William Seiger Spears
Sex: M
Birth: 19 FEB 1828 in Bedford, TN
Death: 14 MAY 1916 in Newton Co, AR
Burial: Sandhill Cemetery

Note: In 1860 US Census AR, Carroll Co., Carrollton, William S age 32 b TN, Mary G. age 30 b TN, John R. age 12 b AR, Thomas P age 9 b AR, Agnes J age 6 b AR, Sarah E. age 4 b AR, Samule P age 3 b Ar, WilliamD age 1 b AR.

Father: John T. Spears b: 22 FEB 1807 in AL
Mother: Agnes White b: 29 OCT 1809 in NC

Marriage 1 Mary Green Dickens b: 6 JAN 1830 in Gibson, TN
Married: 1847 in AR

Children
John Richard Spears b: 3 JUN 1848 in Newton Co, AR
Thomas Pascal Spears b: 23 APR 1849 in Newton Co, AR
Samuel Pleasent Spears b: 8 FEB 1855 in Yardelle, Newton, Arkansas, USA
Agnes Jane Spears b: 2 JUL 1857 in Newton Co, AR
Sarah Elizabeth Spears b: 26 MAR 1858 in Newton Co, AR
William D. Spears b: ABT 1859 in Newton Co, AR
Siegel Alexander Spears b: 15 MAR 1864 in Newton Co, AR
Joseph Marion Spears b: 14 JUN 1867 in Newton Co, AR
Harriett A. Spears b: 14 JAN 1870 in Newton Co, AR
Martha Isabelle Spears b: 30 AUG 1873 in Newton Co, AR
Margaret E. Spears b: 16 MAR 1878 in Newton Co, AR
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William Siegel Spears, son of John Thomas and Martha Agness White Spears, was born February 19, 1928 at Bedford, Tennessee. He married Mary Green Dickens on March 17, 1847 at Carrolton Township in Carroll County, Arkansas. He appeard on the census of September 20, 1850 in Carrolton Township, Carroll, Arkansas. He was 22 years old farmer and married. He and Mary had one son, Richard. Levi Brackett age 25 was living in the household. Levi was a laborer. On the June 29, 1860 census William was a 32 year old farmer still married to Mary. They were living in Carrolton Township. By that time they had six children: John Richard, Thomas P., Agnes J., Sarah F., Samuel P., and William D. By the time of the June 27, 1870 census they had moved to Prairie Township in Newton County, Arkansas. He was 42 years old and they had had two more children: Joseph M. and Harriet. On the census of July 1, 1880, they were living at Prairie Township and only five of their children were living with them. Their neighbors included Pleasant Spears and Richard S. Spears. On June 5, 1900, William and Mary were living in Prairie Township. On July 12, 1902, William's wife died and was buried at Sandhill Cemetery. On the April 15, 1910 census record, William is shown as an 82 year old widower living at Western Grove Township in Newton County, Arkansas. He was living with his daughter, Margaret Ella and her husband, Wyatt Shaddox. William Seigel Spears died on May 14, 1916 at Western Grove in Newton, Arkansas. He was 88 years old and was buried at Sandhill Cemetery in Yardelle.