BIO:  SPENCE, Philip B., Campbell Co., KY
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Campbell Co.

PHILIP B. SPENCE, a native of Nashville, Tenn., was born October 14, 1836,
and is a son of Brent and Elizabeth (Shute) Spence, natives, respectively,
of the northern part of Ireland and Tennessee.  He was reared in Nashville,
and educated at Princeton College, New Jersey.  In April, 1861, he entered
the Confederate Army and was commissioned second lieutenant under
Lieut. Gen. Polk.  After the battle of Chickamauga he was promoted to
the command of a regiment of cavalry, and subsequently was in command of
all cavalry around Mobile, until they surrendered in 1865 to Gen. Canby;
at the end of the war he was commissioned colonel.  In 1866 he went to
Cincinnati, and became a member of the firm of Duckworth, Spence & Co.,
commission merchants, making his home in Newport.  In 1868 Mr. Spence
married Miss Virginia Berry, daughter of Maj. James T. Berry (deceased).
Two children have blessed their union: Brent and Berry, aged respectively,
twelve and eight.  In April 1886, Mr. Spence was appointed postmaster at
Newport.

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