Cornelius
Calhoun
Speed
Born in Smith, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Felix Washington Speed I
and Hester (Langston) Speed
Brother of
Ezra Speed, Mary Keziah (Speed) Rogers, Lafayette Ebenezer Speed, Patrick Milton Speed, James Madison Speed, Elam Alexander Speed, Rachal Mahalia Speed, Charity Pamela (Speed) Medaris, Isabel Esther (Speed) Medaris, Felix Washington Speed II and William Baldwin Speed
Husband of
Sue Alice Lucas (Denton) Speed
— married
[date unknown] in Gustine, Comanche, Texas, United States
Husband of
Sarah A. (Risher) Speed
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Susan Mary (Rogers) Speed
— married
19 Dec 1866 in Covington, Mississippi, United States
Father of
Martha E. Speed, Washington Lafayette Calhoun Speed, Bell Speed, Rufus Speed, James C Speed, Sue Alice (Speed) McDonald, Joe Lucas Columbus Speed, Bert Weaver Speed and Ethel Blanche (Speed) Fielder
Died
at age 78
in Gustine, Comanche, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Cornelius was born in 1845. [1]
Burial
- Burial:
- Place: Union Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche, Texas, USA
Census
- Census:
- Date: 1850
- Place: remove gedcom junk
Covington, Mississippi, USA
Marriage
- Husband: Cornelius Calhoun Speed
- Wife: Sarah A. Risher
- Marriage:
- Date: Abt 1879
- Husband: Cornelius Calhoun Speed
- Wife: Sue Alice Lucas Denton
- Marriage:
- Date: Abt 1880
- Place: Gustine, Comanche, Texas, USA
- Child: James C. S. Speed
- Child: Sue Alice Speed
- Child: Joe Lucas Columbus Speed
- Child: Bert Weaver Speed
- Child: Ethel B. Speed
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L7-V4S : 12 January 2022), Cornelius Speed, 1900.
- 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880", database with images
citing Volume: 2; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00017; Digital film/folder number: 005162531; FHL microfilm: 1255297; Image number: 672; Sheet number: 149; Sheet letter: A
FamilySearch Record: MFNM-DJ3 (accessed 19 August 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBP-QR2
Cornelious Speed (35), Farmer, head of household in Justice Precinct 6, Comanche, Texas, United States. Born in Mississippi, United States.
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelius by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelius by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- George Speed
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued)
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~3.12%
Cheryl (Moseley) Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cembrown33
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~1.56%
Charles Keys :
23andMe, GEDmatch M081952 [compare]
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~1.56%
Patricia Shows :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Phil Duckworth :
23andMe, GEDmatch TE199152 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QY2345658 [compare], Ancestry member duckworthphil
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~0.78%
David Keys :
23andMe, GEDmatch DD693237C1 [compare]
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~0.78%
Ann (Speed) Pace :
23andMe, GEDmatch M037069 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kristy Keyes :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Carolyn Cowart :
23andMe
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Hoyt Duckworth :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WK1032784 [compare], Ancestry member hoytaduck
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~0.78%
Charles Craig :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M546313 [compare], FTDNA kit #235978
-
~0.78%
A Fabry :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #548789
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Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Loretta (Leger) Corbin
A birth date (Speed-46 born 21 Oct 1846) should not be within eight months of a sibling's birth date (Speed-56 born 17 Jun 1847) unless they are twins born within a day of each other.
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