Agnes Jane Spears

1841 - 1917  (75 years)

• Name	Agnes Jane Spears
  Born	9 Sep 1841	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Jul 1917	Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
  Buried	24 Jul 1917	Valley View Cemetery, Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States
  Person ID	I558	Speirs-Taylor
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	George Spears,   b. 17 Oct 1799, Berkshire, Scotland ,   d. 13 Oct 1846, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Churchfield,   b. 3 Jan 1803, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. Bef 1867, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States  (Age 63 years)
  Married	Abt 1835
  Family ID	F176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Anslisy Graybill,   b. 28 Jul 1840, Adams, Illinois, United States ,   d. 14 Mar 1920, Harrison, Iowa, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1861	Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
  Children	1. Louvina Jane Graybill,   b. 9 Nov 1862, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 3 Feb 1943, Woodward, Oklahoma, United States  (Age 80 years)   2. Louisa Ann Graybill,   b. 19 Feb 1864, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 17 Apr 1943  (Age 79 years)   3. Margaret Matilda Graybill,   b. 28 Oct 1865, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 13 Dec 1953  (Age 88 years)   4. George A Graybill,   b. 10 Aug 1867, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 10 Sep 1884  (Age 17 years)   5. Simeon Peter Graybill,   b. 14 Jan 1870, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 9 Mar 1947  (Age 77 years)   6. William A Jr Graybill,   b. 17 Sep 1872, Walker's Grove, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 26 Aug 1917  (Age 44 years)   7. Clarence Elmer Graybill,   b. 28 Jul 1875, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 28 Jul   8. Maude A Graybill,   b. 27 Nov 1881, Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States ,   d. 11 Mar 1882  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Sep 1841 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Married - 8 Jan 1861 - Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Died - 22 Jul 1917 - Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  1851 Iowa State Census and the Household of George and Sarah Sweat Pottawattamie, Iowa George Sweat, 39 years old Sarah A Sweat, 38 years old Henry Sweat, 14 years old Kesiah Sweat, 12 year old female Robert Sweat, 10 year old male Phebe Sweat, 7 year old female William Spears, 15 year old male Margarett Spears, 13 year old female Agnes Spears, 10 year old female Joseph G Spears, 6 year old male Sarah A. Sweat, 2-m, 2 year old female Josephus Sweat, 1/6 year old male This document also shows the family of Eller and Margaret Stoker with their daughter Lovina who married William Spears, son of George and Sarah A. Spears. Source: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

  
  

  Histories

  1891 History of Harrison County Iowa and William A. Graybill A history, including the ancestry and family, of William A. Graybill of Harrison County, Iowa.

  
  

• Notes

  NAME: William Graybill's second name appears as Ameliey or Amlisy. William & Agnes Jane Speirs (also spelled Spears) Graybill were members of the LDS church as were their children, Margaret & Simeon Peter. Luvina (also spelled Louvina) was not a member but expressed the wish to be one.William Jr belonged to no church and the affiliation of the other three is not known. Their child George died when 17 because of cancer of the throat.