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William Andrew Spires

b. 21 April 1829 - Lexington, SC
d. 1 December 1916, Columbia, Lexington Co, SC
buried: Gaston First Baptist Church Cemetery, Gaston, SC

Parents: Hamilton Spires and Mary Wise

1. married: Lousende Louisa Elendor Taylor (Louise Ellen Taylor), b. 21 December 1832 Orangeburg, SC, d. 28 August 1895, Parents: Elias TAYLOR and Milah HALLMAN
2. married: ? Sharpe

Children:

1. Amanda Katharine
Birth: 31 August 1850, Lexington County, SC
Marriage: before 1870
Death: 11 May 1924
Full Name of Spouse: Westly HARSEY, b. 18 September 1843, d. 25 November 1899

2. Roseanne M.
Birth: about 1853, SC

3. Deborah Jane
Birth: about 1856, Lexington County, SC
Marriage: March 15, 1874
Death: 6 April 1928
Burial: Gaston First Baptist Church, Gaston, SC
Full Name of Spouse: Vandy M. SPIRES d. 4 February 1932 (Gaston First Baptist Church, Gaston, SC)
Additional Information: Per the Lexington Genealogy Association's 1850 Census annotated, they have Deborah's mother as "? Sharpe." They have Andrew married first to Ellen Taylor and second to ? Sharpe. They say that Deborah Spires death certificate shows she is the daughter of Andrew's second wife, ? Sharpe . . . however, you know anybody can "tell what to put on a death certificate" so it may or may not be correct. Interestingly, siblings before and after her have Louisa Ellen Taylor as their mother. -- Deborah Hutto

4. Elias
Birth: 20 February 1846, Lexington County, SC
Death: 18 July 1928
Burial: Harmony Baptist Church, Gaston, SC
Full Name of Spouse: Sarah Ann (L) Sharpe, b. 4 January 1862, d. 4 May 1939

5. William Noah
Birth: 11 February 1859, Lexington County, SC
Death: 1 November 1933
Burial: Gaston First Baptist, Gaston, SC
Full Name of Spouse: Marina SIGHTLER, b. 4 February 1864, d. 4 March 1939 (Gaston First Baptist, Gaston, SC)

6. Sarah Ann
Birth: 1861, Lexington County, SC
Marriage: about 1881
Full Name of Spouse: Michael James SENN, b. July 1862, d. 13 October 1930

7. Mary Caroline
Birth: 7 July 1865, Lexington County, SC
Death: 16 July 1924
Burial: Gaston First Baptist, Gaston, SC
Full Name of Spouse: Hillard William WATTS, b. 16 May 1857, d. 19 November 1926 (another family source has his dates as 5/19/1866 - 11/9/19 - D. Hutto)

8. Albert J.
Birth: 20 August 1867, Lexington County, SC

9. Benjamin S.
Birth: May 1870, SC
Full Name of Spouse: Maggie W., b. 1872

10. Arch R.
Birth: 11 March 1872, Gaston, Lexington County, SC
Marriage: March 3, 1900 in St. Matthews, SC
Death: 2 May 1931, Swansea, Lexington County, SC
Burial: Melrose Cemetery, Swansea, SC
Full Name of Spouse: 1. Minnie SHARPE, d. approx 1893-1900, 2. Martha Susan Cicero WISE, b. 26 May 1878, married 3 March 1900, d. 1 April 1957


CSA Veteran

Census record:
1860 Federal Census
SC - Lexington Co. - Beaver Pond Post Office
Roll
age: 30

1870 Federal Census
SC - Lexington Co. - Lexington Court House
Roll
age: 41

1880 Federal Census
SC - Lexington Co. - Plat Springs
Roll T9-1233
Sheet #317B
age: 53


Information gathered from:
Nelda Spires marnel@elljay.com
Deborah Hutto samdebh@aol.com

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He was captured in the war and released. A description was given that he had brown eyes and was 6'1"

Death certificate #46738 - Richland County, SC
DOD: 12/1/1916
DOB: about 1841 (4/21/1829 is what I had from someone else
Farmer

75 years old
State Hospital for Insane
Parents - No information
Burial - Gaston

At some point in time he was also supposedly married to Lucy Ann Berry