Rev. Moses Spencer died at his residence in this city, Tuesday at 1 o'clock a, m., after a protracted illness ....
... was born in Wilmington, Vermont, seventy-three years ago. At about the age of twenty he entered the Vermont conference as an itinerant Methodist preacher. About the same time he was married to Miss Maria Bissel ... Six children were born of this union, three of whom died and were buried in the far east. One of these as a patriotic soldier gave up his life in the defense of his country. Three, Dr. Emma Spencer, Deputy U. S. Marshall W, W., and E. C. Spencer, all live in and near Holton. About 1873 the family removed to Kansas and settled at Waterville, and six or seven years later they removed to this city, where they have since resided. For the past fifteen or sixteen years the deceased has held a supernumerary relation to his conference, holding the appointment of book and tract agent and doing Evangelical work.
Rev. Moses Spencer died at his residence in this city, Tuesday at 1 o'clock a, m., after a protracted illness ....
... was born in Wilmington, Vermont, seventy-three years ago. At about the age of twenty he entered the Vermont conference as an itinerant Methodist preacher. About the same time he was married to Miss Maria Bissel ... Six children were born of this union, three of whom died and were buried in the far east. One of these as a patriotic soldier gave up his life in the defense of his country. Three, Dr. Emma Spencer, Deputy U. S. Marshall W, W., and E. C. Spencer, all live in and near Holton. About 1873 the family removed to Kansas and settled at Waterville, and six or seven years later they removed to this city, where they have since resided. For the past fifteen or sixteen years the deceased has held a supernumerary relation to his conference, holding the appointment of book and tract agent and doing Evangelical work.
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