Benjamin Franklin Speed (1850 - 1908)

Born 25 Feb 1850 in Covington, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Colon Rosaner (Ulmer) Speed — married 6 Feb 1873 in Covington, Mississippi, USA

Died 2 Aug 1908 at age 58 in Kerens, Navarro, Texas, United States

Biography

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-RT9 : 22 December 2020), Speed in household of James M Speed, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

James M Speed M 33 South Carolina

Sarah Speed F 32 South Carolina

William R Speed M 9 South Carolina

James M Speed M 8 Mississippi

Sarah E Speed F 6 Mississippi

George W Speed M 4 Mississippi

Joseph W Speed M 3 Mississippi

Speed M 0 Mississippi

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF37-BHD : 29 May 2021), B F Speed in entry for J M Speed, 1870.

J M Speed M 53 South Carolina

Sarah Speed F 53 North Carolina

B F Speed M 20 Mississippi

J B Speed M 14 Mississippi

L T Speed M 12 Mississippi

Josephine Speed F 9 Mississippi

M L Speed M 6 Mississippi

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G4-7NK : 14 January 2022), Ben Speed, Beat 5 Ocoha, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

Ben Speed M 26 Married Head Farmer Mississippi, United States

Colen Speed F 20 Married Wife Keeping House Mississippi, United States

Addie Speed F 5 Single Daughter Mississippi, United States

Martin Speed M 4 Single Son Mississippi, United States

Andrew Speed M 3 Single Son Mississippi, United States

Sallie Speed F 2 Single Daughter Mississippi, United States

Mary Speed F 0 Single Daughter Mississippi, United States

Frank Larkin M 21 Single Other School Teacher Mississippi, United States

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PR-B5F : 14 January 2022), Ben F Speed, 1900.

Ben F Speed M 50 Widowed Head Mississippi

Franklin Speed M 18 Single Son Mississippi

Martha Speed F 16 Single Daughter Mississippi

Robert Speed M 13 Single Son Mississippi

Lizzie Speed F 12 Single Daughter Mississippi

Rosa Speed F 11 Single Daughter Mississippi

Timothy Speed M 7 Single Son Mississippi

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33H-LVZ : 6 April 2023), B F Speed in entry for Mellie Johnston, 1957.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14390626/benjamin-franklin-speed: accessed 29 May 2023), memorial page for Benjamin Franklin Speed (25 Feb 1850–2 Aug 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #14390626, citing Kerens Cemetery, Kerens, Navarro County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Melissa (contributor 46637796).

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
• This person was created through the import of Adams,Fowler,Roulston,Twilla_2011-03-09.ged on 10 March 2011.