BIOGRAPHIES:  Dudley Carlton SPENCER, Augusta, Eau Claire County, WI

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DUDLEY CARLTON SPENCER, physician and surgeon, came to Augusta, Wis., May
13, 1866; he was born in Dundee, Province of Quebec, Nov. 17, 1828, of New
England parentage, his father being a native of New Hampshire, and his 
mother of Vermont.  Dundee was his home until he was seventeen years of
age; he then went to Ft. Covington, Franklin Co., N. Y., where he attended
the academy, and afterward commenced the study of medicine.  He first
attended Castleton Medical College, in Vermont, and graduated from the
Albany Medical College, in December, 1854.  He began practice at Hartford,
Washington Co., N. Y., in partnership with Dr. J. B. Drummond; remained
there one year; then located in Lakeville, in same county, where he remained
until the Fall of 1857; then he was in practice in Cambridge, also in
Washington county, until the Fall of 1862, when he entered the army as 
assistant surgeon of the 44th N. Y. V. I. (the Ellsworth Regiment); was
with that regiment until 1864; then he was on special staff-duty until
March 26, 1866, when he left the service and returned to Cambridge, N. Y.,
where he made a short visit, and then came to Augusta, where he has since
been engaged in practice of his profession.  Since December 1880, he has
also been engaged in the drug trade, in partnership with Dr. J. R. Rundlett.
The doctor was married in Ft. Covington, N. Y., June 4, 1855, to Lovina 
Russell, a native of that place.  They have four children living -- 
Francis Wayland, Esther Abbie, Hattie Maria and Mary Agnes.  Dr. S. is a
member of the County Medical Society.

--Taken from "The History of Northern Wisconsin containing an Account of its
Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; An extensive Sketch of its 
Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Improvements, Industries, 
Manufacturies; Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early
Settlers; Views of County Seats, Etc."  Chicago:  The Western Historical
Company.  A. T. Andreas, Proprietor.  1881.  Page 341