James B. Speed

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1844

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1912

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"James B. Speed" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013920, (accessed May 5, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, bookkeeper and soldier. Missouri native. Son of William P. Speed and Sarah A. Speed. Student in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1850. Bookkeeper in Louisville in 1863. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as private and lieutenant from September 23, 1862, to July 20, 1865. Served as clerk in chief to the Quartermaster's Department of the Department of the Ohio from December 1862 to June 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, Cooper County, District 23, p. 111A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 534B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0479.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0152.
19th Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Notre Dame, Annual Commencement 1862-’63 (Chicago: “The Post” Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1863), 21.
Find A Grave, "James Breckenridge Speed (1844-1912)," Memorial #6984120, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6984120 (accessed January 13, 2021).

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