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George Spears
1799 - 1846 (46 years)-
Name George Spears Born 17 Oct 1799 Berkshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Died 13 Oct 1846 Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States - 12 Nov 1846 in Winter Quarters of chills and dysentery, Film #0928,352 Record of Cutley's Park, Pottawattamie Cemetery Records, Iowa.
Buried Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Person ID I456 Speirs-Taylor Last Modified 11 Jan 2017
Father Adam Speirs, b. 1765, Blainslie, Scottish Borders, Scotland , d. Dec 1837, Beaver Dam, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 72 years) Mother Mary Tait, b. Abt 1767, Scotland , d. Jan 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age ~ 75 years) Married 15 Apr 1791 Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland [1] Notes - 9/30/2016 - No birth record for William Spears in Roxburghshire. Good records. LDS film 1067946. Roland Astorga
Family ID F69 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Ann Churchfield, b. 3 Jan 1803, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Bef 1867, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States (Age 63 years) Married Abt 1835 Children + 1. William Spears, b. 3 Sep 1836, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 7 Jan 1911, Minden, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States (Age 74 years)+ 2. Margaret Spears, b. 1 Feb 1838, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 19 Aug 1915, Logan, Harrison, Iowa, United States (Age 77 years)+ 3. Agnes Jane Spears, b. 9 Sep 1841, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States , d. 22 Jul 1917, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States (Age 75 years)+ 4. Joseph George Spears, b. 5 Apr 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States , d. 27 Nov 1919 (Age 74 years)Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 Family ID F176 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Died - 13 Oct 1846 - Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States 
Buried - - Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
1799 Baptism Record for George Spiers
Church of Scotland, Parish Church of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Apr 27th 1799
George Son of Adam Spiers and Mary [Tait] Scott, Blainslie, born 26 October 1799
Witnesses George Sanmill and George Henderson
Melrose is immediately south of Blainslie
1830 US Census
South Ward, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. page 19
George Speirs Household
--no count of occupants recorded by enumerator
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)
Headstones 
The Memorial Marker for George Spears in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
George Spears
Birth: Oct. 17, 1799
Duns, Scotland
Death: Oct. 13, 1846
Winter Quarters / Florence
Douglas County
Nebraska, USA
Inscription:
AT CUTLER'S PARK
AFTER SEPTEMBER 1846
Find A Grave Memorial# 38094057
Histories 
Recollections of William Henry Harrison Spears about Thomas Speirs
William is the son of William, son of Thomas Speirs.
Brief Notes on the Life of George Speirs
George was a boilermaker and lost his eye to a work accident.
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Notes - Need further research to clarify this is the right George Speirs/Spears:
This record, Inscriptions Found on Tombstones and Monuments in Early Latter-day Saint Burial Grounds, lists Hyrum as the father's name.
Name: Geo Spear
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1799
Birth Place: Berkshire, Scotland
Death Date: 12 Nov 1846
Age at Death: 47
Father: Hyrum Spear
Mother: Mary Spear
Spouse: Sarah Spear
Cemetery or Monument: Winter Quarters Monument
Cemetery Location: Cutler's Park, Nebraska
Source: JENSON, ANDREW. "THE TRAGEDY AT WINTER QUARTERS." THE DESERET NEWS. 12 Sept 1936, p.5
Book Section: Alphabetical Listing of Saints Buried at Winter Quarters, Nebraska
- Need further research to clarify this is the right George Speirs/Spears:
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Sources - [S54] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.
Name: Adam Speirs
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 15 Apr 1791
Marriage Place: Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland
Spouse: Mary Tait
FHL Film Number: 1067946
- [S54] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.