Lissa Ella Spell: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1.	Lissa Ella Spell was born on 9 Sep 1882 in Jefferson Co, Texas (daughter of Thomas Benton Spell and Sarah Elizabeth Sargent); died on 30 May 1965 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Spell Cem (Voth-Rosedale Cem), Jefferson Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

Thomas Benton Spell was born on 7 Mar 1842 in Louisiana (son of Sterling Spell and Eliza Collins); died on 18 Jul 1913 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Spell Cem (Voth-Rosedale Cem), Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 5 May 1910, Jefferson Co, (Precinct 1, District 68), Texas; Rosedale

Notes:

Census:
1910 census Jeff Co: 5 May 1910; Supervision Dist 2; Enumeration District 68
pg 47
residence 485/487
Sherman, Edgar 48 m2 3 yrs Texas Missouri Texas coal burner
Columbis 48 m2 5 births 5 living Texas Texas Texas
Gullet, Otta dau 19 m1 4 yrs 1 birth 1 living
Sherman, Mary dau 5
Gullet, Gus son-in-law 22 m 4 yrs

residence 489/491
Homer Andrus 26 m1 2 yrs
Vernie 24 m1 0 births
Earnest Buton hiredman 22

residence 490/492
Thomas B. Spell 68 m2 36 Louisiana gen farm, general farm own, free and clear farm schedule 128
Sarah E. 57 m1 36 8 births 8 living Louisiana Georgia Louisiana
Thomas B. Jr. 20 single Texas
Oliver 15 single Texas

pg 48
residence 491/492
Andrew P. Jones 53 m1 28 yrs TX IL IL gen farm farm sched # 129; own free, read/write
Mandy 47 6 births 5 living TX NY TN
Clyde son 17 read/write home farm
Harvey son 14 read/write attended school 9/1/1909
Kyle son 9 attended school 9/1/1909

residence 492/494
Warthy H. Caswell 40 1870 m1 15 yrs Texas Alabama Texas
Sallie (Sarah Merritt) 36 1874 m1 5 births 4 living Texas Alabama Alabama
Carrine 10 Texas
William 6
Myrtle 3
Boughn 6/12 Texas
Kaleb McDougle 24 hiredman Texas

residence 491/495
Gabe A. Andrus 58 m1 31 yrs Texas
Appelona 58 9 births 8 living
Albert 32 single
Belle 16
Pete 12
Goodwell Press hiredman 21

Thomas married Sarah Elizabeth Sargent on 18 Dec 1873 in Hardin Co, Texas. Sarah was born in 1853 in Texas; died after 1895 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Elizabeth Sargent was born in 1853 in Texas; died after 1895 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Children:

Cornelius Vanderbilt Spell was born on 27 Apr 1874 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 24 Mar 1968 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Lola Letitia Spell was born on 28 Sep 1874 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 27 May 1957 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Spell Cem (Voth-Rosedale Cem), Jefferson Co, Texas.
Lula M. Spell was born on 5 Apr 1878 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 21 Feb 1942 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Annie Eliza Spell was born on 8 Fef 1880 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 21 Oct 1966 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
1. Lissa Ella Spell was born on 9 Sep 1882 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 30 May 1965 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Spell Cem (Voth-Rosedale Cem), Jefferson Co, Texas.
Lettie Eda Spell was born on 28 Nov 1886 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 27 Dec 1974 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Thomas Benton Spell, Jr. was born on 8 May 1889 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 18 Dec 1963 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Oliver Claud Spell was born on 22 Nov 1894 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 18 Dec 1970 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Generation: 3

Sterling Spell was born in 1806 in Louisiana (son of Benajah (or Benjamin) Spell and Dorothea Forman); died in 1876 in Hardin Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Birth: 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
Census: 1860, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

http://block.dynip.com/wtblockjr/strong_spell.htm

Strong Spell swam river ferrying lead steer of herd
By W. T. Block
Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, Saturday July 17, 1999.
NEDERLAND Sterling Spell had perhaps the strangest occupation in antebellum Beaumont. When farm chores were not pressing, he was a "cattle crosser" at Tevis Ferry. Spell did not cross the cattle over the Tevis ferry; he held on to one steer's horn and literally swam the herd across the Neches River.

