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William R. Spalding

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William R. Spalding

Birth
Death
28 Jun 1839 (aged 38–39)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Chapel Hill, Lot 513.
Memorial ID
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Age 39 years, 3 months, 6 days.
Remains removed in 1863 from an unidentified location and interred at Oak Hill Cemetery.
At the same time remains of three children named Annie, Eva and George Spalding were removed from the same location and interred at Oak Hill Cemetery.

He was the son of Ann Spalding (1763-1838).
Per the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1940: On January 1, 1823 William R. Spalding of Georgetown married Harriet Clark of Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1835, His name was one of those printed on the Memorial of Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, Praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
March 24, 1828.
Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.
February 9, 1835.
Ordered, On motion of Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, to be printed, with the names thereto attached.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled:
We, the undersigned, citizens of the counties of Washington and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, beg leave to call the attention of your honorable body to an evil of serious magnitude, which greatly impairs the prosperity and happiness of this District, and casts the reproach of inconsistency upon the free institutions established among us.
Age 39 years, 3 months, 6 days.
Remains removed in 1863 from an unidentified location and interred at Oak Hill Cemetery.
At the same time remains of three children named Annie, Eva and George Spalding were removed from the same location and interred at Oak Hill Cemetery.

He was the son of Ann Spalding (1763-1838).
Per the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1940: On January 1, 1823 William R. Spalding of Georgetown married Harriet Clark of Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1835, His name was one of those printed on the Memorial of Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, Praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
March 24, 1828.
Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.
February 9, 1835.
Ordered, On motion of Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, to be printed, with the names thereto attached.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled:
We, the undersigned, citizens of the counties of Washington and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, beg leave to call the attention of your honorable body to an evil of serious magnitude, which greatly impairs the prosperity and happiness of this District, and casts the reproach of inconsistency upon the free institutions established among us.


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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58809345/william_r-spalding: accessed ), memorial page for William R. Spalding (1800–28 Jun 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58809345, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).