1913 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Thomas Green Speights was born on 15 Feb 1885 in Texas (son of John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. and Sallie Wilson); died about 1933 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
(Research):Census Information:
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Justice Precinct No. 1
Enumerated April 28 and 29 by Hugh M. Ireland
ED 202-3 SD 19th Sheet 20A Stamped 42
62-65
Speights. Tom G. Hd M W 45 M20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Speights, Arlis Wife F W 45 M 20 Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Elton Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Anna Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Rudolph Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, John H Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Sallie L Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Gloria Dtr F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Thomas married Arley Emmaline Bennett on 12 Jul 1905. Arley (daughter of Jesse Archibald "Archie" Bennett and Anna Eliza Huffman) was born on 16 Mar 1885 in Texas; died on 3 Oct 1964 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Arley Emmaline Bennett was born on 16 Mar 1885 in Texas (daughter of Jesse Archibald "Archie" Bennett and Anna Eliza Huffman); died on 3 Oct 1964 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
An actual copy of her Texas Death Record can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. She is shown as the daugbhter of J. A. Bennett and Anna Huffman, and is listed as widowed, and a housewife and mother. The informant was D. B. Speights, presumably her eldest son. Her first name is shown as Arley, though some other sources show her as Arlis.
(Medical):See attached sources.
Children:
- Drayton Bennett Speights was born on 15 Aug 1906 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; died in Mar 1997 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Dale Speights was born after 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; died after 1906 in Sabine County, Texas.
- 1. Otho A. Speights was born between 1911 and 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Elton T. Speights was born about 1913.
- Anna Mignon Speights was born between 1914 and 1916 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Living
- John Archie Speights was born about 1920 in Sabine County, Texas; died about 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Living
- Gloria Mittie Speights was born on 17 Nov 1929 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Jul 2016 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried on 4 Aug 2016 in Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
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Generation: 3
4. | John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. was born on 29 Oct 1856 in Sabine County, Texas (son of Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights and Emily Ann Scott); died on 4 Feb 1922 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
(Research):
Census Listings:
1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 1
Enumerated 4 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 1A Stamped 92
4-4
Speights, John W Hd W M Oct 1856 M 16 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Speights, Sallie Wf W F July 1865 34 M 16 5/5 Tx Ga Tx
Speights, Tom G Son W M Feb 1885 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Speights, Dora E Dtr W F Feb 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Orin W Son W M Feb 1887 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Speights, Mermod L Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Speights, Buford A Son W M Jan 1898 2 S Tx Tx Tx
John married Sallie Wilson on 20 Jan 1884 in Sabine County, Texas. Sallie (daughter of William Cregg Wilson and Bethie "Bettie" H. Lawhorn) was born in Jul 1865 in Texas; died about 1904 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Sallie Wilson was born in Jul 1865 in Texas (daughter of William Cregg Wilson and Bethie "Bettie" H. Lawhorn); died about 1904 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Married:
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).
Children:
- 2. Thomas Green Speights was born on 15 Feb 1885 in Texas; died about 1933 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Dora E. Speights was born on 7 Feb 1886 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Sep 1964 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 13 Sep 1964 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Orin Wilson Speights was born on 26 Feb 1887 in Texas; and died.
- Mermond Leon Speights was born on 22 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 1939 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- Buford Arlington Speights was born on 20 Feb 1898 in Texas; died on 28 Jul 1959 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Sallie L. Speights was born about 1903 in Texas.
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6. | Jesse Archibald "Archie" Bennett was born on 2 Jun 1864 in Texas (son of Adam Jackson Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey); died on 16 Feb 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
An actual copy of his Texas Death Certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. He was listed as married to Anna Eliza Bennett, and a son of Adam Jackson Bennett (born Pennsylvania) and Jane Harvey (born Alabama). His usual occupation was that of a lifelong Farmer (retired in October 1930). The informant was Mittie Easley of Yellowpine, Texas, a daughter.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 2 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 12A Stamped 177
191-193
Bennett, Jesse A Hd M W 45 m1 25 Tx La La Farmer
Bennett, Anna E. Wf F W 43 M1 25 5/5 Tx NC Ga
Bennett, Posey A Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
Bennett, Mittie A Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Zina B. Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Bennett, Benjamin P Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Davidson, Henry hirehand? M W 28 S Tx Ga Tx Laborer General Farm
(Medical):See attached sources.
Jesse + Anna Eliza Huffman. Anna (daughter of Christopher "Kit" Bryant Huffman and Angelina Jones) was born on 16 Mar 1866 in Texas; died on 12 Jan 1948 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Anna Eliza Huffman was born on 16 Mar 1866 in Texas (daughter of Christopher "Kit" Bryant Huffman and Angelina Jones); died on 12 Jan 1948 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Children:
- 3. Arley Emmaline Bennett was born on 16 Mar 1885 in Texas; died on 3 Oct 1964 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Posey Archibald Bennett was born on 16 Sep 1891 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Nov 1986 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
- Mittie Anna Bennett was born on 29 Jul 1895 in Texas; died on 29 May 1969 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Zena Blanche Bennett was born on 4 Jul 1898 in Texas; died on 21 Dec 1986 in Travis County, Texas.
