Biography

01/25/1838 - 01/12/1910

SPEIR, Lyman B., a Representative from Mercer County; born, January 25, 1838 in West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pa.; teacher; farmer; coal and lumber business (1863-1865); grocer (1865-1867); engaged, livery and horse business (1867-1888); constable, Greenville; elected, delegate, Mercer County Republican Committee (1884); elected, council, Greenville (3 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1888; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); engaged, livery business (1891-1902); coal dealer; proprietor, Hotel Speir (1902- 1910); died, January 12, 1910 in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; interred, Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.