Mary Magdalene Spalding was born 198 years ago – June 18, 1814 – in Washington County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Richard Spalding and Tabitha Edwards. Mary married Pius M. Carrico on November 7, 1830. They had 14 children: Anna, Mary Jane, Martha Ellen, Rose Ann, Frances Harriet, Susan Matilda, Theresa Florida, Catherine Rhoda, Joseph Benedict Napoleon, Melvina Helen Anna, Sybilla Mary Elizabeth, Francis Pius Nathaniel, Frances Mary and John Martin Spalding Carrico.
Categories: Family Stories, Genealogy Ramblings
Delores and Danny Bohn’s RC baptismal CD for Marion, Nelson, and Washington Counties has Mary Magdalene Spalding as the daughter of Richard A Spalding & Henrietta Hamilton. Did Richard marry twice or did the Bohns pick the wrong Richard?
I would be interested to know what information they have. There is a Richard Spalding who married July 28, 1801, in Washington County, KY. There is a Richard Spalding who married Tabitha Edwards July 8, 1805, also in WC. And one more, Richard Spalding who married Nancy Taylor, November 17, 1798. There are more Richard Spalding marriages but they are after Mary Magdalene’s birth. I do know that Tabitha was an orphan, her guardian gave his approval for their marriage. In looking at the census records for Washington County, in 1810 there are three Richard Spalding’s listed. Richard and Tabitha must be the one listed with 1 son under, 1 daughter under 10, parents are 16-26. This family seems to disappear in 1820, since there is only 1 Richard Spalding listed, with only 1 female, 20-30. In November of 1830 Mary Magdalene married, but she would probably have been listed with her parents on the census. But that’s not proof, and it still doesn’t show who the Richard Spalding’s on the census married! To complicate matters Marion County was formed from Washington County in 1834 – many Spaldings lived in that section of WC. The MC court house was burned during the Civil War – so many records lost! I don’t believe this answered your question, but it did make me think about this one ancestor I know so little about!