Information from Rosalie Angel:

Henry Speight Spivey

• (Mary Elizabeth’s brother)
• Born July 1, 1857, at 7-1/2 am cloudy and rainy.

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According to the 1870 census, he and his sister Martha Jane were living with their grandmother, Mary Park Parks, and uncles Samuel and Harvey Parks, along with an M. Davis (female). Mary Elizabeth, then about age 15, was not living in the same house.

S Spivy in household of Mary Parks, "United States Census, 1870"

• Name: S Spivy
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
• Gender: Male
• Age (Original): 14y
• Race: White
• Birthplace: Arkansas
• Event Place: Arkansas, United States

	Household	Gender	Age	Birthplace

• Mary Parks F 62y Ireland (Uncertain about accuracy of this answer, nothing confirms it)
• Saml Parks M 21y Tennessee
• H Parks M 21y Tennessee
• S Spivy M 14y Arkansas
• M Spivy F 12y Arkansas
• M Davis F 21y Arkansas

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCF-54T : accessed 20 Mar 2013), S Spivy in household of Mary Parks, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 9, family 61, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 545565.

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Spaight Spivey in household of Hagerman Shields, "United States Census, 1880"

• Name: Spaight Spivey
• Event Type: Census
• Event Date: 1880
• Event Place: Illinois, Washington, Arkansas, United States
• Gender: Male
• Age: 22
• Marital Status: Single
• Occupation: Clerk In Store
• Ethnicity: American
• Relationship to Head of Household: Other
• Birthplace: Arkansas, United States
• Birth Date: 1858
• Father's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
• Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
• Page: 494
• Page Letter: B
• Entry Number: 2053
• Affiliate Film Number: T9-0058
• GS Film number: 1254058
• Digital Folder Number: 004239970
• Image Number: 00495

	Household	Gender	Age	Birthplace

• Self Hagerman Shields M 54 Virginia, United States
• Wife Mary Shields F 41 Arkansas, United States
• Daughter Ella Shields F 18 Arkansas, United States
• Daughter Liddie Shields F 15 Arkansas, United States
• Son Charles Shields M 13 Arkansas, United States
• Son Frederick Shields M 10 Arkansas, United States
• Son Willie Shields M 7 Arkansas, United States
• Daughter Gertrude Shields F 3 Arkansas, United States
• Other William Walker M 62 Tennessee, United States
• Other William Yates M 28 Arkansas, United States
• Other Spaight Spivey M 22 Arkansas, United States
• Other George Tiger M 14 Native America

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNWR-K2G : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Spaight Spivey in entry for Hagerman Shields, 1880.

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In June 1890, he was apparently in Justin, Denton County, Texas, while his wife remained in Cincinnati, Washington County, Arkansas. The letter that indicates this shows that the two were fighting at the time.

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Spates S Spivey, "United States Census, 1930"

• Name: Spates S Spivey
• Event: Census
• Event Date: 1930
• Event Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
• Gender: Male
• Age: 72
• Marital Status: Married
• Race: White
• Birthplace: Arkansas
• Estimated Birth Year: 1858
• Relationship to Head of Household: Head
• Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
• Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
• Enumeration District Number: 0008
• Family Number: 620
• Sheet Number and Letter: 26A
• Line Number: 12
• NARA Publication: T626, roll 91
• Film Number: 2339826
• Digital Folder Number: 4532449
• Image Number: 00132

	Household	Gender	Age	Birthplace

• Head Spates S Spivey M 72 Arkansas
• Wife Jennie Spivey F 71 Arkansas
• Daughter Eula Spivey F 35 Arkansas

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMG4-DW6 : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Spates S Spivey, 1930.

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Henry Spe Spivey, "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950"

• Name: Henry Spe Spivey
• Event Type: Death
• Event Date: 29 Sep 1936
• Event Place: Pulaski, Arkansas
• Page Number: 3233
• Affiliate Film Number: 19341940

"Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VJTQ-Z4C : accessed 11 Apr 2013), Henry Spe Spivey, 1936.

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Henry Speights Spivey papers, 1855-1940.

• Spivey, Henry Speights, d. 1936.
• 6 boxes. Arkansas History Commission

The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Arkansas History Commission.

Henry Speights Spivey was born sometime between 1856 and 1859, the son of William Henry and Martha Jane Parks Spivey, in Cincinnati, Washington County, Ark. He and his two sisters were under the care of a legal guardian, W.D. Parks, from 1870 to 1878, as is evidenced in the records in this collection.

He married Jennie E. Harrell, age 22, also of Cincinnati, Ark., on 21 Mar. 1881.

Their daughter, Eula Vernon Spivey was born on 11 Jan. 1882, also in Cincinnati, Ark. She attended grade schools in Fayetteville, Ark., and Springrield, Mo., a reflection of the mobility of her family.

Records indicate that in 1899 H. Speights Spivey was a commercial traveling salesman and had moved to Little Rock. In 1900 he lived at 2400 Gaines Street, and in 1907 he contracted to have a house built there.

The city directories of Little Rock shows a varied career for H.S. Spivey. He was at times listed as an employee of

• Beale & Doyle Grocery Company,
• Doyle Kidd Dry Goods Company,
• John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company,
• Gay Oil Company,
• Emerson-Spivey (cotton) Commission Company, and
• Travelers Building & Loan Association.

H.S. Spivey was also elected president of the Arkansas Travelers, 1906-1907.

Correspondence, deeds, tax receipts, banking material, certificates, life insurance material, postcard books of France, newspapers, photographs, and other material.

Collection is open for research.

Gift of Eula Vernon Spivey, Little Rock, Ark., 1965.

Materials in English.

This collection covers:

• Spivey, Henry Speights, d. 1936 *Archives.
• Spivey family.

Related Materials:

• Arkansas History Commission (Little Rock)

View this collection description in WorldCat.org: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/399699215