Born in Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Spires
and Lura Ann (Dickens) Spires
Sister of
Jean Lois Spires, Faber Franklin Spires, John Dickens Spires, Fred Hill Spires, Margaret Marie (Spires) Wilkinson and Helen Elizabeth (Spires) Pendleton
Wife of
Robert Bearden
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)] and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 92
in Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 May 2018
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Biography
Ruby was born in 1897. She was the daughter of Benjamin Spires and Lura Dickens. She passed away in 1989.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FM-HT4 : accessed 15 January 2020), Faber Spires in household of Benj F Spires, Hardin Township, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 3A, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,058.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVF-P7N?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-NZQ%3A133642401%2C136787101%2C136855001%2C1589088984 : 24 June 2017), Arkansas > Faulkner > Conway Ward 1 > ED 24 > image 14 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNC-12K : accessed 14 January 2020), Fred Spires in household of Benjamin L Spires, Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 18, sheet 4B, line 95, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 58; FHL microfilm 1,820,058.
- United States Census, 1940 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQV8-8ZW)
- Find-a-Grave data (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19144803/ruby-auline-bearden)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby 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 Ruby:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby 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 Ruby:
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~12.50%
Fred Spires
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Chris (Burkett) Beason :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member chris_annee
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~0.78%
Roger Burks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A456127 [compare], Ancestry member rogeroburksjr
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