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"Henry G. Spencer"

HENRY G. SPENCER (retired), Evansville; born in Springfield, Vt., in 1812; he removed to
Wisconsin in March, 1837, being one of the first settlers of Rock Co.; he engaged in the improvement of land, and continued farming until 1844; then sold his farm and removed to Evansville, where he built a hotel which bore his name until 1879; Mr. SPENCER, after managing his hotel for five or six years, has engaged in real estate and loaning since. He married, at La Porte, Ind., June 22, 1839, Miss Margaret E. CAMPBELL, a native of Grand Island, Vt.; Mr. SPENCER's family consists of three children.
 
Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis." (c)1879, p. 867.
 
Courtesy of Carol

This page last updated July 2, 2002
 
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