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=====Mary Lona Racey (1862)=====

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**Mary Lona Racey**

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^  Personal Details                    ^^
|**Born**        |27 May 1864         |
|:::             |Olive Twp, Meigs, Ohio, USA  |
|**Died**        |22 March 1926         |
|:::             |Los Angeles, California, USA  |
|**Spouse(s)**   |[[david_helon_speck_1855||David Speck]]            |
|**Children**    |Francis Speck            |
|:::             |Gracie Speck            |
|:::             |[[rosa_myrtle_speck_1888|Rosa Speck]]  |
|:::             |Blanche Speck            |
|:::             |Earl Speck            |
|:::             |Bessie Speck            |
|:::             |Silas Speck            |
|:::             |Linn Speck            |
|:::             |Raymond Speck            |
|:::             |Elsie Speck            |
|:::             |Lida Speck            |
|**Parents**     |William Racey            |
|:::             |Sarah Burlingame            |

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Mary Racey (1862) was born in Olive Township, Ohio to William Isaac Racey and Sarah Burlingame. 

She married [[david_helon_speck_1855||David Helon Speck]].

====Residences====

In 1870 Mary lived in Olive Township with her parents and five of her siblings.((1870 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QNS-V6R?i=22)) By 1880 she was living in Fairview, Barton, Kansas with her brothers Wheeler and Oscar.((1880 US Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPV-3BQ)) The move was likely prompted by the death of her parents in 1874 and 1876.

Sometime in 1884 she was married to David Helon Speck and by 1895 she was keeping house for seven children.((1895 Kansas State Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8J-YD5S)) By the turn of the century she had nine children.((1900 US Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTS-C43))

In 1910 she was still in Barton County. Her husband had retired on land he owned and had paid for, her oldest child Frank still lived with the family and her youngest was six years old.((1910 US Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HL-W52)) By 1915 their fortunes appear to have changed since the family farm was mortgaged.((1915 Kansas State Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTG-KZ38)) Five years later the family was living in Lincoln in Reno County, Kansas where her husband David was working as a farmer.((1920 US Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXH-VPM))

At some point in the next six years she moved to Los Angeles where she died in 1926.((California Death Certificate https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXH-VPM))

====Education====

Mary is listed as having attended school in 1870 and being able to read and write.((1870 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QNS-V6R?i=22)) 

====Employment====

Although Mary never had a regular job she worked for her family all of her life.

====Death====

Mary passed away 22 March 1926 in Los Angeles of pneumonia.((California Death Certificate https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXH-VPM)) It's possible that she and her husband moved to California due to her illness.

====Tree====

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**Descendants**

  * Francis Floyd Speck
    * Geraldine E. Speck
  * Gracie Mable Speck
    * Ester Mary Gregg
    * Francis Leo Gregg
    * James Harold Gregg
    * William J. Gregg
    * Walter Joseph Gregg
    * Dorothy Grace Gregg
    * Elsie Gregg
    * David Raymond Gregg
    * Geneva Georgia Gregg
    * Velma Delores Gregg
  * [[rosa_myrtle_speck_1888|Rosa Myrtle Speck]]
    * Myrtle Viola Allen
    * Vernon Allen
    * Velda Hester Allen
    * Archie Roy Allen
    * Audrey Racey Allen
    * Marvin Earl Allen
    * Milton Valentine Allen
    * [[paul_eugene_allen_1925|Paul Eugene Allen]]
  * Blanche May Speck
    * Raymond Carl Obenchain
    * Bessie May Obenchain
    * Alice M. Obenchain
    * Mary Isabelle Obenchain
    * Charlene Jewel Blanche Obenchain
  * Earl Wheeler Speck
  * Bessie Estella Speck
    * Maurice C. Kemp
    * Hally Joan Kemp
  * Silas Lamont Speck
  * Linn Moses Speck
  * Raymond William Speck
  * Elsie Rachel Speck
    * Charles Fredrick Kretz
  * Lida Mary Speck
    * Earl Willard Campbell
    * Myrtle Mildred Campbell

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**Ascendants**

  * William Isaac Racey
    * John Racey
      * Philip Racey
      * Ann Angier
    * Elizabeth Aiken
      * James Aiken
      * Elizabeth Aiken
  * Sarah Burlingame
    * Josiah Burlingame
      * Richard Burlingame
      * Patience Colvin
    * Sarah Noble
      * John Noble
      * Martha Hindman

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