Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Arthur B. Specht and Amanda Moyer




Husband Arthur B. Specht 1

           Born: 19 Sep 1845 - Beavertown, Snyder Co, PA 2
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         Father: Moses Specht (1818-1895) 3
         Mother: Rachel Bingaman (      -1894) 3


       Marriage: 1865 2



Wife Amanda Moyer 2

           Born:  - Paxtonville, Snyder Co, PA
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         Father: Henry Moyer (      -1887) 2
         Mother: Sarah Blett (Abt 1822-Aft 1897) 2




Children
1 M Lester E. Specht 2

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         Spouse: Lillie Gagle (      -      ) 2


2 M William M. Specht 4

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         Spouse: Libbie A. Wetzel (      -      ) 4



General Notes: Husband - Arthur B. Specht


He was born at the old home in Beavertown, Pennsylvania, where he was educated in the subscription schools of the day, attending only in the winter months. At an early age he began to show remarkable ability as a mechanic, being competent to take charge of the stationary engine in his father's sawmill when he was but twelve years old. He ran this engine for about ten years, and while still a mere boy he constructed a similar machine. When the sawmill was closed, in 1863, he began to clerk in his father's store and also worked in the foundry, learning every detail of the business. In 1865 he became his father's partner in the foundry, and in 1867 he went into business for himself in that line. He built a large machine shop and foundry, equipped with modern machinery, and costing about $3,000, the plant being second to none in the county. For fifteen years or more he conducted a general store at Beavertown, and his handsome business building cost him in the neighborhood of $1,200.
In politics he was a strong Republican, as was his father before him, and he firmly believed in the necessity for maintaining a sound currency. In religious faith he was a Lutheran, and was a member of the Church for some years. During the Civil war he served as a soldier for two months, enlisting in 1862, in an independent company for State duty at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and Port Washington.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1130.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1132.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1131.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1077, 1132.


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