Scanned Documents Related to Johann Georg Speiser, 1819-1874

Scanned photograph and passport for Johann Georg Speiser, who was born 1819 in Brettheim, Wuerttemberg. He emigrated in 1840 and in 1844 he married Regina Katherina Koenig (originally from Helmshofen) in Jefferson County, New York. By this time he had changed his surname to Spicer and adopted John as his first name. By 1857 he was living in the Town of Wautoma, Waushara County, Wisconsin. He died in 1864 and was the first person buried in the Standalone Cemetery (today called Mt. Pleasant) near Rose, Waushara County, Wisconsin.