Sergeant
David
Spears
Born about in Shelby County, Ohio, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 89
in Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 May 2019
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Biography
David Spears is a part of US Black heritage.
Sergeant David Spears was Wounded in Action during United States Civil War.
Private David Spears served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 13 May 1863
Mustered out: 29 Aug 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company A, 55th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)
Enlisted: 13 May 1863
Mustered out: 29 Aug 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company A, 55th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)
David was born about 1844. He was 19 when he enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] He was wounded in the Battle of Honey Hill, but recovered and rejoined his unit. [2]
He died 18 May 1933 at his home in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, after being burnt from a lantern that caught fire when he lit it.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
- ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
- ↑ Death: "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
citing Xenia, Greene, Ohio, reference fn 27734; FHL microfilm 1,992,874.
FamilySearch Record: X6Q4-MV2 (accessed 22 September 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9PKN-KV5
David Spears death 18 May 1933 (born unknown) in Xenia, Greene, Ohio.
- Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War (Norwood Press, Norwood, 1931); Vol IV; pg. 721.
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Rejected matches › David Robertson Spires (1842-) › David Spear (abt.1846-abt.1900) › David Martin Sparks (1846-1928)
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