Born about in Randolph Co., North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Christopher Spoon Jr.
and Margaret (Unknown) Spoon
Sister of
Sarah (Spoon) McCollum [half], Isaac Eli Spoon [half] and Enos Monroe (Holder) Spoon [half]
Wife of
Lorenzo Dow Craven
— married
17 May 1833 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 71
in Shelton, Buffalo, Nebraska Territory, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Dec 2014
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Biography
Lovey A. Spoon was born about 1813 in Randolph County, North Carolina, she died in November of 1884 in Shelton, Buffalo, Nebraska.
On 17 May 1833, Randolph County, North Carolina, she married Lorenzo Dow Craven. He was the son of Jacob Craven and Dorcas Raines.[1]
Lovey A. was mentioned in the probate paperwork of her father Christian "Christopher" Spoon. [2] p. 136 lists items Lovey received from her father: one mare, bridle, and saddle, one cow and heifer, two good beds, bedstead and their furniture, two lambs, one chest and two chairs. Lovey's sister Sarah McCollum gave the statement on 18 October 1867.[3]
1850 lived in Owen County, Indiana, Lorenzo is a shoemaker.
1860 lived in Nebraska, Lorenzo is a farmer.
1870 lived in Marion, Indiana.[4]
1880, lived in Shelton, Buffalo, Nebraska, Lorenzo Craven born abt 1812, spouse, Lovey Craven age 67[5]
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R1-Z7Z5 : 5 January 2021), Lorenzo D. Craven and Lovey Spoon, 17 May 1833; citing Randolph, North Carolina, United States, p. p 59, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 418,149.
- ↑ Probate records for Christian "Christopher" Spoon, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89C6-RFFQ?i=1&cc=1911121
- ↑ List of possessions from Christian Spoon Probate dated 18 October 1867, p. 136, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9C6-RXNF?i=135&cc=1911121
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFZ-4RW : 25 May 2021), Loviy Cravin in entry for Lorenzo D Cravin, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y7-TBR : 19 February 2021), Lovey Craven in household of Lorenzo Craven, Shelton, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 151, sheet 216A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,743.
- Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lovey by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lovey:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lovey by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lovey:
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~0.78%
Susan Pierce
:
23andMe, GEDmatch G189020 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Pam Kreutzer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MN8663040 [compare], Ancestry member kedpam
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~0.78%
Brad Bray :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BradfordBray
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~0.39%
Ron Ferguson :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Alex Pierce :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR3751106 [compare], Ancestry member alexdenielle
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