Oscar Cephus Spear (1892 - 1953)

Born 13 Jul 1892 in Lafayette, Chambers, Alabama, United States

Husband of Mary Clyde (Jimmerson) Spear — married 15 Dec 1915 in Lanett, Chambers, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Oscar is the son of John Thomas Spear and Rosa Gilmore

Oscar was married with one child and working in the textile industry at the time of his registration for the WW I Draft.

From 1920 US Census, Lanett, Chambers Co., AL: "Oscar Spear Head M 27 Alabama Mary Spear Wife F 22 Alabama J T Spear Son M 3 Alabama"

From 1930 US Census, Lanett, Chambers Co., AL: "Oscar C Spear Head M 36 Alabama Mary C Spear Wife F 33 Alabama John C Spear Son M 13 Alabama Thomas C Spear Son M 9 Alabama Frances A Greene Roomer F 22 Alabama Addie L Wood Roomer F 23 Georgia"

From 1940 US Census, Lanett, Chambers Co., AL: "Oscar Spear Head M 47 Alabama Mary Spear Wife F 43 Alabama Clyde Spear Son M 19 Alabama Mattie Jimmerson Mother-in-law F 72 Alabama"

Sources

• "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQMQ-CQK : 8 July 2015), Oscar C. Spears and Mary Clyd Jemison, 15 Dec 1915; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,290,839.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC2-LD8 : accessed 7 December 2017), Oscar Spear, Lanett, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing ED 26, sheet 5A, line 24, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2; FHL microfilm 1,820,002.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3DTP-BZM : accessed 7 December 2017), Oscar C Spear, Lanett, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 1A, line 13, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 3; FHL microfilm 2,339,738.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1L6-2TL : accessed 7 December 2017), Oscar Spear, Lanett, Election Precinct 7, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-16, sheet 9A, line 2, family 157, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 10.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3PD-L19 : 12 December 2014), Oscar Cephus Spear, 1917-1918; citing Chambers County, Alabama, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,509,365.

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6D1-278 : 27 November 2014), John Thomas Spear in entry for Oscar Cephas Spear, 01 Dec 1953; citing reference 24059, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,884.

• Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61268655/Oscar-C-Spear