Hopkins Co TX , James Spencer obituary



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James M. Spencer - We regret to have to write the death of Mr. James M.

Spencer which occurred Aug. 9, 1912. He was one of our pioneer citizens. He

lacked only ten days of being 80 years of age. He leaves his wife and six sons

( Sulphur Spring Gazette, Addran Column) Later report - Mr. J. M. Spencer was

born in Dickson County, Tennessee, Aug. 19, 1832, and died at his home in

Hopkins County, near Sulphur Springs, Texas, Aug. 9, 1912. The remains were

laid to rest in Aiguier cemetery, with Rev. Calloway, of the Christian Church

conducting the service. On Aug. 29, 1858, he was married to Miss Tennessee

Davis in Tennessee, who died March 12, 1884. Nine children were born unto them

of which six are left: Edward, Henry, Alexander, Arthur, Jim, and Oscar. For

twenty years of his early life he was in the employ of Memphis and Charleston

Railroad, this road bing the first railroad built in Tennessee. But in 1860,

his ambitious desires were to push out into the unbroken wilds of West Texas,

and with his young bride, he located in Montague county. No sooner had he

established himself in farming and stock raising than the civil war broke out.

He enlisted as a volunteer in the Confederate Army, serving four years, being

captured and imprisoned by the Federals. He was released from Johnson’s Island

Prison, June 9, 1965. On returning home he found the troublesome Indians too

much for his tired and worn spirit, so he moved to peaceful Hopkins county,

where he has lived for the past forty-six years. On Jan. 21, 1886, he was

married to Mrs. M. J. McDougal, who still survives.