not certain; he is now under bonds for his appearance at the July court. The individual referred to is a young man by the name of Saunders, belonging to Bucksport. Mr. Springer has left indeed a mourning circle, a companion and ten children. May God verify his promise to the deeply afflicted widow and fatherless children. He was a member of the Baptist church in H, and a man of peaceful life, and no doubt has gone to rest.

"The funeral services were attended on the 4th. So it is, while some rejoice, others mourn. Such was our lot on the 4th. Probably we were not alone; we felt, on returning from the mournful scene, that is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, or boisterous celebration."

NOTES:

"It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart."
- Ecclesiastes 7:2

David's widow, Lovisa White Springer Salisbury, is a descendant of Revolutionary War soldier Tilley White.

In the 1850 US Census, Hancock County, Maine, there are 14 people with the surname Saunders in the town of Bucksport, two of which are male and relatively young: Nathaniel (age 40), and George (age 28).

CENSUS:

1830 US Census, Hancock, Hancock Co., ME: David T. Springer

In the 1840 US Census for Hancock, Hancock Co., ME, David T. Springer (age 30-40) is listed with one son less than 5 years old, two sons 5-10 years, two sons 10-15 years, and two daughters under age 5, with wife aged 30-40. The sons aged 5-10 should be Luther and Ransom, the sons aged 10-15 should be Isaac and Jason, and the daughters under age 5 should be Sarah and Hannah.

Also on the page is the household of Mary Springer, aged 30-40 (FamilySearch.org lists a sister of David and Lewis named Mary Polly, born about 1802); and Lewis Springer, aged 30-40, with one son aged 5-10, one son aged 10-15, one daughter under 5, two daughters aged 15-20, and wife aged 30-40. FamilySearch.org's Ancestral File has unsourced information for Lewis Springer (b. 9/14/1805; d. 9/15/1883). His 1st wife was Harriet Clark (m. 10/15/1831) and the 2nd was Isabelle Collins Dinsmore, (m. 2/5/1846) [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/af/family_group_record.asp?familyid=9183346]. In the 1850 US Census for the town of Hancock, is Lewis Springer with 2nd wife Isabell, and children Ranseler (Rensselaer?), aged 16; Julia age 12; Maria, age 8; Lewis Jr., age 2. The next family is of Rogers Springer and wife Lucy. Rogers is probably another brother of Mary, David and Lewis.

1840 US Census, Hancock, Hancock Co., ME: David T. Springer with brother Lewis Springer and sister Mary

In 1850, the US Census first lists members of the family by name, but David is not listed. Instead, widow Lovisa Springer is head of house, with nine children, and a tenth, Isaac, living on his own nearby. Another nearby family is that of Walter Marshall with wife Abigail and daughter Sarah. Sarah would later marry David's son Luther.

1850 US Census, Hancock, Hancock Co., ME: "Lovicy" Springer, widow of David T. Springer, with children; also family of Walter Marshall