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Moses Joshua Spears 1854–1895 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 July 1854

Birth Location: Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America

Death Date: 1 May 1895

Death Location: Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America

Father: Joshua Spears

Mother: Berthenia McElveen

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Moses Joshua Spears was born in 1854 in Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America, the child of Joshua Jackson Spears And Berthenia Mcelveen. Moses Joshua Spears passed away in 1895 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Moses Joshua Spears was born in 1854 in Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America, the child of Joshua Jackson Spears And Berthenia Mcelveen.
  • Moses Joshua Spears passed away in 1895 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.

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Moses Spears's Ancestors

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Moses Spears
1854–1895
Birth Place: Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America
Parents
Joshua Jackson Spears
1817–1893
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Berthenia McElveen
1819–1898
Amite County, Mississippi, United States of America
Grandparents
Moses (W) McElveen
1787–1853
South Carolina, United States of America
Elizabeth Hall
1795–1887
South Carolina, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Mary Ross
1761–1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Ross
1740–1808
Mary Mitchell
1747–1788

Moses Spears's Timeline

2 Records

1854
28 July 1854
Birth of Moses Joshua Spears in Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America
Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America
1895
1 May 1895
Age 41
Death of Moses Joshua Spears in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 July 1854
    Event Place: Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1895
    Event Place: Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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