The Spears
Thomas Gibson Spear
Birth: 28 Nov 1813 in Anson, North Carolina Death: 16 Sep 1861 in Rusk, Texas
Married Emily Thurman 1/1/1839 in Montgomery Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
His father's name was Bird Booker SPEIR. Thomas changed the spelling to SPEAR.
Emily Amanda Thurman
Birth: ABT 1824 in Georgia
Thomas & Emily's Children
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Thomas J Spear b: ABT 1940 in ,,Alabama
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Harris Franklin Spear Born: 1843, Kemper, Mississippi, Died June 13, 1864, C.S.A General Hospital, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Age 21
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Mary Francis Spear (Frannie) b: 6 OCT 1844 in ,Kemper, Mississippi
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Julia A Spear b: ABT 1846 in ,Kemper, Mississippi
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Emma Eudora Spear b: 15 OCT 1848 in ,Kemper, Mississippi
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Isabella Spear (Iddie) b: 2 MAY 1852 in ,Rusk, Texas
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Georgia Florence Spear b: 11 JAN 1857 in ,Rusk, Texas
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John G Spear b: ABT 1859 in ,Rusk, Texas
The census taker wrote down Amanda I Spear. Not J.
John G Spear
The youngest child of Thomas and Emily Spear. Born in 1859, two years before his father died. He was 7 years younger than Iddie, and 13 years younger than Julia.
He died in 1900 at Easton, Gregg County, Texas. He was 41 years old. John died from having his arm torn off in a sawmill accident.
He died on the porch of his home.
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Married: Jessie Eliza Hamilton on 2 DEC 1879
Birth 8 APR 1861 • Gregg County, Texas
Death 17 JAN 1941 • Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, she died of influenza, her attending physician was her brother Dr Ernest Hamilton.
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Jessie was the daughter of Andrew Rayburn Hamilton, who was the second husband of Emily Hudson.
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They had three children:
Emmett Hamilton Spear 1880 - 1961
Angus Boyd Spear 1886 - 1963
Margaret Spear 1882 - 1972
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Angus Boyd Spear
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