Person

Benedict Spalding, Jr. (Marion County, Ky, postmaster, clerk, and farmer)

b. 1814?

Marion County, Kentucky, clerk, farmer, and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ann Buckman Spalding. Father of Mary E. Spalding, Eulilia A. Spalding, Susan Spalding, Laurence Spalding, Joseph Spalding, and Sarah Benedict "Bonnie" Spalding. Postmaster at Raywick in Marion County, Kentucky, from December 22, 1845, to October 30, 1850. Farmer in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Raywick in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 336B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Raywick District 1, p. 561.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Raywick, p. 160B.

“Benedict Spalding (1814-1862),” Find A Grave, Memorial #74530342, accessed September 9, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74530342.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Marion County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 676.

“Sarah Ann Buckman Mudd (1827-1872),” Find A Grave, Memorial #26701441, accessed September 9, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26701441.

Citation

Spalding, Benedict, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208295 (November 12, 2026).

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