1. Military: Served in Co., E, 14 (Powers) Arkansas Infantry; 1 Lt/ (Union Army)
1. The name "Canzady" is spelled on her headstone.
2. Some reports her birth in 1849. Death date may be 18 Sep 1876.
3. Per Martin Spears' note on an inquiry by Charlene Roberts, dated 17 Jan 1999, Cansada's true name was Conley. In Newton County, 1860 Cansada (age 10) is listed as Cansady Donncin and in the househodd of Issac Conley. The Spears, Dudley's and Conley's were all close friends and neighbors. When one famil moved eventually all moved to the same place.
4. Canzada died in childbirth when Charlie was born in 1876.
1. The 1870 census of Prairie Township, Newton County, Arkansas finds Frances at the age of 4 living in the home of her parents.
1. Military: Served in Co., E, 14 (Powers) Arkansas Infantry; 1 Lt/ (Union Army)
1. Occupation: Doctor
1. Her funeral was held at the residence and the minister, Rev. Pulliam, of the Methodist Church, officiated.
1. Alternate place of birth: Gibson County, Tennessee
2. The middle name may be spelled Segal.
1. Alternate date of birth: 22 Feb 1833
1. Military: Volunteer Enlistment, State of Missouri, Town of Springfield: I, Samuel H. Spears, born in Marshall County, in the state of Tennessee, age 31 years and by occupation, a shoe and bootmake, do hereby acknowledge to have volunteered on this 20th day of July, 1863 to serve as a soldier in the Army of the United States of America for the period of 3 years unless sooner discharged by proepr authority; do also agree such bounty, pay, rations and clothing as are or may be established by law for volunteers. And I, Smauel H. Spears, do hereby solumnly sware that I will bear true and faith allegiance to the United States of America and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers who so ever and that I will obey the President of the United States orders of the offices appointed over me according to the Rules and Articles of War. Sworn and Sub scrib ed at Springfield , Missouri, this 20th day of July, 1863 before: John E. Philips. He served in the Union Army. Went in as a private-promoted to sargent, Cav. Co. D. 2nd Arkansas, enroll #2805618 Jul 19, 1863, Jasper, Arkansas. Mustered out on 20 Aug 1865, Memphis, Tennessee.
2. Documentation in Newton County that Samuel served as Justice of the Peace 1870-1884.
3. It has been passed down through the family that Samuel Spears worked for President Lincoln as a scout and that is how he met his wife, a Blackfoot Indian Lady, in a far off distant place. His wife Betsy Ann was living in Newton County, Arkansas, not far from his own home at the time of their marriage.
4. Description: 5' 4" tall, hazel eyes
Elizabeth "Betsy" Ann ROBINSON
1. Some sources show birth date as 5 Jun 1938 and the deathe date as 15 Mar 1923.
2. Death Certificate: 4006 - Arkansas
3. Funeral expense: $26.00
1. Military: Served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
1. Military: Served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
1. Marriage record: LDS 9-472.