SPOUSES:
Mary E. Gardner 1837 – 1871
Married September 11, 1859 in Miller Co, Missouri

Cynthia Frances Hawkins 1851-1943
Married February 12, 1885 in Edmon Burks, Miller Co., Missouri
no children of this marriage

2nd wife, Cynthia Hawkins Spearman lived in Texas during the years her mother was alive, but returned to Miller County after 1880. In 1885, she married Zebedee Spearman, a widower with four children. His first wife was Mary Gardner who was a native of Barren County, Kentucky. Zebedee was a son of Thomas W. and Nancy (Shelton) Spearman, natives of South Carolina.

The 1860 Census shows Zebedee, age 29 and Mary, age 24, living in Richwoods, Miller, Missouri.

**1870 Census he's with Mary & 4 children: Gilbert is 9; Alzana is 7; Sayne A is 4 & Willard is 2. "Children's name actually are Gilbert, Alezena, Laura, Willard & Orlando"

In the 1880 Census, Zebedee is shown as living in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri, a widower with 4 children:
Zebedee Spearman age 49;
Gilbert S. Spearman age 19;
Alzena A. Spearman age17;
Alice Spearman age 14;
Willard S. Spearman age 12

Zebedee's wife Cynthia never had any children of her own but she proved to be a wonderful step-mother to Zebedee's surviving children by his first wife, Mary E. Gardner. The children were Gilbert S. Spearman born c. 1861; Alzena A. Spearman b. c/1863; Laura Alice Spearman born c. 1866; Willard S. Spearman 1867-1950; and Orlando W. Spearman 1870-1870.

Mary Gardner Spearman died in April 1871 and is buried at the old Rankin Wright/Spearman cemetery in Richwoods township southwest of Iberia. Zebedee Spearman died in February 1897 and was buried beside his first wife in Rankin Wright/Spearman cemetery.
His second wife, Cynthia Hawkins Spearman, was buried in Hawkins cemetery near other members of her Hawkins family.

There was a Civil War Pension issued to spouse, Cynthia F. Spearman. Filing (Invalid), August 8, 1890 filed in Mo., and April 10, 1897 as widow, in Mo. (attached here as photo)