Biography of D. SPEER, Logan Co, AR

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Submitted by:  Delaine Edwards <delaine@ipa.net>
        Date:  29 Jun 1999
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SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891.
Logan County

	D. SPEER, planter, Booneville, Ark. D. Speer, a
well-known resident and planter of Logan County, was born
in Kentucky, June 7, 1818, and is a son of James and Penelope
(Jacks) Speer, both also from the blue-grass soil of Kentucky.
The parents were married in their native State, but received
their final summons in the Lone Star State, whither they had
removed at an early day. Of fourteen children born to this
union, only three are now living. D. Speer passed his boyhood
days on the farm, and received an average education in the
common schools. He was married in Tennessee, and the result
of this union was the birth of nine children, six of whom are
now living: D.G., Lee A., G.C., P.M., Martha F. (wife of George
Keys) and William. Those deceased were John H., Ella A. and
James. In 1863 Mr. Speer enlisted in the Confederate Cavalry
and served until the close of the war. He was paroled at Tyler,
Smith County, Tex. In 1866 he emigrated from Texas to Arkansas
and settled in Hempstead County, where he resided one year. He
then moved to this county, bought his present property, which
consists of 270 acres of land, with 100 acres under cultivation,
and he is one of the substantial men of the township. His wife,
who was a worthy and consistent member of the Baptist Church,
died in 1872. Mr. Speer is a member of the same church. His son,
P.M., was born September 6, 1854, and was married in this county
in 1874 to Miss Anna M. Terwilliger, a native of Pennsylvania,
born in the year 1851. Four children were born to this union,
three of whom are now living: Minnie E., Nellie M., Dew and
Viola (deceased.) Mrs. Speer is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.