Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Spencer, Sarah (Miller) December 9, 1918
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Portland Review - Tues. Dec. 10, 1918

TAUGHT SCHOOL MANY TERMS
Mrs. T.J. Spencer Was Also a Lifelong Resident of Portland

Mrs. T.J. Spencer, a lifelong resident of this vicinity, died at her home on 
the west side Monday afternoon, after a long illness. Funeral services were 
held at the house Wednesday afternoon, Rev. R.S. MacGregor, of the M.E. church, 
officiating. Burial was in Portland. 

Mrs. Spencer’s maiden name was Sarah Miller. She was born at West Unity, O., 
April 28, 1850. She was a daughter of Alexander Miller, who first moved to 
DeWitt, and a little later to Portland, locating near the Howell schoolhouse. 

For several years deceased taught school, first I n the country, and during 
Miss Engle’s superintendency, in the village schools. She married James P. 
Robinson in 1895. Mr. Robinson’s two daughters, Mrs. E. Spencer, of Danby and 
Mrs. Wm. Green, of Olivet, have given her the same love and affection that 
would have been accorded their own mother.

Her marriage to Rev. T.J. Spencer took place in December, 1889. Rev. Spencer 
died in March, 1905.

Mrs. Spencer is survived by a sister, Mrs. Jane Hutchison, of Portland. The 
late Wm. T. Smith was brother. 




Additional Comments:
#1 Mr. James P. Robinson, d. 1895
#2 Rev. T.J. Spencer, d. 1905

Portland Cemetery #A1-31


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