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Mary "Mollie" Rebecca Speights

Female 1856 - 1886  (30 years)


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  • Name Mary "Mollie" Rebecca Speights  [1, 2
    Nickname Mollie 
    Birth 12 Jun 1856  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Sep 1886  Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1889, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Esther C. Leece,   b. 5 Apr 1835, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1867, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1854  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F701  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gabriel Sims Boswell,   b. Abt 1850, Gordon County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1882  Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Hoyt Boswell,   b. 26 Mar 1886, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F4714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 May 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Jun 1856 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Dec 1882 - Orange County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Sep 1886 - Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Parker, Brenda (brenda@dphospitality.com) "Beaman-Parker Fa mily Genealogy" Ver. Feb 9 09:31:07 2004 ; http://wc.roots web.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bbparker (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S683] Miller, Bob (miller148@bellsouth.net) "Pioneers of Central Louisiana" ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bogeyman.

    3. [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979.

    4. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.