

When John Barney was barely a year old, William Ballard died from pneumonia on Christmas Day 1887. To add to this tragedy, Nettie was maimed and crippled in a buggy accident shortly after William Ballard 's death, and had to rely on crutches to walk. Because of these events her brother, Sanford Increase Spiceland, who was an overweight fellow with a rather grumpy disposition, raised John Barney.
1858 |
March 31, 1858
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Stewart County, Tennessee
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1886 |
December 14, 1886
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Hogsjaw, KY, United States
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1887 |
December 25, 1887
Age 29
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December 1887
Age 29
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Hicks Cemetary, Linton, Stewart County, Tennessee
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1942 |
June 29, 1942
Age 81
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Trigg County, Kentucky
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July 1942
Age 81
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Hicks Cemetary, Stewart County, Tennessee
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