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William Levi Speights (spei5001)

Father: Thomas Green Speights (spei4001)
Mother: Amanda Louise Miller

b. December 4, 1837 in Alabama [OWT]

d. December 28, 1904 in Scott County, Arkansas [OWT]

mc. 1860, Amanda Ann Bonner, b. August 17, 1836 in Georgia, d. 1880 [OWT]

Issue: [OWT]

Edith Catherine Speights, b. June 2, 1861 in Chambers, Alabama, d. August 20, 1952 in Sasakwa, Semilole County, Oklahoma

m. July 29, 1880 in Dangerfield, Morris County, Texas, Robert Thornton
m2. September 15, 1892 in Scott County, Arkansas, John Coffee

Oscar L. Speights, b. 1863 in Chambers, Alabama, d. 1926 in Latimer County, Oklahoma

m. October 22, 1884 in Logan County, Arkansas, Mary A. Shikles

Henry Walter Speights, b. February 1866 in Texas, d. August 12, 1946 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

m. Emma Arvella Parish, b. March 1874 in Arkansas, d. 1937

Green A. Speights, b. 1868 in Arkansas

m. February 20, 1893 in Sebastian County, Arkansas, Dora A. Nevills, b. October 1870 in Texas

Frances E. Speights, b. 1870 in Arkansas

m. November 21, 1886 in Scott County, Arkansas [A:314ScottArMar], J. A. Abbott, b. 1865

Everett C. Speights, b. February 1871 in Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas, d. March 6, 1957 in Donaldson, Hot Springs County, Arkansas

m. August 4, 1892 in Van Buren County, Arkansas, Emma Evans, b. January 1877 in Arkansas
m2. Celie Morrison

m2. April 22, 1883 in Scott County, Arkansas [A:73ScottArMar], Mahala Cintilda Walker (widow of --- Robinson), b. January 1860 in Missouri. She remarried March 20, 1913, W. H. Gordon. [D:366ScottArMar], d. in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Daughter of John Walker (walker4001) and Hannah Holcomb [CWpen]

Issue: [OWT]

Senate C. Speights, b. March 1883 in Arkansas

Minta Estele Speights, b. July 6, 1886 in Ione, Arkansas

m. April 19, 1903 in Scott County, Arkansas [C:187ScottArMar], Lee James Eppler, b. September 1881 in Arkansas

Clara Rebecca Speights wife of George Washington Sheats (sheats6001), b. March 4, 1889

Hannah Speights, b. July 1892 in Arkansas

m. November 4, 1906 in Scott County, Arkansas [C:482ScottArMar], John J. Blair, b. 1886

Ceris Ray Speights, b. October 1894 in Arkansas, d. November 1976 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

Information:

1860:
William and Amanda Ann were farming next door to his father in Chambers County, Alabama. [census-AL]

May 1862 to spring 1865:
William was a Confederate soldier belonging to Ferrell's Battery formerly Montgomery's Artillery Battalion attached to Roddy's Cavalry Brigade, of Alabama Volunteers.

1880:
The family was farming in Morris County, Texas. Amanda is listed as having heart disease. [census-TX]

1900:
William and his family by his second wife were farming in Lewis Township, Scott County, Arkansas. [census-AR]

June 8, 1901:
William applied for a Civil War Pension from the State of Arkansas for his service during the war. It was approved for $50.

April 1, 1905:
After the death of her husband, Mahala applied for a widow's Civil War Pension. It was approved August 14, 1905.

February 20, 1911:
Mahala received her land patent under the Homestead Act of 80 acres in Scott County, Arkansas from the Bureau of Land Management.

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