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M. Steadman Spann	M. S. Spann Home on Main Street where Sears is now	Marcellus Steadman Spann	James Spann	Spann Hardware in Downtown Dothan On South Foster Street	Dr. Charles Lewis Spann and his wife Ann Kellehan Spann who loved fishing at Dead Lakes

Descendants of Spann

1-Henry Spann b. 1772, Wayne Or Sumter County, S.C., d. 1818
 +Mary Couch , par. Edward Couch and Apsella Watson
|--2-Henry Hammond Spann b. 23 Feb 1808, Edgefield County, S. C.
    +Caroline Christina Barr , par. Michael Barr and Mary Ann Minick
   |--3-Philip Churchill Spann b. 16 Mar 1835, Lexington County, S.C, d. 14 Nov 
   |    1911, Bamberg, S. C, bur. South End Cemetery, Bamberg
   |   +Jane Adella Steedman b. 19 May 1839, d. 19 Jun 1904, bur. Bamberg, 
   |    South Carolina, South End Cemetery, Bambert, par. Anderson Steedman and 
   |    Lucretia Fox
   |  |--4-Ida Adele Spann b. 6 Jan 1876, Leesburg, South Carolina, d. 27 Aug 
   |  |    1965, Dothan, Alabama
   |  |   +David Wellington Shealy b. 26 Jan 1874, m. Leesville, S. C., d. 3 
   |  |    Feb 1954, par. John J. Shealy and Unknown
   |  |  |--5-John Phillip Shealy 
   |  |  |   +Sue Stapleton , par. Schroebel Agnew Stapleton and Nellie Martin
   |  |  |  |--6-Steadman Shealy 
   |  |  |  |   +Peggy Brown b. Jackson, Mississippi
   |  |  |  |  |--7-Steadman Stapleton Shealy Jr. 
   |  |  |  |      +Ann Wood Heflin 
   |  |  |  |--6-John Phillip Shealy Jr 
   |  |  |      +Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Sanderson 
   |  |  |     |--7-Sue Marie Shealy 
   |  |  |     |   +Mike Coe , par. Lamar Coe and Martha Watford
   |  |  |     |  |--8-Anna Coe 
   |  |  |     |--7-Sarah Shealy 
   |  |  |     |--7-Hallie Shealy 
   |  |  |--5-James Wellington Shealy 
   |  |  |--5-Ethel Mae Shealy 
   |  |      +John Hickman Davis 
   |  |     |--6-John Hickman Davis Jr. 
   |  |         +Daphne 
   |  |        |--7-Rhett Davis 
   |  |        |--7-Shannon Davis 
   |  |         +Judy 
   |  |--4-Marcellus Steadman Spann b. 29 Jul 1875, Leesville, Lexington, S. 
   |  |    C., bur. 12 May 1952
   |  |   +Bessie O' Hara b. 21 Jun 1882, Auburn, Alabama, d. 3 Jan 1943, bur. 
   |  |    City Cemetery Dothan, Alabama
   |  |  |--5-Jeanette Spann

Marcellus Steadman Spann, Philip Norman Spann, Henry Fletcher Spann came to Dothan from Fountain Florida where they had a successful naval stores business after leaving Bamberg, South Carolina and started Spann Farms. Henry Barr Spann came in 1901 but then moved away.

Watson, Fred, The Hub of the Wiregrass, p. 46-47. "Brannon Stand"

The Spanns also opened a store here and sold whiskey on payday as well as other supplies needed by the families. That store burned and was rebuilt with Mr. Stewart owning he store in partnership with the Spanns. It was a general mercantile store and three or 4 clerks were employed to serve the customers.

The Spanns built their own school houses for children of farm employees.

John Phillip Shealy came to Dothan to live with Steadman Spann in order to attend High School. There is a picture of the store that Shealy operated with the Spanns with "Wellie" standing in the door.

