Mary Ann Spear

Last updated 1 Mar 2024 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: 15 Feb 1831 in , , Ohio, United States

Father: Joseph Spear (1809 – ?)

Mother: Sarah A. Hinton (1812 – ?)

Supporting evidence for:
name

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear: Family register pages for Joseph and Sarah Spear family bible, unknown location; privately held

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Mary Ann Spear).

marriage-webber-spears-1857: Marriage affidavit and return for James Webber, Jr. and Mary Spears (1857); Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 1 Mar 2024), “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1851 - 1871”, image 139, page 276, entry 1; citing “Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages; Various Ohio County Courthouses” [This is a filled-in form record. A handwritten record is also available in the same database, path “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1852 – 1892”, image 130, left side, entry 1, but is poorly photographed and difficult to read. After some image manipulation, some text can be equated to the form.]

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Mary ⟨spelling⟩). See research notes for spelling details.

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birth

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear: Family register pages for Joseph and Sarah Spear family bible, unknown location; privately held

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Feb. 15 1831) and location (Ohio). The source also adds Noble County to the location, but that county did not exist until 11 Mar 1851, suggesting the register entry was added after that date. Otherwise they would have used the name of one of the counties that gave parts to the new Noble County.

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father

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear: Family register pages for Joseph and Sarah Spear family bible, unknown location; privately held

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source identifies Mary Ann Spear as a child of Joseph Spear.

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mother

family-bible-register-joseph-and-sarah-spear: Family register pages for Joseph and Sarah Spear family bible, unknown location; privately held

Reference Detail: Births register page

Comment Detail: Source identifies Mary Ann Spear as a child of Sarah Hinton.

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Family

Spouse/Partner: James Webber Jr. (? – ?)

Married: 31 Dec 1857 in , Noble County, Ohio, United States

Supporting evidence for:
marriage

marriage-webber-spears-1857: Marriage affidavit and return for James Webber, Jr. and Mary Spears (1857); Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 1 Mar 2024), “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1851 - 1871”, image 139, page 276, entry 1; citing “Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages; Various Ohio County Courthouses” [This is a filled-in form record. A handwritten record is also available in the same database, path “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1852 – 1892”, image 130, left side, entry 1, but is poorly photographed and difficult to read. After some image manipulation, some text can be equated to the form.]

Comment Detail: Source includes date (31 day of December A.D. 1857) and location (State of Ohio, Noble County [, USA]).

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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)

SPELLING

Surname: This database uses Spear. The marriage record for James and Mary uses the spelling Spears. [marriage-webber-spears-1857]

FOLLOWUP

Mary Ann may have been born in Belmont County, Ohio. [research-a-spear-family-history]

There is a 20-year old Mary Spear living in the home of Richard _____, and living next door to Robert and Margaret Spear (presumably Joseph's brother Robert and his wife, thus Mary's uncle and aunt) on 25 Aug 1850. However, that Mary is identified as having been born in Virginia, not Ohio.

She may have died 4 Feb 1910 in Owen County, Indiana.

Supporting evidence for:
research notes

marriage-webber-spears-1857: Marriage affidavit and return for James Webber, Jr. and Mary Spears (1857); Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 1 Mar 2024), “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1851 - 1871”, image 139, page 276, entry 1; citing “Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages; Various Ohio County Courthouses” [This is a filled-in form record. A handwritten record is also available in the same database, path “⟩ Noble ⟩ 1852 – 1892”, image 130, left side, entry 1, but is poorly photographed and difficult to read. After some image manipulation, some text can be equated to the form.]

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