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Note: Gen. 31. William Penn Leggett, born on September 7, 1861. No record of his marriage available, if he ever did marry. He died April 10, 1924.
Source:
Section No. 2 - Division No. 1
Descendants of One Named Gabriel Leggett
Compiled by Branches and Generations
Starting of the Twenty-fifth Generation
of the Old Leggett Record
Brought From Essex, England
In the Year of
1635 - A.D.
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William Penn Leggett the second son of Thomas Jr. and Hanna was born in 1861 and grew up in Dutchess County having been a successful farmer for many years but the lure of the big city attracted him to Pittsburgh, Penn. where he in 1893 married Martha Jane Spear and after an extended training period in the steel industry became a representative of the Pittsburgh Steel & Wire Co. with headquarters in Charleston W, VA. His territory for traveling was the states of Virginia & West Virginia. They never had the pleasure of any children of their own. Uncle Will like his father liked to make things of wood. He always carried a couple of well sharpened pen knives and while waiting for an appointment could be seen carving a monkey or some other animal out of a peach pit or a piece of hard wood.
From:
A FEW OF MY MEMORIES OF THOMAS HAIGHT AND HANNA HULDA LEGGETT
MY GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR. OFFSPRING AS COMPILED BY
G. HAROLD LEGGETT IN THE SPRING OF 1960
Courtesy of Edgar Pearsall Leggett:
-----Original Message-----
From: Edgar P. Leggett [mailto:epleggett@anent.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:53 AM
To: Leggett, David
Subject: Leggett data
You should have this compiled record just for the sake of having it in many places. It is not completely edited, but the basic facts are there. The text material is from a genealogy of the Leggett family compiled by George Harold Leggett, my uncle. I have the carbon copies of the loose leaf book he left to me.
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William P. Leggett found in:
Census Microfilm Records: New York, 1900
Lived in: Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York
Series: T623 Microfilm: 1023 Book: 1 Page: 54
From this record, it seems though he married in Pittsburgh, the couple tried the farm life for some years afterwards. Wife Jane, born July, 1863, in Pennsylvania, of parents both born in that state. They had been then married 7 years. One Noah S. Read, born August, 1894, in Pennsylvania, of parents both born in that state, and listed as a nephew, lived in the household, and one servant as well.
He is a farmer.
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By now, William has entered the steel business.
1910 United States Federal Census
about William P Leggett
Name: William P Leggett
Age in 1910: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts
Spouse's name: Martha
Home in 1910: Richmond Lee Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William P Leggett 48
Martha Leggett Jr. 46
Louise Logan 27
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Richmond Lee Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T624_1644; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 105; Image: 1513.
He is a traveling salesman, steel.
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1920 United States Federal Census
about William P Leggett
Name: William P Leggett
Home in 1920: Greenville Ward 1, Greenville, South Carolina
Age: 56 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Martha Jane
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: New Hampshire
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 705
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William P Leggett 56
Martha Jane Leggett 54
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Greenville Ward 1, Greenville, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1698; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 705.
He is Salesman, Steel Co.
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1930 United States Federal Census
about Jennie G Leggett Name: Jennie G Leggett
Home in 1930: East McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
View Map
Age: 66
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Sister
Race: White
Occupation:
Education:
Military Service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Parents' birthplace: View image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Noah L Speer 46
Jesse Speer 44
Noah D Speer 17
Francis Speer 14
Jane Speer 9
Noah O Speer 92
Jennie G Leggett 66
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: East McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1962; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 580; Image: 786.0.
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From: t.speers [mailto:t.speers@comporium.net]
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 6:47 PM
To: Leggett, David - FNS
Cc: Mike Speers
Subject: RE: William Penn Leggett
Hello David Leggett,
Attached is a Letter from Noah Q to his half-brother Samuel Calhoun Speer in Cochran GA. It is Microsoft Word.
Howard in the Letter is James Howard Speer. Will is Bvt Col. William Finley Speer and his wife is Mary Starritt/Sterritt Power Speer.
William Finley Speer dies in 1893.
Jennie is Martha Jane Leggett.
There are a lot of other details to describe the other people mentioned in the letter and the two JPG pictures.
In the first JPG picture #12 Martha Jane SpeerLeggett is the first one on the right seated.
In the 2nd JPG picture #1 Martha Jane Speer Leggett is seated 2nd from the right.
I did not find William Penn Leggett in the pictures.
Tom Speers
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N. Q. SPEER
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. VA
Mar. 28/11 [1911]
My dear brother Cal,
I was very glad indeed to get your letter of 20th inst. and to hear from you. I am glad you wrote me as you did, telling me of your self and family, of Stewart and John, also about your mothers death. I too have often wondered where you all were, had heard of all being in Texas, then later that you were some where in Pennsylvania, then last summer when in Bellevernon Dr. Vanvoorhis told me that he had heard of your mothers death, but I was never able to get any word regarding the family or the location of any of them, but now I hope we may get in closer touch with each other.
