Ancestry of Sissy Spacek

compiled by Robert Battle


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Sissy Spacek should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

The primary contribution of the undersigned is to HTML-ize Mr. Battle's report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Sissy Spacek
1 Mary Elizabeth ("Sissy") Spacek, actress, b. Quitman, Wood Co., Tex., 25 Dec 1949
PARENTS
2 Edwin Arnold Spacek, b. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 4 July 1910, d. ... , Va., 7 Jan. 2001 [SSDI 466-16-2319]
m.
3 Virginia Spilman, b. ... , Tex., 18 Dec. 1917, d. Quitman, Wood Co., Tex., 10 Nov. 1981 [SSDI 453-26-6619]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Arnold Adolph Spacek, same as number 6 here
m.
5 Marie Cervenka, same as number 7 here
6 Thomas Hall Spilman, b. ... , Iowa, ... Dec. 1867, d. ... [living 1930]
m. ... [ca. 1904]
7 Elizabeth A ... Holliday, b. ... , Miss., ... March 1882, d. ... [living 1930]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 - 11 same as 12 - 15 here
12 Maj. Thomas Percival Spilman, b. Decatur Co., Ind., 11 June 1845, d. Ottumwa, Iowa, 16 July 1922
m. ... 10 Sept. 1866
13 Almira H ... Randall, b. ... , Ind., ... [ca. 1848], d. ... [living 1880]
14 Joseph E/A ... Holliday, b. ... , Miss., ... Nov. 1848, d. ... [living 1900]
m. ... [ca. 1874]
15 Virginia ... , b. ... , Miss., ... Sept. 1856, d. ... [living 1900]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 - 23 same as 24 - 31 here
24 John B ... Spilman, b. ... , Ky., ... [ca. 1823], d. Highland Twp., Wapello Co., Iowa, ... 1876
m.
25 Amelia Percival, b. ... , Ky., 9 Feb. 1825, d. ... 1881
26 Benjamin Randall, b. ... , Ohio, ... [ca. 1812], d. ... [living 1850]
m. Decatur Co., Ind., 27 May 1832
27 Miranda Lathrop, b. ... , Canada, ... [ca. 1811], d. ... [living 1850]
28 Isaac Newton Holliday, b. ... , Ga., ... [ca. 1825], d. ... [living 1860]
m. Madison Co., Miss., 8 Sept. 1846
29 Elizabeth A ... Tisdale, b. ... , Ala., ... [ca. 1827], d. ... [living 1860]
30 ... , b. ... , Tenn., ... , d. ...
m.
31 ... , b. ... , Miss., ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 - 47 same as 48 - 63 here
48 Thomas Frank Spilman, b. Danville, Ky., 11 May 1794, d. ... , Ind., 8 April 1869
m. ... 10 Sept. 1818
49 Margaret "Peggy" Reiley, b. Alexandria, Ky., 24 March 1794, d. ... , Ind., 18 Feb. 1861
50 Timothy Percival, b. ... , N. Y., ... , d. ...
m. Boone Co., Ky., 8 April 1824 [as her second husband]
51 Nancy Parker, b. ... [ca. 1791], d. Boone Co., Ky., 12 Sept. 1834 [Timothy Percival m. Nancy Pratt 8 Apr 1824 Boone Co., KY; Artemus Pratt m. Nancy Parker 17 Sep 1811 in Boone Co., KY; Timothy Percival guardian of Artemus Pratt's 3 children in 1825]
54 ... Lathrop, b. ... , d. ...
m.
55 ... , b. ... , d. ... [probably Margaret, b. c1780 Canada, or Delia, b. c1780 CT]
56 Col. Richard Ivey Holliday, b. ... 16 Aug. 1791, d. ... , Ga., ...
m.
57 Mary Evans, b. ... , d. ...
58 William Tisdale, b. ... , d. ...
m.
59 Frances Finney, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 - 95 same as 96 - 127 here
96 Francis "Frank" Spilman, b. King George Co., Va., ... 1756/7, d. Alexandria, Ky., ... 1828
m.
97 Rebecca Erskine, b. ... , d. ...
98 John Reiley, b. ... , d. ...
m.
99 Catherine Smith, b. ... , d. ...
102 Richard Parker, b. Culpeper Co., Va., 25 May 1751, d. Boone Co., Ky., 26 Jan. 1809
m. Orange Co., Va., 17 April 1780
103 Hannah Cave, b. Culpeper Co., Va., 11 April 1763, d. Boone Co., Ky., 16 Feb. 1835
112 Thomas Holliday, b. ... , d. ... , Ga., 30 July 1798
m.
113 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
128 - 191 same as 192 - 255 here
204 William Parker, b. ... [ca. 1735], d. Spotsylvania Co., Va., 12 March 1797
m. ... 1748
205 Susannah Beverley Winslow, b. ... , d. ... 1778
206 William Cave, b. ... , Va., ... [ca. 1735], d. Boone Co., Ky., 15 Feb. 1804
m.
207 Mary Mallory, b. ... , Va., ... [ca. 1738], d. ...
224 Elijah William Holliday, b. ... , d. ...
m.
225 Margaret Johnson, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 - 383 same as 384 - 511 here
408 Alexander Parker, b. ... , d. ...
m.
409 Susannah Harwar, b. ... , d. ...
410 Benjamin Winslow, b. ... [ca. 1701], d. ... [ca. 1751]
m. Middlesex Co., Va., 22 Nov. 1756
411 Susannah Beverley, b. Middlesex Co., Va., 15 Nov. 1706, d. Spotsylvania Co., Va., ... July 1778
412 Benjamin Cave, b. ... [ca. 1680], d. Orange Co., Va., ... [before 26 Aug. 1762]
m.
413 Hannah Bledsoe, b. ... [ca. 1711], d. ... [after 1769]
414 Roger Mallory III, b. ... , d. ...
m.
415 Sarah Street, b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
512 - 767 same as 768 - 1023 here
822 Harry Beverley, b. ... 1669, d. Spotsylvania Co., Va., 30 Nov. 1730
m.
823 Elizabeth Smith, b. ... 1678, d. ...
828 Roger Mallory II, b. ... , d. ...
m.
829 Mary Holderby, b. ... , d. ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1024 - 1535 same as 1536 - 2047 here
1644 Robert Beverley, b. ... 1641, d. Jamestown, Va., 15 March 1686/7
m. ... 1 April 1666
1645 Mary Keeble, b. ... 1 March 1636/7, d. Middlesex Co., Va., 1 June 1678
1656 Capt. Roger Mallory, b. ... , d. ...
m.
1657 ... , b. ... , d. ...
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2048 - 3071 same as 3072 - 4095 here
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
4096 - 6143 same as 6144 - 8191 here
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8192 - 12287 same as 12288 - 16383 here








