Ottawa County MI Archives Obituaries.....Spencer, John L. April 1935
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The Coopersville Observer, April 5, 1935
Death Claims Another Veteran of Civil War

John L. Spencer, aged 93, one of Coopersville's last remaining Civil War 
veterans died Sunday at the home of Walter Douck, where he had lived for some 
time.  His passing leaves four veterans still living in the community; A. C. 
Maxwell, John Jackson, Chas. Nichols, and John Park.

He was born June 14, 1841 in Brownsville, Jefferson Co., NY.  When he was nine 
months old, his father died and he made his home with his grandparents until 
he was thirteen.  He worked on a farm and when he was eighteen, the "life of a 
sailor beckoned to him" and he sailed the lower lakes. 

In 1862, at Cleveland, OH, he enlisted in Co. G, 103rd OH Volunteers.  His 
company marched across KY and into TN to join the Army of General William T. 
Sherman at Chattanooga, and in 1864 had gone as far as Resaca, GA.

He was wounded May 29, 1864 at the Battle of Kenesaw Mt. and was taken to an 
emergency field hospital where he was operated on.  He was discharged from the 
hospital in Chattanooga, April 29, 1865.

He came to Coopersville in 1867 and served for several years as Justice of the 
Peace.

He is survivied by three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Burial was Wednesday with full honors in the Coopersville Cemetery.

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