Thomas Jackson Spear
b. 27 September 1837, d. 2 August 1862
- Father: Malachi Moore Spear b. 20 June 1809, d. 28 August 1861
- Mother: Elizabeth Candler Woodley b. 6 October 1812, d. 27 September 1866
- Thomas Jackson Spear was born on 27 September 1837 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- Malachi Moore Spear and Elizabeth Candler Woodley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Walker County, Texas, living next to Elizabeth's brother Jackson Woodley. Probably because Martha was married between the date of record and the actual date of enumeration, she also appears in Montgomery County in the household of her husband.. Other members of the household included Thomas Jackson Spear, Martha Eliza Spear, Elizabeth Ann Spear, Margaret Frances Spear, Louisa Jane Spear, Garrett Bird Spear and Christopher Malachi Spear.
- Malachi Moore Spear and Elizabeth Candler Woodley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Thomas Jackson Spear, Louisa Jane Spear, Garrett Bird Spear, Christopher Malachi Spear, James Montgomery Spear, Woodley Clark Spear and Franklin Scott Spear. Also in the household was female M. J. Moore, age 14, born in Tennessee.
- He married Mary James Childers, daughter of Douglas Childers and Amanda Cheshire, on 20 February 1862 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- Thomas Jackson Spear died on 2 August 1862 at age 24 in Arkansas of disease while serving as a private in Company B, 24th Texas Cavalry Regiment.
- His wife Mary James Childers became a widow at his death.
- For an account of his CSA service in Company B, 24th Texas Cavalry Regiment, see his profile in Karen McCann Hett's Danville Mounted Riflemen.
- Last Edited: 24 Jan 2012