Spell was born in Vermilion Parish in 1806 and spent the first half of his life in Louisiana. In 1830 he married Eliza Collins, and they became parents of 13 children, most of whom reached adulthood. Their sons, Benton and Sterling, Jr., served in Beaumont's Co. E, Spaight?s Battalion, Confederate States Army, throughout the Civil War.

In 1849 Spell bought a farm from Isaiah Junker in the vicinity of Concord Road. He raised moderate amounts of corn, sweet potatoes, vegetables, and cotton, principally for home consumption.

T. J. Russell, Spell's biographer, wrote much about the latter's physical strength and called him the "giant of Jefferson County." Spell stood 6 feet, 6 inches in stocking feet and weighed 256 pounds. His neighbors referred to his feats of strength as being "Herculean to the ordinary man," and noted that he could lift a 50-pound sack of potatoes with his arm straight out and hold it up.

By 1835 trail herds of New Orleans-bound cattle passed frequently through Beaumont, and the first city council of 1840 required a $50 bond for crossing a herd and charged $6 for each drowned animal removed from the river.

Among the earliest ranchers who drove cattle to the New Orleans market were James Taylor White of Turtle Bayou, David Burrell and William Carr of Fannett, John McGaffey of Sabine Pass, and Christiam Hillebandt of Labelle. C. T. Cade and the renowned "Shanghai" Pierce were the best-known cattlemen who drove large herds through Beaumont.

The shipping season for cattle lasted from October until the following May. In Feb.-March, 1856, 114 trail herds passed through Beaumont, for an average of 2 herds daily. Herd sizes varied from as few as 300 heads to as many as 2,000 steers.

Spell began crossing cattle at Tevis' Ferry in 1851, and kept up that activity until the Civil War began in 1861, by which time he was 55 years old. In Spell's biography in Beaumont Journal of April 11, 1908, the editor observed that:

"...Spell would go in among the cattle and seize a big 1,000-pound, 4-year-old steer by the horns, back it into the river, turn it around, hold to a horn with his left hand, and swim across the river with him. The other cattle of the herd would quickly follow him across. No other man has ever been known to attempt that feat of strength..."

After the Civil War, Spell moved his family to Hardin County, where he died in 1876. His wife also died there a year or two later.

The story of Sterling Spell is another notch in the history of Beaumont's pioneers who conquered the East Texas wilderness and made it a safe place for those who followed in their footsteps.
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Census:
Sterling Spell 54
Eliza Spell 49
Margarett Spell 20
Benton Spell 8
Nancey Spell 16
Cornelious Spell 14
Julian Spell 12
Sally Ann Spell 10
David E Spell 8
Daniel B Spell 3
Sarah A Spell 3

Sterling married Eliza Collins on 4 Sep 1832 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Eliza (daughter of Martough Collins and Susanne Andrus) was born on 27 Feb 1810 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 16 Jun 1883 in Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza Collins was born on 27 Feb 1810 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (daughter of Martough Collins and Susanne Andrus); died on 16 Jun 1883 in Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1870, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Collins, Elisia (Martough & Susan Andrus) b 27 Feb 1810, bt 15 Jul 1810, Spons: Hilary Andrus & Mary Andrus. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel. Ch.: V.1-B, p 505)

Census:
1870 Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Rosedale)
residence 255/232
Marble, J.S. 24
Drusilla 25
Leen 4
John W. Collins (Collier) 10
Hugh R. Collins (Collier) 6
James J. Collins (Collier) 6

residence 256/233
C. (Clark) Ashworth 38 (white)
Sarah (Arthur) 36 (White)
William 19
Emily 17
Henderson 14
Luke 11
Kate 6

residence 259/236
J.S. Marble 55
Rebecka 19
Stephen S. 17
Jadvga 15
Alsie A. 14
Sofronia 12
Hugh C. 6
Lilla 8
Jane A. Thebo 23
James Waddle 14
Anderson Marble 23 (black)

residence 260/237 (wife of Sterling. Div? Wid?)
Eliza (Collins) Spell 59
Margaret Spell 20
Sally A. Spell 20
David E. 18
Daniel 13
Sarah A. 13 at home
William Harris 14 at home

residence 262/239
Sargent, A.G. 26
Gulia A. 22
Arxalia 1
Burd 4/12

Notes:

Married:
Spouse 1: Collins, Eliza
Spouse 2: Spell, Sterling
Marriage Date: 4 Sep 1832
Marriage Location: Louisiana
Lafayette Parish

