Mermond Leon Speights

1891 - 1939  (47 years)

• Name	Mermond Leon Speights  [1, 2]
  Born	22 Dec 1891	Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jul 1939	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Buried	Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Person ID	I310	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	John William "Doc" Speights, M. D.,   b. 29 Oct 1856, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 4 Feb 1922, Texas  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Sallie Wilson,   b. Jul 1865, Texas ,   d. Abt 1904, Texas  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1884	Sabine County, Texas
  	Some researchers show that they also had a daughter named Emily Ann that died young. In an article dated September 12, 1963 about Susan Arnold Nichols, Virgie Speights stated that on one trip home "they stopped by the home of a cousin, out on Palo Gaucho Creek, Dr. Johnny Speights and his wife, Sally Wilson Speights." Susan was the daughter of Jim Arnold, and granddaughter of Hanna Davis and J. M. Arnold. He was also a godson of Cadwaller Davis and Amelia Lee. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, p. 21).
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rutha Elvie McLemore,   b. 4 Dec 1893, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 19 Mar 1980, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 86 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1913
  Children	1. Ruth Dorine Speights,   b. 26 Nov 1914, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 9 Dec 2007, Brenham, Washington County, Texas  (Age 93 years)   2. Ruby Laverne Speights,   b. 3 May 1919, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 20 Jun 2014, Texas  (Age 95 years)   3. Johnnie Mae Speights,   b. 6 Feb 1922, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 2 Feb 2007, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Dec 1891 - Sabine County, Texas Died - 3 Jul 1939 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Buried - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), February 14, 2007, Page 9 (Reliability: 3). [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1 Enumerated 4 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 1A Stamped 92 4-4 (Reliability: 3).