William L. Spear and Matilda E. Spang

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Husband William L. Spear ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Oct 1811 - Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1872 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 3

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         Father: William Lindsey Spear (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Matilda E. Spang ⁴

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            AKA: Elizabeth M. Spang 5
           Born: Abt 1815 - Bucks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Feb 1862
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 3

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         Father: Henry Spang (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Matilda E. Spear ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1837
     Christened: 
           Died: 1935
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Judge James Bredin (1831-1906) 7 8 9
           Marr: 7 Oct 1856 9

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2 M Charles W. Spear ⁵

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            AKA: Charles H. Spear 4
           Born: 1845
     Christened: 
           Died: 1909
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 3

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3 F Mary J. Spear ¹⁰

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           Born: 1849
     Christened: 
           Died: 1926
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Joseph Bancroft Bredin (1846-1907) 11 12

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4 M Frank Dixon Spear ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1851
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Aug 1879
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 3

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5 M Henry S. Spear ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

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6 F Annica H. Spear ⁵

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: George Hosford (      -      ) 4

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7 F Clarissa Spear ⁵

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            AKA: Clara Spear
           Born: 1853
     Christened: 
           Died: 1907
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 13

         Spouse: William E. Lawrence (1845-1908) 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - William L. Spear

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He was born in Huntington County, Pennsylvania, and was an iron manufacturer at Winfield Furnace. He later removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was a manufacturers agent. From there he came to Butler, Pennsylvania.

He learned the business of manufacturing pig iron with Henry Spang, whose daughter he afterward mar­ried, and following his marriage he built a furnace and forge at Rockland, in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and did a large business for those days. In 1848 he sold that plant and came to what is now Rough Run, in Winfield Township, Butler County, where he built a furnace and continued to oper­ate it until 1856. From there he moved to Ironton, Ohio, where he continued in the furnace and iron business until 1864, when he went back to Butler County. For a number of years he was in business at Tidioute, but his health failed and he retired to Butler.
He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a strong supporter of the Republican party from its beginning and in early days was inter­ested in what is termed the Underground Railroad. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, at Butler.
[TCHBC, 1043]
He and his wife had eight children, seven of them grew to maturity.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 62.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1043.

3 —, Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 3 - North Cemetery (Butler, PA: Butler County Historical Society, 1984?), Pg 11.

4 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 745.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1044.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 648, 1044.

7 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 51, 62.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 647.

9 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 744.

10 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 664, 1044.

11 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 51, 73.

12 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 644.

13 —, Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 3 - North Cemetery (Butler, PA: Butler County Historical Society, 1984?), Pg 12.