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William Baldwin Speed (1869 - 1922)

William Baldwin Speed
Born in Covington, Mississippi, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1894 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 3 Nov 1915 in Anderson, Texas, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 53 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 9 Feb 2011
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Biography

William was born in 1869 and died in 1922. He was the son of Felix Washington Speed and Hester Langston. His death certificate says that he was born in 1871 but he is listed as age 1 on the 1870 census. [1] [2]

By 1880, his family was living in Freestone County, TX. William was age 11. [3]

William married Daisy Jackson about 1894.

In 1910, William and four children are listed in Cherokee County, TX. He is listed as widowed. His mother-in-law is listed as Louisa Jackson. [4]

He married second to M. E. Duncan on 3 Nov 1915 in Anderson County, TX. [5]

In 1920, William is now living in Galveston County, TX with wife Evelyn. [6]

Sources

  1. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CN-3SK : 20 February 2021), W B Speed, 31 Dec 1922; citing certificate number 34399, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,650.
  2. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF37-6TC : 29 May 2021), William Speed in entry for Washington Speed, 1870.
  3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNC-TN6 : 15 January 2022), W. B. Speed in household of F. W. Speed, Justice Precinct 1, Freestone, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  4. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29V-K1N : accessed 3 February 2022), William B Speed, Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 13A, family 258, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1538; FHL microfilm 1,375,551.
  5. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLCW-8H9 : 10 March 2021), W B Speed and M E Duncan, 03 Nov 1915; citing Anderson, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 987,149.
  6. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHTB-P2D : 3 February 2021), William B Speed, 1920.


Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.




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