Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Gallatin Co.

JAMES W. SPENCER, a farmer and stock grower of Gallatin County, Ky., was
born September 3, 1834.  His father, Edward Spencer, a native of Kentucky,
was born in 1796; was a farmer, and married Lucy Moore, daughter of Robert
and Elizabeth Moore, of Virginia, who bore him three sons and six
daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eighth child.  Edward
Spencer, the paternal grandfather of James W., a native of Virginia,
settled in Gallatin County where he died.  James W. Spencer was educated
in the common schools of Gallatin County; has always been a farmer, and
now owns 165 acres of well cultivated land.  November 28, 1882, he
married Lelia Ruddell, of Gallatin County, daughter of James C. and Ann
Ruddell.  One son and one daughter were born to this union: Charles C.
and Lucy M.  Mr. Spencer is a Democrat, and a member of the Christian
Church.

Spencer Moore Ruddell
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VA

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