Children:

Joseph Spell was born in 1835 in Louisiana; died after 1850 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Sterling Spell was born in 1836 in Louisiana; died on 7 May 1916 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Susan Spell was born in 1838 in Louisiana; died after 1850 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Margaret Spell was born in 1840 in Louisiana; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. Thomas Benton Spell was born on 7 Mar 1842 in Louisiana; died on 18 Jul 1913 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Spell Cem (Voth-Rosedale Cem), Jefferson Co, Texas.
Nancy Spell was born in 1844 in Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Hardin Co, Texas.
Cornelius Spell was born in 1846 in Louisiana; died after 1860 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Julia Ann Spell was born on 24 Mar 1848 in Louisiana; died on 22 Apr 1922 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Spell Cem (Voth-Rosedale Cem), Jefferson Co, Texas.
Sally Ann Spell was born in 1850 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1860 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
David Elijah Spell was born on 28 Jul 1852 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 30 Jan 1925 in Rosedale, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Spell Cem (Voth-Rosedale Cem), Jefferson Co, Texas.
Daniel B. Spell was born in 1857 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Sarah A. Spell was born in 1857 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1870 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Generation: 4

Benajah (or Benjamin) Spell was born in 1775 in Natchez District, Mississippi (son of Sterling Spell, (immigrant) and Susannah Benton, (immigrant)); died in 1850 in Louisiana.

Benajah married Dorothea Forman about 1803. Dorothea (daughter of Joseph Ephraim Forman, Sr. and Elizabeth Brown) was born in 1784 in North Carolina; died after 1850 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothea Forman was born in 1784 in North Carolina (daughter of Joseph Ephraim Forman, Sr. and Elizabeth Brown); died after 1850 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 25 Nov 1850, Western District Ward 5, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Notes:

Census:
Western District 5th Ward, Vermilion Paris
24 Nov 1850

18 Edward Hoffpauir 1809 LA farming 2500
Melone Forman 32 1818 LA

19 Ely Hoffpauir 37 1813 LA farming 100
Sydalin Foreman 27 1823LA
Parmelia Hoffpauir 14 1836 LA
Isaac Hoffpauir 13 1837 LA
Zelie Ann Hoffpauir 10 1840 LA
Parthena Hoffpauir 7 1843 LA
Melona Hoffpauir 5 1845 LA
Albert Morgan 18 1832 LA

20 James Hoffpauir 42 1808 Farming 800
Melinda Foulk 37 1813
Thomas Hoffpauir 16 1833
George Hoffpauir 15 1835
Preston Hoffpauir 12 1838
Theresa Hoffpauir 9 1841
Esephena Hoffpauir 7 1843
Selena Hoffpauir 3 1847
Malina Ann 1 1849

21 Alfred Perry 29 1821 farming
(Berthena) Cathena Hoffpauir 33 1817
Josephine Perry 9 1841
Richard 8 1842

Malace (Malachi) Perry 5 1845
Crawford Perry 4 1846
Iranna (Joanna) Perry 2 1848
Nancy Perry 0 1850

25 Nov 1850
22 Richmond Perry 28 1822 farmer
Elizabeth Morgan 22 1828
Erastus Perry 8 1842
Irina Perry 7 1843
Eliza Perry 5 1845
William Perry 3 1847
Solomon Morgan 11 1839
Bernise Morgan 12 1838
Elila Morgan 11 1839
Solomon Morgan 80 1770 Missouri

23 Nathan Hoffpauir 35 1815 farming
Lucinda Spell 34 1816
Ford Hoffpauir 16 1834
Sally Ann Hoffpauir 14 1836
Elizah Hoffpauir 12 1838
Alexander Hoffpauir 10 1840
Ellen Hoffpauir 8 1842
Eli Hoffpauir 6 1844
Susan Hoffpauir 3 1847
James Hoffpauir 3 1847
Thompson Hoffpauir 1 1848

24 Thos Hoffpauir 40 1810 farming
Mary Morgan 30 1820
Mary Ann Hoffpauir 14 1836
Susan Hoffpauir 11 1839
Eartin Hoffpauir 10 1840
Lorenzo Hoffpauir 7 1843
Seaburn Hoffpauir 3 1847
Thomas Hoffpauir 1 1849

