Robert F. Spearman (1831 - 1885)

Born 10 Aug 1831 in South Carolina, United States

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Died 16 Jan 1885 at age 53 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

When Robert F. Spearman was born on August 10, 1831, in South Carolina, his father, Thomas, was 26 and his mother, Emily, was 27; he had one brother and eight sisters. Robert married twice, first to Mary J. Bryson, their known children are:

• William 'Willie' T. (1857–1923)^[1]
• Charles 'Charlie' F. (1859–)
• Laura (1862–)
• Jack (1863–)

She died before 1870 and he remarried to widow Talitha N. (Boazman) Boazman; they had at least one son:

• James Watts (1875–1938)^[2]

He died on January 16, 1885, in Laurens, South Carolina, at the age of 53, and was buried in Cross Hill, South Carolina.^[3]

MILITARY:
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865^[4]
Name: R.F. Spearman
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: South Carolina
Regiment: Cavalry Battalion, Holcombe Legion, South Carolina
Company: C
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M381 roll 30

BURIAL^[5]
Watts Family Cemetery
Cross Hill, Laurens County, South Carolina

1850^[6]
Name: Robert Spearman
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1831
Home in 1850: Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 45
Household Members:

Thomas Spearman 45

Emily Spearman 46

Robert Spearman 19

Ann Priscilla 16

Margaret Priscilla 15

Candis Priscilla 11

Francis Priscilla 9

Caroline Priscilla 7

Susan Priscilla 5

Sally Priscilla 4

Elmira Priscilla 2

Franklin Spearman 35

James Spearman 14

Amanda Spearman 12

John Chapman 23

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965; child: Will T Spearman
2. ↑ South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965; child: James W Spearman
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262093387888/facts
4. ↑ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/>, acquired 2007.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152799668/robert-f_-spearman
6. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=5803591

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Laurens, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1222; Page: 234; Family History Library Film: 805222

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Waterloo, Laurens, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1501; Page: 258B; Family History Library Film: 553000

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Cross Hill, Laurens, South Carolina; Roll: 1233; Page: 51C; Enumeration District: 100

• South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965; child: Will T Spearman