Spears, John

1869 - 1944  (74 years)

• Name	Spears, John
  Birth	9 Aug 1869	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1900 Census	1900	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Ed82, page 04a
  John Spears30 Mary Spears25 (sister) John Spears76 (father)
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0597
  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.
  	Spears, John Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Residence	1917	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  	1917 Plat Ellington
  Obituary	13 May 1944
  Appleton Post Crescent
  see image SpearsJohn8/9/18695/13/1944Post Crescent5/13/19447
  Death	13 May 1944	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Burial	Ellington Union Cemetery, Stephensville, Wisconsin, USA
  		Spears, John Ellington Union Cemetery, Stephensville, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I200920	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Spears, John,   b. Abt Dec 1825, , , , England d. Abt 1905, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Elliott, Elmira,   b. Abt 1842, , , New York, USA d. Abt 1895 (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F68873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart