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Personal data Rufus S. Spears [Wk]Wk 

  • He was born on February 13, 1880 in Pointer Creek, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
  • He died on April 4, 1954 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, he was 74 years old.
  • He is buried in West Somerset City Cemetery, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
  • A child of James William Spears and Isabella Spaw
  • This information was last updated on December 19, 2013.

Household of Rufus S. Spears [Wk]Wk

He is married to Mary Catherine Carter.

They got married on November 1, 1900 at Pulaski County, Kentucky, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Spears  
  2. Hettie Spears  1901-1940 
  3. Bessie Spears  1903- 
  4. Martha Spears  1905- 
  5. Stella Spears  1908-1932 
  6. Ada Spears  1910-1912
  7. Arnold Spears  1914-1974 
  8. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rufus S. Spears

Hezekiah Spears
± 1806-1897
Catherine Wesley
1806-> 1880
George Washington Spaw
± 1832-1862
Frances Dick
1836-1907
Isabella Spaw
1855-1919

Rufus S. Spears
1880-1954

1900

Mary Catherine Carter
1882-1949

Spears
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Hettie Spears
1901-1940
Bessie Spears
1903-
Martha Spears
1905-
Stella Spears
1908-1932
Ada Spears
1910-1912
Arnold Spears
1914-1974
(Not public)

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Historical events

Birthday February 13, 1880

  • The temperature on February 13, 1880 was about 1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
    • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
    • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Day of marriage November 1, 1900

  • The temperature on November 1, 1900 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
    • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
    • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
    • June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
    • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
    • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

Day of death April 4, 1954

  • The temperature on April 4, 1954 was between 4.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
    • April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
    • May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
    • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
    • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
    • December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1876 » Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire († 1933)
  • 1879 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist († 1949)
  • 1880 » Dimitrie Gusti, Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher († 1955)
  • 1881 » Eleanor Farjeon, Jewish-English author, poet, and playwright († 1965)
  • 1883 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager († 1947)
  • 1883 » Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian-Armenian actor and director († 1922)

Source: Wikipedia


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