Mary Speer
Mary Speer (maiden name: Barnhill) was born around 1807 in Ohio. She married William Speer on July 29, 1824, and they had at least seven children: Sarah, born around 1828; Robert, born around 1833; Thomas, born around 1836; Henry, born around 1839; William, born on January 12, 1842; Sandford, born around 1845; and Mary, born around 1848. They lived in Wayne, Indiana, and her husband worked as a farmer. Her husband died in January 1864.
 
By 1870, she was living with her son Robert’s family in Pike, Indiana, and she owned $4,000 of real estate and $200 of personal property. A decade later, she was living in Zionsville, Indiana, with her daughter Mary. She died in Indiana on August 26, 1893.
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(3005)Speer, Mary ~ Barnhill, Mary18071893-08-26
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 10

  • (8184) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer and Mary Speer, 19 April 1863
  • (8186) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer and Mary Speer, 31 May 1863
  • (8190) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer and Mary Speer, 26 July 1863
  • (8729) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer and Mary Speer, 22 June 1862
  • (8736) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer and Mary Speer, 12 November 1863
  • (8742) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to Mary Speer, 15 January 1862
  • (8754) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer and Mary Speer, 18 July 1862
  • (8784) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer et al., 3 November 1861
  • (8899) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer and Mary Speer, 21 September 1861
  • (8900) [recipient] ~ William H. Speer to William Speer et al., 21 October 1861

People - Records: 5

  • (3005) Speer, Mary is the [parent-in-law of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3005) Speer, Mary is the [parent of] (3001) Speer, William Harrison
  • (3005) Speer, Mary is the [parent of] (3003) Speer, Sandford
  • (3005) Speer, Mary is the [husband of] (3004) Speer, William
  • (3305) Speer, Henry P. is the [child of] (3005) Speer, Mary

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (379) [death] ~ Indiana

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, available from Ancestry.com.