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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and
biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents
of the United States: also containing a complete history of the county,
from its earliest settlement to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1884

Transcribed and submitted by Joyce Pearson
May 10, 2011

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SPENCER, James
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James Spencer, farmer, section 2, Dayton Township, was born in Scotland,
Dec. 13, 1832. His parents, James and Jane (Christian) Spencer, were
natives of that country, where the father died; the mother subsequently
came to America, and now resides with a son in Sherman Township. James was
22 years of age when he came to America. He lived in Canada four years,
and came to Michigan in the fall of 1858. He spent four years in St. Clair
County, and in the fall of 1862 came to Newaygo County and purchased 80
acres of partly improved land, where he now resides; 70 acres are in a
fair state of cultivation.

In January, 1859, he was married, in St. Clair County, to Ruth A.,
daughter of John C. and Anna Ostrander, and they have had eight children:
James, Edward O., Edith M., John, Alexis, Charles F. and an infant. One
child died in infancy. Mr. Spencer in politics is a Republican.

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