SPEICHER, Morris W., a representative from Somerset County; born, January 7, 1877 in Lincoln Township, Somerset County Pa.; attended, Central State Normal School (now Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania); teacher (6 years); farmer; livestock dealer; school director (9 years); auditor, treasurer, and election officer, Milford Township; member, Somerset County Republican Committee; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1916; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1918 General election; director, Farmers Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Berlin; died, December 30, 1953 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Rockwood IOOF Cemetery, Rockwood, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
