Drayton Bennett Speights

1906 - 1997  (90 years)

• Name	Drayton Bennett Speights  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Aug 1906	Center, Shelby County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1997	Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Burial	Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Notes	Sabine County Reporter August 10, 2005 "On the Bright Side: "I Remember" Part 2" By Mary Howell He taught school in Rosevine and served as County School Tax Assessor. Drayton had an uncanny sense of humor and loved to pull pranks on his friends. One time he even master-minded the building and landing of a UFO and even put a letter written in a foreign language in his contraption. He situated it so that his croquet-playing friends would find it. News of Hemphill's UFO spread like wildfire throughout East Texas.
  Person ID	I3515	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Green Speights,   b. 15 Feb 1885, Texas d. Abt 1933, Texas (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Arley Emmaline Bennett,   b. 16 Mar 1885, Texas d. 3 Oct 1964, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1905  [4]
  Family ID	F709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia "Virgie" Louise Collier,   b. 18 Jul 1908, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana d. 8 Feb 1986, Sabine County, Texas (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1928
  Children	1. Drayton Bennett Speights, Jr.,   b. 23 Sep 1928, Sabine County, Texas d. Jun 1979, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 50 years)   2. Baby Girl Speights,   b. 11 Apr 1930, Dallas County, Texas d. Abt 1930, Dallas County, Texas   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living   7. Mary Elizabeth Speights,   b. 11 Jun 1949, Sabine County, Texas d. 12 Jun 1949, Sabine County, Texas (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Aug 1906 - Center, Shelby County, Texas Death - Mar 1997 - Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct No. 1, ED 202-3 SD 1 9th Sheet 20A Stamped 42 (Reliability: 3). [S58] McCary, Kay P. "Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 41465124 (Reliability: 3). [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.