Sallie Speed

(b. 1833)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Sallie Speed was born in 1833, in Rose Hill Plantation in Granville County, NC. She was buried in Forrest City, AR.

Places of Residence

• Rose Hill Plantation in Granville County, NC, from 1833.
• Forrest City, AR.

Relatives

• Parents: John Joseph Speed (1803-1870) and Ann Strachan Jones (1808-1850).
• Spouse: L.C. Pettus.
• Paternal grandparent: John Henry Speed.
• Maternal grandparent: John Wesley Jones.
• Siblings:
  • four brothers, Henry Goodridge Speed (1845-1864), John Speed, John S. Speed (b. 1835) and Robert A. Speed (b. 1831).
  • four sisters, Isabella Speed (b. 1841), Jane Speed (1838-1878) , Nannie Speed (b. 1848) and Rosalie Speed.
• 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).