Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Speakman, Ellis  April 16, 1885
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Speakman In Woodbury County,Iowa,on the 16th inst.,Ellis Sepakman, formerly of 
Coatesville. Funeral on third-day, 21st inst.,from the residence of his mother 
in Coatesville. Interment at Eridoun.

4/20/1885
Body Arrived - the body of Ellis Speakman, formerly of Coatesville, Pa., who 
died in Woodbury county, Iowa, on Friday arrived in Coatesville this morning 
at 2 o'clock and was taken to the residence of his mother on fourth Avenue and 
Main Streets. The funeral will take place on Tuesday and internment will be 
made at Ercidoun

4/22/1885
A Sad Surprise- The friends and Family of the late Ellis Speakman formerlly of 
Coatesville, Pa., who died in Woodbury County, Iowa, on the 16th,instant,were 
sadly surprised on Tuesday when they gathered in Coatesville expecting to see 
the remains. An inexcusable mistake had been made at Chicago, where two bodies 
had been shipped, that of Speakman`s having been sent to Canada and the one of 
latter having been sent to Coatesville.When the mistake was discovered it was 
to late to remedy it on the day set fot the funeral, and the mourners as may 
be expected were vexed at the difficulty.

the funeral of the late Ellis Speakman, formerly of Coatesville,took place at 
Ercidoun Cemtery on Tuesday, and at the appointed hour, not withstanding the 
fact that the remains did not arrive from the west for a day or so later than 
expected. The body was sent express train, while Speakman`s Brother who left 
at the same time, came on the limited express arriving in Catesville,quite a 
while before the corpse. There was anxiety on the part of the family on 
account of the delay, but their fears where allayed by their arrival at 3 
o'clock on the morning of the funeral. On the same train with the desendants 
brother, was a body which was put off the train in Mount Joy, Lancaster 
county, hence a rumor arose to the effect that there had been a mistake made, 
and the funeral would have to be postponed. This proved to be incorrect. The 
funeral was largely attend.

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