Hon. Alexander Middleton Speer

1820 - 1897  (77 years)

• Name	Alexander Middleton Speer
  Title	Hon.
  Born	27 Feb 1820	Abbeville County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Mar 1897	Madison, Morgan, Georgia
  		Alexander Middleton Speer (1820-1897) Death Announcement Baltimore Sun 30 Mar 1897
  Buried	Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding, Georgia
  		Findagrave memorial for Judge Alexander Middleton Speer Created by: Walk The Earth Record added: Oct 15, 2006 Photographed Find A Grave Memorial# 16201182
  Notes	Speer, Alexander M., jurist and politician, was born in South Carolina in 1820. He received his elementary education in the little log school house of that period, and in 1833 came with his parents to Georgia and in 1839 graduated at the state university. He then studied law for one year, when he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Forsyth. Later he removed to Macon, where he remained until the breaking out of the Civil war. On April 20, 1861, he enlisted in the "Macon Volunteers," but in 1862 became major of the Forty-sixth Georgia. A few months afterward he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, but retired from active service in 1863 to enter the state senate. Two years later he was appointed judge of the Flint circuit, and served until 1868, when he was removed by Governor Bullock. When the Democratic party again assumed control of the state government he was reelected to the judgeship, serving a term in the legislature before taking his seat. In 1879 he was elected to a place on the supreme court bench and served with credit for two years, when failing health compelled his resignation. He died at Madison, Ga., about 1898. [1]
  Person ID	I18741	Dickinson
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Alexander Speer,   b. 23 Aug 1790, Abbeville County, South Carolina ,   d. 20 Apr 1856, LaGrange, Troup, Georgia  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Middleton,   b. 1788,   d. 12 Oct 1838, Culloden, Monroe, Georgia  (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F5836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Battle,   b. 12 Oct 1822,   d. 24 May 1878  (Age 55 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1840	Monroe County, Georgia   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Henry Alexander Speer,   b. 28 Jul 1841, Macon, Bibb, Georgia ,   d. 25 Jul 1864, Georgia  (Age 22 years)  [Birth]   2. Eugene P Speer,   b. 1843, Macon, Bibb, Georgia ,   d. 24 Mar 1896, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia  (Age 53 years)  [Birth]   3. Antoinette Speer,   b. 8 Mar 1844, Macon, Bibb, Georgia ,   d. 8 May 1844, Macon, Bibb, Georgia  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   4. Isabella Speer,   b. 1848, Georgia  [Birth]   5. Walter Raleigh Speer,   b. 20 Nov 1849, Monroe County, Georgia ,   d. 20 May 1856, Monroe County, Georgia  (Age 6 years)  [Birth]   6. Mary L Speer,   b. 1854, Georgia  [Birth]   7. Charles Carroll Speer,   b. 18 Nov 1855, Monroe County, Georgia ,   d. 1 Aug 1873, Griffin, Spalding, Georgia  (Age 17 years)  [Birth]   8. Alice Speer,   b. 31 Oct 1857, Macon, Bibb, Georgia ,   d. 16 Aug 1871, Griffin, Spalding, Georgia  (Age 13 years)  [Birth]   9. Arthur Middleton Speer, M.D.,   b. 22 Oct 1862, Griffin, Spalding, Georgia ,   d. 23 Jun 1931, Macon, Bibb, Georgia  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F5837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Feb 1820 - Abbeville County, South Carolina Married - 22 Sep 1840 - Monroe County, Georgia Died - 28 Mar 1897 - Madison, Morgan, Georgia Buried - - Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S411] Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (3 vols.), Allen Daniel Candler, Clement Anselm Evans, editors, (Atlanta: State Historical Association, 1906), "Speer, Alexander M.," 3: 342ff, and digitized by Google Books at http://bit.ly/2sUKCMB. [S012032] Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944, Hunting For Bears, comp., (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004). [S336457] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).