children William S. Speed and Olive Speed Sackett, set up a foundation in his name which helped to found the Speed Art Museum and the J. B. Speed School of Engineering of the University of Louisville. Death Speed died on July 7, 1912, at Hotel Samoset in Rockland, Maine, where he spent his summers, and he was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. References External links 1844 births 1912 deaths History of Louisville, Kentucky Businesspeople from Louisville, Kentucky Businesspeople from Mississippi Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American philanthropists Union Army soldiers