Robert Speer and Nancy Harsha
Husband Robert Speer 1 2 3
Born: 18 Sep 1806 - Peters Twp, Washington Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: 11 Jun 1853 4 Buried:
Father: James Speer ( -1849) 5 Mother: Catherine Latta ( - ) 6
Marriage:
Wife Nancy Harsha 3 7 8
AKA: Julie Harsha 3 Born: 3 May 1813 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: 17 Feb 1903 4 Buried:
Father: Thomas Harsha (Abt 1775-Abt 1846) 3 7 9 Mother: Jane Hutchinson ( - ) 3 7
Children
1 M Thomas Speer 3 4
Born: 5 Oct 1839 4 Christened: Died: 19 Nov 1861 4 Buried:
2 F Jane "Jennie" Speer 3 4 7
Born: 3 Aug 1841 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William Patterson (1837- ) 3 4 10 Marr: 22 Aug 1860 4 7
3 M James F. Speer 3 4
Born: 12 Aug 1843 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Rebecca "Beckie" McMillan ( - ) 3 11 Marr: 10 Dec 1868 12
4 M Robert L. Speer 3 4
Born: 14 Jul 1845 4 Christened: Died: 19 Feb 1865 4 Buried:
5 M Stewart Speer 3 4
Born: 15 Apr 1847 4 Christened: Died: 14 Apr 1873 - Missouri 4 Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Barmer ( - ) 4 Marr: Missouri
6 M Alexander Speer 2 3 13 14
Born: 22 Aug 1849 or 1850 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1893 Buried:Spouse: Eliza J. Wallace (1852- ) 15 Marr: Mar 1882 16
7 F Catherine "Kate" Speer 4 18
AKA: Katie Spear 17 Born: 13 May 1852 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Joseph Templeton (1846- ) 17 18 19
General Notes: Husband - Robert Speer
He followed farming in connection with the business of a carder and fuller.
He and his wife resided for some time after their marriage in Chartiers township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1851 they moved to North Strabane township. He was an active politician, and in religion he and his wife were first members of the Cross Roads U. P. Church, afterward uniting with the U. P. Church in North Strabane township.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1167, 1334.
2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 568, 763.
3 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 164.
4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 568.
5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 668, 1167, 1334.
6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 671, 1167, 1334.
7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1334.
8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 568, 763, 1264.
9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 568, 1264.
10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1334, 1438.
11 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 829.
12 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 569.
13 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 404.
14 John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Wallace Family (New York: Self-published, 1902), Pg 17.
15 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 568, 764.
16 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 764.
17 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 847.
18 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 165.
19
Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 985.
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