Molly (Speer) Hampton

Mary Matilda (Speer) Hampton

Mary Matilda (Speer) Hampton was born April 16, 1845 in Oldham Co., KY the daughter of Marquis & Susan (Hinkle) Speer.  She was called Mollie.  In 1870 Mollie married Absalom Asbury Hampton.  Absalom was born August 20, 1837 in Kentucky the son of J.R. & Mary (?) Hampton. They lived on a farm in Oldham County, Kentucky until Absalom's death in 1908.  Mollie appears in the 1930 census with her widowed brother Columbus Speer in Oldham Co. living on Speer & Roney Road.  He was listed as 76 and she as 85.  She died in Louisville, KY March 20, 1932 and is buried with Absalom in the Mount Tabor Methodist Church cemetery in Crestwood, KY.