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 30 Mar 2026
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 30 Mar 2026
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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;).
