History of Jones County, Iowa: Past and Present By Robert McClain Corbit, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company Published by S. J. Clarke publishing co., 1910   1 page matching samuel spear iowa in this book Page 390     Assume he had a son...R.Spear: page 164   The following could be related to your Jane Bryan? page 33       Let me know what you think, Janice   --- On Wed, 31/12/08, bud-and-me@juno.com <bud-and-me@juno.com> wrote: "Do you have any information on: Samuel Spear bo about 1804 PA/OH who married Jane Bryan (b 1812 OH)  Samuel died 30 Nov 1875 in Jones Co., Iowa - I have been unable to find the parents of Samuel or Jane."