Background
Speed, James Breckinridge was born on January 4, 1844 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William P. and Mary Ellen (Shallcross) Speed.
Speed, James Breckinridge was born on January 4, 1844 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William P. and Mary Ellen (Shallcross) Speed.
Educated public schools. Bank clerk Louisville and Chicago until 1861. Served in Union army, private and later adjunct 27th Kentucky infantry, 1861-1865, serving in all the campaigns in the West.
George West. Coffin, Cincinnati. In business in Louisville since war. President Louisville Cement Company, Louisville Street Railway System, Ohio Valley Telephone Сompany.
Head of J. B. Speed & Company, cement, et cetera, and Byrne & Speed, coal.
Address: Louisville Kentucky‡.
Married 1868, Cora, daughter