Jack County, TX - Obituary - W.M. Spears ********************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************************** W.M. Spears died Sunday. Mr. Spears had been a citizen of Jacksboro for several years and had made many friends here. He was a member of the First Baptist church where his funeral services were conducted by the Knights Templar, of which noble order he was a member. Jacksboro Gazette Jacksboro, Texas Thursday, December 15, 1904 Captain W.M. Spears was born in Chambers County, Alabama, 21 July 1845, and died 12 December 1904. He moved form Alabama to Louisiana when but a small boy and remained there until after he was grown. While living at that place he was married to Miss M.E. Callaway his first wife. During their union there were born unto them nine children, four of whom are still living. They moved to Texas about 20 years ago, first locating in Bowie, at which place he lost his wife. About seven years ago he moved to Jacksboro and was married to Mrs. C.I. Murphy, his second wife, with whom he happily lived until his death. While living in Louisiana he was converted and joined the Baptist church and when he died was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jacksboro. He was an ex-Confederate and an honorable member of the order of Knights Templar. Brother Spears had been a sufferer for a long time, but bore his afflictions with Christian fortitude. His death was sudden to his many friends. Jacksboro Gazette Jacksboro, Texas Thursday, December 22, 1904