My Speakman Ancestry
My Grandfather: SYLVESTER THOMAS SPEAKMAN
(a.k.a. S.T. Speakman and, in his youth, Tom Speakman)
Born: 30 June 1880, Lincoln township, Lawrence County, Missouri
Married: VIDA ESTELLE POTTER, 25 Aug. 1904 at Pueblo, Colorado
Died: 9 Sept. 1947, Pueblo, Colorado.
Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo.
Children: Ralph, Lynn, S.T. Jr., Violet and Gladys
My Great-Grandfather: SAMUEL TURNER SPEAKMAN
Born: ca. 1839, Monroe County, Kentucky (according to his Civil War enlistment documents)
Married: NANCY JANE DAMERON, 24 Dec. 1876, Lawrence County, Missouri
Samuel served as a private in the Civil War in Co. L, 8th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry.
Died: 22 May 1903, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
Children: Vertie Clara; Sylvester Thomas; Annie E.; Mary Belle; and Susan A.
My 2nd Great-Grandfather: THOMAS SPEAKMAN
Born: Probably Barren County, Kentucky, ca. 1802
Married: ELENDER (Maiden Name Unknown), ca. 1830, probably in or near Monroe County, Kentucky
Died: 1853, Pulaski County, Missouri (his will is recorded there)