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Steadman Spann Recalled as "Years Ahead Farmer

When M. S. Spann of Bamberg, S.C. moved southward early this century a new era in agriculture was about to begin. when he died at 77 on May 12, 1952, Steadman Spann--as Dothan and the surrounding country knew him-- was "years ahead of most farmers". It had always been that way. He loved his farming as few men loved the farm.

The vast estate which produced bales of cotton by the thousands just west of Dothan was designated as the Spann Brothers Farm--owned by P. N. Spann, H. F. Spann, and M. S. Spann. But it was the latter who made the wheels go 'round. His kind of management was what most farmers aspire to learn. His practices were the kind that made money. Steadman Spann, with the cooperation of his brothers, put together an 1875 acre "workshop" for this farmer who loved his work and the wide open spaces. And the Wiregrass farmer profited from the experience of knowing or hearing about this pioneer. Maybe for some the only profit was a trip past the farm which lay along Highway 84. But here was inspiration. No man could take a 10 mile trip to town and back by wagon without wanting to be a better farmer from having seen the Spann place. The cotton was always greener. The oats were always taller. The pea vine hay always gathered behind the oats, was much more luxuriant. --Here was farming with the Steadman Spann touch". He lived in Dothan, five miles away. But when the "getting up " bell rang before day for his farmers to rise, it usually was Spann's hand that pulled the bell.

T. A. West. Jr., of Dothan, who married Spann's only daughter declares: He had more energy than any man I ever saw--until his health began to fail." West can recall that when "I was just a youngster in grammar school" Spann's picture was in the textbooks throughout the State. He and some of his modern ideas were used to educate the younger generation of farmers. He was that kind of farmer.

Early days of the Spann Brothers Farm were devoted to the production of cotton, sometimes as much as 1000 acres at a time. And many of those years Spann Brothers Farm sent as many as 1000 bales to the gin. When harvesting time became such an ordeal with limited manpower a problem, there was more diversification.

Most of Spann's labor came southward with him from South Carolina. Negro families who migrated to be hear "Mr. Steadman" had a home as long as they wanted it. Evidence is offered by the fact that four or five widows--all in their 90's -- still are provided for although they have outlived and outworked heir usefulness. "Aunt Hester Grant' , one of them, is something of a "landmark":. She has been there as long as the farm. "Nobody knows how old she is", members of the family point out. Spann had a system of getting along with the workers when he was present. When he was absent his work went on under the skilled supervision of such "go-betweens" as john Britt, negro, who died not many years ago. "John couldn't read or write', it was recalled. But he could figure. Quick as a flash Britt could tell how much money 75 cattle ought to bring on the market. His kind of work and ability to supervise made farming with the "Steadman Spann touch" easier.

Steadman Spann and his brothers built their own school houses for children of the farm employees. He thought both of his farming and of the benefit of those who helped him. Those who lived with him and outlived him will say today: "There never was but one Mr. Steadman Spann." And the way they say it makes you realize they're paying tribute to a great farmer.

