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John Woodford Spears

Male 1869 - 1953  (84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Woodford Spears was born 22 Jul 1869, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA (son of Edward Ford Spears and Sallie Archer Woodford); died 12 Aug 1953, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John W Spears
    • Reference Number: 30702
    • Residence: Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1930, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward Ford Spears was born Jun 1840, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA (son of Abram Spears and Rebecca Pollock Ford); died 29 Aug 1907, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Cpt Edward Ford Spears
    • Reference Number: 30698
    • _MILT: Captain 2nd. KY INFANTRY - Confederate, Captain
    • Birth: 1840, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Birth: Jun 1840, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Paris Cemetery

    Edward married Sallie Archer Woodford 30 Oct 1866. Sallie (daughter of John Thornton Woodford and Elizabeth Hawes Buckner) was born 24 Mar 1841, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 6 Oct 1919, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sallie Archer Woodford was born 24 Mar 1841, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA (daughter of John Thornton Woodford and Elizabeth Hawes Buckner); died 6 Oct 1919, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 30706
    • Residence: Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Paris Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Mary Spears was born Oct 1868, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 2 Nov 1921, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    2. 1. John Woodford Spears was born 22 Jul 1869, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 12 Aug 1953, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    3. Elizabeth Clay Spears was born 29 Dec 1870, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 5 Oct 1948, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    4. Catesby Woodford Spears was born 24 Jul 1876, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 9 Oct 1943, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    5. Keith Young Spears was born 16 Dec 1878, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 31 Aug 1953, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Abram SpearsAbram Spears was born 5 Dec 1795, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA (son of Jacob Spears and Elizabeth Keller); died 14 Dec 1862, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 67563500
    • Reference Number: 13223
    • Residence: 1860, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Paris Cemetery

    Abram married Rebecca Pollock Ford 1824, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA. Rebecca (daughter of William Ford and Sallie (Unknown)) was born 20 Jun 1809, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 1 Aug 1856, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Rebecca Pollock FordRebecca Pollock Ford was born 20 Jun 1809, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA (daughter of William Ford and Sallie (Unknown)); died 1 Aug 1856, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 67563540
    • Reference Number: 30699
    • Birth: 1809, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Paris Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 2. Edward Ford Spears was born Jun 1840, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 29 Aug 1907, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    2. Jacob K Spears was born 29 Mar 1826, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 21 Apr 1856, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    3. William Ford Spears was born 25 Oct 1832, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 22 May 1884, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    4. Mary Spears was born 10 Mar 1843, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 7 Mar 1874, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    5. Rebecca Spears was born 1846, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    6. Henry Spears was born 15 Mar 1838, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 21 Nov 1905, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

  3. 6.  John Thornton Woodford was born 21 Aug 1812, Virginia, USA; died 20 Mar 1892, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 30707
    • Residence: 1850, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    John — Elizabeth Hawes Buckner. Elizabeth was born 5 Sep 1821, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 5 Sep 1904. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Hawes Buckner was born 5 Sep 1821, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 5 Sep 1904.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 30708
    • Residence: 1850, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Children:
    1. 3. Sallie Archer Woodford was born 24 Mar 1841, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 6 Oct 1919, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob SpearsJacob Spears was born 2 Jan 1754, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (son of Peter Henry Spears and Regina Froman); died 28 Sep 1825, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; Jacob Spears was one of the 1st distillers of bourbon and supposedly gave "bourbon" its name.
    • Reference Number: 13235
    • Residence: 1789, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1790, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; Stone Castle built by Thomas Metcalfe
    • Residence: 1810, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1820, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Jacob was the son of Henry Speers who settled in southwest Pennsylvania, 1771 on the Mononhahela near Belle Vernon and Speers, Pennsylvania.

    Jacob was a 2nd Sergant in General George Rogers Clark's campaign to the Illinois Forts. John, George, Jacob and Samuel Spears were members of the Kentucky Militia, sometimes know as the Cornstalk Militia, which was organized as necessary to protect the settlements in Kentucky from Indian raids.

    Jacob a native of Pennsylvania, emigrated to Kentucky and settled in Bourbon Co. at a very early day. The first distillery was erected circa 1790 by him. , locating on the farm now owned by W. H. Thomas.

    Jacob married Elizabeth Keller 17 Jun 1786, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham Kellar, Sr and (Unknown)) was born 10 Sep 1765, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; was christened Apr 1791; died 23 Jan 1837, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Keller was born 10 Sep 1765, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; was christened Apr 1791 (daughter of Abraham Kellar, Sr and (Unknown)); died 23 Jan 1837, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 108009173
    • Name: Betsy
    • Reference Number: 8173

    Notes:

    1786, June 12, "Dear Sir that there is a marrig intended Jacob Spears and my Daughter Eizabeth Kellar have was the Bear John Overall Will Enter as security in obtaining the Licence this from your most obedent unble ??? ??. Signed Abraham Keller. Sign John Williams Clerk of Shanadoah County." S. Copy Original Record, Shenandoah Co, VA, Located Helen Sole File, Lewis Library.

    Buried:
    New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Rachel Spears was born 2 Apr 1787, Pennsylvania, USA; died 4 Nov 1850, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    2. Solomon Spears was born 3 Mar 1790, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 2 Aug 1836, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    3. 4. Abram Spears was born 5 Dec 1795, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 14 Dec 1862, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    4. Noah L Spears was born 15 Oct 1793, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 14 May 1868, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    5. Rebecca Kent Spears was born 25 Dec 1788, Virginia, USA; died 13 Sep 1826, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    6. Sarah Spears

  3. 10.  William Ford

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 30712

    William — Sallie (Unknown). [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sallie (Unknown)

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 30713

    Children:
    1. 5. Rebecca Pollock Ford was born 20 Jun 1809, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 1 Aug 1856, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.