Riches to Rags Family Tree » James Speed (1812-1887)
Personal data James Speed
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Source 5- Alternative name: James Fry Speed
- He was born on March 11, 1812 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA.
- Alternative: He was born on March 11, 1812 in Farmington, Louisville, KY.Source 5
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1797.
- Alternative: He was born about 1797.
- Alternative: He was born in Virginia, Kentucky.
- Alternative: He was born on March 11, 1812 in Farmington,Nr Louisville,Kentucky,USA.
- (James Speed) on June 25, 1887 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.Source 6
- He died on June 25, 1887 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA, he was 75 years old.
- Alternative: He died on June 25, 1887 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY, he was 75 years old.Source 5
- Alternative: He died in the year 1797 in Farmington, Jefferson Co, Kentucky, USA.
- Alternative: He died in the year 1797.
- Alternative: He died on June 25, 1887 in Louisville,Jefferson,Kentucky,USA, he was 75 years old.
- He is buried in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.Source 5
- A child of William Terrell Speed and Lucy Gilmer Fry
- A child of Lucy Gilmer Fry and Judge John Speed
- A child of Judge John Speed and Lucy Gilmer Fry
Household of James Speed
Notes about James Speed
Lawyer, politician, U.S. attorney general. Served in the Kentucky House 1847-1848 and Kentucky Senate 1861-1863. He was a proponent of slave emancipation, pushing unsuccessfully to include it in state's 1850 constitution. In 1861, he was appointed commander of the Louisville Home Guard. Selected by President Abraham Lincoln to serve as U.S. Attorney General 1864 - 1866
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- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=788
/ Ancestry.com - Findagrave, James Speed 3 Sep 1811 / www.findagrave.com
- Findagrave, James Speed 25 Jun 1887 / www.findagrave.com
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Volume: 14 / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com
- Findagrave, James Speed 25 Jun 1887 / www.findagrave.com
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Birthday March 11, 1812
- The temperature on March 11, 1812 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1812: Source: Wikipedia
- February 27 » Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
- March 26 » A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
- June 23 » War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
- September 3 » Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
- October 24 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
- November 18 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".
Day of death June 25, 1887
- The temperature on June 25, 1887 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
- June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
- June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
- November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
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