Isabella Speed

(b. 1841)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Isabella Speed was born in 1841, in Rose Hill Plantation in Granville County, NC.

Places of Residence

• Rose Hill Plantation in Granville County, NC, from 1841.
• Gainesville, GA.

Relatives

• Parents: John Joseph Speed (1803-1870) and Ann Strachan Jones (1808-1850).
• Spouse: William H. Davis.
• Paternal grandparent: John Henry Speed.
• Maternal grandparent: John Wesley Jones.
• Siblings:
  • four brothers, Henry Goodridge Speed (1845-1864), John Speed, Robert A. Speed (b. 1831) and John S. Speed (b. 1835).
  • four sisters, Rosalie Speed, Sallie Speed (b. 1833), Nannie Speed (b. 1848) and Jane Speed (1838-1878) .
• Others: S. Ida Speed (half-sister, b. 1860), Thomas G. Speed (half-brother, b. 1862), William Henry Speed (half-brother, b. 1865), James G. Speed (half-brother, b. 1868), 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).