Elizabeth Candler Woodley
b. 6 October 1812, d. 27 September 1866
- Father: Garrett Woodley b. 10 September 1776, d. circa April 1827
- Mother: Emily Elizabeth Clark b. 24 May 1796, d. 22 June 1839
- Elizabeth Candler Woodley was born on 6 October 1812 in Jones County, Georgia.
- She married Malachi Moore Spear, son of Byrd Booker Spear and Mary Peyton, 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.
- 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.
- Elizabeth Candler Woodley became a widow at the 28 August 1861 death of her husband Malachi Moore Spear.
- On Friday, 20 December 1861, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Packed 12 Bales cotton for Mrs Spear."
- Elizabeth Candler Woodley died on 27 September 1866 at age 53 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 18 Oct 2011
Family: Malachi Moore Spear b. 20 June 1809, d. 28 August 1861
- 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