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| | Tompkins County, NYGenWeb - Landmarks of Tompkins County - Part III - Family Sketches. |
 | | Joseph SPEED, the grandfather of Robert, had ten children, of whom James Richard, our subject's father, was the seventh, being born in Caroline March 20, 1815, educated in Cortland Academy and studied law in Ithaca, practicing, however, but a short time and returning to the farm. |
 | | He was educated at Cortland Academy at Homer, and Cornell University, graduating in the classical course at the academy in 1867, and with the class of '71 at Cornell University with the degree of Ph. |
 | | The oldest son, Robert L., is now a sophomore in Cornell, Bessie F. is a graduate of Ithaca High School, where Mary H. is now a student, and Lorenzo and Emma are at home. |
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