From THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA, by Hughes Spalding, pg 22: "Alethaire, the eleventh child of Alethaire and Benedict, was the first to die in the summer of 1833 during the cholera epidemic which swept through Washington and Marion Counties, Kentucky, during that year."
On page 24: "Alethaire Spalding Simms (1793-1833). She was the eleventh child and sixth daughter of Benedict Spalding, Jr. and his wife Alethaire Abell Spalding. Of the six daughters she was the only one born in Kentucky. The others were born in St. Mary's County, Maryland. She married Francis Simms on November 7, 1810. She died July 14, 1833 in the great cholera epidemic in Central Kentucky in that year. Alethaire and her husband had nine children. ..."
It has been stated that she and her husband Francis Simms were buried at St. Rose, but neither headstones nor records have been found there. (Refer to her husband Francis Simms's biography for details.)
From THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA, by Hughes Spalding, pg 22: "Alethaire, the eleventh child of Alethaire and Benedict, was the first to die in the summer of 1833 during the cholera epidemic which swept through Washington and Marion Counties, Kentucky, during that year."
On page 24: "Alethaire Spalding Simms (1793-1833). She was the eleventh child and sixth daughter of Benedict Spalding, Jr. and his wife Alethaire Abell Spalding. Of the six daughters she was the only one born in Kentucky. The others were born in St. Mary's County, Maryland. She married Francis Simms on November 7, 1810. She died July 14, 1833 in the great cholera epidemic in Central Kentucky in that year. Alethaire and her husband had nine children. ..."
It has been stated that she and her husband Francis Simms were buried at St. Rose, but neither headstones nor records have been found there. (Refer to her husband Francis Simms's biography for details.)
Family Members
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Ann "Nancy" Spalding Hamilton
1771–1863
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Mary Zorelda Spalding Wathen
1773–1847
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Richard Augustine Spalding
1777–1850
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Thomas Spalding Sr
1778–1850
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Elizabeth Spalding Spalding
1781–1860
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Benedict Joseph Spalding III
1783–1870
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Joseph Spalding Sr
1786–1837
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Catherine Spalding Forrest
1788–1871
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Ignatius Aloysius Spalding Sr
1790–1851
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William Francis Spalding
1795–1870
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