Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II, Lewis
Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 79-81.  McCracken Co.

JOHN H. SPALDING

     The Spalding family, of which John H. Spalding is a member, has been
identified with Kentucky for many years, several generations of them having
been born here.  John H. Spalding was born in Warren county in 1844, son of
Charlie and Annie (White) Spalding.  The father was born in 1813 and died
in 1897, and his remains were interred in the Spalding burying ground in
McCracken county. He was a well-known farmer and respected citizen, and
always took a commendable interest in public affairs.  In 1883 he was
constable of McCracken county.  His wife, also a native of Kentucky, was
born in Warren county.  She died in 1862, at the age of fifty years.  The
grandfather of John H. Spalding was also named Charlie.  He was born and
lived and died in Kentucky, living an active, useful life and attaining
ripe old age.  Mr. Spalding's maternal grandfather was Jackson White.  He,
too, was a native of Kentucky; passed his life here, and at the time of his
death was one hundred years old.  The names of the brothers and sisters of
Mr. Spalding are as follows:  Charles; James M.; Jonathan; Elgie S.; Edward
B.; Linsey; Rex; Sallie E., wife of Wesley Griffin, a farmer of Carlisle
county, Kentucky; Tommy E., wife of Jacob Craig, a well known business man
of Alva, Oklahoma; Ethel, wife of Phinas Humphreys, a wealthy farmer of
McCracken county; Enola, wife of John Chatman, a farmer of McCracken
county; and Susan, wife of Richard Hart, a farmer of McCracken county.
     His parents moved to McCracken county, from Warren county, when John
H. Spalding was quite small, and in the country schools of McCracken county
he received his education.  A youth in his teens, he left school in 1862
and entered the Confederate army, the fortunes of which he shared until
1865, participating in numerous engagements, including the battles of
Prairie Grove, Arkansas, in 1862; Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, and
Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, in 1864.  In the last named battle he was
wounded.  At the close of the war Mr. Spalding returned to McCracken county
and settled down to farming, and the next year was married.  He has ever
since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, making a specialty of raising
fruits and vegetables.
     Mr. Spalding was first married, in 1866, to Miss Anna Hunt, and two
children were born to them:  Ella, now the wife of Mack Harris, a
prosperous farmer of McCracken county; and Bernice, who is now the wife of
Mack Edwards, a miner of Hopkins county, Kentucky.  The mother of these
children having died in 1876, Mr. Spalding married, in 1878, Miss Addie
Wilson, and the children of this union are Harold and Melvin.  After the
death of his second wife he married Miss Josie E. Morgan, in 1881, and
their children are:  Genie and Roy.  Mr. and Mrs. Spalding are members of
the Baptist church, and he affiliates politically with the Democratic
party.

Spalding White Griffin Craig Humphreys Chatman Hart Hunt Harris Edwards
Wilson Morgan
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Warren-KY Carlisle-KY Woods-OK AR LA Hopkins-KY

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