Sierra County Obituaries

Charles Reed Spencer

Submitted by Brad Sharpe

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Mountain Messenger � 5/08/1897, Pg. 2 

DIED � SPENCER --- At Gibsonville, Sierra county, Cal., April 24, 1897, 
Charles Reed Spencer, a native of Canada, aged 67 years. 

Mountain Messenger � 5/08/1897, Pg. 3 

KILLED BY A CAVE � An Old Citizen of Gibsonville Meets With a Violent 
Death � A distressing accident occurred at Gibsonville on April 24th, by 
which C. B. Spencer, an old and respected resident of that town lost his 
life. The following particulars of the accident, we take from the Plumas 
National Bulletin: On Sunday, the 24th inst. At about 6 o�clock, Chas. 
Spencer, for many years a liveryman, met with a violent death. He was 
working in his hydraulic mine just below the town of Gibsonville, under a 
forty-foot bank. At the hour named, a large cave occurred, and by this, Mr. 
Spencer was caught and fatally injured. The left leg was broken twice 
above the knee and the right once. Two ribs also were broken, and his body 
otherwise bruised and injured. The poor man�s suffering was intense. Owing 
to his age and weak condition, he could not withstand the great shock, and 
died at 11 p. m., five hours after the accident. Mr. Spencer was a native 
of New York and 67 years of age. He went to Gibsonville in 1857 and has 
since resided there, following the occupation of mining during the water 
season and running a livery stable during the summer and fall. By his death, 
two grown sons and an aged widow are left to morn his loss. The latter has 
been in poor health for some time, and the sudden death of her husband has 
so prostrated her that she is not expected to live more than a few days. Tom 
Delahunty came from Gibsonville Sunday morning after a coffin and returned in 
the afternoon. Fro Onion Valley here and return, he was accompanied by Mr. 
Clark, the mail carrier. On their return, they did not reach Onion Valley 
till 9 o�clock at night. The funeral of Mr. Spencer took place at Gibsonville 
Monday afternoon. Deceased was a gentleman well and favorably known to the 
people of northern Sierra and southern Plumas.