Submitted by: Cathy Millburn

 

 

HENRY F. SPENCER

 

 

 

Henry F. Spencer, b August 24, 1836 in Prince Albert County, Virginia, d September 15, 1907 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried in Bremond Cemetery, Robertson County, Texas ‑ was one of seven children of Reverend Benjamin Thomas Spencer, b March 25, 1810 in Virginia, d September 5, 1885 in Marlin and buried in Bremond Cemetery, and his wife, formerly a Miss Fennell ‑daughter of John and Margaret ("Peggy" Bedford) Fennell.

Henry and three of his brothers served in the Confederate States Army in Virginia during the Civil War, where the eldest brother, Wesley Spencer, died.

Henry F. Spencer was married on February 24, 1857 in Virginia to Josephine Boyd, b May 21, 1838 in Mecklenburg, Virginia, d April 10, 1875 in Robertson County, Texas in Bremond Cemetery.

After the Civil War, the Spencer family ‑ including Henry, his father and two brothers, Charles Bedford Spencer and Benjamin Thomas Spencer, Jr. ‑ immigrated to Texas. The father settled at Thornton in Limestone County, where he served as a Methodist minister, while his sons came to Falls County.

Henry F. Spencer established an excellent trade in lumber in Marlin, where he lived the remainder of his life.

Henry and Josephine (Boyd) Spencer were the parents of five children: Richard Boyd Spencer, Thomas Cole Spencer, Anna Spencer who married A. E. Sessions of Hillsboro, Texas; Henry Spencer, and Josephine Spencer who married T. B. Ramey ‑a jeweler in Tyler, Texas. Richard and Thomas were trained in the lumber business, and Thomas was associated with the R. B. Spencer Lumber Company, which expanded interests to 44 lumber yards in Texas.

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.  "Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 424 column 1.  
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