1. Thomas SPALDING was born about 1821 in Pennsylvania. He was a Blacksmith between 1870 and 1880 in Morning Sun, Louisa Co, IA. He died in Morning Sun, Louisa Co, IA. Henrietta CROCKER was placed out with Thomas Spalding at age 10, probably from an Orphan Train from the New England Home for Little Wanderers.

US Census, 1870, Louisa County, Iowa, Town of Morning Sun, p. 449

Spalding Thomas 49 Blacksmith b - Penn (father & mother of foreign birth) Mary 48 b-Penn Hannie J 26 b- Penn Samuel K 23 b - Penn (studying medicine) William A 20 b- Penn Harlan W 11 b - Iowa Laurence 4 b - Iowa

US Census, 1880, Louisa County, Iowa, Town of Morning Sun, p 480

Spaulding Thomas 59 Blacksmith b-Penn F&M b-Scotland Canada Mary 58 wife, b - Penn parents b-Penn Harlan W 20 son b - Iowa Lawrence D 14 son b- Iowa Crocker Heneretta 17 adopt. dau. b-Mass, both parents born Nova Scotia

He was married to Mary SPALDING. Mary SPALDING was born about 1822 in Pennsylvania. She died in Morning Sun, Louisa Co, IA.

Names of children, birthdates, etc. from US Census, 1870, Louisa Countym, IA, Town of Morning Sun, p. 449; and US Census, 1880, Louisa County, IA, Town of Morning Sun, p. 480.

Father and mother born in Pennsylvania Thomas SPALDING and Mary SPALDING had the following children:
 

    2 i. Hannie J. SPALDING was born about 1844 in Pennsylvania.
    3 ii. Samuel K. SPALDING was born about 1847 in Pennsylvania. When the US Census 1870 was taken, Samuel was listed apparently not living at home, as he was listed as "studying medicine."
    4 iii. Willliam A. SPALDING was born about 1850 in Pennsylvania.
    5 iv. Harlan W. SPALDING was born about 1859 in Morning Sun, Louisa Co, IA. He was a Grocery Store in 1883 in Morning Sun, Louisa Co, IA. In an 1883 Morning Sun newspaper is an advertisement for "H. W. Spalding & Co., Restaurant. Meals at all reasonable hours. Commercial meals a speciality. Also Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries."
+   6 v. Henriette CROCKER.
     7 vi. Laurence D. SPALDING was born about 1866 in Morning Sun, Louisa Co, IA.
 +  8 vii. Joanna SPALDING. Possibly a sister of Thomas Spalding. US Census, 1880, Louisa County, IA, Town of Morning Sun, p. 480, says she married John Ochiltree on 16 April 1863 in Morning Sun, IA.