Carolina Spears

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Source http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17378312
Birth: Jul. 16, 1828
Death: Oct. 7, 1924

J.B. Matthews and wife Caroline came with family come from Alabama by way of Louisiana to Texas.

She and Joseph Beck Matthews married 30 Oct 1850 in Union Parish, LA.She was the daughter of Alexander Spears who was a merchant in Spearsville, Union Parish, LA. Sources:Union Co., AR Marriage Bk 1, pg. 40Original Record, Union Parish, LA Succession Record Bk K pgs 640-680, (LDS), pgs. 640-680 Estate of Alexander Spears

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Children:
Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews Reynolds (1851 - 1935)*
John Alexander Matthews (1853 - 1941)*
Mary Jane Matthews Larn Brown (1857 - 1946)*

Spouse:
Joseph Beck Matthews (1824 - 1895)*


Burial:
Albany Cemetery
Albany
Shackelford County
Texas, USA
Plot: Masonic, Sec. D, Lot 35

Carolina married Joseph Beck Matthews on 30 Oct 1850 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Joseph was born on 24 Aug 1824; died on 27 Jun 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
1870 census
Home in 1870: Texas, United States
J B Matthews M 43y
Caroline Matthews F 41y
John Alex Matthews M 17y
Mary Jane Matthews F 12y
Martha Ann Matthews F 10y
Susan Alice Matthews F 7y
Rose Ella Matthews F 5y
Nathan L Bartholomew M 27y

1. Mary Jane Matthews was born on 6 Jun 1857 in Albany, Shackelford County, Texas, USA; died on 12 Feb 1946 in California, USA.