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John James Speed (Jefferson, Kentucky, physician and postmaster)

b. 1816-10-31 d. 1885-05-06

Jefferson, Kentucky, physician and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Miriam Hawkins Speed. Father of Mary R. Speed and Mariah Speed. Physician in Nelson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Employed Margaret Cumming and Jane Wilbern as servants in Louisville in 1860. Postmaster in Louisville from 1861 to 1869.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 385B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 270.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Jefferson County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 102.

The Louisville Daily Journal(Louisville, KY), March 18, 1861.

The Louisville Daily Journal(Louisville. KY), July 3, 1861.

"Dr. John James Speed (1816-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #58843186, accessed May 19, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58843186.

Citation

Speed, John James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203807 (January 24, 2026).

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