August 10th

Many happy returns:

1691 Abigail Loomis in Windsor, CT the daughter of Josiah & Mary (Rockwell) Loomis. 

John Speer Home ca. 1950

John Speer Home 2012

1785 John Speer the son of John & Margaret (Cloyd) Speer in Morganton, NC.  He married ca. 1806 Mary Grove in Morganton, NC.  They had nine children.  John moved his family to Floydsburg, KY ca.1810 and he fought in the War of 1812.  John died in Floydsburg in 1856 and is buried behind his home.

1825 – Rev. Erastus Lathrop in Franklin Co. VT the son of Russell & Cynthia (Powell) Lathrop.  He moved with his parents to Illinois.  He became the seventh minister of the West Village Christian Church in Edwards Co.  The first meetings were held in a hewed log meeting house which stood 1 ½ miles south and 1 ¼ miles west of the present building.  In 1875 he was living in Lawrenceville, IL.  He died 1879 in Richland Co. IL

1861 Sara Anderson daughter of Stephen & Polly (Withrow) Anderson in Wayne Co. IL.  She died in 1893 and is buried in Bailey Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

1867 James Speer in Kentucky, son of Charles & Anna (Runyon) Speer.  He was named for his maternal grandfather James Runyon.

1874 Joseph Erkman in Illinois the son of John & Catherine (Burkhardt) Erkman.  He died in 1931 in Carmi, IL and is buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery there.

1887 Louise Lathrop daughter of Ezra & Nancy (Boly) Lathrop. 

1893 Minnie Fitzgerald the daughter of Lafayette Fitzgerald & Lillian (Halberstadt) Fitzgerald.  She married William Snyder and had five children.  Minnie died in 1979.

1897 Belle Fitzgerald sister of Minnie Fitzgerald above.  She married B.M. Sims, ? York and Victor Koucrek.  Belle died in 1969.

1903 Bonnie Fitzgerald the daughter of Howard & JoAnna (McDonald) Fitzgerald.  She married Holly Francher and died in 1984 at age 81.

Allen Woody husband of Irene Lathrop

Chad Petty the son of Larry & Wilma (Primus) Petty

Justin Ahlersmyer the son of Bill & Tina (Shaw) Ahlersmyer

James McAllister son of Donald & Jan (Dail) McAllister 

Marriages:

1859 Henry Trinkle & Caroline Colclasure.  Caroline born 1842 in Illinois was the daughter of Jacob & Mary (Trinkle) Colclasure.  They had at least one son.

1862 Levi Clark & Emily Rose in Lawrence Co. OH.  Levi born 1838 in Lawrence Co. OH was the son of Cornelius & Elizabeth (Lambert) Clark.  Emily the daughter of Lewis & Margaret (Lambert) Rose was born 1842 in Lawrence Co., OH.  They were cousins.  They had four children.  Levi died 1912 in Lawrence Co. and Emily in 1920.  They are buried in Aid Cemetery in Lawrence Co. OH.

1911 Elmer Withrow & Alice Martindale in Ft. Smith, AR.  Elmer born 1886 Fairfield, IL was the son of Franklin & Mary (Dove) Withrow.  Alice was born 1897.  They had 13 children.  Alice died in 1948 at age 51.  Elmer married 2) Nellie Jones ca. 1958 in New London, MO.  He died in New London, MO in 1975 and is buried in Hannibal, MO.