Bartholomew-Crawford County IN Archives Biographies.....Spencer, Charles N. 1843 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

HON. CHARLES N. SPENCER.

   Hon. Charles N. Spencer, attorney at law and ex-mayor of the city of
Columbus, was born in Crawford county, Indiana, February 2, 1843. His father,
James R. Spencer, was a native of Virginia and an early settler of Indiana,
immigrating to-what was then the Northwest Territory about the year 1811. He was
for many years a resident of Crawford county and died there in 1864. The mother,
whose maiden name was Jemima Dobson, was born in the state of North Carolina,
and departed this life in Crawford county, Indiana, about the year 1858. The
subject of this sketch grew to manhood on a farm, attended the common schools at
intervals of several years and subsequently completed his literary studies at
Hartsville University, from which institution he was graduated in 1873. In the
meantime, 1861, when but eighteen years of age, with that spirit that actuated
the loyal people of the north, he offered his services to his country, and,
enlisting in Company G, Twenty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, did gallant
duty for the Union until disabled by a wound received during the campaign
against Vicksburg, in 1863, at which time he was honorably discharged from the
service. Having early determined to make the legal profession his life work, Mr.
Spencer, in 1873, entered the law department of the State University, at
Bloomington, where by diligent application he completed the prescribed course
and graduated the following year. On quitting the university he engaged in
teaching, and, after following that calling for about one year, began the
practice of the legal profession in Columbus, which he carried on with great
success until 1878. In the latter year he was appointed United States
commissioner, the duties of which he discharged until 1880, when he was elected
justice of the peace, in which capacity he served until 1884. In 1887 he was
elected mayor of the city, and inaugurated a number of radical changes and
reforms in municipal affairs, the beneficent effect of which soon became
apparent. He was a man of fine executive ability, and won the commendation of
all for his active and impartial efforts in behalf of the city's interests. In
1873 he married Miss Grace, who was born in the state of New Hampshire, in the
year 1841. The following are the names of the children born: to Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer: Mabel G., Nettie C. and Roy H.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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