Charles C and Elizabeth L Speers
Information comes from the family files at the Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society in Alexandria. The historical society also houses the Speers Hospital Collection donated by Dr. Shore in 2006.
Charles Campbell Speers was born 28 Dec 1821 in Rostraver,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the son of Abraham Speers and Margaret
Campbell. He married Elizabeth L Martin 2 March 1846, in Galveston Texas.
Elizabeth L Martin was born 1821 in London England. Charles became a
well-known river Captain and made a fortune during the Civil War in cotton.
Children of Abraham Speers and Margaret Campbell
1. David Porter Speers b-1819 in Rostraver; d-2
May 1882
2. Charles Campbell Speers b-28 Dec 1821
3. Solomon K Speers b-6 Feb 1824 in Rostraver
4. Nancy b-2 Dec 1826 in Rostraver; d-4 July 1829 in Rostraver
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Charles and Elizabeth raised a nephew Charles A Speers, son of John and Mary, but had no known children of their own.
Charles A Speers b-28 July 1853 in Georgetown, Oh; d-31 Dec 1887 in Springfield Mo; br-3 Jan 1888 in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 January 1888, page 5
SPEERS-At Springfield Mo. December 31st at 8 am Charles A Speers formerly of this city. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel Tuesday Jan 3d at 11 am. Carriages will leave Dayton Ky. at 9 am and John F Wiltsee's Sixth st. at 10 am.
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After the Civil War and by the 1870 census, Charles and Elizabeth were living in Cincinnati where they remained until moving to Dayton Ky. in 1883. Charles C Speers died 20 March 1885. He was buried 2 April in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Elizabeth L Speers died 13 August 1894 in Dayton also and was buried 16 August in Spring Grove Cemetery. She left an estate of a huge amount for the time and instructed that her money be used to build a hospital in Dayton named after her husband.
Newspaper article of 21 August 1894 of the Speers Bequest
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