Elizabeth Spears

Elizabeth Spears (maiden name: Powell) married William Spears on September 15, 1853, in Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio. The couple separated sometime before 1860, although they never formally divorced. Witnesses reported that she took several husbands after separating from William. The special examiner for the Spears' pension found that she had received pension money for a man named Thomas Young, and that she died around 1875.

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Name:Spears, Elizabeth
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  • Powell, Elizabeth (alternative name)
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  • Spouse
Gender:F
Race:Black
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Death date:1875 or 1876
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Person 1Relation TypePerson 2
Spears, Elizabethwife ofSpears, William
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Pension Records for William Spears, RG15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; Ohio Marriage Records for Elizabeth Powell and William Spears, accessed through Ancestry.com.