Background
Speer, William Mcmurtrie was born on February 5, 1865 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Honorary Robert Milton and Martha Ellen (McMurtrie) Speer.
Speer, William Mcmurtrie was born on February 5, 1865 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Honorary Robert Milton and Martha Ellen (McMurtrie) Speer.
Brother of Robert Elliott South. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1884. Law student, Yale. 1884.
Bachelor of Laws, Albany Law School, 1887.
On staff Huntingdon (Pennsylvania) Monitor, New Haven (Connecticut) Morning News, 1884, New York Sun, 1884-1893, Albany Argus, 1893-1896, New York World, 1904-1910. Secretary New York Johnstown Flood Committee, secretary to the mayor, secretary to New York World’s Fair Committee. Member New York Constitutional Commission, 1894.
Member New York Constitutional Commission, 1894.
Married Margaret Howard Post, April.