- Benjamin Perkins Bennett was born on 19 May 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Mar 1964 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
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Generation: 4
8. | Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights was born on 20 Jun 1828 in Mississippi (son of William Myrick Speights and Rebecca Hopkins); died on 2 Dec 1912 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Sharon Speights Varney quotes Virgie Collier Speights as writing "John was a small child when the family moved to the Mississippi Delta along with his brothers and sisters. John married Emily Scott. To this union were born Tom, John "Doc" and Dora. His wife died and her amrried a Miss (Rebecca) Holbert. To this union were born Mandie in 1866, an infant that died, and Robert Joel on September 11, 1870. The second wife died and he married Lizzie Davis. To this union were born Exa in 187, Mattie, Minnie, and an infant that died. Johns third wife died and he lived a widower approximately 35 years. John hired a man to take his palce in the confederate army, however after one year he was assigned to making salt. John joined the Campbellite Church during his old age. He died in 1912 and was buried in Lowe Cemetery in Sabine County, Texas."
Jonathan married Emily Ann Scott on 1 Nov 1853 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. Emily was born on 20 Mar 1832 in Mississippi; died on 10 Jan 1862 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Emily Ann Scott was born on 20 Mar 1832 in Mississippi; died on 10 Jan 1862 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Said to be a daughter of John and Martha Scott.
Children:
- Thomas Green Speights was born on 12 Nov 1854 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Dec 1913 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- 4. John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. was born on 29 Oct 1856 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Feb 1922 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Madora E. Speights was born on 21 Aug 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
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10. | William Cregg Wilson was born about 1844 in Texas; and died. Notes:
(Research):
Census Listings:
1880 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches, Chireno Beat No. 4
Page 7 SD 1 ED 50 Stamped 237
61-61
Wilson, William C M W 36 Saddle and Harness Maker Disability Lost left Leg Tx Tenn Ala
Wilson, Bettie H W F 32 Wf Keepig Hous Ga Unk Ga
Wilson, Sallie W F 14 Dtr At School Tx Tx Ga
Wilson, Dolly C W F 12 Dtr Tx Tx Ga
Wilson, Martha W F 9 Dt Tx Tx Ga
Wilson, Allen A W M 4 Son Tx Tx Ga
Wilson, William K W M 21 Son Tx Tx Ga
William + Bethie "Bettie" H. Lawhorn. Bethie was born about 1848 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Bethie "Bettie" H. Lawhorn was born about 1848 in Georgia; and died. Children:
- 5. Sallie Wilson was born in Jul 1865 in Texas; died about 1904 in Texas; was buried in Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- Dollie C. Wilson was born in Apr 1867 in Texas; died on 30 Apr 1950 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Martha Wilson was born about 1871 in Texas; and died.
- Allen Alexander Wilson was born on 4 Feb 1876 in Texas; died on 19 May 1948 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Wilson Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- William K. Wilson was born on 12 Jun 1878 in Texas; died before 1910 in Sabine County, Texas.
- Samuel Briley Wilson was born on 20 Jul 1880 in Texas; died on 27 Jun 1956 in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
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12. | Adam Jackson Bennett was born on 27 Jan 1815 in Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (son of Henry Bennett and Mary "Polly" Palmer); died on 28 Mar 1886 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
"2nd Lieut. in Co. K in the Mexican War." SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS by White and Toole
Kay Parker McCary, in the transcription of the tombstone, writes that he was Born in West Feliciana Parish, LA, Removed to Texas Dec 1842
(Research):
Census Listings:
1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 30 Oct 1850
Stamped 320
146-146
Adam J Bennett 35 M Farmer $400 La
Mary J. E. Bennett 24 F La
Mary Ann Benett 9 F La
Henry L. Bennett 8 M La
Burtus C. Bennett 6 M Texas
Sarah Jane Bennett 4 F Texas
William H Bennett 3/12 M Texas
1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No. 5. P. O. Box Milam
Page 30 Stamped 333
225-225
A. J. Bennett 46 M Farmer $1600 $3190 La
Mary J. Bennett 37 F La
Mary A. Bennett 20 F La
Henry Bennett 18 M La
Bertis C. Bennett 15 M Tx
Sarah J. Bennett 12 F Tx
William Bennett 10 M Tx
A. J. Bennett 7 M Tx
Robert Bennett 5 M Tx
Major A. Bennett 1 M Tx
1880 Census
Adam J. Bennett Self M M W 65 La Farmer La La
Mary J. Bennett Wf M F W 58 SC Keeps House SC SC
Arch Bennett Son S M W 16 Tx Wks on Farm La SC
Alva Bennett Son S M W 11 Tx Wks on Farm La SC
Texas, Sabine, Precinct 5
FHL Film # 125535 NA Film # T9-1325 Page # 250C
Adam married Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey on 1 Aug 1839 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Mary (daughter of Seth Harvey and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd) was born on 17 Dec 1821 in Louisiana; died on 8 Mar 1901 in Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey was born on 17 Dec 1821 in Louisiana (daughter of Seth Harvey and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd); died on 8 Mar 1901 in Pine Hill, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Kay Parker McCary, in the transcription of the tombstone, writes that she was Born in Pitt Co., North Carolina, Moved to Texas Dec 1842 (Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey - Daughter of Seth Harvey & Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd - Married 1 Aug 1839 h Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr.) The 1880 census shows her state of birth as South Carolina, and early census records instead show her as being born in Louisiana.
