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Cassville Boy, Admitted At 21

Did you know? Robert Milton Speer was born at Cassville on September 8, 1838.

After his father died in the fall of 1852, he entered the seminary in his native village and stayed until the fall of 1856. He taught school, and in 1857 he began reading law in Huntingdon with Wilson and Petrikin. On November 14, 1859, he was examined and admitted to the bar, and in the spring of 1860 he opened an office in Huntingdon.

From the start of his law studies to an office of his own took about three years. In 1870 he was elected to Congress, and in 1872 he was re-elected.

Checked and confirmed. CONFIRMED 2026-10-30 against the sources listed: every factual sentence was tied to a verbatim passage and a script confirmed each passage is in its source. Where sources disagreed on a number, the number was left out.

Sources

  1. J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (1883)
  2. Milton Scott Lytle, History of Huntingdon County (1876)

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Cassville Lutheran Church, from Seminary StreetCassville Lutheran Church, from Seminary StreetMr. Matté, via Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonHunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2736
Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, HuntingdonStone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2738
Huntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonHuntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2735
Cutting the Route 22 bypass near Smithfield, as Myer Souders describes itCutting the Route 22 bypass near Smithfield, as Myer Souders describes itShared by Myer Souders
A Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad engine on the turntable at Smithfield, taken between 1947 and 1949, as Myer Souders describes itA Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad engine on the turntable at Smithfield, taken between 1947 and 1949, as Myer Souders describes itShared by Myer Souders

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