Susannah (Callahan) Spence (1804 - 1879)

Born 8 Apr 1804 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James R. Spence — married 24 Apr 1819 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1879 at age 75 in Livingston, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Susannah was born in Tennessee in 1804. In 1819, just after her 15th birthday, she married James Spence. She died in Livingston County, Illinois in 1879.

In statements from George Haley and Josephine Haley Cannefax, which can also be found on their profiles, they confirm that she was John Callahan and Elizabeth Royston / Rishton Callahan's daughter. In a letter dated 1902, preserved by The Lawrence County Historical Society Bulletin, Dated October 1987,^[1] George says that one of Elizabeth's daughters was named Susan. He also confirms that Josephine Cannefax is his daughter.

In Josephine Cannefax's Eastern Cherokee Application^[2] she says - "Our grandmother was a Cherokee Indian, she lived in Alabama, Mississippi. Her husband was killed in the Black Hawk War, while trying to protect his home and country. After his death she came to Tennessee to her daughter, Louvisa Riston Haley, then to Illinois to Susan Riston Spence, another daughter. Then returned to Alabama, all alone on horse back, about 1880 to get some money." She also confirms that her father was George Haley, her sibling's names, and that her grandmother was "Elizabeth Roiston Callahan."

Sources

1. ↑ The Lawrence County Historical Society Bulletin - October 1987. Statement of George Haley, Mount Vernon, Missouri. William Sims, a member of the society, copied this down from his neighbor Mary Courtney. Original date appears to be 1902.
2. ↑ Eastern Cherokee Applications, Appl. #10436 for Josephine Haley Cannefax, 1907-1908.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R3-FYW : 12 April 2016), Susanah Spence in household of James Spence, Indian Grove, Livingston, Illinois, United States; citing family 55, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4Y-CWR : 13 December 2017), Susanna Spence in entry for James Spence, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6H3-HZG : 11 June 2019), Susanna Spence in entry for James Spence, 1870.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZZ-F3B : 17 May 2018), James Spence and Susanah Callahan, 24 Apr 1819; citing Marriage, Madison, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,308