From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 560 - 561
 
JOHN SYNG SPOOR, son of William SPOOR and Christine WILCOX, was born in Erie 
county, New York, March 20, 1805.  In 1835 he married Mariette, daughter of 
Jesse BIVINS and Lydia BYINGTON.  She was born at Clarence, New York, October 
5, 1816, and died at Burlington, Wisconsin, August 10, 1898.  In 1837 he came 
from Washtenaw county, Michigan, to the Meacham settlement and presently made 
his home in East Troy.  In 1842 he bought land in sections 10, 11,12, of Lyons, 
and lived in that town till his death, April 2, 1867.  His son Charles (1843-
1909), a soldier of the Twenty-eight Infantry, married Almira J., daughter of 
Winslow P. STORMS, in 1866.  Other children lived in other counties and 
states.  The elder SPOOR served four years as justice of the peace.

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