Matt Ballard, Orleans County Historian, sent an email asking about a Henry A. Spencer, Class of 1880. It's an interesting query, I was not familiar with this man. Apparently he was African American, from the Albion area, and was in fact an 1880 grad of Brockport, the "Classical Course." He then went on to get a bachelors from Univ. of Rochester, and had an active career, including serving in the NY Assembly, and on a Frederick Douglass Memorial committee. He was also supposed to have been a Gamma Sigma member while here.
Intriguing stuff, I sent Matt some information, and will continue to search for more!
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