Edward Speed

(1808-1859)

At a Glance

Edward Speed was the father of Burwell student Nannie Taylor Speed.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Edward Speed was born on August 25, 1808, in Smithfield, VA, USA. He died on April 17, 1859, and was buried in Speed-Taylor-Young-Renuart Cemetery in Oxford, NC. Edward Speed died April 17, 1859 and was buried at the Speed-Taylor-Young-Renuart Cemetery at the Thomas Henry Speed I home located on the west side of Cannady Mill Road, 10 miles south of Oxford on the Tar River [1].

Occupations

• Doctor.

Relatives

• Spouses:
  • Frances Young (1809-1851), married from April 1, 1830 to March 22, 1851. Edward Speed and Frances Young married on April 1, 1830.
    Children:
    
    • two sons, Joseph H. Speed (b. 1834) and Edward Speed, [Jr.] (b. 1842).
    • five daughters, Virginia F. Speed (b. 1832), Nannie Taylor Speed (1836-1909) , Susan Speed, Mary Speed (b. 1840) and Sarah Jane Speed (1844-1844).
  • Mary A. Young, married on November 8, 1853. Mary A. Young married Edward Speed on November 8, 1853 as his second wife.
• Others: Elizabeth H. Mangum (granddaughter, 1861-1957), Frances Wade Mangum (granddaughter, b. 1863), Lillian Augusta Mangum (granddaughter, 1859-1925), Mary Grace Mangum (granddaughter, 1869-1926), Nannie Speed Mangum (granddaughter, 1866-1957) and Addison Goodloe Mangum, [Jr.] (grandson, 1868-1930).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).