Mrs. Marietta Watson Spiller, age 73, prominent early settler of the panhandle and long time resident of Canadian, died at the Canadian Hospital on January 14, 1933 following a long illness.
Mrs. Spiller was the widow of the late Judge H.B. Spiller, first county judge of Lipscomb County and early day surveyor of Texas.
Marietta Watson was born a Honey Grove, Texas, April 28, 1859. It was there she obtained her schooling and spent her girlhood days. At the age 16, she married Virgil Jowell. This companion died within the year. She continued to live with the Jewell family and moved with them to Graham, in Young County.
In 1881, she was married to J.B. Spiller. From Young County, the family moved to Mobeetie where they resided until 1887. They moved from Mobeetie to Lipscomb, where Mr. Spiller continued his work of civil engineering and later became county judge.
The Spiller family had resided in Canadian since 1904. Judge Spiller was one of the surveyors of the Texas-Mexico boundary line places where the Rio Grande River did not define the line. He also surveyed many of the counties in the Texas Panhandle. He served as city clerk in Canadian for some time. He died Thanksgiving Day 1926. A son, Jamie, died in 1920.
Mrs. Spiller is survived by four sons and two daughters. They are R.H. Spiller, Quanah; Paul Spiller, Los Angeles; H.B. and John Spiller, Canadian; Mrs. W. Affeldt, Los Angeles and Mrs. E.O. Jones of Lovington, New Mexico. Mrs. Spiller was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral was conducted from the Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Fred Lawson, officiating. Burial was made in the Canadian Cemetery.
The Canadian Record
January 19, 1933
Mrs. Spiller was the widow of the late Judge H.B. Spiller, first county judge of Lipscomb County and early day surveyor of Texas.
Marietta Watson was born a Honey Grove, Texas, April 28, 1859. It was there she obtained her schooling and spent her girlhood days. At the age 16, she married Virgil Jowell. This companion died within the year. She continued to live with the Jewell family and moved with them to Graham, in Young County.
In 1881, she was married to J.B. Spiller. From Young County, the family moved to Mobeetie where they resided until 1887. They moved from Mobeetie to Lipscomb, where Mr. Spiller continued his work of civil engineering and later became county judge.
The Spiller family had resided in Canadian since 1904. Judge Spiller was one of the surveyors of the Texas-Mexico boundary line places where the Rio Grande River did not define the line. He also surveyed many of the counties in the Texas Panhandle. He served as city clerk in Canadian for some time. He died Thanksgiving Day 1926. A son, Jamie, died in 1920.
Mrs. Spiller is survived by four sons and two daughters. They are R.H. Spiller, Quanah; Paul Spiller, Los Angeles; H.B. and John Spiller, Canadian; Mrs. W. Affeldt, Los Angeles and Mrs. E.O. Jones of Lovington, New Mexico. Mrs. Spiller was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral was conducted from the Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Fred Lawson, officiating. Burial was made in the Canadian Cemetery.
The Canadian Record
January 19, 1933
Mrs. Marietta Watson Spiller, age 73, prominent early settler of the panhandle and long time resident of Canadian, died at the Canadian Hospital on January 14, 1933 following a long illness.
Mrs. Spiller was the widow of the late Judge H.B. Spiller, first county judge of Lipscomb County and early day surveyor of Texas.
Marietta Watson was born a Honey Grove, Texas, April 28, 1859. It was there she obtained her schooling and spent her girlhood days. At the age 16, she married Virgil Jowell. This companion died within the year. She continued to live with the Jewell family and moved with them to Graham, in Young County.
In 1881, she was married to J.B. Spiller. From Young County, the family moved to Mobeetie where they resided until 1887. They moved from Mobeetie to Lipscomb, where Mr. Spiller continued his work of civil engineering and later became county judge.
The Spiller family had resided in Canadian since 1904. Judge Spiller was one of the surveyors of the Texas-Mexico boundary line places where the Rio Grande River did not define the line. He also surveyed many of the counties in the Texas Panhandle. He served as city clerk in Canadian for some time. He died Thanksgiving Day 1926. A son, Jamie, died in 1920.
Mrs. Spiller is survived by four sons and two daughters. They are R.H. Spiller, Quanah; Paul Spiller, Los Angeles; H.B. and John Spiller, Canadian; Mrs. W. Affeldt, Los Angeles and Mrs. E.O. Jones of Lovington, New Mexico. Mrs. Spiller was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral was conducted from the Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Fred Lawson, officiating. Burial was made in the Canadian Cemetery.
The Canadian Record
January 19, 1933
Mrs. Spiller was the widow of the late Judge H.B. Spiller, first county judge of Lipscomb County and early day surveyor of Texas.
Marietta Watson was born a Honey Grove, Texas, April 28, 1859. It was there she obtained her schooling and spent her girlhood days. At the age 16, she married Virgil Jowell. This companion died within the year. She continued to live with the Jewell family and moved with them to Graham, in Young County.
In 1881, she was married to J.B. Spiller. From Young County, the family moved to Mobeetie where they resided until 1887. They moved from Mobeetie to Lipscomb, where Mr. Spiller continued his work of civil engineering and later became county judge.
The Spiller family had resided in Canadian since 1904. Judge Spiller was one of the surveyors of the Texas-Mexico boundary line places where the Rio Grande River did not define the line. He also surveyed many of the counties in the Texas Panhandle. He served as city clerk in Canadian for some time. He died Thanksgiving Day 1926. A son, Jamie, died in 1920.
Mrs. Spiller is survived by four sons and two daughters. They are R.H. Spiller, Quanah; Paul Spiller, Los Angeles; H.B. and John Spiller, Canadian; Mrs. W. Affeldt, Los Angeles and Mrs. E.O. Jones of Lovington, New Mexico. Mrs. Spiller was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral was conducted from the Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Fred Lawson, officiating. Burial was made in the Canadian Cemetery.
The Canadian Record
January 19, 1933
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