Joshua Fry Speed
male, deceased
Joshua Fry Speed (November 14, 1814 - May 29, 1882) was born at Farmington, the estate of the Speed family in Louisville, Kentucky, the fifth son of Judge John Speed and Lucy Gilmer Fry Speed, both of prominent slave-holding families. Speed was the most intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln from his days in Springfield, Illinois. Speed was a partner in a general store, a farmer, a real estate investor, and also served one term in the Kentucky legislature.
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| Born: | November 14, 1814 |
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| Died: | May 29, 1882 |
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John SPEED ,1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ,6 son of John SPEED , was born in 1552 in Farndon, Chesire, Wales, died on 28 Jul 1629 in London County, England at age 77, and was buried in Jul 1629 in Cripplegate, London, London County, England. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~speedo/john/d1.htm |
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Farmington is a 14-room Federal-style home that was the center
of the 19th-century hemp plantation of John and Lucy Speed. www.historicfarmington.org/index.html |
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A Series of Genealogical Sketches with Drawings by Eugenia Johnson. www.kygenweb.net/history/ff_louisville/c7.htm |
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for Joshua Fry Speed. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Fry_Speed |
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Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed met in Springfield, Illinois,
during the 1830s. showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/speed.htm |
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Mr. Lincoln and Friends reviews the many men and a few women whose friendships helped determine Mr. Lincoln's political progress and success in the state capital in Springfield, Illinois and the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/inside.asp?pageID=38&subj... |
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