Harker Spensley, a brother to Solomon, was another to emigrate to Mineral Point. He was an agent for the Stephenson railroad, Stockton to Darlington line before emigrating to Wisconsin. He went to the USA in 1849 sailing on the Saxony, leaving Liverpool on the 19th Feb. 1849, first going to Dubuque for one year, then to Shullsburg in 1849 to assume the management of a lead smelting furnace, which he purchased from James Carter. He operated this until 1857, when he went to Mineral Point and took up smelting and mining there. Harker's wife was another Spensley, Ruth, and his parents-in-law (James Spensley and Margaret (Watters) sailed for America with them.
The passenger list for the Saxony, leaving Liverpool and arriving in New Orleans 19 April 1849 include
Harker 34
Ruth 30
Obit Dubuque Daily Times 15 Apr 1876
"John R. Waller, Esq., yesterday received a dispatch from Mineral Point, Wis., announcing the death, yesterday morning, of Harker Spensley, of that place, formerly of Dubuque. Mr. Spensley was originally from England, and came to Dubuque as early as 1849, if not prior to that date; lived here for several years, when he re-moved to Mineral Point, and went into the smelting business; a few years ago he turned that business over to his son; but he was not one of the men who could remain idle, even after he had acquired a competance for his declining years, and he soon engaged in the stock-raising business, and at the time of his death was manager of an extensive stock farm. He was a wealthy man and a leading citizen; it is not known here whether he belonged to any church, but his wife was a member of the M.E. church, and Mr. S. attended it, and was generous in his benefactions therto, and for other laudable purposes. His age at death must have been nearly sixty years. The particulars of his death are not given in the dispatch to Mr. Waller - whose sister John Spensley, a son of the deceased, married. He leaves one other son, named Calvert. Some days ago a letter was received stating that Mr. Spensley had had a bad cold, and congestion of the lungs had been feared, but that three doctors had decided that danger from that cause was past."
The passenger list for the Saxony, leaving Liverpool and arriving in New Orleans 19 April 1849 include
Harker 34
Ruth 30
Obit Dubuque Daily Times 15 Apr 1876
"John R. Waller, Esq., yesterday received a dispatch from Mineral Point, Wis., announcing the death, yesterday morning, of Harker Spensley, of that place, formerly of Dubuque. Mr. Spensley was originally from England, and came to Dubuque as early as 1849, if not prior to that date; lived here for several years, when he re-moved to Mineral Point, and went into the smelting business; a few years ago he turned that business over to his son; but he was not one of the men who could remain idle, even after he had acquired a competance for his declining years, and he soon engaged in the stock-raising business, and at the time of his death was manager of an extensive stock farm. He was a wealthy man and a leading citizen; it is not known here whether he belonged to any church, but his wife was a member of the M.E. church, and Mr. S. attended it, and was generous in his benefactions therto, and for other laudable purposes. His age at death must have been nearly sixty years. The particulars of his death are not given in the dispatch to Mr. Waller - whose sister John Spensley, a son of the deceased, married. He leaves one other son, named Calvert. Some days ago a letter was received stating that Mr. Spensley had had a bad cold, and congestion of the lungs had been feared, but that three doctors had decided that danger from that cause was past."
Harker Spensley, a brother to Solomon, was another to emigrate to Mineral Point. He was an agent for the Stephenson railroad, Stockton to Darlington line before emigrating to Wisconsin. He went to the USA in 1849 sailing on the Saxony, leaving Liverpool on the 19th Feb. 1849, first going to Dubuque for one year, then to Shullsburg in 1849 to assume the management of a lead smelting furnace, which he purchased from James Carter. He operated this until 1857, when he went to Mineral Point and took up smelting and mining there. Harker's wife was another Spensley, Ruth, and his parents-in-law (James Spensley and Margaret (Watters) sailed for America with them.
The passenger list for the Saxony, leaving Liverpool and arriving in New Orleans 19 April 1849 include
Harker 34
Ruth 30
Obit Dubuque Daily Times 15 Apr 1876
"John R. Waller, Esq., yesterday received a dispatch from Mineral Point, Wis., announcing the death, yesterday morning, of Harker Spensley, of that place, formerly of Dubuque. Mr. Spensley was originally from England, and came to Dubuque as early as 1849, if not prior to that date; lived here for several years, when he re-moved to Mineral Point, and went into the smelting business; a few years ago he turned that business over to his son; but he was not one of the men who could remain idle, even after he had acquired a competance for his declining years, and he soon engaged in the stock-raising business, and at the time of his death was manager of an extensive stock farm. He was a wealthy man and a leading citizen; it is not known here whether he belonged to any church, but his wife was a member of the M.E. church, and Mr. S. attended it, and was generous in his benefactions therto, and for other laudable purposes. His age at death must have been nearly sixty years. The particulars of his death are not given in the dispatch to Mr. Waller - whose sister John Spensley, a son of the deceased, married. He leaves one other son, named Calvert. Some days ago a letter was received stating that Mr. Spensley had had a bad cold, and congestion of the lungs had been feared, but that three doctors had decided that danger from that cause was past."
The passenger list for the Saxony, leaving Liverpool and arriving in New Orleans 19 April 1849 include
Harker 34
Ruth 30
Obit Dubuque Daily Times 15 Apr 1876
"John R. Waller, Esq., yesterday received a dispatch from Mineral Point, Wis., announcing the death, yesterday morning, of Harker Spensley, of that place, formerly of Dubuque. Mr. Spensley was originally from England, and came to Dubuque as early as 1849, if not prior to that date; lived here for several years, when he re-moved to Mineral Point, and went into the smelting business; a few years ago he turned that business over to his son; but he was not one of the men who could remain idle, even after he had acquired a competance for his declining years, and he soon engaged in the stock-raising business, and at the time of his death was manager of an extensive stock farm. He was a wealthy man and a leading citizen; it is not known here whether he belonged to any church, but his wife was a member of the M.E. church, and Mr. S. attended it, and was generous in his benefactions therto, and for other laudable purposes. His age at death must have been nearly sixty years. The particulars of his death are not given in the dispatch to Mr. Waller - whose sister John Spensley, a son of the deceased, married. He leaves one other son, named Calvert. Some days ago a letter was received stating that Mr. Spensley had had a bad cold, and congestion of the lungs had been feared, but that three doctors had decided that danger from that cause was past."
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