Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Spears, Lodelia L. Bassett 1864 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

MRS. LODELIA L. SPEARS. This highly respected lady who for so many years walked
hand in hand with James Spears, one of the very early settlers of Oregon
Township, Lapeer County, and who was his worthy helpmate in the hard work of
those pioneer times, aiding him in subduing the wilderness and bringing
therefrom a richly cultivated farm, still lives in this township. She was born
in New York July 1, 1827, and is one of a family of twelve children, her parents
being David and Lucinda (Cogswell) Bassett.

  In 1845 Miss Lodelia L. Bassett was united in marriage with James Spears, and
they began their wedded life in their native State and two years later removed
to Michigan, locating in Oregon Township. Mr. Spears had his nativity in Ireland
and was born in March, 1823. His early training and education were carried on in
his native home and he early learned the trade of a mason.

  Upon coming to Michigan Mr. and Mrs. Spears purchased eighty acres of
unimproved land and set about the work of pioneers, and a numerous family grew
up about them, and of their full dozen of children five are now living, namely:
William, who is now a farmer of Oregon Township; Jane, who married George
Baldwin; Ella, the wife of John DeLong; Emma, who is Mrs. Alexander Stewart; and
Myrtle, who married Thomas O'Leary. The seven children called hence by death
bore the names of David, who married Hannah Bradshaw; John, James (first and
second), Herman, Rosa, and Mary, who married Thomas Weaver.

  There has not been for many a day so great a sense of bereavement in the
community as when the worthy citizen, James Spears, was called from life upon
New Year's Day, 1888. His sterling character and kindly nature had made him the
friend of all who knew him, and he was long missed from the associations from
which he has departed. Mr. Spears' children have all left the maternal roof and
established homes of their own, and she is now living alone except for the
companionship of a little grand-daughter.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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