John Dennis Spear

Last updated 17 Feb 2024 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: Dec 1868 in , , Indiana, United States

Died: Aug 1869

Father: David Harrison Spear (1840 – 1917)

Mother: Eunice Jane Johnson (abt 1844 – 1877)

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name

census-us-1870-ms-in-huntington-jackson-1: 1870 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Indiana, Huntington County, Jackson Township, page 1; Indiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880, database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 17 Feb 2024), DFN 7834000, image 377; citing “Indiana State Library; 1870 US Census Mortality Schedule” [Citation is for “right” page only. The downloaded image also includes the town of Huntington on the left page.]

Reference Detail: Line 1, family 2 (family associates this person with 1870 US Census record for the same location)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Spear, John Dennis).

obituary-david-spear-1917: Obituary for David H. Spear (1917); “Obituary,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 4 Jan 2024), “⟩ United States ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Atwood ⟩ The Square Deal ⟩ 1917 ⟩ November ⟩ Nov 29 1917, Thu ⟩ Page 1”, column 1; citing “The Square Deal (Atwood, Kansas), 29 Nov 1917 (Thursday), page 1, column 1” [This source replaces an identical obituary found in The Citizen-Patriot, Atwood, Kansas, 29 Nov 1917, p.1, c.1, originally accessed from Newspapers.com on 30 Apr 2021, but which has some apparent typographical errors.]

Comment Detail: Source includes name (John [Spear]).

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birth

census-us-1870-ms-in-huntington-jackson-1: 1870 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Indiana, Huntington County, Jackson Township, page 1; Indiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880, database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 17 Feb 2024), DFN 7834000, image 377; citing “Indiana State Library; 1870 US Census Mortality Schedule” [Citation is for “right” page only. The downloaded image also includes the town of Huntington on the left page.]

Reference Detail: Line 1, family 2 (family associates this person with 1870 US Census record for the same location)

Comment Detail: Source includes age (8/12 [8 months]) and location (Indiana [, USA]).. Using his death month of August and the implied year of 1869, this gives a date of Dec 1868.

obituary-david-spear-1917: Obituary for David H. Spear (1917); “Obituary,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 4 Jan 2024), “⟩ United States ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Atwood ⟩ The Square Deal ⟩ 1917 ⟩ November ⟩ Nov 29 1917, Thu ⟩ Page 1”, column 1; citing “The Square Deal (Atwood, Kansas), 29 Nov 1917 (Thursday), page 1, column 1” [This source replaces an identical obituary found in The Citizen-Patriot, Atwood, Kansas, 29 Nov 1917, p.1, c.1, originally accessed from Newspapers.com on 30 Apr 2021, but which has some apparent typographical errors.]

Comment Detail: Source implies estimated birth year ([about 1869]). This was estimated based on the implied order of births for David and Eunice's children, the birth dates of those children, and the marriage year of 1864 for David Spear and Eunice Johnson.

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death

census-us-1870-ms-in-huntington-jackson-1: 1870 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Indiana, Huntington County, Jackson Township, page 1; Indiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880, database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 17 Feb 2024), DFN 7834000, image 377; citing “Indiana State Library; 1870 US Census Mortality Schedule” [Citation is for “right” page only. The downloaded image also includes the town of Huntington on the left page.]

Reference Detail: Line 1, family 2 (family associates this person with 1870 US Census record for the same location)

Comment Detail: Source includes month (August) and implied year of 1869.

obituary-david-spear-1917: Obituary for David H. Spear (1917); “Obituary,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 4 Jan 2024), “⟩ United States ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Atwood ⟩ The Square Deal ⟩ 1917 ⟩ November ⟩ Nov 29 1917, Thu ⟩ Page 1”, column 1; citing “The Square Deal (Atwood, Kansas), 29 Nov 1917 (Thursday), page 1, column 1” [This source replaces an identical obituary found in The Citizen-Patriot, Atwood, Kansas, 29 Nov 1917, p.1, c.1, originally accessed from Newspapers.com on 30 Apr 2021, but which has some apparent typographical errors.]

Comment Detail: Source implies estimated death year ([about 1870]). The estimate is based on his birth year of 1869, and the note that John died as an infant, which is estimated at 1 year old.

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father

census-us-1870-ms-in-huntington-jackson-1: 1870 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Indiana, Huntington County, Jackson Township, page 1; Indiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880, database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 17 Feb 2024), DFN 7834000, image 377; citing “Indiana State Library; 1870 US Census Mortality Schedule” [Citation is for “right” page only. The downloaded image also includes the town of Huntington on the left page.]

Reference Detail: Line 1, family 2 (family associates this person with 1870 US Census record for the same location)

Comment Detail: Source implies John Dennis Spear is a child of David Spear. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

obituary-david-spear-1917: Obituary for David H. Spear (1917); “Obituary,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 4 Jan 2024), “⟩ United States ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Atwood ⟩ The Square Deal ⟩ 1917 ⟩ November ⟩ Nov 29 1917, Thu ⟩ Page 1”, column 1; citing “The Square Deal (Atwood, Kansas), 29 Nov 1917 (Thursday), page 1, column 1” [This source replaces an identical obituary found in The Citizen-Patriot, Atwood, Kansas, 29 Nov 1917, p.1, c.1, originally accessed from Newspapers.com on 30 Apr 2021, but which has some apparent typographical errors.]

Comment Detail: Source identifies John [Spear] as a biological child of David H. Spear.

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mother

census-us-1870-ms-in-huntington-jackson-1: 1870 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Indiana, Huntington County, Jackson Township, page 1; Indiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880, database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 17 Feb 2024), DFN 7834000, image 377; citing “Indiana State Library; 1870 US Census Mortality Schedule” [Citation is for “right” page only. The downloaded image also includes the town of Huntington on the left page.]

Reference Detail: Line 1, family 2 (family associates this person with 1870 US Census record for the same location)

Comment Detail: Source implies John Dennis Spear is a child of Eunice Spear. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

obituary-david-spear-1917: Obituary for David H. Spear (1917); “Obituary,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 4 Jan 2024), “⟩ United States ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Atwood ⟩ The Square Deal ⟩ 1917 ⟩ November ⟩ Nov 29 1917, Thu ⟩ Page 1”, column 1; citing “The Square Deal (Atwood, Kansas), 29 Nov 1917 (Thursday), page 1, column 1” [This source replaces an identical obituary found in The Citizen-Patriot, Atwood, Kansas, 29 Nov 1917, p.1, c.1, originally accessed from Newspapers.com on 30 Apr 2021, but which has some apparent typographical errors.]

Comment Detail: Source identifies John [Spear] as a biological child of Jane Johnson.

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