Spears, John

Other Events:

• 1900 Census: 1900, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; Ed82, page 04a
• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0597
• Residence: 1917, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 13 May 1944; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

1900 Census:
John Spears30
Mary Spears25 (sister)
John Spears76 (father)

Biography:
JOHN SPEARS, who carries on general farming operations in Ellington township, and makes a specialty of breeding high grade Guernsey cattle, is a native of Outagamie county and a son of John Spears, who was born in England. John Spears, the father, came to America when twenty-five years of age, and during the ten years that followed he lived at various places in the United States. He came to Outagamie county in 1858, buying land in Ellington township, on which he resided for many years, but eventually sold and moved on the farm now owned by his son, and here his death occurred in 1905. He was married in 1868 to Elmira Elliott, born in 1842, in Wisconsin, of English parentage, her father having been a participant in the War of 1812, and she died on the farm in 1895. Mr. Spears enlisted for service in the Federal army during the War of the Rebellion, and at its close received an honorable discharge. He and his wife had three boys and two girls, all living except one, who died in infancy. John Spears was born in 1869, on his father's farm, and he received his education in the district schools of the neighborhood, his youth being spent much the same as that of other farmer's boys of that time. He continued to work on his father's farm until he was twenty years of age, at which time he started out to make his own way in the world and took charge of his father's property, which he purchased in 1896. He does general farming and dairying, making a specialty of Guernsey cattle, and he is a prominent member of the Guernsey Cattle Breeders' Association. He is progressive in his political views and has served for upwards of fifteen years as road commissioner. His religious connection is with the Congregational Church of Illington, in which he is deacon and superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Spears has never married.

Obituary:
see image SpearsJohn8/9/18695/13/1944Post Crescent5/13/19447