Brother Will died Sept. 1893 just ten years after our father died. His family, Mary lives in Pittsburgh with her youngest son, Harry, who is married and they have two children.
Her son Will is married and lives in Chicago, they have three boys.
Louis still engaged as Capt. Of a large Tow Boat, what we call a down river Coal packet, running Pittsburgh to New Orleans. He met with a serious accident about two years ago, on his boat, his life was despaired of for many months, but he has recovered so as to be able to fill his position on the boat, he has wife and three boys, their home is in Pittsburgh.
Nellie is married, has one child living, one dead, they live near Boston Mass.
Sister Retta still lives at Earleigh Heights Md, has two daughters, Jennie and Mary, both at home with her, and one son Solomon married and lives some where in same neighborhood. One son Louis died about 20 years ago.
Sister Mary Park and her husband both died many years ago. Louis M. Parks their oldest son is married, have two children, was a prominent business man located in Minneapolis when last heard from.
Their second son Thomas, became a professor in (I think) Chicago University, but has been dead several years, never married.
Their two daughters, Sadie and Retta were, when last heard from, in Tower Hill, Ill. Where their parents died. Retta is a teacher, neither married.
Rob. Porter and Celia live on a farm near Mars, Allegheny Co., Pa. Their daughter Pearl, now Mrs. Hughes, married last fall, her husband a farmer, and live in same neighborhood.
Celias youngest child a lad about 17 years of age is at home, their other boys (three) are scattered, there where abouts unknown to me.
Brother Rowland was married, had a family, removed to Denver Colorado many years ago, and I have lost all knowledge of him.
Brother Edgar was injured on a Railroad in Illinois in 1892, died the following day. We buried him in Old Rehoboth Cemetery.
Alline and I are still holding our own fairly well. We lived in Pittsburgh until 1904, in Dunbar Pa part 1904-1905, then came to Berkeley Springs, W. Va. and have made this our home for six years. Kept house the first three years, since that time have been boarding, on account of only the two of us in family for the most part of the time, as our children Howard, Jennie, Marchand, Fannie, Hamilton, Annie, Cecil and Noah Q, Jr. have all been married except Noah, Jr. and all away most of the time.
Howard, Annie and Cecil live in Pittsburgh, Marchand in Pacific, Mo. Fannie in Atlantic City, N.J., Jennie Birmingham Ala, Hamilton in Berkeley Springs, and Noah, Jr. has been away most of the time with some R.R. Contractors.
I have been connected with the glass sand business most of my life and still am, although not now actively engaged.
Alline and I celebrated our fiftieth Anniversary, “Golden Wedding”, Aug 21st 1910 with our children all present at Pittsburgh. We thought of you all and would have sent account of same had we known the addresses.
You will be interested to learn that Dr. Vanvoorhis is still living in Bellevernon, 88 years old. William Jones, Fell Jones, John Cunningham and Robt Linton all old citizens of Bellevernon died within a year. You no doubt remember them, Alex Brown too, he died some years ago. There but few of our old acquaintances living there.
Alline and I join in love to you, your wife and that dear little girl, and will be interested to hear from you all.
Your brother
N.Q. Speer
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From: t.speers [mailto:t.speers@comporium.net]
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 1:14 PM
To: Leggett, David - FNS
Subject: RE: William Penn Leggett
Hello David,
In a letter that Noah Q wrote in 1911, he mentioned that Jane was living in Birmingham, AL. Noah had many of his children buried in his plot at Rehobeth Church.
Tom
From: t.speers [mailto:t.speers@comporium.net]
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:58 PM
To: Leggett, David - FNS
Subject: RE: William Penn Leggett
Hello David,
I also included 2 pictures of the Rehobeth Church.
One is taken looking west toward I-70 and the stones should be to the left or south of the church. The RehobethCh JPG is of Finley/Cook Road and the Church. You might be able to see this scene from I-70 going East from Belle Vernon. There is an I-70 exit to Route 201 and to McDonald’s and Denny’s and another just up the grade going toward Route 51 at a country road crossover.