   |  |      +Thomas Albert West b. 6 Jan 1876, d. 26 Aug 1965
   |  |     |--6-Thomas Albert West Jr 
   |  |     |   +Carolyn 
   |  |     |  |--7-Cara West 
   |  |     |--6-Marcella West 
   |  |--4-Philp Norman Spann b. 20 Jun 1869, d. 18 May 1927
   |  |   +Viola Carolyn "Baama" Stoll b. 3 Jan 1873, Florence, South Carolina, 
   |  |    d. 29 (ct. 1955, bur. Dothan, Alabama, City Cemetery
   |  |  |--5-Norman Dantzler Spann b. 14 Nov 1897, Bamberg, S. C, d. 19 Aug 
   |  |  |    1979
   |  |  |   +Blanch Burks , par. Unknown and Unknown
   |  |  |  |--6-Gloria Spann 
   |  |  |      +Jim Stodhardt 
   |  |  |   +Lois Dean 
   |  |  |  |--6-Phillip Norman Spann 
   |  |  |--5-Marie Adelle Spann b. 14 Nov 1898, Bamberg, S. C, d. 12 Apr 1977
   |  |  |   +James Hugh Brennan 
   |  |  |  |--6-James Brennan 
   |  |  |--5-Phillip "Hugh" Spann b. 21 Apr 1900, Frink, Florida, d. 25 Apr 
   |  |  |    1925
   |  |  |   +Mary Jim Young , par. James Robert Young and Lucy Mathews
   |  |  |  |--6-Betty Spann 
   |  |  |  |   +John Stower 
   |  |  |  |--6-James Norman Spann 
   |  |  |  |   +Sylvia Warrick 
   |  |  |  |--6-Hugh Spann Jr. 
   |  |  |--5-Jerome Allen Spann b. 21 Jun 1902, Frink, Florida, d. 19 Aug 1965
   |  |  |   +Olga Watson Daffin 
   |  |  |  |--6-Carolyn Spann 
   |  |  |      +Hollis 
   |  |  |     |--7-Hayne Hollis 
   |  |  |     |--7-Amelia Hollis 
   |  |  |     |--7-Susan Hollis 
   |  |  |     |--7-Olga Hollis 
   |  |  |--5-James Fletcher Spann b. 23 Sep 1903, Frink, Florida, d. 4 Feb 1969
   |  |  |    
   |  |  |   +Elizabeth "Boo" Smith 
   |  |  |  |--6-James Fletcher Spann Jr. 
   |  |  |  |--6-Jane Elizabeth Spann 
   |  |  |      +William Lee Mason 
   |  |  |--5-Marcellus Steadman Spann b. 14 Apr 1905, Fountain, Florida
   |  |  |   +Esther Daffin 
   |  |  |  |--6-Dale Spann 
   |  |  |  |   +Richard Fletcher Calhoun 
   |  |  |  |--6-Susan Olga Spann 
   |  |  |      +Dr. Charles Garrett m. 4 Jun 1964
   |  |  |--5-Raymond Edwin Spann b. 23 Aug 1908, Fountain, Florida, d. 17 Nov 
   |  |  |    1971
   |  |  |   +Neva Marbury Smythe 
   |  |  |  |--6-Raymond Edwin Spann Jr. d. 1944
   |  |  |  |--6-Marbury Wood Spann 
   |  |  |  |   +Mary Ann Howell , par. John Howell and Mary
   |  |  |  |--6-Neva Marion Spann 
   |  |  |--5-George Stoll Spann b. 15 Jul 1909, Dothan, Houston County, Alabama
   |  |  |    
   |  |      +Francis Louise Gwaltney b. 2 Mar 1919, Dothan, Houston County, 
   |  |       Alabama, par. John Robert Gwaltney and Vera Warrick
   |  |     |--6-Sandra Spann 
   |  |     |   +Wayne Fowler 
   |  |     |  |--7-Kimberly Francis Fowler b. 1972
   |  |     |  |--7-Kevin Spann Fowler b. 1975
   |  |     |      +Jennifer 
   |  |     |--6-Nancy Spann 
   |  |--4-Henry Fletcher Spann b. 4 Apr 1863, Leesville, Lexington, S. C., d. 
   |  |    30 Mar 1932, Bamberg, S. C, bur. South End Cemetery, Bamberg
   |  |   +Catherine Edna "Kitty" Johnson , par. Alexander Hamilton Johnson Dr. 
