Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Alexander SPEAKMAN (April 6 1886); Chester County, PA ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Casella james_casella@verizon.net February 7, 2005, 9:34 am CCHSociety Name file Golden Wedding- Alexander Speakman and wife, westtown Township, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday, when a dinner was set out by those who had come to celebrate the occasion. Rev. Joseph E. Evans, of West Chester,was present and read a portion of scripture and offered prayer for the twain who had been spared to enjoy a long life of usefulness and prosperity. There were sixty persons in the company, representing Wilmington, Delaware,Phonexville, Goshenville, and Delaware County, while many were forcibly detained at home on account of the condition of the roads. the venerable pair were presented with many useful and ornamental presents. Mr. Speakman had been employed for a period of fifty years at Westtown Boarding Scjhool, and attends to all the repairing needed in the institution. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb