Henry Spackman was born 13 October 1822 in Burbage, Wiltshire, England, son of Henry Spackman and Sarah Newman. He was christened there on 30 March 1823. Henry was the fifth of ten children born to this family. There were two sets of twins. His father was a shoemaker and his mother died when he was just ten years old. On 21 June 1845, Henry married Ann Bond, the stepdaughter of John Hibbard. Henry was a peddler in England and sold china, silverware, pots and pans for a living. He worked as both a hawker and a laborer. In addition to their nine children, Henry and Ann also raised their niece, Maria. Henry's sister, Jane, unwed, passed away shortly after Maria's birth.
Henry and Ann were converted to the Mormon faith in 1850. Twenty years later, they began the process of emigrating to Utah. Their son, Henry, was the first to come. He arrived in October of 1871 and worked to earn passage for his father and his brother, Brigham. They came in June of 1873 aboard the S.S. Nevada and all three of them worked to bring Ann and the girls in the fall of that year. Two married sons, Edwin and Elijah, came later with their families. A married daughter, Mary Jane Chandler, remained in England. Henry and Ann settled at Millville, Utah because there was a church farm there that provided employment. They also helped at the local store.
Henry like to preach and was known as an excellent gardener. He lived to be seventy-eight years old. He died 13 December 1900 just weeks after losing Ann, his wife of fifty-five years. They were buried together in the Millville Cemetery.
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