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John Christian Speckels

Full Name: John Christian Speckels
Other surnames: Spreckels
Birth date: September 20, 1847
Death date: December 2, 1935

(1) J.C. Speckles of Walhalla, Republican. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) The Warrenton post office was established in 1873. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) Republican. "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

44th Legislature, 3rd C.S., 10/20/1936, p. 279. " . . . elected, on the republican ticket as representative from Fayette County, to the Twenty-fourth Legislature." Resolutions - Memorial .

John C. Speckels, birth date 9/20/1847 in Germany; death date 12/2/1935 in La Grange, Fayette County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Biographical sketch, Hon. J.C. Speckels, pp. 293-294. "February 9, 1871, he was married to Miss Pauline Aschen of Waldeck and established himself as a farmer near Warrenton . . . Hon. J. C. Speckels [still] resides at his old home near Warrenton. Fayette County, Her History and Her People 1902.
John C. Speckels, birth date 9/20/1847, death date 12/2/1935, burial in La Grange Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette County. Includes obituary. Find a Grave .
Family: John Christian Speckels / Pauline Williamina Aschen. Our Family History: The Genealogy of Robert and Christina Barritt (Barritt Family History Pages) .
Obituary, "Hon. J.C. Speckels Died at Family Home Monday--Aged 88 Yrs.," La Grange Journal, 12/5/1935, p. 1, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .