William Henry Harrison Speirs

1841 - 1934  (92 years)

• Name	William Henry Harrison Speirs
  Born	4 Jul 1841	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	2 Jun 1849	LIVE
  Died	23 Jan 1934	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I215	Speirs-Taylor
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Speirs,   b. 14 Jul 1804, Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 8 Jul 1877, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary (Polly) Cochran,   b. 30 Sep 1804, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States ,   d. 20 Jun 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1 Dec 1828	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bessie Marie Hedger,   b. 1 Jul 1844, Witley, Surrey, England ,   d. 18 Nov 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1866
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F77	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Jul 1841 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Died - 23 Jan 1934 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		The Family of Thomas and Mary (Cockran) Speirs in the Mormon Migration Thomas and Mary, along with their family, migrated with the Saints to Utah with the Willard Richards Company. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley from 10-19 October 1848. Source: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/2/willard-richards-company
  		The Probate Record of Thomas Speirs Thomas died without a will. Through this an extensive probate file of 150 pages was created in which all of his possible heirs had to be notified. His estate was valued at around $4000 in 1877 (equivalent to just under $90,000 in 2016). Adam Speirs, Thomas' son, was the petitioner for the estate.
  		1860 US Federal Census and the Household of Thomas and Mary Speirs Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory Thomas Speirs, 55 years old; blacksmith; born in Scotland Mary Spears, 55 years old; born in Maine George Spears, 23 years old; farm laborer; born in Pennsylvania Orson Spears, 21 years old; farm laborer; born in Pennsylvania Harrison Spears, 19 years old; blacksmith; born in Illinois Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 10, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 144; Image: 150; Family History Library Film: 805313
  		Thomas and Mary Speirs's Family in the LDS Church Membership This record shows the membership of Thomas, Mary, and their five children in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints during the early days of the church. Source: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
  		1850 US Census and the Household of Thomas and Mary Speirs Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory Thomas Spears, 47 years old; blacksmith; born in Scotland Mary Spears, 46 years old; born in Maine Mary Spears, 20 years old; born in Pennsylvania Adam Spears, 17 years old; born in Pennsylvania George Spears, 15 years old; born in Pennsylvania Henry Spears, 13 years old; born in Pennsylvania Orson Spears, 12 years old; born in Pennsylvania William Spears, 9 years old; born in Illinois Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 73B; Image: 150
  		The Death Certificate of William Harrison Speirs Harrison was born in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1841. He died in 1934 at the age of ninety-two.

  
  

  Histories		Speirs Family Reunion held July 14, 1905 A summary of Thomas and Mary Speirs lives
  		Recollections of William Henry Harrison Spears about Thomas Speirs William is the son of William, son of Thomas Speirs.