Roswell Gilbert Spaulding1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 9772, (1814 - 1894)
FatherDaniel Fitch Spaulding4 (13 Oct 1781 - )
MotherParthena Gilbert4 ( - 27 Jan 1862)

Key Events:

Birth: 3 Mar 1814, Elmore, Lamoille Co., Vermont5,6
Marriage: 3 Mar 1839, Calista Farnsworth (4 Feb 1811 - 5 Jun 1888)7,8,9
Death: 2 Dec 1894, Rochester State Hospital, Rochester, Olmstead Co., Minnesota10
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

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Narrative:

     Roswell Gilbert Spaulding was born on 3 Mar 1814 in Elmore, Lamoille Co., Vermont.5,6
     He moved to Burlington with his parents before 1820. He was probably one of the three males under age 10 listed in the household of his father, Daniel Fitch Spaulding, in the 1820 Federal Census of Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont.11 He was probably the male age 10 to 15 listed in the household of his father in the 1830 Federal Census of Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont, though he was actually 16.12
     Roswell married Calista Farnsworth, daughter of Holden Farnsworth and Susanna Cobb, on 3 Mar 1839.7,8,9
     Roswell appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont, with a household consisting of two males age 20 to 30 (himself and another), one age 30 to 40 (unknown), one female age 20 to 30 (wife Calista), and one age 60 to 70 (his wife's mother Susanna Cobb.)1
     Roswell and Calista moved to Michigan about 1848. They appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Dunn, Dane Co., Wisconsin, enumerated 27 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $1,000. Their children Calvin and Francis were listed as living with them, as was her mother.2
     Roswell and Calista moved to Hillsdale Co. before 1860. They appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Jonesville, Hilldale Co., Michigan, enumerated 23 Jun 1860, reporting real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate of $250. Their son Calvin was listed as living with them.13
     He was a house painter.14,15,16,17
     Roswell and Calista appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Fayette Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan, enumerated 22 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate of $500. Their son Calvin was listed as living with them, as were his wife, Arietta C. Gaylord, and their son, Fred.18
     Roswell and Calista appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Jonesville, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, enumerated 14 Jun 1880. Arietta C. Gaylord wife of their son Calvin, and their daughter Florence, were also listed in the household.19 Calvin was listed in the household of his sister Laura and her husband, Charles A. Nimocks, in Minneapolis. Arietta and Florence were also listed in that household, suggesting they were in the process of moving to Minneapolis.20
     His wife died on 5 Jun 1888 in Brainerd, Minnesota.21,22
     According to a family history published in 1897, Roswell was living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1893. His son Calvin is known to have been living in Minneapolis about that time.23
     It seems likely he was the "J. A. Spaulding" who died on 2 Dec 1894 in Rochester State Hospital, Rochester, Olmstead Co., Minnesota, at age 80, of senile dementia, even though the initals are not correct. The age at death and occupation are correct, but the fields for birth place and parent names, which would have been helpful, were marked "unknown."10

Children:
     Children with Calista Farnsworth:

  • Richard Henry Spaulding24,25,26 (14 Sep 1840 - 9 Sep 1842)
  • Calvin Lathrop Spaulding27,28,25 (16 May 1842 - 13 Sep 1906)
  • William Ford Spaulding25,29 (1 Sep 1846 - 1 Mar 1847)
  • Francis Ashbury Spaulding27,25 (30 Oct 1849 - 17 Sep 1850)

Citations

  1. [S2583] Roswell G. Spaulding household, 1840 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  2. [S2582] R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
  3. [S12392] Spalding, Spalding Memorial, pg 397, shows name as Roswell Gilbert.
  4. [S12392] Spalding, Spalding Memorial, pg 242.
  5. [S2582] R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows age 36 and state.
  6. [S12392] Spalding, Spalding Memorial, pg 242, shows date, town, county, and state.
  7. [S12392] Spalding, Spalding Memorial, pg 397, shows date.
  8. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows date.
  9. [S2582] R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S12393] Register of Deaths, Olmsted Co., Michigan, B:54, no. 153 J. A. Spaulding.
  11. [S12394] Daniel F Spalding household, 1820 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., unknown state.
  12. [S12395] Daniel F Spaulding household, 1830 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  13. [S2584] Roswell G. Spalding household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan.
  14. [S2583] Roswell G. Spaulding household, 1840 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont, shows three people in the household engaged in "manufactures and trades."
  15. [S2582] R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows occupation as painter.
  16. [S2584] Roswell G. Spalding household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, shows occupation as painter.
  17. [S12384] Roswill G. Spaulding household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, shows occupation as house painter.
  18. [S12382] R. G. Spaulding household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan.
  19. [S12384] Roswill G. Spaulding household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan.
  20. [S12388] Chas A. Nimocks household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.
  21. [S12385] Mrs. Calista F. Spaulding obituary, Brainerd Dispatch, shows date and in this city.
  22. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows date, city, as Barnard, and state.
  23. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443.
  24. [S12383] Richard H. Spaulding obituary, Burlington Weekly Free Press.
  25. [S12392] Spalding, Spalding Memorial, pg 398.
  26. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 138422521, Richard Henry Spaulding, creator of memorial stated in email DebL, "Re: Memorial for William Spaulding," to author, 28 Jun 2023, all information is from cemetery records.
  27. [S2582] R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  28. [S2584] Roswell G. Spalding household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  29. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 138422744,William F. Spaulding, creator of memorial stated in email DebL, "Re: Memorial for William Spaulding," to author, 28 Jun 2023, all information is from cemetery records.