Lassen-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Spencer, Ephraim V. 1836 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

EPHRAIM V. SPENCER.—The only member of the original bar of Roop county that has
been spared by the hand of death is Mr. Ephraim V. Spencer, who is still
practicing law at Susanville. He was born in Whitestown, Oneida county, New
York, January 28, 1836, his parents being Luther D. and Mary (Van Buren)
Spencer. In his youth he received such an education as was to be obtained at the
common schools of that state. When still young, he learned the carpenter trade
of his father, and later worked at this trade for himself in Michigan. He came
to Lassen county in 1859, where he built and operated a saw-mill until he was
admitted to the Roop county bar, in July, 1862. In 1864 he was admitted to the
Lassen county bar, and has since been a constant practitioner. He is a careful
student, and has stored a fund of legal information that has placed him in all
the leading trials of this county. Starting with a limited education, he has, by
close application and study, advanced himself to the front rank of his
profession. In April, 1870, he passed a rigid examination before the supreme
court at Sacramento, and his subsequent practice before that body has been
attended with the highest success. In 1864 he was elected the first district
attorney for Lassen county, again in 1871, and a third time in 1873. He is a
member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Susanville. Mr. Spencer married Miss L. P.
Montgomery, April 7, 1867. She was born in Ingham county, Michigan, August 11,
1847. They have three children: Iva Grace, born September 7, 1869; Gloddis M.,
March 27, 1872; E. M., October 14, 1874. Two orphan daughters of his brother
Luther form part of his family: Jennie B., born April 10, 1866, and Mary J.,
born December 20, 1867. His father died in Michigan, in July, 1871, and his
mother is now living here with her son, at the ripe old age of seventy-six.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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