w/o 1st unknown HARTMAN & 2nd Lewis BYRAM (b ca 1824 KY or IN & died in 1862 in prison camp at Shiloh) (Corporal, Co. B 18th Regt CSA).
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Mary A. Speer was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1823. She, with her parents, moved to Ohio where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Jacob William Hartman on September 1, 1841 in (Tuscarawas County) Ohio, from where they soon moved to Weston, Missouri. To this union were born three children. One son and two daughters. In 1851 her husband was removed by death, leaving her with a family of small children. On December 9, 1852 she was married to Lewis Byram. To this union were born five children, one son and four daughters.
When the call was made for soldiers in 1861, Lewis Byram enlisted as a volunteer in the 18th Missouri Infantry. He was severly wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle Of Shiloh. From these wounds he died in Macon Prison within a few days.
Again left a widow, with a family of helpless children, she struggled on and met the battles of life bravely and without a murmur, always cheerful and devoted to the children and their welfare. Two of her children, Mrs. Charles Cash, and Mrs. George Hartman, preceded her to the Glory several years ago. Two of her daughters, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Criswell are in Oklahoma. The only living son, Lewis Byram, went to the west many years ago and his where abouts are not known. Three of her children, Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Welsh, and Mrs. Stevens, were with her to the last.
She embraced Christianity early in life and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was a member until her death. While her life was not of the loud demonstrative kind, yet she was often pointed out as a model christian character. For many years she and her widowed daughter have made their home together, and until last spring her health has been good, but an attack of the grip weakened her and she took sick gradually, but surely, until about September 15, when the relatives saw that the end was near. At last at 6:00 am on September 22, 1903 she passed to that land from which no traveler returns, and we feel sure that her spirit is resting with our God that she loved and served continually. Her funeral was preached to a large numbers of neighbors, friends, and relatives, by the Rev. J.B. Harris at Gees Creek Church after which the remains were laid to rest in the Gees Creek Cemetery.
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Mary A. Speer was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1823. She, with her parents, moved to Ohio where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Jacob William Hartman on September 1, 1841 in (Tuscarawas County) Ohio, from where they soon moved to Weston, Missouri. To this union were born three children. One son and two daughters. In 1851 her husband was removed by death, leaving her with a family of small children. On December 9, 1852 she was married to Lewis Byram. To this union were born five children, one son and four daughters.
When the call was made for soldiers in 1861, Lewis Byram enlisted as a volunteer in the 18th Missouri Infantry. He was severly wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle Of Shiloh. From these wounds he died in Macon Prison within a few days.
Again left a widow, with a family of helpless children, she struggled on and met the battles of life bravely and without a murmur, always cheerful and devoted to the children and their welfare. Two of her children, Mrs. Charles Cash, and Mrs. George Hartman, preceded her to the Glory several years ago. Two of her daughters, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Criswell are in Oklahoma. The only living son, Lewis Byram, went to the west many years ago and his where abouts are not known. Three of her children, Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Welsh, and Mrs. Stevens, were with her to the last.
She embraced Christianity early in life and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was a member until her death. While her life was not of the loud demonstrative kind, yet she was often pointed out as a model christian character. For many years she and her widowed daughter have made their home together, and until last spring her health has been good, but an attack of the grip weakened her and she took sick gradually, but surely, until about September 15, when the relatives saw that the end was near. At last at 6:00 am on September 22, 1903 she passed to that land from which no traveler returns, and we feel sure that her spirit is resting with our God that she loved and served continually. Her funeral was preached to a large numbers of neighbors, friends, and relatives, by the Rev. J.B. Harris at Gees Creek Church after which the remains were laid to rest in the Gees Creek Cemetery.
w/o 1st unknown HARTMAN & 2nd Lewis BYRAM (b ca 1824 KY or IN & died in 1862 in prison camp at Shiloh) (Corporal, Co. B 18th Regt CSA).
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Mary A. Speer was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1823. She, with her parents, moved to Ohio where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Jacob William Hartman on September 1, 1841 in (Tuscarawas County) Ohio, from where they soon moved to Weston, Missouri. To this union were born three children. One son and two daughters. In 1851 her husband was removed by death, leaving her with a family of small children. On December 9, 1852 she was married to Lewis Byram. To this union were born five children, one son and four daughters.
When the call was made for soldiers in 1861, Lewis Byram enlisted as a volunteer in the 18th Missouri Infantry. He was severly wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle Of Shiloh. From these wounds he died in Macon Prison within a few days.
Again left a widow, with a family of helpless children, she struggled on and met the battles of life bravely and without a murmur, always cheerful and devoted to the children and their welfare. Two of her children, Mrs. Charles Cash, and Mrs. George Hartman, preceded her to the Glory several years ago. Two of her daughters, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Criswell are in Oklahoma. The only living son, Lewis Byram, went to the west many years ago and his where abouts are not known. Three of her children, Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Welsh, and Mrs. Stevens, were with her to the last.
She embraced Christianity early in life and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was a member until her death. While her life was not of the loud demonstrative kind, yet she was often pointed out as a model christian character. For many years she and her widowed daughter have made their home together, and until last spring her health has been good, but an attack of the grip weakened her and she took sick gradually, but surely, until about September 15, when the relatives saw that the end was near. At last at 6:00 am on September 22, 1903 she passed to that land from which no traveler returns, and we feel sure that her spirit is resting with our God that she loved and served continually. Her funeral was preached to a large numbers of neighbors, friends, and relatives, by the Rev. J.B. Harris at Gees Creek Church after which the remains were laid to rest in the Gees Creek Cemetery.
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Mary A. Speer was born in Pennsylvania on December 31, 1823. She, with her parents, moved to Ohio where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Jacob William Hartman on September 1, 1841 in (Tuscarawas County) Ohio, from where they soon moved to Weston, Missouri. To this union were born three children. One son and two daughters. In 1851 her husband was removed by death, leaving her with a family of small children. On December 9, 1852 she was married to Lewis Byram. To this union were born five children, one son and four daughters.
When the call was made for soldiers in 1861, Lewis Byram enlisted as a volunteer in the 18th Missouri Infantry. He was severly wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle Of Shiloh. From these wounds he died in Macon Prison within a few days.
Again left a widow, with a family of helpless children, she struggled on and met the battles of life bravely and without a murmur, always cheerful and devoted to the children and their welfare. Two of her children, Mrs. Charles Cash, and Mrs. George Hartman, preceded her to the Glory several years ago. Two of her daughters, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Criswell are in Oklahoma. The only living son, Lewis Byram, went to the west many years ago and his where abouts are not known. Three of her children, Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Welsh, and Mrs. Stevens, were with her to the last.
She embraced Christianity early in life and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was a member until her death. While her life was not of the loud demonstrative kind, yet she was often pointed out as a model christian character. For many years she and her widowed daughter have made their home together, and until last spring her health has been good, but an attack of the grip weakened her and she took sick gradually, but surely, until about September 15, when the relatives saw that the end was near. At last at 6:00 am on September 22, 1903 she passed to that land from which no traveler returns, and we feel sure that her spirit is resting with our God that she loved and served continually. Her funeral was preached to a large numbers of neighbors, friends, and relatives, by the Rev. J.B. Harris at Gees Creek Church after which the remains were laid to rest in the Gees Creek Cemetery.
