George Spears

Male 1799 - 1846  (46 years)


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  • Name George Spears 
    Born 17 Oct 1799  Berkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Oct 1846  Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 12 Nov 1846 in Winter Quarters of chills and dysentery, Film #0928,352 Record of Cutley's Park, Pottawattamie Cemetery Records, Iowa.
    Buried Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I456  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2017 

    Father Adam Speirs,   b. 1765, Blainslie, Scottish Borders, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1837, Beaver Dam, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Tait,   b. Abt 1767, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1791  Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • 9/30/2016 - No birth record for William Spears in Roxburghshire. Good records. LDS film 1067946. Roland Astorga
    Family ID F69  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ann Churchfield,   b. 3 Jan 1803, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1867, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married Abt 1835 
    Children 
    +1. William Spears,   b. 3 Sep 1836, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1911, Minden, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +2. Margaret Spears,   b. 1 Feb 1838, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1915, Logan, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +3. Agnes Jane Spears,   b. 9 Sep 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1917, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +4. Joseph George Spears,   b. 5 Apr 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1919  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Oct 1846 - Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1799 Baptism Record for George Spiers
    1799 Baptism Record for George Spiers
    Church of Scotland, Parish Church of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Apr 27th 1799
    George Son of Adam Spiers and Mary [Tait] Scott, Blainslie, born 26 October 1799
    Witnesses George Sanmill and George Henderson

    Melrose is immediately south of Blainslie
    1830 US Census
    1830 US Census
    South Ward, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. page 19

    George Speirs Household
    --no count of occupants recorded by enumerator
    1840 US Census
    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)

    Headstones
    The Memorial Marker for George Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
    The Memorial Marker for George Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
    George Spears
    Birth: Oct. 17, 1799
    Duns, Scotland
    Death: Oct. 13, 1846
    Winter Quarters / Florence
    Douglas County
    Nebraska, USA

    Inscription:
    AT CUTLER'S PARK
    AFTER SEPTEMBER 1846

    Find A Grave Memorial# 38094057

    Histories
    Recollections of William Henry Harrison Spears about Thomas Speirs
    Recollections of William Henry Harrison Spears about Thomas Speirs
    William is the son of William, son of Thomas Speirs.
    Brief Notes on the Life of George Speirs
    Brief Notes on the Life of George Speirs
    George was a boilermaker and lost his eye to a work accident.

  • Notes 
    • Need further research to clarify this is the right George Speirs/Spears:

      This record, Inscriptions Found on Tombstones and Monuments in Early Latter-day Saint Burial Grounds, lists Hyrum as the father's name.
      Name: Geo Spear
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 17 Oct 1799
      Birth Place: Berkshire, Scotland
      Death Date: 12 Nov 1846
      Age at Death: 47
      Father: Hyrum Spear
      Mother: Mary Spear
      Spouse: Sarah Spear
      Cemetery or Monument: Winter Quarters Monument
      Cemetery Location: Cutler's Park, Nebraska
      Source: JENSON, ANDREW. "THE TRAGEDY AT WINTER QUARTERS." THE DESERET NEWS. 12 Sept 1936, p.5
      Book Section: Alphabetical Listing of Saints Buried at Winter Quarters, Nebraska

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.
      Name: Adam Speirs
      Gender: Male
      Marriage Date: 15 Apr 1791
      Marriage Place: Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland
      Spouse: Mary Tait
      FHL Film Number: 1067946