About John Randolph Spears
Lived 1850 – 1936 (aged 85). John Randolph Spears was an American historian and writer.
John Randolph Spears (1850–1936) was an American author and journalist.
Biography John Randolph Spears was born at Van Wert, Ohio, on April 21, 1850.
He married Celestia Smiley on November 11, 1873. Later, devoting himself to writing, he settled at Little Falls, New York.
He died in Utica, New York, on January 25, 1936.
Publications The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Dramatic Story of a Mountain Feud (1888) The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn (1895) The Port of Missing Ships and Other Stories of the Sea (1896) The History of Our Navy from its Origin to the Present Day (five volumes, 1897–1899) The Fugitive (1899) The American Slave Trade (1900; new edition, 1907) David G. Farragut (1905) A History of the United States Navy (1907) The Story of New England Whalers (1908) A History of the American Navy (1909) The Story of the American Merchant Marine (1910) Master Mariners (1911)
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American writer (1850-1936)
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John Randolph Spears was born on 21 April 1850 in Van Wert.
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John Randolph Spears died on 25 January 1936 in Utica.
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John Randolph Spears was a historian and writer.
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