Daniel Spear

Last updated 2 Jan 2024 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: 8 Apr 1803

Died: 16 Jan 1859

Father: James Spear (? – abt 1821)

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name

land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832: Deed transfer for heirs of James Spear (1832); Belmont County Recorder, Ohio (https://belmontcountyrecorder.org/: accessed 1 Jan 2024); Instrument Number: DEED1-00000P-0168 to DEED1-00000P-0169, Book Volume P, Pages 168-169

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Comment Detail: Source includes name (Daniel Spear).

marker-daniel-spear-1859: Gravestone of Daniel Spear (1859); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 May 2021), memorial ID 41015559, photograph uploaded 27 Jun 2016; citing "Spears Cemetery (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, USA)" [from State Road 46 roughly 30 miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, turn north onto Fish Creek Rd / County Road 450W (Owen Putnam State Forest), at about 3.1 miles turn left onto Lennox Road, at about 0.3 miles turn left onto Phaedrus Road, cemetery is on the right]

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Daniel Spear).

marriage-spear-jarvis-1827: Marriage registry entry for Daniel Spear and Nancy Jarvis (1827); Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2016, record collection, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 16 Jul 2020) ⟩ “Belmont ⟩ Marriage records 1821-1832 vol 2” image 87; DGS 4016301, image 293; entry 74 (page 142); citing “Marriage Book No. 1, pages 142-143; Belmont County Probate Court, Belmont County Ohio”

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birth

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Apr. 8, 1803).

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death

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Jan. 16, 1859).

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father

Reference Detail: Lines 1-8 (names can be found elsewhere in document, sometimes spelled differently)

Comment Detail: Source identifies Daniel Spear as an heir of James Spear. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship. In common practice, the term heir usually indicates a child (or a child's spouse) of a person, as opposed to legatee, who is a named beneficiary in a will.

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Family

Spouse/Partner: Nancy Jarvis (1809 – 1882)

Married: 1 Nov 1827 in , Belmont County, Ohio, United States

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marriage

Reference Detail: Lines 1-8 (names can be found elsewhere in document, sometimes spelled differently)

Comment Detail: Source includes deed transfer date ("third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thrty two") and notes Nancy is the wife of Daniel Spear.

Comment Detail: Source includes date (1st day of November 1827) and location (State of Ohio, Belmont County).

marker-nancy-spear-1882: Gravestone of Nancy Spear (1882); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 May 2021), memorial ID 41015571, photographs upload 6 Sep 2012 and 8 Sep 2016; citing "Spears Cemetery (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, USA)" [from State Road 46 roughly 30 miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, turn north onto Fish Creek Rd / County Road 450W (Owen Putnam State Forest), at about 3.1 miles turn left onto Lennox Road, at about 0.3 miles turn left onto Phaedrus Road, cemetery is on the right]

Comment Detail: Source identifiies Nancy as a wife of Daniel Spear.

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Miscellaneous Facts

Events

Burial: at Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States

Cemetery: Spears Cemetery at Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States

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events

Comment Detail: Source includes implicit location (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana).

Comment Detail: Source includes implicit cemetery (Spears Cemetery) and location (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana).

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Attributes

Residence: at , , Ohio, United States

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attributes

Reference Detail: Lines 1-8 (names can be found elsewhere in document, sometimes spelled differently)

Comment Detail: Source includes event date ("third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two") and residence state (Ohio [, USA]). The county is given as one of two choices, either Belmont or Guernsey.

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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)

FOLLOWUP

Daniel may have been born in Virginia and died in Owen County, Indiana. [research-a-spear-family-history]

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research notes

research-a-spear-family-history: {private} Engelmann, A Spear Family History, privately printed 1988, updated 2002, 2005; privately held

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