BIO:  SPALDING, John B., s/o Ignatius & Julia (Montgomery) Spalding	

Submitted by: phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

SPALDING   MONTGOMERY   PATE   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Van Buren Twp., page 903

JOHN B. SPALDING was one of the well-to-do farmers of Daviess County, Ind.;
was born September 24, 1826, and has never been further than fifty miles
from the place where he now lives.  He is a son of Ignatius and Julia
(Montgomery) Spalding, who were born in Maryland in 1777 and 1788, 
respectively.  When quite young the father removed with his parents to
Kentucky.  In 1819 he came to Indiana.  His death occurred in 1840 and the
mother's in 1877.  Our subject attended the common schools, and remained
with his people until he attained his majority.  At the age of nineteen he
began teaching school and followed that occupation for nearly thirty years.
February 11, 1859, he married Mary A. Pate, born in Kentucky in 1831, 
daughter of Allen and Mary Ann Pate.  To Mr. and Mrs. Spalding these
children were born:  George, Clementine, Simeon, Lewis, Frances, Sidney,
Joseph (deceased), Melvin, Alfred, Daniel, Martin and E.L.  Mr. Spalding
has been treasurer of Daviess County four years.  He owns 201 acres of land,
and in politics is a Democrat.  He and wife are members of the Catholic
Church.
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