In Memoriam September 21st

Joseph Speer

1719 Martha (Lathrop) Moss in Wallingford, CT age 62.  She was the daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop born in New London, CT in 1657.  Martha married John Moss in 1677 and they had ten children: mary, Esther, Samuel, John, Martha, Solomon, Israel, Isaac, Mary and Benjamin. 

1819 Charles Hinkle age 40, born in 1779.  He was the son of Philip & Mary (Johnson) Hinkle.

1874 Olive Irwin day old daughter of Corbin & Charlotte (Lathrop) Irwin in Illinois.

1876 Joseph Speer son of Andrew & Elizabeth (Shelton) Speer in Leesville, IN, age 78.  Joseph married Priscilla Flinn in 1819 and they had ten children: John, Robert, William, Andrew, Joseph, Jacob, Aggie, Nancy, Lianna and Elizabeth.  He is buried in Pinhook Cemetery in Leesville, IN.

1911 David Fitzgerald age 44 in Clay Co., IL he was the son of William & Emily (Smith) Fitzgerald born in 1867.  David married America Rinehart.  He is buried in Christian Home Cemetery in Louisville, IL.

1989 Earl Rainwater age 81 the son of George & Emma (Fox) Rainwater.  He was born in Wayne Co., IL in 1908.  Earl married Lucile Reece in 1931 and they had three children: Lowell, Gale and Wanda.