Mary Ann Fielder1,2,3

ID# 22573, (abt 1854 - 1884)
FatherGeorge L. Fielder4,5 (15 Mar 1830 - 27 Oct 1909)
MotherSarah E. Britton4,5 (28 Jan 1828 - 18 Feb 1889)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1854, Alabama6,7,8
Marriage: James Taylor Spears (15 Oct 1848 - 29 Aug 1911)9,10
Death: 1884, Boerne, Texas11,12
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Mary Ann Fielder was born about 1854 in Alabama.6,7,8
     She moved to Mississippi with her parents about 1859. She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Scott Co., Mississippi, in the household of her parents, George L. Fielder and Sarah E. Britton.13
     She moved to Louisiana with her parents before 1870. She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, in the household of her parents.14
     Mary married James Taylor Spears, son of John W. Spears and Mary Ann Goldsmith.9,10
     Mary and James appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas, enumerated 3 Jun 1880. Their children Beulah, Mildred and John were listed as living with them.15
     Mary apparently died between 1880 and 1900, when her husband appeared in the census with a different wife, A Sons of the American Revolution membership application states, without citing evidence but perhaps based on family information, that she died in 1884, near Boerne, Texas.11,12

Children:
     Children with James Taylor Spears:

  • Beulah Spears16,17 (5 Jan 1874 - 9 Dec 1946)
  • Mildred Pearl Spears16,18 (1 May 1876 - 11 Mar 1964)
  • John Clyde Spears19 (9 Aug 1877 - abt 8 Jun 1935)

Citations

  1. [S9745] George L. Fielder household, 1860 U.S. Census, Scott Co., Mississippi, shows name as Mary Fielder.
  2. [S9746] G. L. Fielder household, 1870 U.S. Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, shows name as Mary Fielder.
  3. [S9752] Pearl Spears Seymour, Certificate of Death, shows name as Mary Ann Fielder.
  4. [S9745] George L. Fielder household, 1860 U.S. Census, Scott Co., Mississippi, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S9746] G. L. Fielder household, 1870 U.S. Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S9745] George L. Fielder household, 1860 U.S. Census, Scott Co., Mississippi, shows age 6 and state.
  7. [S9746] G. L. Fielder household, 1870 U.S. Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, shows age 16 and state, as Mississippi.
  8. [S9753] J. T. Spears household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cooke Co., Texas, shows age 25 and state.
  9. [S9753] J. T. Spears household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cooke Co., Texas, shows married.
  10. [S9752] Pearl Spears Seymour, Certificate of Death, shows them as her parents.
  11. [S9757] James T. Spears household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hardeman Co., Texas, shows wife as Inez, born Sep 1850 in Mississippi.
  12. [S9762] Kerr application, National Society Sons of the American Revolution.
  13. [S9745] George L. Fielder household, 1860 U.S. Census, Scott Co., Mississippi.
  14. [S9746] G. L. Fielder household, 1870 U.S. Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
  15. [S9753] J. T. Spears household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cooke Co., Texas.
  16. [S9753] J. T. Spears household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cooke Co., Texas, shows the girl as daughter of Mollie's husband.
  17. [S9754] Mrs. James Kerr, Standard Certificate of Death, shows mother as Mildred Fielder.
  18. [S9752] Pearl Spears Seymour, Certificate of Death.
  19. [S9753] J. T. Spears household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cooke Co., Texas, shows him as son of her husband.