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 - Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX, e.d. 27, sheet 7b

Spilman, T. Hall   Head    M W 61 M 21    IA IN IN   Agent      Real estate
___, Elizabeth     Wife    F W 47 M 22    MS MS MS
___, Joseph H.     Son     M W 23 S       MS IA MS   laborer    general work
___, Newton A.     Son     M W 17 S       TX IA MS
___, Virginia      Dau     F W 12 S       TX IA MS
___, Wade          Son     M W  5 S       TX IA MS

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1920 - Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX, e.s. 85, sheet 3a

Spilman, T. Hall    Head    M W 51         M    IA IN IN     Real Estate
   "    Holliday    Wife    F W 36         M    MS MS MS
   "    Jos.        Son     M W 12         S    MS IA MS
   "    Lizzie      Dau     F W 10         S    IA IA MS
   "    Newton      Son     M W  6         S    TX IA MS
   "    Virginia    Dau     F W  2 2/12[?] S    TX IA MS
(1 boarder)

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1910 - Center Twp., Wapello Co., IA, e.d. 14, sheet 7b

Spillman, Thomas   Head     M W 42 M2 5       IA IN IA    Clerk  Hardware
___, Elizabeth     Wife     F W 28 M1 5 2 2   MS MS MS
___, Thomas P.     Son      M W 15 S          MS IA IA
___, Margeret      Dau      F W 13 S          MS IA IA
___, John          Son      M W 12 S          IA IA IA
___, Stephen       Son      M W  7 S          IA IA IA
___, Joseph        Son      M W  3 S          MS IA MS
___, Elizabeth     Dau      F W  1 S          IA IA MS
Holliday, Mollie   Si-i-L   F W 20 S          MS MS MS

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1900 - Beat 1, Madison Co., MS, e.d. 60, sheet 10a

