Mary Eliza “Mollie” SPANN

1876 - 1950  (74 years)

• Name	Mary Eliza “Mollie” SPANN  [1, 2]
  Born	6 Mar 1876	, Red River, LA, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  	(Carroll/Coushatta area)
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Sep 1950  [2]
  	heart attack
  Buried	American Cemetery, Natchitoches, Natchitoches , LA, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1044	Boyd
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	George Washington SPANN,   b. Abt 1850, Somerset, Wayne, KY, USA
  Mother	Sarah P ALLEN,   b. Abt 1851, Valdosta, Lowndes, GA, USA
  Family ID	F304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Washington “Buck” FORD,   b. 23 Jan 1863, , Catahoula, LA, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1931, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1894  [2]
  Children	1. Infant FORD,   b. Aft 1894,   d. Bef 1900  (Age < 4 years) + 2. Gervais W. FORD,   b. 12 Jan 1897, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1978, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA  (Age 81 years) + 3. Bessie FORD,   b. 15 Jul 1900, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA ,   d. 2 May 1984, Leesville, Vernon, LA, USA  (Age 83 years)   4. Infant FORD,   b. Aft 1900,   d. Bef 1910  (Age < 8 years) + 5. Ruth FORD,   b. 23 Oct 1903, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA ,   d. 16 Apr 1991  (Age 87 years) + 6. Lucille FORD,   b. 3 Feb 1906, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1982, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, LA, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Mar 1876 - , Red River, LA, USA Buried - - American Cemetery, Natchitoches, Natchitoches , LA, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Mary Eliza SPANN FORD

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Eliza Spann (Mollie) on December 23, 1894. Mollie was born March 6, 1876 in Red River Parish Louisiana (in the Carroll/Coushatta area). She was the daughter of George Washington Spann of Somerset, Kentucky and Sarah Allen of Valdosta, Georgia. She died September 14, 1950 of a heart attack, and is buried in the American Cemetery at Natchitoches, Louisiana. She met Buck after moving to Natchitoches to live with her older sister, Edna Adams. After Buck's death she moved in with her daughter, Lucille, and family, making short visits to her other children. In 1945, she fell and broke her hip and was never able to walk again. She was well known for her seamstress skills and made many beautiful dresses for her granddaughters. She also sewed for ladies in the community and was able to design just what they wanted simply by looking at a picture. This was all accomplished at her old treadle Singer sewing machine. She and her fiends enjoyed quilting, and had many happy times sitting at the quilting game. Two children died in infancy. Both were were born between the births of Ruth and Lucille (possibly). Bessie said she could remember riding in the wagon with the family and “a small casket Mama was holding on her lap”. She had no idea where the babies were buried. Mollie suffered from deep depression after these two deaths, and Buck's family urged him to have her “put away”. He refused, and slowly nursed her back to health himself (Family story passed down through the years.) [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] 1880 US Federal Census. [S61] Ford Family Genealogy, Gervais Aldredge Bouser. [S53] 1900 US Federal Census. [S10] Find a Grave, 30052694.