Ingham County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Speer, Polly M. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Allison Findlay findlayjohn@yahoo.com September 3, 2007, 9:30 am Cemetery: DuBois Cemetery Name: Polly M. Speer Date Of Photograph: August 9, 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/dubois/speer117049gph.jpg Image file size: 175.8 Kb POLLY M. wife of ZENAS C. SPEER Died Apr. 25, 1854 Aged 56 yr's 3 mo's & 11 days (footstone)P.M.S. Additional Comments: Polly M. Speer, wife of Zenas C., purchased Matthew DuBois' farm (section 24, Alaiedon Township) c1836. The spelling of the family name, Speer, often appears written as "Spears." Polly's husband's name also appears as "Zeniss" and "Fenas." After Polly's death, Zenas (age 56) married Catharine Lott (age 57), a widow, on January 11, 1857 (Ingham County, Michigan Marriages, 1838- 1867, 2:397). Additional Comment by Ken Gailey (loneranger0145@yahoo.com) on April 25, 2008: Polly Mary was born on January 14, 1798 in New York, USA and died April 25, 1854 in Michigan. She was buried at Dubois Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, Michigan and married to Zenas C. Speer and had three children: Emily, Mary Ann and George Speer. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/dubois/speer117049gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb