Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
John Barton Spalding
Biographical Sketches, History of Daviess County
John B. Spalding was of the well-to-do farmers of Daviess Co, IN; was born 24 September 1826, and has never been further than fifty miles from the place where he lived. He is James Ignatius and Julia Ann 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 Ann Pate, born in Kentucky in 1831, daughter of Allen and Mary Ann Pate. To John B. and Mary A. Spalding the following children were born: George, Clementine, Simeon, Lewis, Frances, Sidney, Joseph, Melvina, Alfred, Daniel, Martin and E. L. Mr. Spalding had been treasurer of Daviess County four years. He owned 201 acres of land, and was a Democrat. They were members of the Catholic Church.
Contributed by: Shirley Platt