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Vernis Spell

Male 1894 - 1950  (56 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Vernis Spell was born on 17 Jan 1894 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana (son of Ellis Spell and Mary Hooks); died on 29 Apr 1950.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ellis Spell was born in 1863 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana (son of Benagah Spell, Jr. and Drusilla Laughlin); died in 1928 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

    Ellis married Mary Hooks on 16 Feb 1885 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Mary was born on 19 Feb 1868 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 1910 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Hooks was born on 19 Feb 1868 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 1910 in Louisiana.
    Children:
    1. Eustis Spell was born on 23 Apr 1887 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; died on 3 Jul 1962 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Florence Edna Spell was born on 5 Jul 1889 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Nov 1972 in Memphis, Shelby Co, Tennessee.
    3. Horence Eric Spell was born on 25 Aug 1891 in Louisiana; died on 11 Apr 1934 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas.
    4. 1. Vernis Spell was born on 17 Jan 1894 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; died on 29 Apr 1950.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benagah Spell, Jr. was born in 1822 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (son of Benajah (or Benjamin) Spell and Dorothea Forman); died after 1866 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

    Benagah married Drusilla Laughlin on 08 Nov 1841 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Drusilla (daughter of George Laughlin, Sr. and Caroline West) was born about 1819 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1867 in of, Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Drusilla Laughlin was born about 1819 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (daughter of George Laughlin, Sr. and Caroline West); died after 1867 in of, Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
    Children:
    1. David Spell was born on 11 Dec 1842 in Indian Bayou, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Mar 1912.
    2. Jasper Spell was born in Jun 1848 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; died on 27 Dec 1935 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
    3. Oran Spell was born on 14 Oct 1851 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 26 Jul 1922 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
    4. 2. Ellis Spell was born in 1863 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana; died in 1928 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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]


  2. 9.  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.
    Children:
    1. Susan Spell was born in 1803 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died after 1850 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
    2. Sterling Spell was born in 1806 in Louisiana; died in 1876 in Hardin Co, Texas.
    3. Joseph Spell was born about 1808; died in 1860 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
    4. Daniel Spell, Sr. was born in 1810 in Louisiana; died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas.
    5. David Spell was born in 1812 in Louisiana; died after 1850 in of, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
    6. Lucinda Spell was born in 1816 in Louisiana; died in 1895 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
    7. Eligah (Elijah) Spell was born in 1820 in Louisiana; died in 1880.
    8. 4. 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.

  3. 10.  George Laughlin, Sr. was born in 1796 in Mississippi (son of Thomas Laughlin, Jr and Catherine Forman); died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas.

    George married Caroline West on 07 Apr 1818 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Caroline (daughter of Thomas West and Nancy Susanna Faulk) was born about 1795; died after 1853 in of, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Caroline West was born about 1795 (daughter of Thomas West and Nancy Susanna Faulk); died after 1853 in of, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
    Children:
    1. 5. Drusilla Laughlin was born about 1819 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1867 in of, Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
    2. Martha Ann Laughlin was born about 1821 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1870 in of, Harris Co, Texas.