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Spencer, Hiram Theron, 1835-1931

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1835 - 1931

biographical statement

Hiram Theron Spencer was born on November 13, 1835, in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He married Mary Barr Young on March 31, 1857, in South Cottonwood, Utah. Hiram Spencer died on March 26, 1931, in Magna, Utah. Mary Barr Young Spencer was the first child of Hiram and Mary. She was born on March 28, 1860, and married Peter James Reid on December 28, 1879. She died on May 25, 1935. Mary Emma Spencer was born on May 15, 1862, and married Daniel Hains Jacobs on September 3, 1886. She died on December 2, 1936. Hiram Theron Spencer Jr. was born on August 19, 1886, while his father was on a mission to England. On October 31, 1885, at age 19, he died from inflammation of the bowels. Jane Edith Spencer was born August 9, 1869, and married Walter Scott Reid, brother of Peter James Reid, on May 25, 1893. She died on January 21, 1931. Grace Maude Spencer was born on January 16, 1873, and married Lashbrook Bryceson Laker on September 27, 1899. She died on March 23, 1945.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Photograph of the Hiram T. Spencer family

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227643415]
Identifier: MSS 3800
Scope and Contents This collection contains one photograph of the Hiram T. Spencer family taken at the Thomas Studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. The photograph is mounted on cardboard and the individuals are labeled on the back. In the front row are Hiram Theron Spencer, Mary Barr Young Spencer, and Janet Alice Spencer Reid. In the second row are Mary Emma Spencer Jacobs, Jane Edith Spencer Reid, and Grace Maude Spencer Laker. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that it was taken by C.R. Savage,...
Dates: approximately 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photograph of the Hiram T. Spencer family

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