Born in Colleton, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hugo Grotius Sheridan Sr
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Rachel Jane (Liston) Rice [half], Georgiana Carolina (Sheridan) Williams [half] and Hugo Grotius Sheridan Jr. [half]
Wife of
Paul Walter Spell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Eldred Spell
Died [date unknown]
in Colleton, Colleton, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 May 2019
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Biography
Jane was born in 1820. She is the daughter of Hugo Sheridan and Rachael Spears.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 May 2019), memorial page for Jane Henrietta Elvira Sheridan Spell (1820–unknown), Find A Grave Memorial no. 196529758, ; Maintained by J of MD (contributor 48567772) Burial Details Unknown.
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Per [2nd] Eldred Spell, Rachael Catherine Spears-Spell-Liston-Sheridan was his step-great-grandmother on the Spell Side, Cousin on the Liston Side, and Step Maternal-Grandmother on the Sheridan Side. And in his own words -- "She was the closest thing to a mother that I ever knew." Rachael Catherine Spears-Spell-Liston-Sheridan was a Great Lady of the South, and a heroine to the Spell Family in many ways, Truly.
Rachael Catherine Spears married 1st Joel Spell Sr. Joel Spell Sr. dies in 1813. By 1815 Rachael Catherine Spear-Spell married the Scotsman Andrew Liston (who was from Perthshire, Scotland). Andrew Liston dies circa 1827 and by 1829 Rachael Catherine Spears-Spell-Liston married Dr. Hugo Grotius Sheridan MD. Andrew Liston and Rachael Catherine have: 1) James N. Liston (married Barbara Eleanor Spell, younger sister of Paul Walter Spell) 2) Stephen Liston - who dies very young 3) Rachael Catherine Liston who marries Dr. Rice MD. 4) another daughter who also dies young.
Dr. Sheridan & Catherine have 2 children: Georgiana & hugo.