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Washington Irving Speice

Birth	:	18 Apr 1875 Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	10 Feb 1941
Burial	:	Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle, King County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.5421982, -122.3666992
Description	:	From the web site @ SPEICE, W IRVING: County Judge; b Columbus, Neb Apr 18, 1875; s of Charles A Speice-Katherine Beacher; ed Columbus HS 1892; Kent Coll of Law, Chicago, LLB 1897; m Louise Mathews Oct 12, 1904 Schuyler; d Dorothy (Mrs H L Burdick), Katherine (Mrs L J Carrig); 1897 court reporter under Judge Sullivan, 6th judicial dist; 1899 dist court reporter under Judges Marshall, Grimison & Reeder; 1909-11 owner Speice Coal Co, Columbus; 1911-31 owner & opr Speice & Bower Whol Paper Co, Columbus; 1931- Platte Co judge; C of C; BPOE; Sons of Hermann; Episc Ch; Dem;... Read More	From the web site @ SPEICE, W IRVING: County Judge; b Columbus, Neb Apr 18, 1875; s of Charles A Speice-Katherine Beacher; ed Columbus HS 1892; Kent Coll of Law, Chicago, LLB 1897; m Louise Mathews Oct 12, 1904 Schuyler; d Dorothy (Mrs H L Burdick), Katherine (Mrs L J Carrig); 1897 court reporter under Judge Sullivan, 6th judicial dist; 1899 dist court reporter under Judges Marshall, Grimison & Reeder; 1909-11 owner Speice Coal Co, Columbus; 1911-31 owner & opr Speice & Bower Whol Paper Co, Columbus; 1931- Platte Co judge; C of C; BPOE; Sons of Hermann; Episc Ch; Dem; hobbies, hunting, fishing; off Courthouse; res Whitmore Apts, Columbus. ----------------------------------- From the web site: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0170.htm Washington Irving Speice was born April 18, 1875, in the old "Speice house," a city landmark at the corner of Sixth Street and Seventeenth Avenue, later the home for the sisters of St. Anthony's Catholic School. His father, Charles A. Speice, came to Columbus in 1857, and among other positions of trust, served as Platte County judge in 1887-88. W. I. Speice's mother was Katharina Becher, daughter of Gustavus Becher, Sr., an 1857 settler. W. I. Speice had five brothers and three sisters: Thomas Stuart Speice, died March 22, 1863. Josephine Fredericka Speice, in civil service for several years at Guthrie, Oklahoma, was married to Joseph Post. Mrs. Post died June 15, 1945, in Guthrie. Gustavus Becher Speice, a real estate and insurance man at Columbus, was married to Clara F. Sprink; he died January 4, 1920, at Columbus. John Milton Speice, banker at Kingfisher, Oklahoma, was married to Anna Brady. William Koenig Speice, an M.D. at Chicago, Illinois,, was married to Elizabeth Letz; he died November 25, 1924, at Chicago. Katharine Mary Speice, a secretary in Columbus, died December 25, 1944. Charles Bordman Speice, a coal dealer at Columbus, married Alice Elias; he died February 8, 1909 at Columbus. Letitia Ellen was married to Doctor Mark T. McMahon, who is deceased. Judge W. I. Speice was a member of the 1892 graduating class of the Columbus High School. Following this he attended Kent College of Law from which he was graduated in 1897. He was admitted to the Illinois bar and for a little more than a year was identified with a Chicago law firm. In 1899, he returned to Columbus and was admitted to the Nebraska bar the same year. In 1899 he began a long professional career as court reporter in the Sixth Nebraska Judicial District. First serving for District Judge William Marshall, Judge Speice continued his profession unbroken until December, 1920, when he resigned to enter private business. On October 12, 1904, he was married in Schuyler, Nebraska, to Ann Louise Matthews, the daughter of Charles Matthews and Ella Conant Matthews Thomas. Mr. Matthews was born in Maine, and died there. Ella Conant Matthews Thomas was born July 11, 1852, in Appleton, Maine, and died March 11, 1923, in Columbus. W. I. Speice and Ann Louise Matthews Speice had two daughters: Dorothy Ella, born in Schuyler, was married to Howard Burdick; and Katharina Louise, born in Columbus, was married to Lester Carrig. Both attended the Columbus schools, Brownell Hall at Omaha, Wolcott School at Denver, and finished at Arden School, Lakewood, New Jersey. About 1910, W. I. Speice and Milton Bower purchased the Snow wholesale business and organized the Speice-Bower Wholesale Paper Company. From the time he resigned from his court reporting post in 1920, Judge Speice was actively engaged in the business until 1929, when the company was sold to Fred E. Teller. In July, 1931, W. I. Speice was appointed County Judge following the vacancy left by Judge John Gibbon. He was elected to a full four-year term in 1932, and was re-elected in 1936 and 1940, Judge Speice was a charter member of the Platte County Bar Association, and although he never practiced law he held continuous membership in the Association and was one of its oldest members. While identified with the Democratic Party throughout his life, he sought no public office under his party's name. In 1919, he was elected and served a three-year term as a member of the Columbus Board of Education. He served as a Columbus volunteer fireman from December, 1898, to December, 1903, and was member of W. Y. Bissell Hose Company. He belonged to B.P.O.E. (Elks), Thusnelda Lodge 12, Sons of Herman, and the Masons. He was the senior warden of Grace Episcopal Church from 1928-1941, and served on the Vestry from 1907-1941. Mrs. Speice died January 15, 1940, and Judge W. I. Speice died February 10, 1941.

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Latitude: 47.5421982
Longitude: -122.3666992

Family Members:

Parent

Charles A. Speice

(1830 - 1909)

Katharina B. Becher Speice

(1839 - 1909)

Spouse

Louise Matthews Speice

(1873 - 1940)

Siblings

Thomas Stuart Speice

(1861 - 1863)

Gustavus B. Speice

(1864 - 1920)

Charles Bordman “Bont” Speice

(1869 - 1909)

Katherina Mary Speice

(1877 - 1943)

Letitia Ellen Speice McMahon

(1882 - 1974)

Children

Dorothy Speice Burdick

(1905 - 1980)

Katharina Speice Carrig

(1907 - 1988)

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