Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Speer and Elizabeth McCoy




Husband James Speer 1

           Born: 1800 - Robinson Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1837 - Robinson Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Andrew Speer (1758-1838) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Boyd (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth McCoy 1

           Born: 1810 - Robinson Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1880 1
         Buried: 


         Father: William McCoy (      -Abt 1835) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Speer (      -1850) 2




Children
1 M William Speer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when twenty-four years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M Absalom Speer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when twenty-one years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Andrew Speer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M Andrew Braydon Speer 1

           Born: 27 Mar 1833 - Robinson Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Glass (      -Aft 1893) 3 4 5
           Marr: 13 Oct 1864 3


5 F Elizabeth Jane Speer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when seventy-seven years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - James Speer


He grew to manhood on the home farm, and after his marriage rented a nearby farm of Alexander McKee, which he cultivated until his early death at the age of thirty-seven years.


General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth McCoy


She never remarried, but after the death of her husband removed to the farm her father-in-law had willed to her and her children. There she built a house in 1842, which was her residence until its destruction by fire in 1878, two years prior to her death.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1066.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1065.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1067.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 703.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 444.


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