S. H. SPANN, farmer, P. O. Alto Pass was born in North Carolina August 3, 1811, to William and Hannah (Flack) Spann. She was born in North Carolina and died there, but he was born in South Carolina, and went to North Carolina when a young man, but moved to Alabama and died there. They were the parents of thirteen children; three sons and one daughter are still living. Our subject was raised and educated in his native State, and learned the same trade as his father—that of carpentering. He followed his trade for several years, but most of his life he has been engaged in farming. In 1851, he moved to this State, and settled in Jonesboro, where he remained till 1876, when he moved to his present home at Alto Pass. For some years, while in Jonesboro, and also for three years in Alto Pass, he was engaged in the mercantile business. He now, however, gives his attention to his farm. Mr. Spann has always been Democratic in politics, and while in Jonesboro he served one term as Justice of the Peace. He is now Police Magistrate of Alto Pass. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity; also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Spann is now living with his fourth wife, and is the father of fifteen children, ten of whom are still living, and all are in this county, except one son, who is a lawyer in Vienna, Ill., and one son in St. Louis, Mo. (History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois: Volume 2, edited by William Henry Perrin, 1883)
S. H. SPANN, farmer, P. O. Alto Pass was born in North Carolina August 3, 1811, to William and Hannah (Flack) Spann. She was born in North Carolina and died there, but he was born in South Carolina, and went to North Carolina when a young man, but moved to Alabama and died there. They were the parents of thirteen children; three sons and one daughter are still living. Our subject was raised and educated in his native State, and learned the same trade as his father—that of carpentering. He followed his trade for several years, but most of his life he has been engaged in farming. In 1851, he moved to this State, and settled in Jonesboro, where he remained till 1876, when he moved to his present home at Alto Pass. For some years, while in Jonesboro, and also for three years in Alto Pass, he was engaged in the mercantile business. He now, however, gives his attention to his farm. Mr. Spann has always been Democratic in politics, and while in Jonesboro he served one term as Justice of the Peace. He is now Police Magistrate of Alto Pass. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity; also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Spann is now living with his fourth wife, and is the father of fifteen children, ten of whom are still living, and all are in this county, except one son, who is a lawyer in Vienna, Ill., and one son in St. Louis, Mo. (History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois: Volume 2, edited by William Henry Perrin, 1883)
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