Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
James Ignatius Spalding
St. Mary's Catholic Church Sesquicentennial Book
1834-1984
SPALDING, (James) Ignatius-- born about 1782 in Maryland came to Washington Co., KY, at an early age. It was here on January 30, 1809 that he married Julia Ann Montgomery, also a native of Charles Co., MD, and a daughter of John Barton and Catherine Montgomery. The Montgomery family settled in Charles Co. about 1700. Ignatius Spalding made his first land purchase in Daviess Co., IN on Sept. 30, 1822, being one of the first Catholic settlers in the St. Mary's community. It was in his home that the first Masses were held. To the union of Ignatius and Julia Ann were born the following (9) children: Catherine, who was first married to Charles Gootee, a son of Joseph and Sarah Bramble Gootee, and after his death, she married Bernard Lents, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Seal Lents; Thomas M. married Mary Ann Kelty; Christina married John Lents, also a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Lents; Hillary married Mary Ann Strange, Valentine married Ann Spalding and later Nancy Ann Grayand; Cecelia married James William Bowling; John Barton married Mary Ann Pate; Nancy Jean married Hillary Patterson; and a son, Edward. Ignatius Spalding lived only to the age of sixty, but Julia Ann died at age ninety years, eight months and twenty days. Both have grave stones at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Contributed by: Shirley Platt