Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1920 — OLD-TIME RESIDENT IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

OLD-TIME RESIDENT IS DEAD

Former Rensselaer Publisher Died Last Friday Near Monticello. Jamies S. Spencer, aged 82, died last Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Irving McOwan, near Monticello. Deceased was knoim to several of the old residents of Jasper county, having published here many years ago the Rensselaer Gazette, rfe had lived in White county for 72 years and was the first publisher of the Spectator,tow known as the Monticello Herald. He is survived by three children, Schuyler C. Spencer of Portland, Ore.; Bessie McOwan of Monticello and James H. Spencer of Los Angeles.