. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . arleston, and his regiment hadthe honor of being the first of the Cnion troops tooccupy the city. He was detailed as one of thosewho operated the so-called Swamp Angel. In]\Iarch. 18().5, his command was ordered to Charles-ton, and from there was sent in pursuit of therebels up the Santee River, following which theywent to Beauford and Ncwbern. They were thensent, underGeneralScofleld in pursuit of the Con-federate (ieneral .lohnson, to
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . arleston, and his regiment hadthe honor of being the first of the Cnion troops tooccupy the city. He was detailed as one of thosewho operated the so-called Swamp Angel. In]\Iarch. 18().5, his command was ordered to Charles-ton, and from there was sent in pursuit of therebels up the Santee River, following which theywent to Beauford and Ncwbern. They were thensent, underGeneralScofleld in pursuit of the Con-federate (ieneral .lohnson, to Raleigh, N. C, andwere [)resent when that general surrendered. Thefollowing day while assisting in unloading stores atSalisbury, young Spencer met with a serious acci-dent by which his arm was crushed. He was sentto Harrisburg, Pa., with his regiment where he wasdischarged .luly 22, 186.). However, his woundcaused him to be detained in the hospital, sothai he was not able ro return home until the fol-lowing fall. In March, 18<i(;, Mr. Spencer came to WaukeshaCoiiiitv. making his home first in the town ofBrookfield, but he soon came to the village of. R. \V. BROWN. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 571 Waukesha. Here he pursued his law studiesunder the preceptorship of W. S. Hawkins, andin June, 1«72, was admitted to tlie Bar in tiieCircuit Court, Judge .Small presiding. He at onceestal)lislied a practice at ^Vauk(•^^ll!l, and .since1880, has made a specially of that line of tlie pro-fession relating to pensions. He has had hun-dreds of cases, and has been very successful. Byexercising caution and only undertaking suchcases as he felt assured were legitimate he hasmade a clean record with the department, freefrom any cloud of fraud or imposition. In 1882 .Mr. Spencer was elected Justice of thePeace, and has been re-elected at each succeedingelection, being the present incumbent, 1894. Hewas also elected Supervisor of the city, as repre-sentative in the County Board of Supe
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