Matilda Ann Spears

Matilda Ann was born in 1846 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Matilda Ann's father was William Spears and her mother was Mahala A..  Her paternal grandparents were Samuel Spears and Rebecca Smith. She had three brothers and three sisters, named Samuel, Joseph, John H., Parthenia, Pheriby Jane and Amanda C..  She was the oldest of the seven children. She had a half-brother and four half-sisters, named William, Margaret, Rebecca Jane, Cornelia B. and Rachel E..