Rachel E. Spears

Rachel E. was born in 1877 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Rachel E.'s father was William Spears and her mother was Sarah Jane Carr.  Her paternal grandparents were Samuel Spears and Rebecca Smith. She had a brother and three sisters, named William, Margaret, Rebecca Jane and Cornelia B..  She was the second youngest of the five children. She had three half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Samuel, Joseph, John H., Matilda Ann, Parthenia, Pheriby Jane and Amanda C..