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Name |
Spear, Charles O., Jr. |
Born |
9 Sep 1893 |
Birthplace |
Portland, Maine |
Father |
Charles Orlo Spear |
Mother |
Alice M. Brackett |
Spouse |
Mary "Elizabeth" Mansfield |
Children |
Willis Mansfield Spear, b 18 Sep 1924 Charles Orlo Spear, III, b 1 Mar 1928 |
Occupation |
County Commissioner, Cumberland County, Maine Chief guard, Walsh Construction Company, South Portland Insurance agent, self employed 1928-1947, Chief of Fire and Police, City of South Portland |
Titles & honors |
- Served overseas with the 54th Coast Artillery during WWI - Served in the Officers Reserve Corps for four years after the war - Organized and served as captain of Battery I, the searchlight unit of the 240th Coast Artillery Regiment - Member and commander, Stewart P. Morrill Post, American Legion, South Portland, Maine - President, State Association of Fire Chiefs of Maine - Vice president, Portland Veteran Firemen's Association - Vice president, South Portland Loan & Building Association - Member, Knights of Pythias and the Masons |
Notes |
Buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine |
Places of residence |
96 Goudy Street, South Portland, Maine |
Deceased |
7 Feb 1971 |
Deceased where |
Stuart, Florida |
