David Speck (12 December 1855) was born in Freeport, Ohio to Silas and Mary Speck.

He married Mary Lona Racey on 9 November 1844.

David grew up on his father's farm in Guernsey Co, Ohio surrounded by family. His uncle Isaac, grandfather Augustus, and granduncle Samuel lived on neighboring farms.¹⁾ In 1880 he was living in Barton Co, Kansas, still with his parents working on the farm.²⁾

By 1895 he was married with a large family on a farm in Barton of his own.³⁾ By 1910 he had moved to Great Bend, the county seat of Barton County.⁴⁾ In 1915 he was living in Lincoln Co, Kansas (a short trip north of Barton) with his youngest children.⁵⁾

Sometime in the mid 20s he moved to Los Angeles, California (likely to be near to his son Raymond) with his wife where she died in 1926.⁶⁾ He remarried on 24 October 1928 to Eliza J. Fulton in Orange Co, California.⁷⁾ In 1930 he and his wife were living in Los Angeles County.⁸⁾ It is likely they were divorced sometime before 1940 as Eliza appears in the 1940 census as widowed and living alone.⁹⁾ David's last address was 222 East Artesia Blvd, Artesia, California.¹⁰⁾

The only mention of David's education is in 1870 where he was listed as having attended school within the last year.¹¹⁾

David's first known employment was helping his father on the Ohio farm.¹²⁾ By 1900 he was working a farm he owned outright while raising 9 children.¹³⁾ In 1910 he was living in a house he owned in Great Bend and had retired from farming,¹⁴⁾ but by 1920 he was once again listed as working on a farm and employing workers.¹⁵⁾ In 1930, living in Los Angeles, he was again listed as retired.¹⁶⁾

David died in Los Angeles General Hospital on 16 January 1941 after a stay of five days. The cause of death was chronic myocarditis and nephritis, a inflammation of the heart and kidneys, from which he suffered for two years.¹⁷⁾