Samuel Lotspeich
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Samuel Lawrence Lotspeich (1796 - 1874)

Rev Samuel Lawrence Lotspeich
Born in Greeneville, Greene County, Southwest Territory, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 11 Sep 1817 in Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USAmap
Husband of — married 8 Jul 1850 in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee, USAmap
Husband of — married about 1854 in Tennesseemap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia, USAmap
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Biography

Samuel Lotspeich was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.
Samuel Lotspeich has German Roots.
This profile is part of the Lotspeich Name Study.

Rev Samuel Lawrence Lotspeich was born on 09 Jul 1796 in Greeneville, Greene County, Southwest Territory [1]. He was the son of Johann Christopher "Jon" Lotschberg and Rebecca Rebecca Hartley. He was a Methodist minister and married Polly Bitner on 11 Sept 1817 in Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee.

In 1850 he was living in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee and married a second wife, Lena Louiza Gibson, on 08 Jul 1850 there. She died there on 08 Aug 1854. After her death he married his third wife. In 1870 they were living in Murray County, Georgia,

He died on 23 Apr 1874 at age: 78 years, 3 months, 14 days in Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia and was buried in Center Valley Cemetery, Chatsworth, Georgia. His headstone is actually engraved "1785-1873'" for some reason.

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Territory
  • 1850 US Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, District 11, Roll M432_874, Page 357, Image 2
  • US Census, Murray County, Georgia, Militia District 1039, Roll M593
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17541679/samuel-l-lotspeich: accessed 03 September 2022), memorial page for Rev Samuel L. Lotspeich (9 Jan 1796–23 Apr 1874), Find A Grave: Memorial #17541679, citing Center Valley Cemetery, Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by SomeBunny Lღves You❣ klj (contributor 46958704) .




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