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John Henry Spencer

29 August 1835—20 August 1891

1 Born at Waddington, Yorkshire, England; son of Mary Earnshaw and Richard Spencer. 2 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Sheffield, 1841. 3 Lived at Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 4 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1852. 5 Married first Jerusha Kibbee Elmer, 1858; participated in plural marriage. 6 Married second Lucy Lodica Elmer, 1860. 7 Settled at Payson, Utah County, Utah Territory. 8 Appointed to settle in Thistle Valley, Sanpete County, Utah Territory, 1877. 9 Served as bishop of the Indianola Ward. 10 Died at Payson. 11 (See Document 4.7)

Footnotes

  1. 1“England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), John Spencer, chr. Oct 11, 1835; citing Waddington, York, England; FHL microfilm 919153. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), John Henry Spencer KW86-4Y1.

  2. 2 Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson Memorial Assoc./Deseret News, 1936), 4:550. “Family Tree,” database, John Henry Spencer.

  3. 3 “Saints by Sea,” database, 1840–1932, Saints by Sea (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu, accessed May 2023), John Spencer; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000).

  4. 4 1850 U.S. census, District 21, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, p. 121B, Richd Spencer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 188.

  5. 5 “John Henry Spencer,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  6. 6 “Family Tree,” database, John Henry Spencer.

  7. 7 Ibid.

  8. 8 1870 U.S. census, Payson, Utah Co., Utah Territory, p. 235B, John Spencer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1612.

  9. 9 Madoline Cloward Dixon, Peteetneet Town: A History of Payson, Utah (Provo, UT: Press Publishing Co., 1974), 110. Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:550. 1880 U.S. census, Thistle Precinct, Sanpete Co., Utah Territory, p. 471B, John Spencer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1338.

  10. 10 Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:550. “Lamanite Sisters Testify,” Woman’s Exponent 9, no. 10 (Oct. 15., 1880): 74–75.

  11. 11 “Family Tree,” database, John Henry Spencer. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 2015), memorial no. 25645106, John Henry Spencer; Payson City Cemetery, Payson, UT.