There is a Norfolk Southern RR side track back on Finley Road a few hundred yards from the church and a PA Road Landmark sign about Col. Edward Cook who was a fellow officer of George Washington. There is a stone fort house south on this road where George visited his fellow officer twice probably during the 1780’s or 1790’s. The National Road Route 40 crossing of the Youghiogheny River land used to be owned by my 4th great grandfather Jacob Spears between 1769 and 1816. George W., and Mason and Dixon stayed there. We spell our last name 4 ways and I am in contact with 55 or more relatives. Jacob named Bourbon Whiskey in 1810 in Paris KY. Actor Noah Strausser-Speer Wyle is a cousin descended from Jane’s brother James Howard Speer. There is a connection further back to Harry Reasoner the newscaster and John Wayne’s first wife, William T. Sherman, James G. Blaine and OBAMA – some of these are “By Marriage”.
Noah Q. started the huge glass sand quarry in Berkeley Springs WV in 1877 and 2 or 3 other major Glass Sand quarries in PA and VA. The one in WV is a mountain range of sand and is now being mined by U S Silica Corporation. There is a little train engine and dump car exhibit on the road leading into Berkeley Springs that must have been used in the first operations. Jane’s brother Hamilton and wife Anita Buchanan lived on the left going into town and are buried way up the hill in Greenway Cemetery. Noah also had another home nearby when he retired. You can find some of this story on the internet by Googling “Noah Q Speer”. Noah Q owned the Pennsylvania White Sand Company and an island in the Allegheny River. I have some other pictures of Noah’s 50 wedding anniversary in 1910 at the island. One of the two pictures probably shows Jane and maybe her husband William. Most of the women are dressed in white dresses except for sister Francis. I am not sure if I can identify all the people. I will have to scan them into JPG files again. I have had trouble with some old files when my last computer died.
Martha Jane Speer’s tombstone name appears as Jane Speer. Her father Noah Q Speer’s and Louis Marchand Speer’s tombstones are nearby. Louis’s is hard to read. Louis founded North Bellevernon. Noah’s Q’s gf Noah Speer/Speers founded the original BV in 1812/13. ETC.
Tom Speers
From: Leggett, David - FNS [mailto:David.Leggett@fns.usda.gov]
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 8:26 AM
To: 't.speers'
Subject: RE: William Penn Leggett
Tom, thanks so much for helping me out with this new info.
As I assume you saw my Rootsweb site, you perhaps saw my line, which goes from NYC through Pgh. I was always intrigued by this 3rd cousin 3x removed, who apparently married a Pittsburgher. I don’t know if he ever lived there, though…I wondered if the two branches of the family knew each other out in Pgh. My g grandfather, William Thomas Leggett went out to Pgh from NYC and founded the William T. Leggett Co. in 1886, which still exists today, though my father sold it. I have changed Martha’s name to Speers. I was born in Pgh, but we moved to Washington, Pa., when I was 13. My parents still live there. I know about the Speers-Belle Vernon Bridge. I assume Martha is actually from Belle Vernon, and buried in the same cemetery? Sure, would like to see the photos. Thanks again.
David
From: t.speers [mailto:t.speers@comporium.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 2:17 PM
To: Leggett, David - FNS
Subject: William Penn Leggett
Hello David Leggett,
William Penn Leggett is buried in Rehobeth Presbyterian cemetery in Belle Vernon, PA. He married 9/7/1893 Martha Jane Speer 1863 - 1952.
I have some low resolution JPG pictures of the Speer’s buried in this cemetery. Are you interested. I was born in BV.
Martha’s father was Noah Q Speer born in BV. Noah was heavy into the glass industry in Pittsburgh. As I remember two of his daughters
delayed their marriages one year since Noah Q Speer’s brother Bvt. Col. William Finley Speer had been injured when run over by a
trolley in Pittsburgh.
Tom Speers,
historian for the Speer/Speers/Spears/Speer family internet association
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From: t.speers [mailto:t.speers@comporium.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 10:05 AM
To: Leggett, David - FNS
Subject: FW: William Penn Leggett
Hello David,
I forgot that Hannah Huldag Hoag.
Tom Speers
From: t.speers [mailto:t.speers@comporium.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 10:04 AM
To: David.Leggett@fns.usda.gov
Subject: William Penn Leggett
Hello David,
William Penn Leggett married Martha Jane Speer (not Spear) Sept. 7, 1893 and both are buried at Rehobeth Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Her dad was Noah Q. Speer who I think helped William get his start because Noah was rich enough. Attached are their tombstone pictures and Noah and . Hannah was Hannah Huldag 1833-1010. I have other nearby tombstone pictures of Noah Q.’s children except for Noah Q. Jr who is in Arlington Cemetery and Hamilton who is in Berkeley Springs, WV.
3/2/2013. It is a coincidence that your file is updated 3/1/2013.
Tom Speers, family historian
803-984-5122
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From: t.speers [mailto:t.speers@comporium.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:22 AM
To: Leggett, David - FNS
Cc: Mike Speers
Subject: 1930 Census corrections
Hello David Leggett,
In the 1930 Census that you just displayed there is a
Noah L. is really Noah Q Speer Jr born 1884. Again like his father I think the Q is just a Q and is buried in Arlington VA.
