Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. William Speer and Sarah Ramsey




Husband Rev. William Speer 1 2

           Born: 1764 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1829 2
         Buried: 


         Father: James Speer (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 

• Note: This may be the same person as : Rev. William Speer.




Wife Sarah Ramsey 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: James Ramsey (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Dr. James Ramsey Speer 2 4

           Born: 17 Nov 1796 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1891 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hettie Morrow (Abt 1802-1887) 1 2



General Notes: Husband - Rev. William Speer


He was a Presbyterian clergyman, who came from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, whence he removed to Chillicothe, Ohio.

He was at one time pastor of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He was the ancestor of the Speer family of Pittsburgh.

He was for twenty-nine years connected as pastor of the Greensburg and Unity charges of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 373.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 470.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 382.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 315, 373.


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