Born in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel William Spurgeon
and Nancy (Kerr) Spurgeon
Sister of
Aaron Spurgeon, Rebecca Elizabeth (Spurgeon) Sutherlin, Jesse Spurgeon, Mary Emaline Spurgeon, James P. Spurgeon, Salinda Jane (Spurgeon) Moore, Elias Tilford Spurgeon, King William Spurgeon, Lorinda P. (Spurgeon) Tetrick, Francis Marion Spurgeon and Massena (Spurgeon) Dye
Wife of
William M. Mears
— married
30 Oct 1827 in Fayette County, Indiana
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin L. Mears, Artemissa Matilda (Mears) Call, James W. P. Mears, Rebecca Jane (Mears) Pee, Elizabeth America Jane (Mears) Wakefield, Levi Franklin Mears and King Andrew Mears
Died
at age 84
in Cold Spring, Shelby, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jul 2016
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Biography
Cynthia is the eldest child of Samuel Spurgeon and Nancy Kerr. Husband: William Mears (1802-1882)
Sources
- From behind the Ancestry veil record # 7725399 [1]
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHT-PKC : 30 December 2015), Cynthia Mears in entry for Wm Mears, 1860.
- Find A Grave Memorial [2]
- "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQZG-22G : 27 December 2014), Cynthia Spurgeon in entry for Levi S. Mears, 26 May 1928; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,614,424.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cynthia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cynthia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cynthia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cynthia:
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~3.12%
Nancy (Dickerson) Parton
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Robert Green :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bobup41751
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~0.78%
Linda (Brooks) Hoerner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LindaDBrooks
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~0.78%
Judi (Buckner) Dreyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QF3340619 [compare], yourDNAportal JUD898ce116, Ancestry member jhn316jd
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~0.78%
Shannon Torpey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A863696 [compare], Ancestry member ShannonTorpey
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