Spires and Norris Family History

  Here is information on John and Rebecca Spires family including Elmer Spires and all of his brothers and sisters. Most of them are Marriage records obtained in Georgetown, OH

  These are some record found on my road trip to Georgetown, OH, a once in a lifetime trip that I got to take in 2018. This is information on Aquilla Norris and Priscilla Norris. More on Aquilla. This is Zenith great grandfather on her maternal grandparent side. He was in the Revolutionary war, after his house burned he moved to to Ohio in 1805 and settled in Brown County near Higginport. He came with his brother and james settled near Dayton,OH. Aquilla also brought with him his nephew Abraham. Abraham and Aquilla bought land adjacent to each other. On the second page down at the bottom number 2. is information on Zenith grandparents Elizabeth Norris and here dad is listed as one of the kids. number 10. is information on Guy Summer Norris, Zeniths dad. This list all of Zeniths brothers and sisters. So the very top is the person that came from Congham, Norbit, England. His name was Thomas Norris. He had a son named Edward Norris. Edward had two sons Thomas (Aquilla side) and John (...

 This was information posted by Chasity Faith Scott and confirmed through research in Georgetown, OH, and also by research from Louis Spires.  Not sure how accurate this information is but thought it was interesting. Found through ancestry.com Richard Spires Sr. was born native of Maryland in 1754, English descent.He married Rebecca Gentle in Feb. 1787. They came to Ohio in 1812. He soldiered under General George Washington for 3 years. He was a private in the Maryland Continental. He enlisted July 10, 1781, in Maryland and served 3 years. During which time he was severely wounded. Soldier died March 3, 1838, in Brown County, Ohio His marker inscription reads: "Richard Spires, Md. Line, Revolutionary War". Pension application May 1, 1818, and Apr. 5, 1821; both in Brown County, Ohio. Widow applied in Brown County, Ohio in October, 1840. Richard Spires Sr. is buried in the Young Cemetery, Sec. 6, lot 4, grave 1, with a Gov. marker, 1/2 mile south of New Hope, Ohio, in Scott T...

  Obie Spires, Oliver Kirby Spires, I believe the third is Austin Spires, then Charles Spires, Louis Spires This is probably the most famous picture of the Spires family, it seems like each side has retained a copy of this photo. There are two sisters Hazel and Nettie that were not included in the photo. Thanks to Donna Spires George she spent weeks restoring this photo from the original quality to what you see now where there is no lines in the middle. She did an awesome job.

  This is a picture of my Mom's name ( Nina Reaves ) on the survivor wall at the OKC Bombing Memorial. She was in the YMCA building next to the Alfred Murrah building, 25 years ago when the bombing went off.

  Donita, Jackie, Jerry Ann, Nina Reaves, Chris Reaves April 14, 2018 after connecting with Jackie Smart on DNA testing, we found out that we were a lot closer related than we thought. From that connection, I was able to talk to my Great Aunt Jerry Ann, and my Mom was able to see her Aunt since the 90's. Come to find out that she lived in Oklahoma also and just about 3 hours from where I live. We had a great visit and was able to meet Donita and Jackie for the first time and see Aunt Jerry again since my Grandma's Funeral. We had a great day looking through pictures and just talking about old times.  April Jackson-Rook , me, Grandma Ellen, Cherokee, I think one of the back people is Jerry Ann Scott , and the other is Grandma Davis. The little girl was Chasity Faith Scott.

  Back Row Left to Right Chad Clingman (April son in law married to Ashley), Brandon Bratcher (Nina Bratcher son), Roger Bratcher (Nina Husband), Evan Bratcher (Nina Bratcher son), Chris Reaves (Me lol) , Hope Jackson (April Jackson Rook Daughter), Rick Rook (April Jackson Rook husband) Middle Row Left to Right Ashley Cligman (April Jackson Rook Daughter), Demetra Bratcher (Brandon Bratcher wife), Sara Bratcher Naylor (Nina Bratcher Daughter) , Anna Bratcher (Nina Bratcher daughter), Nina Bratcher (Joann daughter), Skyler Reaves (Chris Reaves son) , Amy Reaves (Chris Reaves wife), Sophie Corbet (Hope Jackson daughter), Eric Jackson (April Jackson Rook son) Front Row left to Right Tucker Cligman (Ashley Cligman son), Jo ann Reaves (Mom) Ashton Clausen (Ashley Cligman son), Doug Reaves (Jo ann husband), Jadyn Reaves (Chris Reaves daughter) Here is the generation breakdown 1st Gen (Jo Ann Reaves and Doug Reaves) 2nd Gen (Chris and Amy Reaves, April Jackson (Reaves) and Rick Rook, R...