Ruth Catherine Massey
1834 - 1918 (83 years)-
Name Ruth Catherine Massey [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 27 May 1834 Kentucky, USA 
[1, 3, 4, 5, 6] Gender Female Family Search ID L5LW-N7V Residence 1860 Mount Pleasant, Cass, Missouri, USA [3] Burial 1918 Tolbert, Wilbarger, Texas, USA [1, 5, 6] Death 18 Jan 1918 Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, USA [1, 5, 6] Person ID I23817 Woodworth Ancestry | Christian Spears_Anna Maria Burgher Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
Family John Edward Spears, II, b. 27 Jul 1835, Shamrock, Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 30 Jul 1892, Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, USA (Age 57 years) Marriage 6 May 1855 Cass County, Missouri, USA [2] Children + 1. Sarah Elizabeth Ada Jane Spears, b. 15 Mar 1857, Missouri, USA d. 27 Sep 1951, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA (Age 94 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Susan Catherine Spears, b. 28 Jul 1860, Cass County, Missouri, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Robert E Lee Spears, b. 23 Mar 1868, Cass County, Missouri, USA d. 23 Feb 1950, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. John Edward Spears, III, b. 14 Sep 1870, Missouri, USA d. 21 Apr 1964, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F12466 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
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Birth - 27 May 1834 - Kentucky, USA 
Marriage - 6 May 1855 - Cass County, Missouri, USA 
Residence - 1860 - Mount Pleasant, Cass, Missouri, USA 
Death - 18 Jan 1918 - Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for John E Sr Spears
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=56706108&indiv=try - [S467] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm].
Record for John Spears
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1171&h=9372497&indiv=try - [S434] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Cass, Missouri; Roll: M653_612; Page: 826; Family History Library Film: 803612.
Record for John E Spears
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=39996172&indiv=try - [S401] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA.
Record for Ada Jane Ryan
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2272&h=21795151&indiv=try - [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Ada Jane Ryan
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=26935019&indiv=try - [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Robert E Lee Spears
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=4218279&indiv=try
- [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).