Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Allen SPEAKMAN
Allen Speakman, second of the thirteen children of Cyrus Newlin and Sarah Ann (Cloud) Speakman, born Brandywine Summit, Del., March 8, 1835, died Claymont, Del., Oct. 19, 1905. Educated at school of Jonathan Gause, Greenwood, Del.; taught school for a number of years near Coatesville, Pa., where he had moved. During the Civil War, he served on the Sanitary Commission, and was collector of internal revenue for Chester County. Later he moved to West Chester, Pa., but in 1869 went to Wilmington, Del., where he went into the plumbing business first known as Speakman Bros. This was one of the first sanitary plumbing shops in that city, his brother Joseph Speakman being associated with him. Later was very successful as Speakman Supply & Pipe Company and moved to larger quarters. He was a member of the education committee of Friends School, Wilmington, Del. In 1899 he and his family removed to Claymont, Del., where he took an active interest in the Claymont public school. Was a director also of the Central National Bank of Wilmington, Del.
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