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JAMES H. SPENCER, farmer, post-office Carthage, was born in Putnam county, Ind., Aug. 9, 1836. When a child of five years his parents immigrated to southwest Missouri and settled in what is now Union township, Jasper county, and here our subject was reared to manhood, receiving such an education as the times afforded. He was married here Sept. 9, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Caseboalt, a native of Virginia. At the outbreak of the civil war Mr. Spencer was a strong union man, and thereby incurred the enmity and displeasure of the Confederates. His life was repeatedly threatened, and in Feb., 1862, he took up arms in defense of the Union and enlisted as a private in Company H, of the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, going into active service. He participated in ten hard-fought battles and many skirmishes of less danger and importance, and was discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in April, 1865. During his service his family resided at Fort Scott, Kan., where he lived until June, 1866, when he returned to his first love, Jasper county. Mo., since which time he has been a permanent resident. His wife died March 10, 1872, leaving two children. He was again married Jan. 30, 1873, to Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, a native of Jasper county.