Jesse is Jessie Dellinger born 1886 (should be buried in Arlington VA),
Noah D. is their son Noah Dellinger Speer born May 16, 1913 married Lillian Louise Miller and are buried in Huntsville TX ,
Francis is Frances Alline Speer born 1916 , I do not know who she married,
Jane is Lucille Jane Speer born 1921 who married a Howard,
Noah O is really Noah Quinton Speer born Feb 15, 1943 (Noah Q. Jr and Jessie D Speer’s son
who married a Patricia and lives in Huntsville TX noahspeer@sbcglobal.net (936) 291-3045.
I visited them in 2009. They have 3 children, one is Noah Anderson Speer born 1979 and two are girls Gloria and Elizabeth.
There are 17 Noah’s so far, 22 Henry’s and 7 Solomon’s. Noah Q Jr operated a restaurant on Rt. 22 in McKeesport, and later in Falls Church VA on Rt. 21 (that parallels I-81) at an important crossroad.
The lower BV town sign JPG is attached.
Did you know that this line from Noah Speer/s born 1769 at Gibsonton (now a part of BV) is directly related to Noah Strausser-Speer Wyle and by marriage to William T. Sherman and John Wayne’s first wife? Noah’s 11 or 12 siblings were born in VA (not Germany).
We also are directly related to Harry Reasoner (who married Noah Sr’s sister Mary) and other important people. And we had significant neighbors like Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln (in 5 locations). Ron Reagan was my maternal great uncle’s back door neighbor west of Santa Barbara, CA.
Notice the sign attached has both spellings Speer and Speers. We also have relatives that spelled their last name Spear (a few) and there are a lot of Spears in KY (2 lines) that I am now researching. Mike and I have a SFIA, Speers Family Internet Association where I try to keep in contact with cousins. I do not like to put my research on Ancestry.com. It is not like “Findagrave.com” where you can control your tree info and correct mistakes.
3/2/2013
Tom Speers, family Historian
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From: Mike Speers [mailto:speers.rvrose.mike@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 2:09 PM
To: t.speers
Cc: Leggett, David - FNS
Subject: Re: 1930 Census corrections
This is MIke Speers. I can add a few things to Tom's email.
Lillian Louisa Miller, wife of Noah Dellinger Speer: I have these notes about her.
Lillian Louisa Miller Speer, devoted wife, loving Christian mother, grandmother, trusted friend and upstanding role model went home to the Lord on Aug. 12, 2006.
Lillian was born to Albertus and Henrietta Baughman Miller on Oct. 13, 1915 in DeLand, Fla. They had numerous residences in Florida including being the sole occupants of Talbot Island off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla. She was preceded in death by her husband Noah Dellinger “Del” Speer and only sister Pauline Miller Long. She is survived by her only son, Noah Q. Speer and wife Patricia of Huntsville, and grandchildren Gloria Speer of Whitefish, Mont., Elizabeth Speer of Lufkin, Texas and Noah “Andy” Anderson Speer and wife Meghan of Frisco, Texas. She is also survived by special family friend Delores King, and caregivers Becky Skidmore, Judy Hornung and Christine Harmon.
Lillian and Del built three homes including the one in Falls Church, Va. from which they retired. She was an accomplished seamstress and did many restoration projects for the Smithsonian Institute, from Civil War uniforms to the First Ladies’ Gowns. She was selected as one of the group to be responsible for the restoration of Old Glory to prepare it to hang in the lobby of the new Smithsonian National History building.
Lillian and Del moved to Huntsville in 1985 to be near their only child and their beloved grandchildren. She lived out her faith in quiet ways from volunteering over 3100 hours with the HMH Auxiliary to supporting the Good Shepherd Mission and others in need in the community.
She loved to travel. She and Del explored many cities from St Petersburg, Fla. to St Petersburg, Russia. They spent 5 years living primarily in their motor home. During that time they visited every state capital before settling in Huntsville, TX.
Gloria Speer, daughter of Noah Quinton and Patricia Speer: b. 22 Nov 1975 md Leif Nelson, son's name is Ness Nelson
Elizabeth Speer, sister of Gloria: b. 17 Aug 1978
Frances Alline Speer, daughter of Noah Q and Jessie Speer: md. Blair Reed. Two children; William (no data) and Alline Frances Speer Reed: md Harry Madison Crew. One son: Harry Jr.
MIke Speers
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<b>William Penn Leggett
</b>Birth 1861
Death 1924 (aged 62-63)
Burial Rehoboth Cemetery Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Memorial ID 95577131
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