Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jesse Sponaugle Also known as: Jessie Sponaugle 1,2
Born: Mar- -1825 3 Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Census: 1860 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
Wife: Abagale "Abbie" Strother 2 Also known as: Abagale Strawder 2
Born: ca 1835 4 Died: bef 1900 3 Census: 1870, 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA Father: Nathaniel Strother (1801 - 1880) Mother: Rebecca Phares (1799 - )
M Child 1: Nathaniel Clark Sponaugle Also known as: Clark Sponaugle 5 Born: Apr- -1856 3 Resided: 1913 in Ohio 5 Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Pendleton Co, WV Census: 1860 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA
M Child 2: Jacob Asbury Sponaugle Also known as: J. A. Sponaugle 6 Born: 1859 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 7,8 (see note 1) Died: Sep-18-1923 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 10 Resided: 1913, 1923 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5,8 Census: 1910 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Census: 1860 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA Occupation: teamster 9 Occupation: 1910 farmer 11 Occupation: 1900 teamster 12 Wife: Mandania D. Lorentz b. May- -1864 d. May-10-1922 Census name: Mandana Lorentz Wife: Martha Dessie Mayfield b. Jan-16-1891 d. Feb-14-1965 Also known as: Dessie Martha Mayfield 9,8 Married: May-24-1923 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13
F Child 3: Alice Rebecca Sponaugle Census name: Rebecca A. Sponaugle Born: ca 1860 14 Resided: 1913 in Virginia 5 Census: 1870, 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Husband: ___ Lamp
M Child 4: William Jackson L. Sponaugle Census name: William J. Sponaugle Born: ca 1863 in Pendleton Co, WV 14 Died: Dec-18-1913 in Elkins, Randolph Co, WV 15 Buried: in Sponaugle Cemetery, Bear Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Cause of death: injuries from fall while grading lumber on docks at Horton previous month 16 Census: 1870, 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Never married: 16
F Child 5: Sarah Elizabeth Sponaugle Born: ca 1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,17 Resided: 1913 in Kansas 5 Resided: 1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1870, 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Husband: Emery Porter Osburn b. ca 1864 Married: Feb- 6-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
F Child 6: Mary Ann Sponaugle Born: Mar- -1868 in Pendleton Co, WV 19,20,7 Died: 1955 7 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 6 Census: 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1913 in Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV 5 Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Census: 1870, 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Husband: George Oliver Spurgeon b. Apr- -1863 d. May- 7-1942 Also known as: Oliver Spurgeon 21 Married: Oct- 4-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 19
F Child 7: Lucinda Sponaugle Born: Apr- 5-1871 in Pendleton Co, WV 22 Resided: 1913 in Colorado 5 Census: 1900 in Dover, Shawnee Co, KS Census: 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Husband: George Osburn b. Oct- -1867 Married: Oct-20-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
M Child 8: George Washington Sponaugle Also known as: George Wilson Sponaugle 24 Born: Sep-15-1873 in Pendleton Co, WV 25,3,19 Died: Oct-10-1952 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 25 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 25 Resided: at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 25 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Occupation: farmer 26 Wife: Verenia Jurisha Adams b. Jun-15-1879 d. Feb- 7-1955 Also known as: Vernie Jurisha Adams 25 Married: Mar- -1902 in Doddridge Co, WV 19
F Child 9: Martha I. Sponaugle Born: Jul-20-1876 in Pendleton Co, WV 6,17 Died: Dec-18-1955 6 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 27 Resided: 1913 at Cove Creek, Gilmer Co, WV 5 Resided: 1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1880 in Pendleton Co, WV Husband: John Wesley Brannon b. Mar- 9-1867 d. Jul-30-1953 Married: Jul- 7-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
Sources: (1) Marriage record of son. (2) Death record of son. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (4) 1880 Census, Pendleton County, WV. (5) Obituary of brother. (6) Headstone. (7) Headstone (year only) (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Findagrave.com. (11) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jacob A. Sponaugle, widowed, 54, b. Pelton (intended to be Pendleton) Co WV, res. Salem WV, son of Jessie & Abbie Sponaugle; and Dessie M. Morgan, widowed, 31, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co. Married May 24 1923 in Clarksburg. MR p. 21: www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=30625&Type=Marriage. (14) 1870 Census, Pendleton County, WV. (15) Obituary - Hospital. (16) Obituary. (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Emery Porter Osburn, 26, b. Lewis Co, res. Wabaunsee Co Kansas; and Sarah Elizabeth Sponaugle, 22, b. Pendleton Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Feb 6 1890 "in the public road near J. R. Lodge's house," officiated by Rev. James F. Arnold, a minister of the M.P. Church. Informants for marriage license: Emery P. Osburn & W. J. Sponaugle. NOTE: William Jackson Sponaugle was the bride's brother. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790921&Type=Marriage. (19) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (20) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (21) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 248. (22) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (24) Marriage record of daughter. (25) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (26) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (27) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) Event Notes Note (1) Age 54 in May 1923 marriage record would put birth in about 1869. Age 60 years 8 months 12 days in death record would put birth at Jan 6 1863. Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1860, while age 2 in 1860 Census puts it in about 1858. Birth date on headstone is 1859.Name Index