ALEXANDER SPEER JR. (1856-1933) WAS THE FORTH SON OF ALEXANDER (SCOTT) SPEER. HE MARRIED MARY ALICE FERBRACH ON OCT 20, 1879.
THEY LIVED IN ZANESVILLE, OHIO OWNED “SPEER’S SUPPLY STORE” WITH THEIR HOME NEXT DOOR. THEY MOVED TO PORTLAND, OREGON SOME TIME DURING 1906. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. HOMER ALEXANDER (1880), VIRGIL ASHTON (1883) AND GERTRUDE ANNA (1891).
THEY LIVED ON THE EAST SIDE OF PORTLAND AND MUST HAVE OPENED ANOTHER STORE SOME PLACE ON BELMONT ST. THE RECORD INDICATES THEY AT ONE TIME LIVED AT 734 SE BELMONT AND LATER MOVED TO SE 39TH JUST NORTH OF BELMONT. THE 39TH STREET HOUSE IS THE ONLY ONE I CAN REMEMBER AT ALL. IT WAS THE LATER HOUSE THAT HOMER SR. LIVED IN AFTER HIS DIVORCE.