Martin John Spalding (1810 - 1872)

Born 23 May 1810 in near Rolling Fork, Washington County, Kentucky

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Died 7 Feb 1872 at age 61 in Baltimore, Maryland

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Martin was born in 1810. Martin was the child of Richard Spalding and Heinretta Hamilton. Martin passed away in 1872.

Martin Spalding was born in Rolling Fork, Kentucky, the sixth of eight children of Richard and Henrietta (née Hamilton) Spalding. His ancestors were originally from England (although one great-grandmother was Irish), and settled in Maryland around the middle of the 17th century. His paternal grandfather, Benedict Spalding, moved to Kentucky from St. Mary's County in 1790. His mother's family, likewise from Maryland, moved to Kentucky a year later. His parents married in 1801.^[1]

Spalding was appointed the seventh Archbishop of Baltimore on May 3, 1864. His installation took place at the Cathedral of the Assumption on the following July 31. As head of the oldest diocese in the United States, he held a right of precedence over all other archbishops and bishops in the country.^[1]

After founding the House of the Good Shepherd, Spalding conducted a visitation of the archdiocese, during which he administered Confirmation to 8,000 people. He established more parishes and institutions per year and introduced more religious orders than any other Archbishop of Baltimore.One of the institutions he founded was St. Mary's Industrial School, a home for wayward boys. He recruited priests from All Hallows College near Dublin and from the American College at Louvain. He also organized the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul as well as the Association of St. Joseph, a society dedicated to the care of destitute girls. ^[1]

Following the end of the Civil War, Spalding made an emotional appeal for financial aid to the defeated South, posing the question, "Can we be held blameless before God if our brethren, whom we are solemnly commanded to love even as ourselves, should perish through our coldness and neglect?" In response, the Catholics of Baltimore donated a total of $10,000 to relief efforts in the South. He also took a special interest in the spiritual welfare of newly freed African Americans.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_John_Spalding

See also:

• 1840; Census Place: West Division, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: 121; Page: 12; Image: 29

• 1860; Census Place: Louisville Ward 5, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: M653_376; Page: 147; Image: 147

• 1870; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 10, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_575; Page: 589A; Image: 769

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #: 147; Volume #: Roll 147 - 12 Apr 1867-30 Apr 1867

• Find A Grave: Martin John Spalding

• Wikipedia: Martin John Spalding