A Narrative History of The People of Iowa Volume IV 1931 SPENCER H. AMOS was one of the veteran and honored members of the bar of Decatur County at the time of his death, which occurred June 22, 1923. Here he had been continuously established in the practice of his profession at Garden Grove during a period of nearly half a century, and he not only achieved success and prestige in his profession but was also known and valued as a sterling citizen of marked loyalty and public spirit. Mr. Amos was born in Ohio, February 2, 1850, and thus was seventy-three years of age at the time of his death. He was a son of William and Elizabeth (Bramble) Amos, and was a child when the family came to Iowa and established residence on a farm in Wayne County, his parents having passed the remainder of their lives in this state. Mr. Amos received the advantages of the Iowa public schools and also those of higher educational institutions of this state. He gave effective service a number of years as a teacher in the public schools, and in the meanwhile he initiated the study of law. He made rapid advancement in the absorption and assimilation of the science of jurisprudence, was in due course admitted to the Iowa bar, and from 1877 until his death he was engaged in the practice of law at Garden Grove, where he long controlled a substantial and representative law business that indicated popular appreciation of his professional ability and also his secure place in the confidence and esteem of the community. He was for many years a director and the attorney for the Garden Grove Bank, and for a time was editor and publisher of the Garden Grove Express. Mr. Amos was a stalwart and well fortified advocate and supporter of the cause of the Republican party, was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow, and was influential in the Iowa circles of the Masonic fraternity, in which he was a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He was one of the old and honored members of the Decatur County Bar Association at the time of his death, and held membership also in the Iowa State Bar Association. In Decatur County was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Amos to Miss Josephine Amos, who was born in Virginia, she having been a child when her parents, Albert and Caroline Amos, established their home in Iowa. Mrs. Amos received excellent educational advantages and prior to her marriage she had been a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of Iowa, Montana and Kansas. She was one of the organizers and charter members of the Garden Grove chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and served as its first worthy matron. She has continued influential in this branch of the Masonic fraternity and now resides in the Iowa Eastern Star Home at Boone. She has long been a gracious figure in church, cultural and social affairs in the Hawkeye State, and in her old home community at Garden Grove her circle of friends is limited only by that of her acquaintance. Florence, first born of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Amos, died in childhood. Daisy, the second child, is the wife of Robert G. Bennett, of Garden Grove, and they have four children: Mrs. Amy Rushing, of Rockford, Iowa; Miss Greta E., a popular teacher in the Marcus, Iowa, public schools; Lucille, a graduate nurse who is doing admirable service in her profession; and Roberta O., who remains at the parental home. The third daughter, Mrs. Nan E. Raleigh, resides in the City of Seattle, Washington, and she has one child, Eva G. http://www.iagenweb.org posted at this site with Debbie's permission