Spilman, T. H.      Head     W M Dec 1867 32 M 8       IA IN     IN    Farmer
___, Jeannette W.   Wife     W F May 1869 31 M 8 3 3   MN Canada PA
___, Thomas P.      Son      W M Aug 1894  5 S         MS IA     MN
___, Weltha M.      Dau      W F Apr 1896  4 S         MS IA     MN
___, John M.        Son      W M Jan 1898  2 S         MS IA     MN
Randall, B. M.      Cousin   W M Aug 1868 31 S         IA IN     IA    Motorman
(1 boarder)

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1900 - Sharon, Beat 4, Madison Co., MS, e.d. 69, sheet 1b

Holliday, Joseph E.   Head   W M Nov 1848 51 M 25        MS GA GA    Farmer
___, Virginia         Wife   W F Sep 1856 43 M 25 15 13  MS TN MS
___, Fannie           Dau    W F Jul 1879 20 S           MS MS MS
___, Albert K.        Son    W M Aug 1880 19 S           MS MS MS    Farm Laborer
___, Lizzie A.        Dau    W F Mar 1882 18 S           MS MS MS
___, Josephine E.     Dau    W F Oct 1883 16 S           MS MS MS
___, Mattie T.        Dau    W F Jul 1885 14 S           MS MS MS
___, Inez C.          Dau    W F Feb 1887 13 S           MS MS MS
___, John T.          Son    W M Feb 1888 12 S           MS MS MS
___, Mollie B.        Dau    W F Nov 1889 10 S           MS MS MS
___, Walter K.        Son    W M May 1892  8 S           MS MS MS
___, Sallie E.        Dau    W F Oct 1894  5 S           MS MS MS
___, Virginia B.      Dau    W F Apr 1897  3 S           MS MS MS

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1880 - Center Twp., Wapello Co., IA, e.d. 61, sheet 9 (p. 81c)

Spillman, Thomas P.    W M 34            Farmer        IN OH OH
   "    Almira         W F 31    Wife                  IN OH Canada
   "    Thomas H.      W M 12    Son                   IA IN IN
   "    John M.        W M  2    Son                   IA IN IN
   "    Maggie         W F  1    Dau                   IA IN IN

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1880 - Beat 4, Madison Co., MS, e.d. 45, sheets 41-2 (pp. 220a-b)

Holiday, Joseph    W M 31                 Farmer        MS GA TN
___, Virginia      W F 23          Wife                 MS TN MS
___, Samuel        W M  4          Son                  MS MS MS
___, Thomas        W M  3          Son                  MS MS MS
___, Arthur        W M  2          Son                  MS MS MS
Holliday, Fanny    W F    11/12    Dau                  MS MS MS

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1870 - Highland Twp., Wapello Co., IA, p. 8

Spilman, T. P.     25 M W    Farmer        6360 3000    IN
___, Almira        22 F W                               IN
___, T. H.          3 M W                               IA
Mitchel, John      20 M W    Farm Laborer               IN
Spilman, W. V.     21 M W    Farm Laborer        800    IN

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1860 - Sand Creek Twp., Jennings Co., IN, p. 200

John D. Spelman    31 M    Farmer        8300 600    KY
Amelia             34 F                              KY
Thomas P.          15 M    Farm hand                 IN
Margaret A.        13 F                              IN
William V.         11 M                              IN
Smith A.            7 M                              IN
Lyda I.             5 F                              IN
James H.            3 M                              IN

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1860 - Canton P.O., Madison Co., MS, p. 914

J. A. Holliday    35      M W    Planter        9300 18200    GA
E. A.    "        32      F W                                 AL
Wm. L.   "        13      M W                                 MS
Joseph   "        12      M W                                 MS
Louisa   "        10      F W                                 MS
Francis  "         9      F W                                 MS
Marsha   "         6      F W                                 MS
Sarah    "         5      F W                                 MS
Jno. S.  "           7/12 M W                                 MS

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1850 - Geneva, Jennings Co., IN, p. 312a (623)

Thomas F. Spilman    29 M    Farmer        900    KY
Eliza A.             28 F                         KY
William T. J.         4 M                         IN
John M. H.            1 M                         IN
John D. Spilman      27 M    Merchant      250    KY
Amelia               25 F                         KY
Thomas                5 M                         IN
Margaret A.           3 F                         IN
William V.            1 M                         IN

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1850 - Washington Twp., Decatur Co., IN, p. 187b (374)

