Howard Orson Spencer

16 Jun 1838 - 4 Mar 1918
Howard Orson Spencer (1838-1918) was born 5 Jun. 1838 in Middlefield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was the son of Orson Spencer and Catharine Curtis. He married Louisa Cross about 1860 in Utah Territory; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 16 Jun. 1846. He was ordained a High Priest by Wilford Woodruff on 12 May 1861, and they both spoke in a meeting on 4 Feb. 1877. He died 4 Mar. 1918 in Orderville, Kane Co., Utah.

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