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Mary Speirs
1830 - 1911 (81 years)
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Name Mary Speirs Born 16 Oct 1830 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States 
Gender Female Baptism 10 Jun 1849 LIVE Reference Number 4VM8-MF Died 24 Dec 1911 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Buried Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Person ID I212 Speirs-Taylor Last Modified 12 Oct 2016
Father Thomas Speirs, b. 14 Jul 1804, Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland , d. 8 Jul 1877, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) Mother Mary (Polly) Cochran, b. 30 Sep 1804, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States , d. 20 Jun 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 66 years) Married 1 Dec 1828 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Family ID F72 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Andrew Jackson Pendleton, b. 19 Mar 1830, Greenwood, Steuben, New York, United States , d. 28 Jun 1908, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 78 years) Married 12 Nov 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Children 1. Alice Pendleton, b. 3 Feb 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. Bef 1873 (Age < 19 years)2. Mary Pendleton, b. 24 Apr 1854, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. Bef 1874 (Age < 19 years)3. Andrew Jackson Pendleton Jr, b. 22 Nov 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 3 Jun 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)4. Ella Pendleton, b. 23 Mar 1869, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 1 Aug 1936 (Age 67 years)Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 Family ID F74 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 16 Oct 1830 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States 
Married - 12 Nov 1851 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Died - 24 Dec 1911 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Buried - - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
The Family of Thomas and Mary (Cockran) Speirs in the Mormon Migration
Thomas and Mary, along with their family, migrated with the Saints to Utah with the Willard Richards Company. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley from 10-19 October 1848.
Source:
https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/2/willard-richards-company
Thomas and Mary Speirs's Family in the LDS Church Membership
This record shows the membership of Thomas, Mary, and their five children in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints during the early days of the church.
Source:
Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
1850 US Census and the Household of Thomas and Mary Speirs
Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory
Thomas Spears, 47 years old; blacksmith; born in Scotland
Mary Spears, 46 years old; born in Maine
Mary Spears, 20 years old; born in Pennsylvania
Adam Spears, 17 years old; born in Pennsylvania
George Spears, 15 years old; born in Pennsylvania
Henry Spears, 13 years old; born in Pennsylvania
Orson Spears, 12 years old; born in Pennsylvania
William Spears, 9 years old; born in Illinois
Source:
Year: 1850; Census Place: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 73B; Image: 150
The Probate Record of Thomas Speirs
Thomas died without a will. Through this an extensive probate file of 150 pages was created in which all of his possible heirs had to be notified. His estate was valued at around $4000 in 1877 (equivalent to just under $90,000 in 2016). Adam Speirs, Thomas' son, was the petitioner for the estate.
1840 US Census
Hancock County, Illinois (probably Nauvoo)
William Spears Household
1 male 40-50.....47- William (1793)
1 fem 60-70..........unknown
1 fem 70-80......73- Mary Tait Speirs (1767)
George Spears Household
1 male 40-50.....41- George (1799)
1 fem 30-40......37- Sarah Churchfield (1803)
1 male 0-5........4- William (1836)
1 male 0-5...........unknown
1 fem 0-5.........2- Margaret (1838
1 fem 60-70..........unknown
Thos Spears Household
1 male 30-40.....36- Thomas (1804)
1 fem 20-30......36- Polly Cochran (1804)
1 fem 10-15......10- Mary (1830)
1 male 5-10.......6- Adam (1834)
1 male 0-5........4- George (1836)
1 male 0-5........3- Henry (1837)
1 male 0-5........2- Orson (1838)
Histories 
Speirs Family Reunion held July 14, 1905
A summary of Thomas and Mary Speirs lives