25 Spell Elijah 30 1820 farming
Nancy Hoffpauir 25 1825
Rosann Hoffpauir 9 1841
Elias Spell 6 1844
Selmer Spell 4 1846
Edward Spell 1 1849
Dorothy Forman 66 1784 <<<<<

26 David Spell 38 1812 farmer
Melinda Forman 26 1824
Melina Spell 15 1835
Malinda Spell 13 1837
Trickling Spell 7 1843
Elisa Spell 11 1839
Spell Dorothy 1 1849

27 Issac Hoffpauir 30 1820 farmer
Eliza Perry 26 1824
Melisa Hoffpauir 11 1839
Howard Hoffpauir 9 1841
Abel Hoffpauir 7 1843
Englentine Hoffpauir 1 1849
W. J. Thurber 30 1820 Vermont teacher and reader

26 Nov 1850
28 Randolph Cordy 50 1800 Connecticut teacher
Elizabeth Hoffpauir 35 1815
Polly Cordy 19 1831
John Cordy 17 1833
Rachel Cordy 13 1837
Isiah Cordy 10 1840
Ann Cordy 7 1843
Mulatta Cordy 4 1848

29 Manuel Forman 32 1818 farmer
Elizabeth Forman 33 1817
Ternally Forman 10 1840
Jefferson Forman 8 1842
Joseph Forman 0 1850
Theresa Forman 3 1847

30 George Morgan 34 1816 farmer
Rachel Hoffpauir 28 1822
Hezekiah Morgan 12 1838
Solomon Morgan 10 1840
Elizabeth Morgan 8 1842
Thomas Morgan 5 1845
Ezekiel Morgan 2 1848
Martha Ann Morgan 16 1834
Alfred Morgan 18 1832

31 Thomas Hoffpauir 73 1777 farmer
Julia An Forman 61 1789
Asa Forman 23 1827
Malinda Morgan 20 1830
Borman Forman 3 1847
Nathan Forman 1 1848
Edward Forman 25 1825
Nancy Forman 21 1829
Walter Forman 7 1843
Emeline Forman 0 1850

32 Asa Forman 23 1827 farmer
Mainda Morgan 20 1830
Borman Forman 3 1847
Nathan Forman 2 1848

33 Edward Forman 25 1725 farmer
Nancy Foreman 21 1829
Walter Forman 7 1843
Emeline Foman 3/12 1850

34 Isaac Forman 50 1800 farmer 2599
Susan Spell 47 1803
Bengah Forman 20 1830
Isaac Forman 19 1831
Parker Forman 16 1834
Valentine Forman 14 1836
Elmira Forman 12 1838
Euraner Forman 9 1841
Volney Forman 7 1843
Louisa Forman 5 1845
Lucinda Forman 1 1849
Lisy Ann Spell 15 1834
Juliann Morgan 14 1836

Children:

Susan Spell was born in 1803 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died after 1850 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
4. Sterling Spell was born in 1806 in Louisiana; died in 1876 in Hardin Co, Texas.
Joseph Spell was born about 1808; died in 1860 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Daniel Spell, Sr. was born in 1810 in Louisiana; died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
David Spell was born in 1812 in Louisiana; died after 1850 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
Lucinda Spell was born in 1816 in Louisiana; died in 1895 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
Eligah (Elijah) Spell was born in 1820 in Louisiana; died in 1880.
Benagah Spell, Jr. was born in 1822 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1866 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

10.

Martough Collins was born about 1787; died after 1803.

Martough married Susanne Andrus on 23 Nov 1802 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Susanne (daughter of Joseph Hilary Andrus and Maria Hayes) was born on 20 Nov 1787 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Susanne Andrus was born on 20 Nov 1787 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (daughter of Joseph Hilary Andrus and Maria Hayes); died after 1803.

Notes:

Andrews, Susanne (Joseph & Marie Hayes ( b 20 Nov 1787 (Opel ch v.1, p 130)
Andrus, Susan (Joseph & Marie Hayes) b 20 Nov 1787, bt Sunday 24 May 1795, Spons: Joseph Latiolet & Scholastique Savois. Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel. Ch: v.1-A, p 130)
Andrews, Susanne (Joseph & marie Hayze) m 23 Nov 1802 Martough Collins (Opel ch v.1, p 113)

Children:

5. Eliza Collins was born on 27 Feb 1810 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 16 Jun 1883 in Jefferson Co, Texas.