Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM SEIGEL1 SPEARS (JOHN THOMASA, SAMUELB, WILLIAMC, JAMESD) was born February 19, 1828 in Bedford Co. Tennnessee, and died May 14, 1916 in Western Grove, Newton Co. Arkansas. He married MARY GREEN DICKENS March 17, 1847.

Children of WILLIAM SPEARS and MARY DICKENS are:

i. JOHN RICHARD2 SPEARS, b. June 03, 1848, Arkansas; d. November 24, 1932, Stigler, Haskell Co., Oklahoma; m. CARNELIA H. VAN, July 13, 1873.

ii. THOMAS PASCAL SPEARS, b. May 23, 1849, Arkansas; d. May 23, 1925, Carroll Co., Arkansas; m. CYNTHIA DRAKE, May 14, 1872, Newton Co., Arkansas.

iii. AGNES JANE SPEARS, b. July 02, 1851, Yardell, Newton Co., Arkansas; d. June 05, 1919, Onapa, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma; m. ASA WILLIAMS, August 08, 1872, Yardell, Newton Co., Arkansas.

iv. SAMUEL PLEASANT SPEARS, b. February 08, 1855, Yardell, Newton Co., Arkansas; d. April 25, 1917, Hoyt, Haskell Co., Oklahoma; m. (1) SARAH ELIZABETH RAMSEY, October 12, 1876, Newton Co. Arkansas; m. (2) MARTHA STEELE, Aft. 1896.

v. SARAH ELIZABETH SPEARS, b. March 26, 1858, Arkansas; d. January 10, 1946, Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma; m. ZEPHUEL DANIEL "ZEFF" GAMBLIN, July 22, 1873, Newton Co. Arkansas.

Marriage Notes for SARAH SPEARS and ZEPHUEL GAMBLIN:
The marriage was performed by Samuel H. Spears Uncle to Sarah.

vi. WILLIAM D. SPEARS, b. 1859.

vii. SEAGLE ALEXANDER SPEARS, b. November 1864, Prairie Township Newton Co. Arkansas; d. October 10, 1927; m. (1) EMILY SHADDOX, November 14, 1886, Newton Co. Arkansas; m. (2) LOVIE LOUISE FORTNER, August 30, 1889, Newton Co. Arkansas.

viii. JOSEPH MARION SPEARS, b. June 14, 1867, Yardell, Newton Co., Arkansas; d. September 23, 1941, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California; m. LOU VICIE ROBINSON, September 18, 1890, Yardell, Newton Co., Arkansas.

ix. HARRIET ADELINE SPEARS, b. January 14, 1870, Arkansas; d. November 08, 1948, McDonald Co., Missouri; m. BRADEN CLARK, View Marriage Record

x. MARTHA J. ISABELLE SPEARS, b. August 30, 1873, Newton Co. Arkansas; d. November 07, 1959, Yardell, Newton Co., Arkansas; m. LEWIS S. ROBINSON, August 07, 1892, Newton Co. Arkansas.

xi. MARGURET ELLER SPEARS, b. March 16, 1878, Newton Co. Arkansas; d. September 26, 1955, Western Grove, Newton Co., Arkansas; m. WILLIAM WYATT SHADDOX, September 29, 1899, Newton Co. Arkansas

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