Mary "Mollie" Rebecca Speights

1856 - 1886  (30 years)

• Name	Mary "Mollie" Rebecca Speights  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Mollie
  Birth	12 Jun 1856	Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Sep 1886	Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Notes	The Sabine County Reporter, Sept. 29, 1886, Hemphill TX. Mary R. (Molly) Speights Boswell died at her home in Logansport, LA. She left two small children and her husband, G.S. Boswell. The Reporter states that G.S. Boswell called on the Reporter and told them he was moving from Logansport and that his two small sons would be cared for by Judge Speights. Charles Royall cnroyall@wcc.net
  Person ID	I10872	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Joshua Hopkins Speights,   b. 7 Dec 1819, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia d. 25 Aug 1889, Sabine County, Texas (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Esther C. Leece,   b. 5 Apr 1835, Louisiana d. 7 Aug 1867, Sabine County, Texas (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1854	Sabine County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gabriel Sims Boswell,   b. Abt 1850, Gordon County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	23 Dec 1882	Orange County, Texas
  	"Mary Rebecca Speights that married G.S. Boswell is step daughter of Sarah Jane Youngblood-Speights http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DlB.2ACE/445.1.1.1 They were the parents of Grover Boswell, and the grandparents of Voyght Willard Boswell, know professionally as James C. Vanderbilt, a retired U. S. Navy veteran and artist of Sonoma, California. His obituary was in the May 20, 1998 issue of the Sabine County Reporter, titled "Museum benefactor Vanderbilt dies in Califorinia." (Page 12).
  Children	1. Grover Cleveland Boswell,   b. 17 Dec 1885, Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hoyt Boswell,   b. 26 Mar 1886, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Jun 1856 - Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 23 Dec 1882 - Orange County, Texas Death - 15 Sep 1886 - Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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