Life Span
to
Full name
Joshua Fry Speed
Place of Birth
Louisville, KY
Burial Place
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
12
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
0
Friends
Family
John Speed (father), Lucy Gilmer Fry Speed (mother), Fanning Henning (wife) 
Education
Other
Other Education
St. Joseph's (KY)
Occupation
Politician
Farmer or Planter
Businessman
Church or Religious Denomination
Methodist
Political Parties
Republican
Government
State legislature
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, February 25, 1842
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, February 25, 1842 (Second Letter of the Day)
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, July 4, 1842
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, October 5, 1842
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Fry Speed, August 24, 1855
How to Cite This Page: "Speed, Joshua Fry," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40521.