City: Knoxville
SPENCE, John Fletcher, Chancellor Emeritus; born Greenfield, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1828; son of Stephen and Matilda (_____) SPENCE; graduated Ohio Wesleyan 1853, A. B., 1856, A. M., 1880, Mount Union college, D. D., 1880, Scioto College, LL. D., 1888; married E. E. CARY Aug., 1865; Chaplain-in-Chief of G. A. R., 1908-1909; member of the Methodist Episcopal church; ordained to the ministry of the M. E. church in 1858; officer U. S. volunteers 1862-1865; President Knoxville Female college, Tenn., 1865-1888; founded East Tenn. Wesleyan University, 1868; present Chancellor nineteen years, Grant Memorial University founded 1893, Chancellor, 1893-1894; Chancellor Emeritus, since 1904; American University of Harriman, Tenn.
