Family: Joshua Hopkins Speights / Esther C. Leece (F701)

• Father | Male Joshua Hopkins Speights

  
  

  Born	7 Dec 1819	Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
  Died	25 Aug 1889	Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Married	8 Mar 1854  [1, 2]	Sabine County, Texas  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Sarah "Sallie" Jane Youngblood | F702
  Married	Bef 1870
  Father	William Myrick Speights | F699 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rebecca Hopkins | F699 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Esther C. Leece

  
  

  Born	5 Apr 1835	Louisiana
  Died	7 Aug 1867	Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male William Leece Speights

  
  

  Born	10 Dec 1855	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	7 Mar 1936	Louisiana
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary "Mollie" Rebecca Speights

  
  

  Born	12 Jun 1856	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	15 Sep 1886	Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
  Buried
  Spouse	Gabriel Sims Boswell | F4714
  Married	23 Dec 1882	Orange County, Texas

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Susan "Sudie" Sarah Speights

  
  

  Born	19 Nov 1859	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	10 Aug 1946	Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Howell C. Speights

  
  

  Born	Abt 1860	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	9 Oct 1868
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Joshua Hopkins Speights, Jr.

  
  

  Born	24 Sep 1861	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	10 Sep 1910	Carthage, Panola County, Texas
  Buried		Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Rose Ellen Speights

  
  

  Born	Abt 1865	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Sources

  [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.