Speight, Richard Harrison, 1847-1920

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Dr. Richard Harrison Speight (1847-1920) was the son of Methodist minister John Francis Speight and his wife Emma Lewis Speight. John Speight died soon after his house, The Cedars, was completed at Wrendale in Edgecombe County, N.C., in 1859 or 1860. His son Richard lived at The Cedars until 1919 and had his medical office there. Dr. R. H. Speight was a prominent physician, planter and a member of the Senate in the N.C. General Assembly. He was married twice and fathered twelve children. His second wife, Margaret Whitefield, was the daughter of George W. Whitefield, a prominent lawyer of Edgecombe and Wilson Counties, N.C.

From the description of Richard H. Speight papers, 1897-1901 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 268954374

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Birth 1847

Death 1920

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