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- Rebecca J.is the daughter of Statira Edith Montgomery & Stillwell Willson the Younger.
. 1891 Sep 9, Caro, Tuscola Mich., (2nd marriage ) to
Geo. W. Griffin of NY. Farmer, son of Polly Cunningham & S. Griffin. Age 66. married
Rebecca Kitchen, Rebecca Willson,
daughter of Montgomery & Stillwell Wilson.
Aged 60. /1831 Canada. Previously married to Mr. Bell.
Witnesses Arthur Dely & Grace Mahoney
Note: Her first marriage was to a Mr. Kitchen, deceased before 1891. - PJA)
. Obituary: LONG LIFE ENDED
James Wright Speck Yields to Infirmities of Age After Short Illness.
James Wright Speck died July 29 [1909] at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Bullen, of the infirmities of age, after confinement in bed for only one week.
He was born in London, England in November 1826, where he grew to manhood & learned the trade of iron molder, devoting 6 years to the work & becoming expert in what is known as the heavy branch of the business. He made the castings for the engines used in the House of Parliament, & later accepted the superintendency of the gun works in Calcutta, India, where were made the guns used in the siege of Lucknow.
After completing his contract, he traveled extensively through France & Spain, afterward visiting Africa & crossed the great desert of Sahara 4r times.
40 years ago he crossed the Atlantic, landing at Montreal, where he remained one year, then went to Toronto for 2 years & in 1870 crossed the line & settled in Detroit & helped construct the engines for the first boat running from Chatham, Ont. He cast the great fly wheel for an engine used in the Detroit water works & helped to build the second large engine used there.
Mr. Speck was married to Miss Mary Varren in London in 1846 & to them 4 children were born: Mrs. John Bullen, Caro; Mrs. W. Oliver, Mrs. James Tait, Detroit; & James W. whose whereabouts are unknown. His wife died 25 years ago & later he married2 Mrs. Mary Southworth who died, & in 1906 he married Mrs. Rebecca Griffin of Caro who survives.
Mr. Speck came to Caro 20 years ago & has not since been engaged in business but his industrious nature kept him active in light occupations & he was known to many & affectionately called “Daddy Speck.”
Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bullen, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Blachford, & were attended by Mr. & Mrs. Oliver, Mr. & Mrs. Tait, & his niece, Mrs. Jennie Houk, all of Detroit.
Ref: Tuscola County Advertiser, August 1909. - - -
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1832 - 1909 (77 years)