Spencer G. Prime
Spencer Gilchrist Prime (April 10, 1851 – June 18, 1926) was an American merchant and politician from New York.
Life[edit]
He was born on April 10, 1851, in Jay, Essex County, New York. He attended the public schools and Plattsburgh Academy. Then he taught school; later became a clerk in a store; and eventually opened his own business, dealing wholesale and retail in general merchandise.[1]
He was Supervisor of the Town of Jay in 1881; and a member of the New York State Assembly (Essex Co.) in 1887 and 1888.
Prime was a member of the New York State Senate (31st D.) from 1901 to 1906, sitting in the 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th, 128th and 129th New York State Legislatures.[2]
He died on June 18, 1926; and was buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Upper Jay.
He had a son, Raymond Case Prime (ca. 1892 - 1963) who lived in Lake Placid. Raymond was married to Mary Featherston of Ausable Forks, NY and had 3 children, Theodore, R.Case and Georganna Prime. Another son died in early childhood.
Assemblyman Spencer G. Prime II (born 1882) was his nephew.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Murlin, E. (1903) The New York Red Book. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, p. 95
- ^ Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 322f and 365f)