Charles W. Spear Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Betsy Webber - betsy@megalink.net

Surname: SPEAR
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1131

     CHARLES W. SPEAR, postmaster at Rye Beach, was born in the town
of Rye, Rockingham County, N. H., May 25, 1857, a son of Samuel B. and
Adeline (Cook) Spear, his parents being both natives of Boston, Mass.,
where the father followed the trade of painter. Both are deceased and are
buried at Quincy, Mass. They attended the Christian church. Their chil-
dren were: Samuel; Adeline, now deceased, who was the wife of James W.

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Barton of North Hampton, and Charles W. The paternal grandfather was
George W. Spear.
     Charles W. Spear was educated in the common schools and then learned
the painter's trade, which he followed for fifteen years. In 1890 he was
appointed postmaster here by President Harrison, and has conducted the
office ever since. He is a republican in politics. He is a member of the
Masonic order, belonging to St. John's Lodge at Portsmouth and to other
divisions of the order, including the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the
Knights of Pythias at North Hampton and to the Junior Order American
Mechanics.
     Mr. Spear was first married in 1879 to Lizzie S. Remick, of which union
there were born two daughters: Elverine, wife of Warren B. Scrannage,
who has a daughter, Mildred; and Mary Frances, who is deceased. Mr.
Spear married secondly December 17, 1889, Mary L. Marden, a native of
Rye and daughter of Levi W. and Emma R. (Downs) Marden, her father
being a son of William Marden and her mother a daughter of Edward
Downs. Her parents were natives of Rye, her father being a farmer. Their
children were: Annabelle, wife of Rev. E. R. Phillips, a minister of the
Christian church at Woodstock, Vt.; Mary L., now Mrs. Spear; and Wilber
L., who is a farmer in Rye. Mrs. Spear is a member of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, Exeter Chapter, numbering Revolutionary soldiers
and patriots among her ancestors, and is also a member of the Eastern Star.

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