Benjamin Randall    38 M    Potter        5000    OH
Maranda      "      39 F                          L. Canada
James        "      17 M    Farmer                IN
Ezra L.      "      16 M                          IN
Margaret J.  "      12 F                          IN
William H.   "       8 M                          IN
Holliday     "       6 M                          IN
John N.      "       4 M                          IN
Elmirah      "       2 F                          IN
Meerow[?]    "      52 M    Farmer                VA

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1850 - Greensburg, Decatur Co., IN, p. 21a (41)

Ezra Lathrop      47 M    Farmer        5000    Canada
Abi     "         46 F                          KY
Levi    "         18 M    Clerking              IN
Ruth Pleake[?]     7 F                          IN
Winney Sharp      20 F                          IN
Delia Lathrop     70 F                          CT
Russell   "       30 M    None                  IN

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1850 - Madison Co., MS, p. 131a (261)

Isaac W. Holliday    24      M    Planter        800    GA
Elizabeth A.  "      23      F                          AL
William T.    "       3      M                          MS
Joseph A.     "       1      M                          MS
Mary L.       "         2/12 F                          MS

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NOTES






4 & 5 have other descendants, such as:

Arnold Adolph Spacek m. Marie Cervenka
.Thelma Mary Spacek m. Elmore Ruel Torn
 .Elmore Ruel ("RIP") TORN (b. 1931), actor




12 -- Civil War - enlisted as corporal in Co. B, 52 Indiana Infantry, 1 Feb 1862; disability discharge 30 Oct 1862; also in Co. C, 134 IN Inf. (1 lieut.) and Co. AFS 146 IN Inf. (private to major); applied for invalid pension 4 Oct 1892 from IA (appl. 1,134,479; cert. 889,545); widow Almira H. Spilman applied for pension 17 Aug 1922 from IA (appl. 1,192,967; cert. 919,515).

A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa (Chicago, 1896), pp. 1161-1162: "Major Thomas P. Spilman, Ottumwa, Iowa .... was born in Decatur county, Indiana, June 11, 1845, one of the eleven children of John B. and Amelia (Percival) Spilman, both natives of Kentucky .... John B. Spilman, the father, came out to Iowa in 1870 and settled on a farm in Highland township, Wapello county, where he carried on agricultural pursuits the rest of his life, and where he died in 1876, at the age of fifty-six years. His wife survived him until 1881. She was fifty-seven at the time of death .... During the war he served a short time in the Union army, as a private in the Seventy-sixth Indiana; and he served two terms as Auditor of Decatur county, Indiana. Thomas Frank Spilman, the grandfather of Thomas P., was born in Kentucky of English ancestors, and was one of the pioneer Methodist ministers of Indiana .... He died in Indiana, at about the age of seventy-two years. He and his wife had three children. Of our subject's maternal grandfather, Timothy Percival, we record that he was a native of New York, was of Scotch descent, and by occupation was a farmer. He died in middle life .... Major T. P. Spilman spent his boyhood days on a farm in his native county. He was in his 'teens when the great Civil war was precipitated upon the country; his patriotic young spirit was at once aroused to enthusiasm, and at the early age of sixteen he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served nearly two years, being then discharged on account of physical disability. Upon the recovery of his health he re-enlisted, this time in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment, and served until the close of the war. He ... was promoted, first to the rank of Lieutenant of Company A, afterward to that of Captain, and finally to that of Major .... September 10, 1866, Mr. Spilman was united in marriage with Miss Almira Randel, daughter of Benjamin and Miranda (Lathrop) Randel, and they have had three children, two sons and a daughter, Thomas Hollady, John Mellville and Margaret .... Thomas H. is a planter at Canton, Mississippi. He married Miss Nettie Morris and they have one child, Thomas P. The Major and his wife and daughter reside at their home on North Market street, Ottumwa."



25 -- http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=mrmarsha&id=I01669



27 -- probably in the household of Nelson Lathrop in 1830, in Decatur Co., IN



50 -- Timothy Percival was probably a descendant of Timothy Percival (b. 4 Feb 1733 East Haddam, CT, d. 16 Jun 1815 Boone Co., KY, son of John Percival and Hannah Whitmore), who married Mary Fuller (1 Jan 1737 Mansfield, CT - 12 Mar 1819 Boone Co., KY, daughter of Elkanah Fuller (Samuel, Samuel, Matthew) and Mary Andrews).



1656 -- RD600 p. 395













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