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Descendants of Edward Holstead

Generation No. 2

4. Alfred Harold² Holstead (Edward¹) was born 19 March 1847 in TN, and died 03 September 1900 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX. He married Ara Bell Speegle 13 January 1881 in McLennan Co, TX, daughter of George Speegle and Margaret McDonald. She was born 03 February 1860 in Speegleville, McLennan, TX, and died 16 July 1939 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX.

More About Alfred Harold Holstead:
Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX

Notes for Ara Bell Speegle:
Handbook of Texas Online <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/hls69.html>
Speegleville, Texas. Speegleville, on State Highway6 eight miles west of Waco in central McLennan County, was named for Israel Washington Speegle, a blacksmith and farmer who came to the area from Jasper County, Missouri, in 1849. A Baptist congregation, which was organized in 1859 as the Pleasant Grove Church, shared a building with the local school. The Speegleville post office operated from 1879 until 1929. Speegle was the first postmaster. Speegleville had a population of twenty-five in the mid-1880s and fifty by the early 1890s. In 1896 the community had two general stores, and the principal occupation of area residents was stock raising. That year the Speegleville school district had seventy-seven students and one teacher. Construction of Waco Dam in the late 1920s forced several residents to move their homes or businesses. Residents were forced to move again in the late 1950s and early 1960s because of the construction of the new Lake Waco Dam. The original townsite was destroyed, and Speegleville became a scattered collection of houses instead of an organized town. The Speegleville Independent School District was consolidated with the Midway Independent School District in 1980. Population estimates for the community remained at 111 from 1900 through 1990.

Bibliography: Dayton Kelley, ed., The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas (Waco: Texian, 1972). William Robert Poage, McLennan County Before 1980 (Waco: Texian, 1981). Vertical File, Texas Collection, Baylor University.

Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl

More About Ara Bell Speegle:
Burial: 17 July 1939, Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX
Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrhage
Inheritance: 09 August 1899, Susanna R Speegle

More About Alfred Holstead and Ara Speegle:
Marriage: 13 January 1881, McLennan Co, TX
Officiated: 13 January 1881, V. C. Canon

Children of Alfred Holstead and Ara Speegle are:

George William³ Holstead, born May 1883 in Speegleville, McLennan Co, TX; died 1936 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX. He married Dolly Ann McAdams; born 14 September 1888 in Van Zandt Co, TX; died 20 November 1974 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co, TX.

More About George William Holstead:
Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX
Membership: Mason
Occupation 1: March 1912, Deliveryman for The Taxas Co
Occupation 2: June 1907, Cotton Compress Worker

More About Dolly Ann McAdams:
Name 2: Dolly McAdams Holstead
Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX
Census - Texas: 1900, Precinct 1, Runnels Co, TX

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Richard Roy Holstead, born 25 May 1885 in Speegleville, McLennan Co, TX; died 11 July 1961 in Precinct No. 1, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX. He married Martha Flora Compton 21 October 1917 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX; born 19 January 1897 in Karnes City, Karnes Co, TX; died 13 September 1990 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX.

More About Richard Roy Holstead:
Burial: 12 July 1961, Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX
Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrhage

More About Martha Flora Compton:
Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX
Cause of Death: acute myocardial infarction

More About Richard Holstead and Martha Compton:
Marriage: 21 October 1917, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX

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Ray M Holstead, born 28 December 1886 in TX; died 07 December 1949 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX. He married Nora Belle Wood Aft. December 1929; born 21 July 1891; died 25 June 1982 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX.

More About Ray M Holstead:
Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX

Notes for Nora Belle Wood:
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 31 Jan 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.111135.80]

Individual: Holstead, Nora
Social Security #: 452-05-4894
SS# issued in: Texas

Birth date: 21 Jul 1891
Death date: Jun 1982

Residence code: Texas

ZIP Code of last known residence: 76904
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:

San Angelo, Texas

More About Nora Belle Wood:
Died 2: June 1982
Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX
Fact 2: SS# issued in: Texas
Social Security Number: Social Security #: 452-05-4894

More About Ray Holstead and Nora Wood:
Marriage: Aft. December 1929

iv.

Eula Lynn Holstead, born 26 September 1893; died 25 August 1972 in Waco, McLennan Co, TX. She married Joel Moberly Bates 28 April 1912 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX; born 31 August 1890 in Nolanville, Bell Co, TX; died November 1970.

Notes for Eula Lynn Holstead:
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 28 Aug 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.111135.31]

Individual: Holstead, Eula
Social Security #: 457-17-8440
SS# issued in: Texas

Birth date: 26 Sep 1886
Death date: Aug 1972

Residence code: Texas

ZIP Code of last known residence: 76707
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:

Waco, Texas

[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 11 Jan 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.111135.31]

Individual: Holstead, Eula
Social Security #: 457-17-8440
SS# issued in: Texas

Birth date: 26 Sep 1886
Death date: Aug 1972

Residence code: Texas

ZIP Code of last known residence: 76707
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:

Waco, Texas

More About Eula Lynn Holstead:
Fact 2: SS# issued in: Texas
Fact 3: Residence code: Texas
Fact 4: Last residence ZIP: 76707
Social Security Number: Social Security #: 457-17-8440

Notes for Joel Moberly Bates:
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 10 Jan 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.15183.57]

Individual: Bates, Joe
Social Security #: 463-05-7923
SS# issued in: Texas

Birth date: 31 Aug 1890
Death date: Nov 1970

Residence code: Texas

ZIP Code of last known residence: 76901
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:

San Angelo, Texas

More About Joel Moberly Bates:
Fact 2: SS# issued in: Texas
Social Security Number: Social Security #: 463-05-7923

More About Joel Bates and Eula Holstead:
Marriage: 28 April 1912, Ballinger, Runnels Co, TX

Ollie Younger Holstead, born 11 March 1895; died 02 October 1982 in Potter Co, TX. She married Lottie Webster Faris; died Unknown.

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