* 9 y* ip 1/ # | - ^ - ^ ^ ’ — — — —county from Lee county, Virginia. Ihe is best remembered n.s the1; operator of ‘'Speaks Mil]”, but he ; was also a merchant and active/ in school and civil affairs. John-: athan and Joe Speaks and Mes-1 dames Malissa {Robert) McFad-Ulen, Mary Ann (John) Speaks and ! Alice (I*.) Evans were their child ijdrcn. *