Herbert Ransom SPENCER

1856 - 1932  (76 years)

• Name	Herbert Ransom SPENCER
  Birth	31 Jan 1856	Lenox, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Degree	1877
  	Bachelor of Science
  Degree	1880
  	Law Degree
  _UID	C40BA1CEE4F0451DBAFEED5CE8E78AD6A43B
  Death	4 Jul 1932	Saint Louis County, Minnesota
  Burial	Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
  Person ID	I40	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	William Churchill SPENCER,   b. 30 Mar 1818, East Haddam, Connecticut d. 4 Mar 1858, Lenox, Ohio (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Julia DUTTON,   b. 1820, Connecticut d. Duluth , Minnesota
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jessie Freemont LEE,   b. 16 Jan 1860, Ohio, USA d. 12 Apr 1923, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1884	Portage, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Herbert Lee SPENCER,   b. 2 Dec 1886, Canton, Ohio d. 19 Jan 1971, Los Angeles CA (Age 84 years)   2. Roger Wayland SPENCER,   b. 30 Nov 1889, Duluth Minnesota d. 13 May 1961, Minnesota (Age 71 years)   3. Eben Selden SPENCER,   b. 1 Feb 1893, Duluth , Minnesota d. 13 Apr 1946, Duluth, Minnesota (Age 53 years)   4. Gerard SPENCER,   b. 28 Oct 1898, Duluth , Minnesota d. 2 Oct 1962, Saint Louis County, Minnesota (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Euretta Pearl PRESTON,   b. 13 Dec 1892, Melita, Manitoba, Canada d. 22 Dec 1972, Benton Harbour, MI (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	20 Aug 1923	Bedford, England
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

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  Received his academic education at Grand River Institute, located at Austeinburgh, Ohio, where he graduated in 1877 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. After graduation he taught school in Aurora, Ohio and in 1879 and 1880 attended the law school at Ann Arbour, Michigan and was admitted to the practice of Law in 1880. He began the practice of his profession at Canton, Ohio, where he remained until 1887, when he moved to Duluth Minnesota where he continued to practice his profession. Author of a well-known law treatise, "Spencer on Marine Collisions." Aside from his legal activities he was connected with several iron mining companies and was secretary and treasurer of the Duluth & Oklahoma Oil Co. He served as state senator from his district during 1895-97. He was a member of the Duluth Boat and Duluth Commercial clubs, and of Duluth Commandery, Knights Templar. He was married, Sept. 30, 1886, to his first wife, Jessie Lee, daughter of Dr. Eben Bradford Lee and Helen Miller of Garretsville, Ohio. They had four children; Herbert Lee, mining engineer, Roger W., lawyer, Eben and Gerard Spencer.