Genealogical Information

Spell-Speed Family History

Preface to this work
Page 1 Author's Philosophy,
Spell Family Tree,
Armorial Bearings of Spell,
Preface
Page 2 Spell: Earliest Known
Page 3 William Frederick Spell, Private, CSA
Page 4 William Frederick Spell, Wife and Family
Page 5 Speed: Earliest Known
Page 6 Speed: Covington County, Mississippi
Page 7 Lawrence
Page 8 William Wages Speed, Jr.
Page 9 Speed - Spell Slaves
Page 10 Duckworth
Page 11 Memories
Page 12 Will of Benjamin Lawrence
Will of Rachel Lawrence
Page 13 Speed - Spell House,
Floor Plan of Speed - Spell House,
Diagram of Speed - Spell Farm,
Map of Spell Settlement,
Page 14 Bunker Hill Lodge Charter Membership
Page 15 Genealogical Records
Page 16 Genealogy Links

Genealogical Records (From here you can access a text file that will outline the Speed-Spell family genealogy, and allied families.)

But, before you explore the family line, read the following bit of humor.

THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX
- Submitted by Rosie Fife

Many, many years ago when I was twenty three,
I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be.

This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, And soon the two were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life. My daughter was my mother, For she was my father’s wife.

To complicate the matters worse, Although it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became A brother-in-law to dad.
And so became my uncle, Though it made me very sad.

For if he was my uncle, Then that also made him brother
To the widow’s grown-up daughter Who, of course, was my step-mother.

Father’s wife then had a son, Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, For he was my daughter’s son.

My wife is now my mother’s mother And it makes me blue. Because, although she is my wife, She’s my grandma too.

If my wife is my grandmother, Then I am her grandchild.
And every time I think of it, It simply drives me wild.

For now I have become The strangest case you ever saw. As the husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!!

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