Dennis A Speer

1818 -

• Name	Dennis A Speer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	7 Jun 1818	Tennessee, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Married	15 Nov 1838
  Residence	1860	Starrville, Smith, Texas, USA   [5]
  	Residence Post Office: Starrville
  Died	Texas, USA   [1, 3]
  Person ID	P4541	Woelfel Test
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	James Pleasant Speer, Sr,   b. 11 Oct 1790, Surry County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 17 May 1863, Starrville, Smith, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Penelope Jacks (Speer),   b. 15 Oct 1793, Surry County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Jun 1865, Smith County, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	12 Aug 1813	Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F1126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Moncreef (Speer),   b. 1823, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1871, Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1838	Fayette County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Children	1. John Henry Speer,   b. 1838, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1 Jan 1863, Tennessee, USA  (Age 25 years)  [natural]   2. Ellen Ann Speer (Starnes),   b. 1842, Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA  [natural]   3. Dennis G. Speer,   b. 1848, Texas, USA  [natural]   4. Martha Frances Speer (Keys),   b. 25 Jan 1850, Texas, USA ,   d. 18 Sep 1934, Precinct 7, Henderson, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   5. Leonidas A "Lee" Speer,   b. 1854, Texas, USA  [natural] + 6. Pinkney Moses Speer,   b. 6 Sep 1854, Smith County, Texas, USA ,   d. 8 Sep 1902, Booneville, Logan, Arkansas, USA  (Age 48 years)  [natural]   7. George C. Speer,   b. 1856, Texas, USA  [natural]   8. William Speer,   b. 1859, Texas, USA  [natural]   9. James Speer,   b. 1862, Texas, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F1128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "D. Speer, planter, Booneville, Ark. D. Speer, a well-known resident and planter of Logan County, was born in Kentucky, June 7, 1818, and is a son of James and Penelope (Jacks) Speer, both also from the blue-grass soil of Kentucky. The parents were married in their native State, but received their final summons in the Lone Star State, whither they had removed at an early day. Of fourteen children born to this union, only three are now living. D. Speer passed his boyhood days on the farm, and received an average education in the common schools. He was married in Tennessee, and the result of this union was the birth of nine children, six of whom are now living: D. G., Lee A., G. C., P. M., Martha F. (wife of George Keys) and William. Those deceased were John H., Ella A. and James. In 1863 Mr. Speer enlisted in the Confederate Cavalry and served until the close of the war. He was paroled at Tyler, Smith County, Tex. In 1866 he emigrated from Texas to Arkansas and settled in Hempstead County, where be resided one year. He then moved to this county, bought his present property, which consists of 270 acres of land, with 100 acres under cultivation, and he is one of the substantial men of the township. His wife, who was a worthy and consistent member of the Baptist Church, died in 1872. Mr. Speer is a member of the same church. His son, P. M., was born September 6, 1854, and was married in this county in 1874 to Miss Anna M. Terwilliger, a native of Pennsylvania, born in the year 1851. Four children were born to this union, three of whom are now living: Minnie E., Nellie M., Dew and Viola (deceased). Mrs. Speer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South." SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas, The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891 (Logan County) *Note: According to his father's will, Dennis inherited family land in Texas. There is a memorial (#54642387) for a Dennis Speer, Civil War veteran, in Henderson County, Texas, (same area as his parents) but there are no dates of birth or death. As a result, it cannot be verified with absolutely certainty that this is the same Dennis Speer, husband of Lucinda Moncreef Speer.

  
  

• Sources

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