Bennett Spear, Jr.

Birth Date

1820-02-02

Death Date

1892-10-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Adaline Spear. Father of Isaac Spear, Ann Spear, Elizabeth Spear, Levi Spear, William Spear, and Lorenzo Spear. Farmer in Monroe County in 1850. Farmer in Monroe County in 1860. Enrolled in the military (U.S.A.) in February 1864. Served in the Monroe County Militia (Kentucky National Legion) as lieutenant in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 388B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 16.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, Precinct 6, p. 180A.
Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911, Monroe County, May 29, 1859 (accessed via ancestry.com).
Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, Film # 7016182, Monroe County, March 24, 1917, File #9026 (accessed via ancestry.com).
Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, Film # 7016217, Monroe County, February 18, 1919, File #7604 (accessed via ancestry.com).
Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, 7016193, Monroe County, February 7, 1916 (accessed via ancestry.com).
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Monroe County, KY, February 1864 (accessed via ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Bennett Spear (1820)-(1892)," Memorial #9564572, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9564572 (accessed September 24, 2018).
KYR-0001-008-0002.

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