Cora A. Spear

Last updated 7 May 2021 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: 14 Jun 1873

Died: 24 Oct 1874

Father: Thomas James "TJ" Spear (1835 – 1923)

Mother: Mary Ann Shafer (1840 – 1887)

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name

marker-cora-spear-1874: Gravestone of Cora A. Spear (1874); Valley Township Cemetery, aka Wichita Cemetery, aka Seeley Township Cemetery (Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA), unrecorded plot location; photographed 5 July 1986, privately held

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birth

marker-cora-spear-1874: Gravestone of Cora A. Spear (1874); Valley Township Cemetery, aka Wichita Cemetery, aka Seeley Township Cemetery (Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA), unrecorded plot location; photographed 5 July 1986, privately held

Comment Detail: Source includes age (1y 4m 10d) and date (Oct 24, 1874). These give a calculated birth date of 14 Jun 1873.

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death

marker-cora-spear-1874: Gravestone of Cora A. Spear (1874); Valley Township Cemetery, aka Wichita Cemetery, aka Seeley Township Cemetery (Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA), unrecorded plot location; photographed 5 July 1986, privately held

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Oct 24, 1874).

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father

marker-cora-spear-1874: Gravestone of Cora A. Spear (1874); Valley Township Cemetery, aka Wichita Cemetery, aka Seeley Township Cemetery (Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA), unrecorded plot location; photographed 5 July 1986, privately held

Comment Detail: Source identifies Cora A [Spear] as a daughter of T. J. Spear. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

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mother

marker-cora-spear-1874: Gravestone of Cora A. Spear (1874); Valley Township Cemetery, aka Wichita Cemetery, aka Seeley Township Cemetery (Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA), unrecorded plot location; photographed 5 July 1986, privately held

Comment Detail: Source identifies Cora A. [Spear] as a daughter of M. A. Spear. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

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Miscellaneous Facts

Events

Burial: at Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, United States

Cemetery: (Valley Township Cemetery) at , Guthrie County, Iowa, United States

Supporting evidence for:
events

marker-cora-spear-1874: Gravestone of Cora A. Spear (1874); Valley Township Cemetery, aka Wichita Cemetery, aka Seeley Township Cemetery (Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA), unrecorded plot location; photographed 5 July 1986, privately held

Comment Detail: Marker is located in Valley Township Cemetery, in Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa.

marker-cora-spear-1874: Gravestone of Cora A. Spear (1874); Valley Township Cemetery, aka Wichita Cemetery, aka Seeley Township Cemetery (Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA), unrecorded plot location; photographed 5 July 1986, privately held

Comment Detail: Marker is located in Valley Township Cemetery, in Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa.

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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)

FOLLOWUP

Cora's middle name may have been Adelia and she may have been born and died in Guthrie County, Iowa. [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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