Sarah Ann (Bracken) Speer (1858 - 1932)

Born 1 Jul 1858 in Lawrence County, Alabama, USA

Wife of John Speer — married 21 May 1876 in Lawrence County, Alabama, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1932 at age 74 in Morgan County, Alabama

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Biography

Obituary

July 16, 1932 MRS SARAH ANN SPEER, aged 74 years, died this morning at the residence of her son, W. R. Speer on Ellis Street at the Alabama Water Company pumping station. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church, the funeral cortege leaving the residence at 2:45 o'clock. Services will be conducted by Rev Frank T. Smith and interment will be made at Morris' Cemetery, Trinity mountain, Brown directing. Mrs Speer is survived by four sons, W. R., L. J., E. E. and T. E. Speer of Decatur; one daughter, Mrs C. H. Thomas of San Francisco; 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. MORRIS CEMETERY AKA GRANGE HALL CEMETERY. Published in the Decatur Daily

Sources

• Rollo Clayton Speer, "The family of Dr. Robert E. Speer, D.D. : many noted scions from Scotland, Ireland, Pennsylvania and west : several family groups combined for the first time", Pocatello, Idaho : [s.n.], 1942.

• "United States Census, 1860," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDK-55W : accessed 17 August 2015), Sarah Bracken in household of Wm Bracken, Northern Division, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 42, household ID 298, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,012.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHK6-DL5 : accessed 17 August 2015), Sarah Bracken in household of Ann Bracken, Alabama, United States; citing p. 8, family 66, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,521.

• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J5-J6L : accessed 20 May 2015), Sarah A Speer in household of John Speer, Mount Hope, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district 170, sheet 386A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0018; FHL microfilm 1,254,018.

• Identified as Mary - "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DG-HGM : accessed 20 May 2015), Mary A Speer, Precinct 11 Trinity Trinity town, Morgan, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,035.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7Y-VBC : accessed 17 August 2015), Sallie A Speer, New Decatur Ward 1, Morgan, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 166, sheet 10A, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,042.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3V1P-8T2 : accessed 17 August 2015), Sarah A Speor in household of William R Speor, Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0006, sheet 4A, family 77, line 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 44; FHL microfilm 2,339,779.

• "Find A Grave Index," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKV-79BY : accessed 17 August 2015), Sarah Ann Bracken Speer, 1932; Burial, Trinity (Morgan), Morgan, Alabama, United States of America, Grange Hall Cemetery; citing record ID 47335092, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47335092.

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Acknowledgments

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