Dr. Samuel Hadley Speer

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Saml H Speer
Age: 10
Birth Date: Jun 1885
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Honaker, Russell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Nephew
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
J Pat Lockhart 58
Celia R Lockhart 56
Saml H Speer 10
Arthur Presley 14
Malissa Musick 21
[Note: According to his marriage record, his mother was Catherine Lockhart. She died in 1885.]

1910 United States Federal Census about Samuel H Speers
Name: Samuel H Speers [Samuel H Speer]
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Porters Crossroads, Wythe, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Spencer H Speers
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Spencer H Speers 68
Samuel H Speers 34

1920 United States Federal Census about Samuel H Spier
Name: Samuel H Spier [Samuel H Speer]
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Rock Lick, Buchanan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital Status: Single [divorced]
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Occupation: Tooth
Industry: Dennis [dentist]
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Household Members:
Johnthon Hall 55
Palley Hall 40
William Hall 25
Paris Hall 21
Mcfarlin Hall 18
Noah Hall 16
Salman Hall 14
David Hall 9
Alfred Hall 6
Katie Hall 50
Buddie Smith 20
Clara O Fisher 20 [teacher, primary school]
Mabel F Adams 22 [teacher, graded school]
Luther E Fuller 23 [teacher, principal high school]
Samuel H Spier 34
[According to his wife's census record they were divorced.]

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: S H Speer
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Pike, Kentucky
Street: Knox Creek
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Baltimore, Maryland
Residence in 1935: Baltimore, Maryland
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Dentist
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $1000
Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Native Language: English
Social Security Number: Yes
Usual Occupation: Dentist
Usual Industry: Private Practice
Usual Class of Worker: Working on own account
Household Members:
S H Speer 47
Violet Speer 33
Jimmie A Smith 9
Nancy E Smith 7
Joe Greer Smith 6
Tommie H Speer 1

Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Samual Hadlug Speer [Samuel Hadley Speer]
County: Warwick
State: Virginia
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1885
Race: White
Occupation: Clerk, US Government, Camp Stewart, Newport News, VA

Samuel married Eunice Tibbett Kelly 01 Jun 1911, Wytheville, Wythe Co. VA. Eunice was born 05 Feb 1896, Indiana; died 10 Sep 1977, Wythe Co. VA; was buried , Forest United Methodist Church, Ivanhoe, Wythe Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Violet Hester CHRISTIAN. Violet (daughter of James Davenport CHRISTIAN and Mary Elizabeth Harrison) was born 02 Jun 1907, McDowell Co. WV; died 19 Jun 1989, Smyth Co. VA; was buried , Short Ridge Cemetery, Garland, McDowell Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

OBITUARY

SW VA Enterprise, Wytheville, VA; 2 May 1992

Dr. Clyde Victor Speer, age 77, of 320 S. 8th Street, Wytheville, died Sunday, April 26, 1992 at his residence following a lengthy illness.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, May 3, at 1:30 p.m., at the Forrest United Methodist Church in Ivanhoe, conducted by the Rev. Shirley Rogers.

He was a well known Wytheville dentist for over 43 years before his retirement. He was born in Honaker, his family soon moved to Ivanhoe, where he spent his entire childhood. He was a 1929 graduate of Ivanhoe High School and later graduated from Fork Union Military Academy. He also attended Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. For his medical studies he transferred to the University of Toronto, Canada, and obtained his degree in dentistry in 1937, then returned to Wytheville to open his practice. He was a decorated major with the U.S. Army Medical Corps of the 263rd Infantry during World War II.

He is survived by his wife, Maude Mullins Speer of Wytheville; two daughters and son-in-law, Tibbett L. Speer and Alexander Neill, IV of San Anselmo, Calif. and Joan Taylor of Dallas, Texas; two grandchildren, Lauren and Haidee Henderson of Dallas; two half-brothers, Thomas Speer of Colorado Springs, Colo. and Clark Speer of New Zealand; and a half-sister, Catherine Jones of Chilhowie.

Following the memorial service, friends are invited to call at the family residence at 320 South 8th Street, Wytheville.
The Grubb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.



Buried:
Grave location, tombstone photo, and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86543437

Clyde married Maude Mullins. Maude was born 12 Dec 1914, Wise Co. VA; died 12 Jul 2006, Wythe Co. VA; was buried , Forest United Methodist Church, Ivanhoe, Wythe Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Clyde married Margaret Elizabeth Perdue. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Fammie H Speer [Tommie]
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1939
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Kentucky
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Pike, Kentucky
Street: Knox Creek
Household Members:
S H Speer 47
Violet Speer 33
Jimmie A Smith 9
Nancy E Smith 7
Joe Greer Smith 6
Tommie H Speer 1

Tibbett married Alexander Neill, IV. [Group Sheet]

Joan married Henderson. [Group Sheet]

Joan married Taylor. [Group Sheet]