This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cherokeemuseum Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.cowley/975.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Rachel I was in Winfield at the library yesterday and did some checking there without success (sans the above info) but likely will be able to do you some good at the Ark City library or the Cherokee Strip Museum. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do it for a few days as my wife is hosting a family reunion for her paternal cousins this Saturday that followed by a week or so trip to Colorado with her sisters. I will tentatively plan a trip to south County sometime during the last week of August. Darwin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>
Hi again Rachel I did make it to the Cherokee Strip Museum genealogical room yesterday and I did find out a little more about the Speers. (not as much as I hoped) There were some burial "census" and abstracts of their obits but not much else. The Ark City Library should have the microfilm of the local paper but I wouldn't expect to find much more information than the indexed abstracts. I ran out of time and couldn't get there. Apparently Anna was their only living child and I wasn't able to find out what happened to her after her mother's death in 1925. I found no local evidence of her death or burial or any sign of a marriage in the 10 or so years after her mom's demise. Here's a summary of what I found: William *Henry* SPEERS was born in Ohio on *31 August 1837 *to David and Sarah (nee FRANKLIN) SPEERS and died in Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas on 11 June 1917. Besides his widow and daughter, he was survived by *a brother Frank.* He is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Ark' City and shares a burial plot and tombstone with his wife Augusta L. (HAEDICKE) SPEERS, who was an Illinois born daughter of German immigrant parents, was born on 27 Jan 1846. She died in Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas on *26 April 1925* and the only seeming survivor was her daughter Anna. Good Huntin' Darwin -- Darwin Newton Cambridge KS 620-467-2541