BIOS: Spencer, Austin; Ogden, Monroe co., NY

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Source:
Ogden Centennial Pioneer Reminiscences, 1802-1902
compiled by Mrs. Augusta E. N. Rich
assisted by Mrs. Sarah Flagg Smith and Mr. H. H. Goff
Press of John C. Moore
Rochester, N.Y.

Austin Spencer,  July 24, 1783 - January 8, 1868

Austin Spencer, the third son of Timothy and Sarah Arnold Spencer, was born in
East Haddam, Conn., July 24, 1783.  When a young man he came to Otsego county,
N.Y., where he taught school, and where he married Polly Elwood (a sister of
Isaac and Dr. Elwood, of Rochester) in the year 1808.  In  March of that year,
immediately after his marriage, his brother Daniel having settled in
Spencerport, he hired a man and team to bring himself, wife and household
goods here, where he purchased and cleared for a home the farm where he
resided till a short time before his death, and which is now owned by his
nephew, Joseph Spencer.

He had five children, Laura Henrietta, Nelson Elwood, Emily Louise, Riley
Austin and Catharine Melissa.  Two of these are now living, Mrs. Catharine M.
Carle, of East Troy, Wis., and Mrs. Emily L. Jones, of this village.  He was
not only a farmer but a land surveyor, and a teacher in the district schools 
of the town.  He was also prominent in public life, having served this town as
supervisor a number of terms, and justice of the peace for sixteen years.  He
was one of the founders of the Ogden Center Presbyterian Church, and remained
in its communion till the wants of the people demanded a church at
Spencerport, when he at once actively engaged in the work which resulted in
the organization of the First Congregational Church of this village.  He
remained a leading member of this church and was a deacon at time of his
death, which occurred January 8, 1868, in the 85th year of his age.