Daniel Spencer (July 20, 1794 – December 8, 1868) was the last

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of Nauvoo,

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prior to the revocation of its first charter. Spencer was born in

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. In 1840, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He soon after baptized his brother

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. Spencer served as a

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in 1841. Spencer left Nauvoo in February 1846. In Winter Quarters, Nebraska he served as a

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. He arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 with the Perregrine Sessions

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company. From 1852 to 1856 Spencer served as a missionary in the

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. From 1849 to 1868 he served as

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of the Salt Lake City Stake of the LDS Church. He served in the Utah Territorial House of Representatives in 1851.Territory of Utah Legislative Assembly Rosters 1851-1854
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References

*''Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History'', p. 1174

from the

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