Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
NameBr. Thomas William SPALDING 
BirthJun 2, 1924, Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY
DeathJan 28, 2003, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY
Burial2003, Xaverian Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY
OccupationXaverian Brother
ReligionCatholic
FatherThomas William (Tom) SPALDING Sr. (1897-1982)
MotherMary Frances BOONE (1899-1954)
Misc. Notes
Brother Thomas W. Spalding, author of a history of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and member of a Roman Catholic religious congregation, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his home in Louisville, Ky. He was 78.
His work, The Premier See: A History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1789-1989, won the Maryland Historical Society History Book Prize in 1990.
Born in Bardstown, Ky., he was a distant relative of Martin John Spalding, a mid-19th- century Baltimore archbishop whose biography he also wrote.
He joined the Baltimore-based Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier in 1942, and subsequently earned a bachelor of arts degree and a doctorate in history from Catholic University of America in Washington, as well as a master's degree from Fordham University.
Burial Plot: Resurrection Section - located on the property of St. Xavier High School, 1609 Poplar Level Road, Louisville, KY next to the Ryken House.
His work, The Premier See: A History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1789-1989, won the Maryland Historical Society History Book Prize in 1990.
Born in Bardstown, Ky., he was a distant relative of Martin John Spalding, a mid-19th- century Baltimore archbishop whose biography he also wrote.
He joined the Baltimore-based Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier in 1942, and subsequently earned a bachelor of arts degree and a doctorate in history from Catholic University of America in Washington, as well as a master's degree from Fordham University.
Burial Plot: Resurrection Section - located on the property of St. Xavier High School, 1609 Poplar Level Road, Louisville, KY next to the Ryken House.