sentences:  Elijah Spencer
  
  Elijah Spencer (1775 Columbia County, New York – December 15, 1852 Benton, Yates County, New York) was an American politician from New York.In 1791, he removed to Jerusalem, then in Ontario County, New York, settling in that part which was separated in 1803 as the Town of Vernon, later renamed the Town of Benton, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.