SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER.
MY FATHER HAS ALWAYS SPELLED HIS NAME SPIER-BUT IN THE ::1880 CENSUS on LDS-FAMILY SEARCH , IT
SHOWED HIS FATHER'S NAME SPELLED ::: SPEARS.
ALSO ON THE CENSUS IT SHOWED HIM AS A STEPSON
OF:::WILLIAM WHEELER. MY GRANDFATHERS NAME IS
THOMAS RICHARD SPEARS ( SPIER ) AT THE TIME OF THE CENSUS IT STATED HE WAS 19 YEARS OF AGE &
THAT HE WAS BORN IN 1861 in GEORGIA. I THINK THE
CENSUS WAS TAKEN IN ARKANSAS--BUT NOT SURE.
THE CENSUS ALSO SHOWS HIS MOTHERS NAME & OTHER CHILDREN.
IF ANY ONE HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FAMILY-- I
WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFULL. IT SEEMS THIS INFO IS VERY SCARCE.
THOMAS WAS MARRIED TWO TIMES-OR THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HIS 1st MARRIAGE. HIS 2nd MARRIAGE WAS TO MY GRANDMOTHER: HARRIET REBECCA (BECKY) WARD.
MY FATHERS NAME IS JOHNNY BAPTIST SPIER m: JEWEL DOROTHY LANCASTER. HIS siblings are:: LEOLA SPIER m:
A. CROW, WILLIAM SEBREN SPIER m: PEARL LANCASTER.
JOHN, LEOLA & WILLIAM WERE BORN IN OKLAHOMA.
THANKS FOR ANY & ALL INFORMATION.