The Noah Speers listed below sometimes spelled his last name Speer. His dad Henry was recorded as Speer and Spears in official records of PA. In VA prior to 1761 it was recorded as Capt. Peter Henry Speer and Spears. The second Speers was also mis-typed J. M.Speers in the article. It was Louis Marchand Speer. He is buried at Rehobeth Church and Noah is buried at Gibsonton Cemetery in Belle Vernon - formerly spelled Bellevernon. Louis's middle name Marchand was probably derived from the name of a Doctor from Greensburg. There used to be a cast iron sign on State Street in Belle Vernon that mentioned Louis's name. Now there is a sign for Noah there with both the spellings Speer and Speers on it. It is near the Methodist Church. There were 15 or more Noah's or Noa's in my family tree. There were 5 Louis Marchand Speer or Speers, plenty of Solomon's and Henry's and William Speer or Speers or Spears. There were 3 spellings of the Surname. Louis lost the ownership of North Belle Vernon to S.F. Jones after the recession of the mid 1870's. He was well liked as a businessman and employer and the whole town turned out for his funeral. The carriage line went from BV to Rehobeth. The original deed to my folks house on Henry Street shows the name of S.F. Jones. The town had restricted building codes. All of the houses were to be at least two stories and be either German Square houses or Scotch-Irish farm shaped houses. How many of you knew Speers, PA. was called West Belle Vernon? This took me a while to figure out. Tom Speers Researching german line of Speer/Spears/Speers Germany>PA>VA>MD>PA and KY>etc. descendents of Michael Christopher Spears and his brother (Peter) Henry Speer/Spears ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PAMONVAL] Belle Vernon Bits and Pieces - (LINTON, SPEERS, CORWIN, JONES) > Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:50 PM > > Bits and Pieces from the Belle Vernon SesquiCentennial Book: > (included are the bits and pieces that include surnames. > > --R.J. LINTON was the first man in Belle Vernon to use natural gas to hear > his home. The date was October 7, 1887. > --North Belle Vernon was laid out by J.M. SPEERS on April 9, 1872. > --Belle Vernon's first school was in a kitchen in the home of Mr. and Mrs. > Morris CORWIN. > --Noah SPEERS, founder of Belle Vernon, was born March 27, 1769 > -- Belle Vernon's first banking institution was organized by S.F. JONES and > Co., on April 1, 1872. > > Thanks, > Mike Donaldson ([email protected]) > Allenport, PA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.my-ged.com/donldson > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Listowner of: > Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: > [email protected] - Mail mode > [email protected] - Digest mode > > > ==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== > REMINDER! Remove (<snip>) as much of the Original Message as possible > when replying to a List Posting. Include only that part of the original > message important to your reply.