1899 Mirick Spear dies, leaving $1500 in his will for a building to be erected of wood, brick or stone and metal or slate roof”… to be called the MN Spear Memorial library building. A bookseller in Amherst (Established what is today Hastings) gave 100 volumes to the library.
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From the 1880 census
Mirick N. Spear
Home in 1880: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of Household: Something other than a direct relationship (Other)
Father's birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Book Seller
Marital Status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male
William F. Gunn 51
Almira M. Gunn 51
Mary A. Gunn 22
Lyman G. Gunn 29
Martha F. Gunn 83
Mary E. Barry 20
Mary A. Morse 43
Susanna Irwin 25
Martin Jas. White 17
John White 20
Chas. E. Boltworl 20
Henry N. Galloway 20
Russel T. Low 22
Walter Damorsch 18
Edward P. Draper 19
Chas. Rudolph 25
Mirick N. Spear 53
Fredk. Burgess 37
Chas. W. Hall 55
Emma P. Hall 32
Clara L. Hall 8
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