   |  |    and Adeline Powers Hays
   |  |  |--5-Evelyn Spann 
   |  |      +Henry Kearse Brabham 
   |  |--4-William Elliott Spann b. 29 Nov 1859, Leesville, Lexington, S. C., 
   |  |    d. 12 Mar 1946, Bamberg, S. C
   |  |--4-Joseph Albert Spann b. 29 Jun 1865, d. 13 Feb 1927, bur. South End 
   |  |    Cemetery, Bamberg
   |  |   +Lilie Lemond b. 19 Dec 1867, Chester, South Carolina, d. 20 May 
   |  |    1895, Spann Family Plot At Concord Methodist Church, bur. Bamberg, 
   |  |    S. C
   |  |  |--5-Joseph Elliott Spann b. 13 Apr 1893, Bamberg, S. C
   |  |  |   +Thelma Lewis 
   |  |  |  |--6-Charles Lewis Spann 
   |  |  |  |   +Mildred "Ann" Kellehan , par. Thomas Kellehan and Viola
   |  |  |  |  |--7-Charles Thomas Spann 
   |  |  |  |  |   +Billie Adkins b. 10 Oct 1945
   |  |  |  |  |  |--8-Meredith Spann 
   |  |  |  |  |  |   +Kevin Barker b. Valdosta, Georgia
   |  |  |  |  |  |  |--9-Kevin Davis Barker b. 19 May 2008
   |  |  |  |  |  |--8-Ashley Spann 
   |  |  |  |  |      +Trevor Kaple 
   |  |  |  |  |--7-Deborah Ann Spann 
   |  |  |  |      +Archie Tucker 
   |  |  |  |     |--8-Charles Tucker 
   |  |  |  |--6-Joseph Elliott Spann 
   |  |  |  |   +Phyllis Allen 
   |  |  |  |  |--7-Walker Spann 
   |  |  |  |  |--7-William Spann 
   |  |  |  |  |--7-Pauline "Polly" Spann 
   |  |  |  |--6-Albert Pringle Spann 
   |  |  |      +Joyce 
   |  |  |--5-Albert Leonard Spann b. 1891, Bamberg, S. C, d. 1955
   |  |      +Unknown 
   |  |     |--6-Albert Leonard Spann 
   |  |   +Clara Hayes 
   |  |  |--5-Edna Spann 
   |  |--4-Caroline Lucretia Spann b. 5 May 1867, d. Aft. 1927
   |  |--4-Blanche Spann b. 17 May 1872, d. 20 Sep 1942, bur. South End 
   |  |    Cemetery, Bamberg
   |  |   +Edd Kirkland 
   |  |--4-Marcellus "Steadman" Spann b. 29 Jul 1874, d. 12 May 1952
   |  |--4-Ida Adella Spann b. 6 Jan 1877, d. After 1949
   |  |--4-James Barr Spann b. 11 Jul 1879
   |      +Ethel Pirrong 
   |     |--5-Herbert Spann 
   |     |--5-Estelle Spann 
   |--3-Mary Ann Spann b. 1834, Lexington County, S.C
   |   +Lovett Gomillion 
   |--3-John Fletcher Spann b. 28 Nov 1838, d. 1864
   |--3-Henrietta Amanda Spann b. 11 Dec 1840, Lexington County, S.C, d. 30 Oct 
   |    1910
   |   +John Marcellus Steedman 
   |--3-Henry Asbury Spann b. 28 Feb 1843, d. 29 Sep 1916
   |   +Mary Emmelina Cunningham 
   |--3-John Wesley Spann b. 1846, d. 5 Dec 1917
   |   +Nettie Mitchell 
   |   +Mary Hallie Barr 
   |--3-Virginia Caroline Spann b. 1850, d. 18 Feb 1887
       +Elijah H. Dowling d. 19 Oct 1906, bur. Dowling Family Plot In Rest 
        Cemetery In Bamberg, par. Decania Dowling and Elizabeth Zorn
      |--4-Henry Dowling 
      |--4-Decania II Dowling 
      |   +Carolyn Rebecca Tyler 
      |--4-Carolina Elizabeth Dowling 
 +Mary Pou , par. Robert Pou and Ann Appolonia Wolf
 +Martha Sarah Bond , par. Pierson Bond Daniel and Abigail Fairchild