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Speer, David R

lawyer, politician, was born June 26, 1849, in Greenville, S.

C. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar, which profession he still practices in the place of his nativity. He has written extensively for the periodical press; and takes an active part in public affairs.

Speer, Emory

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 3, 1848, in Culloden, Ga. In 1873 he was appointed solicitor-general for the western judicial circuit of Georgia, and held the office three years. He was elected a representative from Georgia to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses; and in 1885 was appointed United States district judge for the southern district of Georgia.

Speer, John

journalist, state senator, was born Dec. 27, 1817, in Kittanning, Pa.

In 1863 until 1871 he conducted the Kansas City Tribune; in 1864 was a member of the state senate; and from 1862-66 was United States collector of Kansas.

Speer, Ocie

lawyer, author, was born April 1, 1869, in Tarrant county, Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1889; and practices in Bowie, Texas; was elected county attorney in 1890; and is the author of a treatise entitled The Law of Married Women.

Speer, Robert Milton

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 8, 1838, in Cassville, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-second and forty-third congresses as a democrat.

Speer, William

missionary, author, was born April 24, 1822, in New Alexandria, Pa. He is a presbyterian missionary in China; and the author of China and the United States; The Great Revival of 1800; and God's Rule for Christian Giving.

Spence, John Selby

congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 29, 1788, near Snow Hill, Md. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1823 to 1825, and from 1831 to 1833; and was United States senator from 1837 to 1840. He died Oct. 29, 1840, near Berlin, Md.

Spence, Thomas Adam

lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 20, 1810, in Accomac county, Va. He was a presidential elector in 1840; and was elected a representative in congress from Maryland from 1843 to 1845. He died Nov. 10, 1877, in Washington, D. C.

Spence, William Wallace

financier, philanthropist, was born in 1815 in Scotland. He has been a finance commissioner of the city of Baltimore, N. Y. In 1890 he presented the city of Baltimore a $50,000 statue of Sir William Wallace, from whom he descends, and the monument was placed on a site in Druid Hill park.

Spencer, Ambrose

lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Dec. 13, 1765, in Salisbury, Conn. He settled in Hudson, N. Y.; and was elected to the assembly in 1793; and in 1795 to the state senate, serving until 1798, when he was re-elected for four years. In 1804 he became a justice of the supreme court of New York. He died March 13, 1848, in Lyons, N. Y.

Spencer, Mrs. Bella Zilfa

author, was born March 1, 1843, in England.

She was the author of Ora, the Lost Wife; Tried and True; and Surface and Depth.

She died Aug. 1, 1867, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

SPENCER, MRS. CORNELIA [PHIL- LIPS], author, was born March 20, 1825, in Harlem, N. Y. She is a North Carolina writer who published The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina; and History of North Carolina.

Spencer, Francis Elias

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born April 25, 1834, in Ticonderoga, N. Y. In 1861 he was elected district attorney of Santa Clara county, Cal., which office he filled until 1866. In 1871 he was elected to the lower branch of the legislature as a republican. In 1879 he was elevated to the bench of the superior court of Santa Clara county.