John Joseph Speed

(1803-1870)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

John Joseph Speed was born on October 17, 1803, in Smithfield, VA, USA. His date of birth was also recorded as November 1809 [1]. He died on October 4, 1870, and was buried in Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Granville County, NC.

Places of Residence

• Smithfield, VA, USA, from October 17, 1803.
• Rose Hill Plantation in Granville County, NC, until October 4, 1870.

Schools Attended

• College of William & Mary, Williamsburg.

Occupations

• Lawyer.
• Planter.

Relatives

• Parent: John Henry Speed.
• Spouses:
  • Ann Strachan Jones (1808-1850), married from September 19, 1825 to November 27, 1850. The couple married in Mecklenburg County [1].
    Children:
    
    • four sons, John Speed [1], Robert A. Speed (b. 1831) [1], John S. Speed (b. 1835) and Henry Goodridge Speed (1845-1864).
    • five daughters, Rosalie Speed, Sallie Speed (b. 1833), Isabella Speed (b. 1841), Nannie Speed (b. 1848) and Jane Speed (1838-1878) .
  • Cynthia Anne Tunstall.
    Children:
    
    • three sons, Thomas G. Speed (b. 1862), William Henry Speed (b. 1865) and James G. Speed (b. 1868).
    • one daughter, S. Ida Speed (b. 1860).
• Others: Alfred Boyd (grandson, b. 1869), Bertie Boyd (grandson, b. 1873), Jennie Boyd (granddaughter, b. 1868), Lizzie Boyd (granddaughter, b. 1862), Mary Boyd (granddaughter, b. 1870), Nannie Boyd (granddaughter, b. 1865), Rosa Boyd (granddaughter, b. 1871) and Willie Boyd (grandson, b. 1872).

References

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