(Research):
Census Listings:
1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 15B
205-205
Bennett, Burtis Head W M Apr 1845 55 Wd Tx La La Farmer
Bennett, Mary J Mother W F Jan 1823 77 Wd La --- NC
Notes:
Married:
Virgie Speights, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, in a column about Pearl Chambers Lord Greer, dated January 30, 1964, wrote that "Adam Bennett and Mary Jane Elizabeth Harvey, came with their slaves from Louisiana, just ahead of the sheriff. He was chasing them to take away their slaves in connection with some sort of lien connected with the estate of Mrs. Bennett's mother. They barely made it to Texas and safety in time to camp in the 'sand field' now known as "Bennet Field," just on the Texas side of the Sabine. The Louisiana authorities camped on the opposite side of the river before frustratedly returning home the next day. Then Adam staked his claim atop a nearby hill with gently sloping fields towards the river. The place is still called the "Bennett Place." There is a family graveyard nearby. The elder Bennetts had come to East Feliciana Parish from Alabama, and his father, a silversmith, had come from Germany." In a later article, this one profiling Abbie Della Bennett Travis, January 27, 1966, she added that the lien was due to "a matter of a few unpaid debts. The slaves were to be confiscated, so the Bennett's, their two children, and Zelotus Margaret Ann Boyd Harvey raced to the Sabine River and safety which they attained just before dark."
Children:
- Mary Ann Bennett was born on 19 Sep 1840 in Louisiana; died on 23 Feb 1880 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Henry Seth Bennett was born on 26 Jul 1842 in Louisiana; died on 16 Jan 1924 in Louisiana.
- Burtis Bennett was born on 20 Apr 1845 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Feb 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Sarah Jane Bennett was born on 16 Oct 1847 in Texas; died on 10 Feb 1928.
- William Henry "Dutch" Bennett was born on 8 Jun 1850 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 1926 in East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas; was buried in East Bernard Methodist Cemetery, East Bernard, Wharton County, Texas.
- Adam Jackson "Tony" Bennett, Jr was born on 8 Feb 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Nov 1922 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- Robert Emmett Bennett was born on 6 May 1855 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Nov 1924 in Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Margaret "Mittie" Louisa Bennett was born on 5 May 1857 in Texas; died on 4 Dec 1923 in Texas; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
- Major A. Bennett was born on 23 Mar 1859 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
- Elizabeth Bennett was born on 4 Oct 1861 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Nov 1861 in Sabine County, Texas.
- 6. Jesse Archibald "Archie" Bennett was born on 2 Jun 1864 in Texas; died on 16 Feb 1936 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- Alva D. Bennett was born on 6 May 1869 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Jul 1940 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
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14. | Christopher "Kit" Bryant Huffman was born in 1826 in North Carolina (son of John Huffman); was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
"The father of "Kit" Huffman was thought to be John [Huffman]...also the father of Asa (Jasper Co.) Owen Huffman who also came to Sabine Co. and Leah and Penny who remained in N.C. The family emigrated from Germany and spelled their name Hoffman."
Was shown on the muster roll of Captain J.M. Burroughs Company of the Sabine County Volunteer Infantry, CSA, and was enlisted at Hemphill, Texas by Drury Field for 3 months duty on January 15, 1863.
At the time of the 1810 Federal census, he was enumerated with his daughter and son-in-law, Callie and Thomas McBride, in Sabine County, Texas.
Christopher married Angelina Jones on 2 Feb 1854 in Jasper County, Texas. Angelina (daughter of Mary ???) was born about 1827 in Florida; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Angelina Jones was born about 1827 in Florida (daughter of Mary ???); and died. Notes:
Married:
They also had "twins that died young." (White and Toole)
Children:
- Emmaline A. Huffman was born about 1857 in Texas; and died.
- Henry Washington Huffman was born on 20 May 1858 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Jan 1934 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
- Ashley James Huffman was born about 1859 in Texas; and died.
- Christina Ann "Kate" Huffman was born about Apr 1860 in Texas; and died.
- Calistia B. "Callie" Huffman was born on 5 Jan 1862 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Apr 1941 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas.
- Riley C. Huffman was born about 1864 in Texas; and died.
- 7. Anna Eliza Huffman was born on 16 Mar 1866 in Texas; died on 12 Jan 1948 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
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