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Author: History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882

WILLIAM L. SPEARS, farmer, P. O. Muir, K.C.R., among the brave and adventurous 
spirits who, defying the privations of the wilderness and the savage vengeance 
of the red men, left their homes and followed in the wake of Boone and Kenton, 
to lay low the wilderness and make smooth the road for the advancing tide of 
civilization into Kentucky, was John L. Spears, of Virginia.  Arriving at the 
infant settlements, he offered his services as a surveyor and school teacher, 
and they were eagerly accepted, for few men with such attainments had as yet
visited the dark and bloody ground.  He entered land in the southern part of
Fayette County, where he settled, reared a family, and after attaining the
green old age of ninety-four years, peacefully died.  His son, Lee W.
Spears, born in 1804, took possession of the old homestead, married Miss
Frances W. Tapp, and raised a family of children, consisting of Charles L.,
George W., Luther, Riley F., Sarah (Land), Mildred (Davis), Randa
(Bronaugh), John L., William L. and Chris.  The latter was a private in Co.
B, 8th Ky, Cavalry, C.S.A. and died a prisoner in Camp Douglas.  William L.
Spears was born May 22, 1855; received a common school education, and at the
age of nineteen began life for himself.  He removed to Bourbon County in
1878, where he is regarded as one of the most industrious and thrifty young
farmers in the county.  He was married Oct. 5, 1876, to Miss Lyda J. Phelps,
daughter of William C. Phelps, of Jessamine County.  They have two
Children: Claude Wilmore, born Oct. 2, 1877, and Randie Lou, born March 22,
1881.  Mr. Spears and wife are both members of the Christian Church. In
politics his affiliations are with the Democracy.




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