My Genealogy Hound
Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
* * * *
NEWTON SPEER, post office Chartiers, is a son of James Speer, Jr., who was born in 1807, on the farm purchased by his father, James, Sr., in Stowe township prior to 1800. James Speer, Jr., was a farmer, and always resided on the home farm. He married, in 1853, Agnes, daughter of Manuel Twiford, of Beaver county, Pa., and the fruits of this union were eleven children: Wilmina (wife of Philip J. Magnus, of Indiana county, Pa.), Dillie A., Harriet C. (wife of Lewis Magnus, of Pittsburgh, Pa.), Lizzie E. (deceased), Isaac N., Frank B., Howard L., Elmer B., Grant A. and Cora V. (twins) and Garnet R. Dillie A. has followed teaching eleven years, and is principal of the school at Braddock, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. James Speer were members of the Presbyterian Church; Mr. Speer was a republican. Their son Newton is managing the farm.
* * * *
This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
View additional Allegheny County, Pennsylvania family biographies here: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Biographies
Use the links at the top right of this page to search or browse thousands of other family biographies.