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Dora E. Speights

Dora E. Speights

Female 1886 - 1964  (78 years)

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  • Name Dora E. Speights  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 7 Feb 1886  Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Sep 1964  Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial 13 Sep 1964  Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1922, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Sallie Wilson,   b. Jul 1865, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1904, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1884  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1913, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jan 1905  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Beulah Emily White,   b. 27 May 1906, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 2008, Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years)
     2. William White,   b. Abt 1908, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1976, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)
     3. Cornell A. White,   b. 11 Apr 1911, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1964, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     4. Drew C. White,   b. Abt 1914, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F872  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

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

  • Photos
    Milam, Texas Women's Gathering ca 1910
    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
    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 
    1. [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).

    2. [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).

    3. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    4. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.