"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
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JOHN S. SPEAR, farmer is the eldest son of Daniel and 
Nancy (Jarvis) Spear, both natives of Ohio and of Irish
and German descent. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio
September 18, 1828 and his parents removed to this state
and in 1854 our subject settled where he now lives.
Mr. Spear was reared a husbandman. 
March 18, 1851, he married in Guernsey County, Ohio to 
Elizabeth Burton, which union was favored with nine 
children--James E; Daniel Mead; Alonzo; Sarah Evaline; 
Margaret A (deceased); Amanda M (deceased); John B and
Phillip J. 
In 1863, Mr. Spear was elected Assessor of this township
served one term and was re-elected in 1872. During the war
he enlisted in Company B, Fifty Seventh Indiana Volunteer
Infantry; served three years and was honorably discharged.
He came to this section when the country was a wilderness.
he now looks over his cultivated possessions of 451 acres, 
having considerable improvements, with fine horses, cattle,
sheep and hogs. By good management Mr. Spear has acquired
a competence and easy living in the coming time. His is 
a member of the Masonic fraternity, a valued citizen,
and he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

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