Frances E SPAIN1,2
about 18341,2 - about 18652
Life History
about 1834 |
Born in Virginia.1,2 |
before 1860 |
Married William H BUTLER |
Mar 1860 |
Birth of son Bernard Benjamin BUTLER in Panola County, Mississippi.3,4,5,2 |
about 1862 |
Birth of son George Edward BUTLER in Panola County, Mississippi.3,4,2 |
about 1865 |
Died in Panola County, Mississippi.2 |
Notes
- 1850 Federal Census, Panola County, Mississippi, 15 September, District 13, p 629 (316), Hse/Fam #117
William H Spain 27 M Farmer $2000 Real Estate b Virginia [born abt 1823]
Margaret E Spain [Mother] 50 Virginia [born abt 1800]
Bernard Spain 19 M Laborer Virginia [born abt 1831]
** Frances E Spain 16 F b Virginia [born abt 1834] **
** Louisa Spain 8 F b Virginia [born abt 1842] **
Pinkney G Spain 6 M b Virginia [born abt 1844]
Range of years for death based on date estimates from David Lee on
1. birth of Frances' last child, Ross A Butler, Abt 1872 and
2. birth of first child to William and second wife India Smith in 1875
However, in the 1870 census, Frances is not the wife of William H Butler. He is already with his second wife India (Smith). Thus Frances passed away before 1870. The two older children in the 1870 census are 8 and 10. The youngest, India's son Morgan, is only 6 months.
This long gap correlates with the last birth and the subsequent death of Frances. The first two children were Frances' children. The approximate birth years of Frances' children were 1862 (not 1872) for Edward and 1860 for Bernard. William Morgan and the later children are all children of India Smith Butler.
India Smith married William H Butler when she was about 30 years old. There is no information about a previous marriage or children, but it is a late age to marry, especially in that era. In the 1870 census, the last child Morgan appears t be India's first child, the older two children being sons of Frances E Spain. The age of the second child Bernard indicates that Frances died sometime between 1862 and 1868. India's son, according to this census report, was born in January 1870.
1870 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 7 July, Prairie Township, PO St Charles, page 26, Hse/Fam #209
Butler, William G (sic) 36 M W Farmer $500 Real Estate $600 Personal b Alabama Cannot read or write [b abt 1834]
Butler, India 32 F W Keeping House b Virginia Cannot read or write [b abt 1838]
Butler, Bernard 10 M W b Mississippi Cannot read or write [b abt 1860]
Butler, Edward 8 M W b Mississippi [No report on literacy] [b abt 1862]
Butler, Morgan 6 mos M W b Mississippi b Jan 1870
Butler, Robert 26 F W b Tennessee Cannot read or write [b abt 1844]
Note that, going by the birth state of the children, both children of Frances were born in Mississippi, as well as the first child of India, indicating that Frances died in (Panola County) Mississippi. I have not found Frances' death or burial information.
Sources
- 1. 1850 Federal Census, Panola County, Mississippi
- 15 September, District 13, p 629 (316), Hse/Fam #117
- 2. RootsWeb ID: I201 -- William H Butler
- Name: Name: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dlee-pobox&id=I201;;
- 3. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 21 June, Prairie Township, District 2, page 27, Hse #183, Fam #194
- 4. 1870 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 7 July, Prairie Township, PO St Charles, page 26, Hse/Fam #209
- 5. 1900 Federal Census, Bolivar County, Mississippi
- 12 June, Alligator Lake, District 2, page 34A, Hse/Fam #764