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Adam Speirs
1834 - 1908 (73 years)
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Name Adam Speirs Born 7 Jul 1834 Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States 
Gender Male Baptism 10 Jul 1843 LIVE Died 2 Jun 1908 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Person ID I213 Speirs-Taylor Last Modified 8 Oct 2014
Father Thomas Speirs, b. 14 Jul 1804, Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland , d. 8 Jul 1877, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) Mother Mary (Polly) Cochran, b. 30 Sep 1804, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States , d. 20 Jun 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 66 years) Married 1 Dec 1828 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Family ID F72 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charlotte Clark, b. 25 Nov 1834, York, Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Nov 1902, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) Married 3 Dec 1854 Children 1. Thomas Speirs, b. 15 Feb 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 14 Jun 1857 (Age 1 years)+ 2. Mary Speirs, b. 14 Aug 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 26 Sep 1924 (Age 67 years)3. Adam Clark Speirs, b. 14 Aug 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 1 Nov 1917 (Age 58 years)4. George Alfred Speirs, b. 15 Oct 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 19 Sep 1934, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 73 years)5. Arthur Speirs, b. 9 Apr 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 27 Apr 1871 (Age 9 years)6. Ernest Speirs, b. 10 Jan 1865, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 28 Sep 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 70 years)7. Effie Speirs, b. 31 Oct 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 22 Nov 1956, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 86 years)8. Edna Charlotte Speirs, b. 5 Apr 1875, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 15 Apr 1882 (Age 7 years)+ 9. Edgar Franklin Speirs, b. 29 Sep 1877, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 26 Aug 1944, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 66 years)Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 Family ID F75 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 7 Jul 1834 - Bridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States 
Died - 2 Jun 1908 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Adam Speirs
Photograph taken by C. R. Savage of Salt Lake City, Utah
Source:
LDS Church History Library; Title: Portrait of Adam Speirs; Call Number: PH 1700 992; Identifier: PH 1700 992/f0001
Adam Speirs, 1834-1908
Adam was a High Priest; teacher; bishop’s counselor; bishop of 21st ward, Salt Lake City. City councilman; police judge at Salt Lake. Indian war veteran. Blacksmith and merchant. Died June 2, 1908, Salt Lake City.
Source:
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1177
Documents 
The Family of Thomas and Mary (Cockran) Speirs in the Mormon Migration
Thomas and Mary, along with their family, migrated with the Saints to Utah with the Willard Richards Company. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley from 10-19 October 1848.
Source:
https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/2/willard-richards-company
Thomas and Mary Speirs's Family in the LDS Church Membership
This record shows the membership of Thomas, Mary, and their five children in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints during the early days of the church.
Source:
Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
1850 US Census and the Household of Thomas and Mary Speirs
Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory
Thomas Spears, 47 years old; blacksmith; born in Scotland
Mary Spears, 46 years old; born in Maine
Mary Spears, 20 years old; born in Pennsylvania
Adam Spears, 17 years old; born in Pennsylvania
George Spears, 15 years old; born in Pennsylvania
Henry Spears, 13 years old; born in Pennsylvania
Orson Spears, 12 years old; born in Pennsylvania
William Spears, 9 years old; born in Illinois
Source:
Year: 1850; Census Place: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 73B; Image: 150
The Probate Record of Thomas Speirs
Thomas died without a will. Through this an extensive probate file of 150 pages was created in which all of his possible heirs had to be notified. His estate was valued at around $4000 in 1877 (equivalent to just under $90,000 in 2016). Adam Speirs, Thomas' son, was the petitioner for the estate.
1840 US Census
Hancock County, Illinois (probably Nauvoo)
William Spears Household
1 male 40-50.....47- William (1793)
1 fem 60-70..........unknown
1 fem 70-80......73- Mary Tait Speirs (1767)
George Spears Household
1 male 40-50.....41- George (1799)
1 fem 30-40......37- Sarah Churchfield (1803)
1 male 0-5........4- William (1836)
1 male 0-5...........unknown
1 fem 0-5.........2- Margaret (1838
1 fem 60-70..........unknown
Thos Spears Household
1 male 30-40.....36- Thomas (1804)
1 fem 20-30......36- Polly Cochran (1804)
1 fem 10-15......10- Mary (1830)
1 male 5-10.......6- Adam (1834)
1 male 0-5........4- George (1836)
1 male 0-5........3- Henry (1837)
1 male 0-5........2- Orson (1838)
Histories 
Speirs Family Reunion held July 14, 1905
A summary of Thomas and Mary Speirs lives
Entry for Adam Speirs and Charlotte Clark
"Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" by Frank Esshom published 1913
Adam Speirs, A Prominent Man
A brief history of Adam Speirs and his activity in the LDS Church.
Source:
Jenson, Andrew. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901.