Malachi Moore Spear
b. 20 June 1809, d. 28 August 1861
- Father: Byrd Booker Spear b. 9 May 1775, d. 10 December 1847
- Mother: Mary Peyton b. say 1775
- Malachi Moore Spear was born on 20 June 1809 in Anson County, North Carolina.
- He married Elizabeth Candler Woodley, daughter of Garrett Woodley and Emily Elizabeth Clark, on 11 August 1829 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 Martha Eliza Spear, Elizabeth Ann Spear, Thomas Jackson Spear, Margaret Frances Spear, Louisa Jane Spear, Garrett Bird Spear and Christopher Malachi Spear.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- On Monday, 11 January 1859, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Packed 10 Bales of cotton for M. M. Spear & about 100 lbs left."
- On Tuesday, 22 November 1859, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Packed 9 Bales of cotton for M. M. 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 was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- On Friday, 19 October 1860, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Packed 2 Bales of cotton for Mr M. M. Spear," and on the following day, "Packed 2 Bales cotton for Wiley Green and one for Mr. Spear with a remnant of W. Green's."
- Malachi Moore Spear died on 28 August 1861 at age 52 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- His wife Elizabeth Candler Woodley became a widow at his death.
- Last Edited: 17 Oct 2011
Family: Elizabeth Candler Woodley b. 6 October 1812, d. 27 September 1866
- Martha Eliza Spear+ b. 2 July 1831, d. circa September 1874
- Mary Fletcher Spear b. 28 January 1833, d. 9 February 1838
- William Gregory Spear b. 30 September 1834, d. 16 July 1835
- Elizabeth Ann Spear+ b. 18 April 1836, d. 28 March 1868
- Thomas Jackson Spear b. 27 September 1837, d. 2 August 1862
- George Forrest Spear b. 4 February 1840, d. 1 March 1849
- Margaret Frances Spear+ b. 2 February 1842
- Louisa Jane Spear+ b. 22 June 1845
- Garrett Bird Spear b. 17 October 1847, d. 12 December 1941
- Christopher Malachi Spear b. March 1850, d. 25 June 1897
- James Montgomery Spear b. 6 February 1852, d. 19 September 1936
- Pleasant Samuel Wooldridge Spear b. 8 October 1853, d. 21 February 1857
- Woodley Clark Spear b. 6 September 1855, d. 2 June 1944
- Franklin Scott Spear b. 16 May 1858, d. 2 July 1932