house burned, property sold to Richard & Helen Moore. Farm in Spencer Hollow. Jonas Bates Spencer first lived on his father's homestead in the Spencer Hollow district of Springfield VT, and was educated in the one-room brick schoolhouse that his grandfather Simeon Spencer built on the corner of Spencer Hollow Road and Skitchewaug Trail. He was the Spencer ancestor to leave off farming, and move into town. He moved to downtown Springfield VT and managed the large white frame hotel that stood on the corner of Valley Street and Main Street. This hotel was called The Springfield House. It was later replaced by a brick hotel called the Adna Brown, which burned down on New Year's Eve in the 1950s. In 2010, that brick building still stands and is a Chittenden Bank branch, with professional offices. Jonas Bates Spencer eventually left off managing the hotel, and concentrated on running a livery stable, which was located just behind the hotel on Valley Street. Jonas was very prosperous in running the livery stable and selling and trading horses. He and his third wife, Hannah Keating Ladd Spencer, lived on Valley Street next to the livery stable. They married in Springfield in 1855. Hannah had bright red hair and green eyes. Their only child was Alvah Clement Spencer, left Springfield for Boston when he was about 20 years old. Jonas married Eliza Ann White in Springfield on November 2, 1823. He married Betsey Moore in Springfield in 1836. Jonas Bates Spencer, and all three of his wives, are buried in the Summer Hill Cemetery in Springfield.
"Jonas Bates Spencer was born in Springfield, VT. His parents were Jonas Spencer and Bethiah (Bates) Spencer. Jonas Bates Spencer first lived on his father's homestead in the Spencer Hollow district of Springfield, VT, and was educated in the one-room brick schoolhouse that his grandfather Simeon Spencer built on the corner of Spencer Hollow Road and Skitchewaug Trail. He was the Spencer ancestor to leave off farming, and move into town. He moved to downtown Springfield, VT and managed the large white frame hotel that stood on the corner of Valley Street and Main Street. This hotel was called The Springfield House. It was later replaced by a brick hotel called the Adna Brown, which burned down on New Year's Eve in the 1950s. In 2010, that brick building still stands and is a Chittenden Bank branch, with professional offices. Jonas Bates Spencer eventually left off managing the hotel, and concentrated on running a livery stable, which was located just behind the hotel on Valley Street.Jonas was very prosperous in running the livery stable and selling and trading horses. He and his third wife, Hannah Keating Ladd Spencer, lived on Valley Street next to the livery stable. They married in Springfield in 1855. Hannah had bright red hair and green eyes. Their only child was Alvah Clement Spencer, left Springfield for Boston when he was about 20 years old.Jonas married Eliza Ann White in Springfield on November 2, 1823. He married Betsey Moore in Springfield in 1836. Jonas Bates Spencer, and all three of his wives, are buried in the Summer Hill Cemetery in Springfield. "