1848, April 8
Candidate - Red River Presbytery
[source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 23, 1905, page 253]

1848, October 20
Licensed to preach by Red River Presbytery
[source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 23, 1905, page 253]

1852, January 7
Ordained by Marshall Presbytery
[source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 23, 1905, page 253]

General Assembly Minutes

1848
No Ministerial Directory

1849
No Ministerial Directory

1850
No Ministerial Directory

1851
No Ministerial Directory

1852
No Ministerial Directory

1853
No Ministerial Directory

1854
Not in incomplete Ministerial Directory
[Marshall Presbytery did not report]

1855
No Ministerial Directory

1856
Not in incomplete Ministerial Directory
[Marshall Presbytery did not report]

1857, page 72
Benj. Spencer
Marshall, Texas
Marshall Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1858
No Ministerial Directory

1859
No Ministerial Directory

1860
Not listed in partial Ministerial Registry

1861
No Ministerial Directory

1862
No Ministerial Directory

1863
No Ministerial Directory

1864
No Ministerial Directory

1865
Not listed in partial Presbyterial and Ministerial Directory

1866
No Ministerial Directory

1867
No Ministerial Directory

1868
No report from Red River Presbytery

1869, page 87
B. Spencer
Paris, Texas
Red River Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1870, page 82
B. Spencer
Paris, Texas
Red River Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1871, page 82
B. Spencer
Paris, Texas
Red River Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1872, page 125
B. Spencer
Paris, Texas
Red River Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1873, pages 6, 8, 30
Benj. Spencer
Commissioner to General Assembly in Huntsville, Alabama, May 15-17, 19-23, 1873
Served on Standing Committee on Education
Red River Presbytery, Synod of Texas
[Red River Presbytery, Number 77, did not report and is not included in the index of ministers]

1874
[Red River Presbytery, Number 79, did not report and is not included in the index of minister]

1875, page 87
Benjamin Spencer
Sherman, Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1876, pages 97, 105
[information reprinted from 1875 minutes]
Benjamin Spencer
Sherman, Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1877, pages 93, 101
Benjamin Spencer
Sherman, Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1878, pages 102, 109
Benjamin Spencer
Sherman, Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1879, pages 98, 105
Benjamin Spencer
Terrell, Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1880, pages 110, 133
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Bacon Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1881, pages 81, 105
Benjamin Spencer
Terrell, Texas
Bacon Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1882, pages 112, 135
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Bacon Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1883, pages 75, 135, 143
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Minister-Corinth Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Minister-Duck Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1884, pages 73, 124, 132
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Minister-Duck Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-McMinn Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1885, pages 7, 10, 75, 119, 139, 149
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Minister-Duck Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-Farmersville Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-Miner Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-Richardson Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas
Commissioner to General Assembly in Bentonville, Arkansas, May 21-23, 25-7, 1885
Served on Special Committee on the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance

1886, pages 168, 177
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1887, pages 75, 165, 175
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Minister-Duck Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-Farmersville Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-McMinn Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-Trinity Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1888, pages 177, 186
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
White Rock Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1889, pages 70, 171, 195
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Minister-Kemp Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-Lone Oak Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Texas
Minister-Will's Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Will's Point, Texas
Bacon Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1890, pages 117, 142, 236
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Terrell, Texas
Minister-Lone Oak Cumberland Presbyterian Church; [session clerk's address was Kaufman, Texas]
Minister-Will's Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Will's Point, Texas
Bacon Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1891, pages 156, 270
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
listed in Terrell, Texas and Tehuacana, Texas
Minister-Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church; [session clerk's address was Wortham, Texas]
Minister-Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Fairfield, Texas
Minister-Groesbeck Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Groesbeck, Texas
Minister-Spring Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church; [session clerk's address was Mills, Texas]
Minister-Wortham Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Wortham, Texas
Tehuacana Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1892, pages 153, 164, 282, 284
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Tehuacana, Texas
Minister-Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Fairfield, Texas
Minister-Groesbeck Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Groesbeck, Texas
Minister-Spring Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church; [session clerk's address was Mills, Texas]
Minister-Wortham Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Wortham, Texas
Tehuacana Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1893, pages 155, 166, 282
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Tehuacana, Texas
Minister-Groesbeck Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Groesbeck, Texas
Tehuacana Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1894, pages 170, 181, 294
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Tehuacana, Texas
Minister-Groesbeck Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Groesbeck, Texas
Minister-Wortham Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Wortham, Texas
Tehuacana Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1895, pages 7-9, 177, 187, 304
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Tehuacana, Texas
Minister-Groesbeck Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Groesbeck, Texas
Minister-Wortham Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Wortham, Texas
Tehuacana Presbytery, Synod of Texas
Commissioner to General Assembly in Meridian, Mississippi; May 16-18, 20-23, 1895
Served on Standing Committee: Publication and Sunday-schools

1896, pages 163, 175
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Tehuacana, Texas
Minister
Tehuacana Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1897, pages 221, 270, 300
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Garland, Texas
Minister-Garland Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Garland, Texas
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1898, pages 242, 284, 315
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Garland, Texas
Minister-Garland Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Garland, Texas
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1899, pages 135a, 188a, 218a
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Garland, Texas
Minister-Garland Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Garland, Texas
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1900, pages 203a, 243a
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Garland, Texas
retired
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1901, pages 241a, 261a
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Garland, Texas
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1902, pages 215a, 252a
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Garland, Texas
retired
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1903, pages 202a, 237a
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
Garland, Texas
retired
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1904, pages 182a, 217a
Benjamin Spencer, D.D.
retired
Garland, Texas
Dallas Presbytery, Synod of Texas

1905, page 148a
Name: Benjamin Spencer
Occupation: retired
Presbytery: Dallas
Place of Residence: Garland, Texas
Date of death: February 2, 1905
Age: 77

The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 23, 1905, pages cover, 252-253

photograph of Benjamin Spencer on cover
Obituary on pages 252-253

The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 20, 1905, pages 508-509

Spencer
Report of Committee on Deceased Minister of Dallas Presbytery

Benjamin Spencer
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
[son of Clark Spencer and Catharine Winstead]
born: 4 April 1826 - Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
died: 2 February 1905 - Garland, Texas
buried: Mill's Cemetery near Garland, Texas
1st married: 30 December 1856 in Jamestown, Smith County, Texas
1st wife: Martha Jane Holt
died: 20 October 1881 - Terrell, Texas

Children of Benjamin Spencer and Martha Jane Holt:

1. M. Kate Spencer

2. ________ Spencer
husband: J. W. Neathery

3. ________ Spencer
husband: J. P. Hendrick

4. ________ Spencer
husband: M. T. McGhee

5. Thomas Richard Spencer

2nd married: 1 November 1882
2nd wife of Benjamin Spencer: M. A. Holt [sister of his 1st wife]

Child of Benjamin Spencer and M. A. Holt:

6. Dell Spencer
husband: R. E. L. Mewshaw