Background
Spearing, Joseph Hall was born on July 5, 1853 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of John Farmer and Margaretta J. (Sanders) Spearing.
Spearing, Joseph Hall was born on July 5, 1853 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of John Farmer and Margaretta J. (Sanders) Spearing.
Educated Louisiana State University. Of South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
Practiced law, New Orleans, 1874-1891. Deacon, 1893, priest, 1894, Protestant Episcopal Church. Pastor Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1893-1899, Shreveport, 1899-1910.
Headmaster Sewanee Military Academy, 1910-1912.
President Noble Institute, Anniston, Alabama, 1912-1914. Superintendent Columbia (Tennessee) Military Academy, 1913-1916.
Rector Saint James Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, since 1916. Formerly trustee Louisiana State University and University of the South.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Married Jessie Dunn, of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, July 8, 1879.