- EDWARD SPEARS, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Janesville; born in Shelburne,
Vt., in 1807; came to
- Wisconsin in 1847 and settled on the farm he now owns of
120 acres; has since sold 40 acres. He was the architect and
builder of his large and pleasant house, convenient barn and
other outbuildings. Is a member of the Janesville Lodge of Odd
Fellows, No. 14. Married Miss Marietta BROWN in 1833; they have
two children - Byron and Adelaide, wife of Scott SMITH. Byron
SPEARS enlisted in the 3d Wis. V.I. and served three years.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 798-799.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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