Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Solomon C. Speers and Anne Eliza Walker




Husband Solomon C. Speers 1




           Born: 12 May 1832 2
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         Father: Apollos Speers (1801-1857) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Cooper (1803-1874) 4 5


       Marriage: 6 May 1857 2



Wife Anne Eliza Walker 2

           Born: 5 Apr 1836 2
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         Father: Nathaniel R. Walker (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Martha Brownfield (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M Charles P. Speers 2 7




            AKA: [Unk] Speer 6
           Born: 11 Dec 1862 2 7
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Underwood (      -      ) 8


2 M Albert C. Speers 2

           Born: 16 Oct 1865 2
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3 F Mary Bessie Speers 2

           Born: 13 Sep 1870 2
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4 F Jessie L. Speers 2

           Born: 2 Dec 1873 2
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General Notes: Husband - Solomon C. Speers


He owned and resided on a part of the Speers 'Intent,' on which he had one of the most beautiful residences on the river. He was proprietor of the Clipper Sand-Works, from which he sent to market vast quantities of sand of superior quality for manufacturing.

He and his wife began housekeeping in the house on the farm, a part of the "Speers' Intent." The dwelling was erected in 1860 by the late firm of Kiddoo & Moore, of Monongahela City.
He was proprietor of the Clipper Sand-Works, near the ferry, from which were sent to market as high as thirteen thousand tons of sand in one year, used in the manufacture of glass and as building material, etc. He was engaged in steamboating from 1853 to 1868. His early education was obtained in the common schools, but he prepared himself for business in graduating from Duff's Mercantile College of Pittsburgh. He acquired quite a competence of this world's goods and a reputation as an honorable and successful man. [HWC 1882, 650]

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Sources


1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 649, 791.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 650.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 644, 650.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 163.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 644, 791.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1054.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1006.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1006, 1054.


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