From SSDI Manley said he was born in Birch Run on his Draft Card

Name: Manley A Spears Event Type: Draft Registration Event Date: 1917-1918 Event Place: Genesee County, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Nationality: United States Birth Date: 25 Apr 1894 Birthplace: Birch Run, Michigan, United States Affiliate Publication Number: M1509 Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards GS Film Number: 1675572 Digital Folder Number: 005251373 Image Number: 03060 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6X4-GFQ : 13 March 2018), Manley A Spears, 1917-1918; citing Genesee County, Michigan, United St ates, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,675,572.

Name: Manley H Spears Marriage 16 May 1927 Event Place: Lucas, Ohio, United States Age: 33 Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): 1894 Birthplace: Father's Name: James Spears Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mary Coon Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Ruby I Powell Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1904 Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Father's Name: Archie Holder Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Loretta Nelson Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: GS Film Number: 002168492 Digital Folder Number: 004733057 Image Number: 00466 "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q43-M8P : 8 December 2017), Loretta Nelson in entry for Manley H Spears and Ruby I Powell, 16 May 1927; citing Lucas, Ohio , United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,168,492.

Name: Manley Acy Spears Event Type: Draft Registration Event Date: 1942 Event Place: Clio, Genesee, Michigan, United States Residence Place: Clio, Genesee, Michigan Gender: Male Age: Nationality: Race: Complexion: Employer: Manley Acy/Spears Birth Date: 25 Apr 1894 Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Relative's Name: Relationship to Registrant: Note: Box Number: Affiliate Name: Affiliate Publication Number: Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Michigan Affiliate ARC Identifier: 623283 Eye Color: Hair Color: Height: Weight: Digital Folder Number: 004673229 Image Number: 05165 Citing this Record: "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4SK-CNX : 8 April 2016), Manley Acy Spears, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1 951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). -

<font="Times New Roman","roman",0><b>Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 Record<fs="+6"> <table="3014|4426"> <row> </fs>Name: | </b>Manley A SPEARS </row> <row> <b>Birth Date: | </b>25 April 94 </row> <row> <b>Death Date: | </b>09 October 78 </row> <row> <b>Gender: | </b>Male </row> <row> <b>Residence: | </b>Flint, Genesee, Michigan </row> <row> <b>Place of Death: | </b>Flint, Genesee, Michigan </row> <row> <b> | </b> </row> </table> <b>Source Information:</b> Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. <i>Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1998. Original data: Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. <i>Michigan Death Index.</i> Lansing , MI, USA.</font> Name: Manley A Spears Sex: Male Residence Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan Death Date: 9 Oct 1978 Death Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States Death Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan Birth Date: 25 Apr 1894 Event Type: Death Certificate Number: 56775 "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996", database, <i>FamilySearch </i>(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ13-76G : 10 August 2022), Manley A Spears, 1978.