Rachel Ann (Speed) Cranford (1850 - 1937)

Born 12 Jun 1850 in Covington, Mississippi, United States

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Died 30 Oct 1937 at age 87 in Covington, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

When Rachel Ann Speed was born on June 12, 1850, in Mississippi, her father, William, was 34, and her mother, Martha, was 23. She married Tandy Walker Cranford in 1873. They had nine children in 15 years. She died on October 30, 1937, in her hometown at the age of 87, and was buried in Covington, Mississippi.

Census

name: R A Speed estimated birth year: 1850 gender: Female age in 1870: 20y color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White birthplace: Mississippi home in 1870: Mississippi, United States Household Gender Age Birthplace W L Speed M 54y South Carolina Martha Speed F 43y Mississippi R A Speed F 20y Mississippi W M Speed M 18y Mississippi J F Speed M 14y Mississippi T L Speed M 4y Mississippi E L J Speed F 1y Mississippi 1870 United States Census

Source

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Mississippi, Covington, Mississippi; Roll: M653_580; Page: 984; Family History Library Film: 803580 Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96V-37R : accessed 21 October 2019), Tawdy W Cranford, Beat 5 Oakchay, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 16B, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,804.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18351306&ref=acom