Joseph Howery Spahr

Joseph Howery was born in 1882 in Washington County, VA.¹   Joseph Howery's father was John Randolph Spahr and his mother was Sarah Ketron.  His paternal grandparents were George Washington Spahr and Mary Ann Fleenor. He had three brothers and a sister, named Samuel Steele, Neal Bradford, John Randolph and Mary Elizabeth.  He was the second oldest of the five children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named George Henry, William Homer and Sarah Matilda.  He died at the age of 57 in 1939.¹