John Speed

Biographical Data

Relatives

• Parents: John Joseph Speed (1803-1870) [1] and Ann Strachan Jones (1808-1850) [1].
• Paternal grandparent: John Henry Speed.
• Maternal grandparent: John Wesley Jones.
• Siblings:
  • three brothers, Henry Goodridge Speed (1845-1864), Robert A. Speed (b. 1831) and John S. Speed (b. 1835).
  • five sisters, Isabella Speed (b. 1841), Jane Speed (1838-1878) , Rosalie Speed, Sallie Speed (b. 1833) and Nannie Speed (b. 1848).
• Others: James G. Speed (half-brother, b. 1868), S. Ida Speed (half-sister, b. 1860), Thomas G. Speed (half-brother, b. 1862), William Henry Speed (half-brother, b. 1865), Alfred Boyd (nephew, b. 1869), Bertie Boyd (nephew, b. 1873), Jennie Boyd (niece, b. 1868), Lizzie Boyd (niece, b. 1862), Mary Boyd (niece, b. 1870), Nannie Boyd (niece, b. 1865), Rosa Boyd (niece, b. 1871) and Willie Boyd (nephew, 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).