William Mathias Spoor

Brief Life History of William Mathias

When William Mathias Spoor was born on 20 November 1838, in Edson, Windsor, Broome, New York, United States, his father, John Spoor, was 22 and his mother, Caroline Barton, was 18. He lived in Windsor, Windsor, Broome, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 27 August 1864, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in South Windsor, Windsor, Broome, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Spoor
1816–1875
Caroline Barton
1820–1899
William Mathias Spoor
1838–1864
Eveline Spoor
1866–
Ezra Barton Spoor
1841–1918
Hiram Andrews Spoor
1844–1919
Mary Eliza Spoor
1848–1930
Adarial Spoor
1853–1853
Frank Ephraim Spoor
1853–1937
Eugene Emory Spoor
1859–1915
Charles Elias Spoor
1861–1862
Wilber Spoor
1862–
James Henry Spoor
1864–1917

Sources (5)

  • Wm Spoor in household of John Spoor, "United States Census, 1850"
  • William Mathias Spoor, "Find A Grave Index"
  • William M Spoor, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"

World Events (4)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

Dutch and English (Durham and Northumberland): metonymic occupational name for a maker of spurs, a lorimer, from Middle Dutch spore, Middle English spore, spure ‘spur’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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