About John W. Spencer
Lived 1864 – 1939 (aged 75). John W. Spencer was a judge.
John Wesley Spencer (March 7, 1864 – June 28, 1939) was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from April 15, 1912, to January 7, 1919.
Spencer was born in Mount Vernon, Indiana to attorney Elijah M. Spencer and Mary E. (Morse) Spencer, a member of the family of Samuel F. B. Morse. Spencer attended the schools of Mt. Vernon, graduated from the Mount Vernon High School in 1880, and attended Central Normal College in Danville, Indiana, for one year.
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Who was John W. Spencer?
American judge (1864–1939)
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John W. Spencer was born on 7 March 1864.
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John W. Spencer died on 28 June 1939.
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John W. Spencer was a judge.
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