Ancestry of
Richard Speck

Chicago Serial Killer

William Nathaniel Speck Jr.

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• • Grandfather of Richard Speck — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • William Nathaniel Speck 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Ann Crook   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Sep 1850 
  • Birth Location:
  • Oquawka, Henderson, Illinois 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Jan 1902 
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Oquawka Cemetery, Oquawka, Henderson, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Anna "Sallie" Dearth
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Apr 1883 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Murray, Schley, Georgia 
  • Child:

  Benjamin Franklin Speck (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for William Nathaniel Speck Jr.

  • ¹ Federal Census, IL, Henderson County, 1900, Bald Bluff, E.D. #38, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 12.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Henderson County, 1860, Twnshp 12N 5W, Oquawka, Image 1 of 3.
  • ³ Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978, Marriage record for Wm N Speck and Sallie Dearth.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/06/2014).
  • ⁵ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for son Benjamin Franklin Speck.
  • ⁶ Gordon, James W., Editor, Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Henderson County, Vol. II, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company (1911), 879.