Dora E. Speights

1886 - 1964  (78 years)

• Name	Dora E. Speights  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	7 Feb 1886	Milam, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Sep 1964	Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Burial	13 Sep 1964	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Notes	At the time of the 1910 census, she was shown as the mother of two living children. (Research): Census Listings: 1930 Census Texas, Sabine County, JP 4 Enumerated 8 Apr 1930 ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 1B 17-20 White, Dora Head F W 44 Wd 19 Tx Tx Tx Farmer White, Cornell Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm White, Drew C. Son M w 17 S Tx Tx Tx (Medical):See attached sources. [3]
  Person ID	I1266	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  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)
  Marriage	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	Cade Drew White, Jr.,   b. 11 Sep 1883, Sabine County, Texas d. 3 Jan 1913, Sabine County, Texas (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1905	Sabine County, Texas
  Children	1. Beulah Emily White,   b. 27 May 1906, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 10 Jul 2008, Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas (Age 102 years)   2. William White,   b. Abt 1908, Sabine County, Texas d. 16 Aug 1976, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 68 years)   3. Cornell A. White,   b. 11 Apr 1911, Milam, Sabine County, Texas d. 21 Sep 1964, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 53 years)   4. Drew C. White,   b. Abt 1914, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Feb 1886 - Milam, Sabine County, Texas Marriage - 22 Jan 1905 - Sabine County, Texas Death - 11 Sep 1964 - Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas Burial - 13 Sep 1964 - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Milam, Texas Women's Gathering ca 1910 A gathering of friends in Milam, Sabine County, Texas Top row, l to r, Dora Speights White, Viola Causey Wilson, UNKNOWN, Clara Pratt Low Bottom row, l to r: Mittie Speights Wilson, Virgie Harris King, UNKNOWN, Vivian King Davidson, J. A. Vickers Legend courtesy Robert Cecil McDaniel. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE TWO UNKNOWN WOMEN PICTURED.
  		Milam, Texas group gathering, ca early 1900's The individuals pictured ranged in age from about 18 to 24, and all in formal attire. Perhaps they are a Sunday School group, or gathered for a wedding or graduation?

  
  

• Sources

  [S433] Toole, Blanche "1910 Population Census Sabine County, Texas" ca 1987 Sabine County Memorial Library and Museum, Was age 24 at the time of the 1910 census (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). [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/). [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.