Spears, Simon Green^[1]

1837 - 1895  (58 years)

• Name	Spears, Simon Green
  Born	22 Feb 1837	, , North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Military Servic	Company D, 28th Louisiana Infantry, CSA  [2]
  Buried	Sep 1895	Colquitt Cemetery, Colquitt, Claiborne, Louisiana
  Died	17 Sep 1895	, Claiborne, Louisiana
  Person ID	I162	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2005

  
  

  Family	Christian, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 06 Aug 1841, , Meriwether, Georgia ,   d. 11 Aug 1920, , Claiborne, Louisiana  (Age 79 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1859	, Claiborne, Louisana
  Notes	Children buried in Colquit Cemetery: SPEARS, W.O. 10 Jan 1867 17 May 1869 s/o S.G. & M.E. SPEARS; Aged 2 yrs, 7 mnths, 7 days SPEARS, Annie B. ------- 13 Sep 1870 d/o M.E. & W.M. SPEARS; Aged 2 mnths, 12 days SPEARS, I. Newton 05 Dec 1886 11 Sep 1889 s/o S.G. & M.E. SPEARS
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2004
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Spears, Simon Green SPEARS, S.G. 22 Feb 1837 17 Sep 1895 Aged 58 yrs, 6 mnths, 25 dys

  
  

• Notes

  Military Servic: Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private

  
  

• Sources

  [S669] 1880 United States Census, 229B (Reliability: 3). S. G. SPEARS Self M Male W 44 NC Farming VA NC M. E. SPEARS Wife M Female W 38 GA Keeping House GA GA E. G. SPEARS Dau S Female W 17 LA At Home NC GA L. M. SPEARS Dau S Female W 14 LA At Home NC GA W. A. W. SPEARS Son S Male W 10 LA At Home NC GA M. E. SPEARS Dau S Female W 7 LA NC GA E. E. SPEARS Son S Male W 5 LA NC GA B. N. SPEARS Son S Male W 2 LA NC GA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place 1st Ward, Claiborne, Louisiana Family History Library Film 1254451 NA Film Number T9-0451 Page Number 229B [S616] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (National Park Service) (Reliability: 4). 28th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Gray's) 28th Infantry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1862 at Camp Bisland, Louisiana. The men were recruited in the parishes of Bienville, Winn, Ouachita, Jackson, Claiborne, and Calcasieu. For a time it served in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisian, and in the fight at Chickasaw Bayou it lost 9 killed, 25 wounded, and 9 missing. Later the unit was assigned to Mouton's and H. Gray's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It was involved in the operations against Banks' Red River Campaign and in numerous conflicts in Louisiana. In July, 1862, it contained 25 officers and 278 men, but few were present during the spring of 1865 when the unit disbanded. The field officers were Colonels Henry Gray and Thomas W. Pool, and Lieutenant Colonel William Walker Film Number M378 roll 28