BIOGRAPHIES - SPEAKES, John T., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: John T. SPEAKES _________________________________________ Birth: February 6, 1854, Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: William Hezekiah SPEAKES (1831-) Mother: Nancy PALMER (1838-) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Ada DAWSON Father: L. B. DAWSON Mother: Hannah HILDRETH Marriage: October 13, 1881 JOHN T. SPEAKES,1 livery; P. 0. Paris; is the senior proprietor of Speakes’ Livery, Feed & Sale Stable, which he took charge of April 7,1880, in company with his brother W. E. The stable is one of the best in town, extends from Main to Pleasant street, and is built of brick,and covered with a tin roof. They have accommodations for about 125 horses. They are doing a thriving business in their line, boarding horses by the day, week and month, at reasonable rates, and making a specialty of breaking young horses to harness. They also buy and sell horses and mules on commission. John T. was married, Oct. 13, 1881, to Ada Dawson, daughter of L. B. and Hannah (Hildreth) Dawson. He was born February 6, 1854, in this precinct; son of William Speakes, of this county. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 493 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.