Husband: Jabez Spurgeon
Census name: Jaby Spurgeon
Born: Feb-19-1843 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Apr-19-1913 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,1
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 1
Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1865 in Gilmer Co, WV 3
Census: 1860 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA
Father: George W. Spurgeon (1822 - 1884)
Mother: Ruth Jane Pearcy (1824 - 1862)
Wife: Christena Flesher
Married: Aug-29-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Born: ca 1843 2,1,3 (see note 1)
Died: Apr-19-1917 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1860 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA
Father: Joseph Flesher (1813 - )
Mother: Rachael P. Carr (1821 - 1860)
M Child 1: Joshua Calvin Spurgeon Census name: Calvin Spurgeon Born: Sep- -1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,7,5 (see note 2) Died: Mar- 4-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 5 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 1 Census: 1900, 1910 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 8 Wife: Nancy T. Cunningham b. Sep- -1864 d. Aug-20-1958 Married: Oct-24-1889 near Conings, Gilmer Co, WV 7
F Child 2: Emily Elizabeth Spurgeon Born: 1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,10,3 Died: 1953 9 Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1910, 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Andrew Jackson Lasure b. 1862 d. 1947 Also known as: Andrew Jackson Lasur Married: Oct- 4-1885 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
M Child 3: Levi Stillman Spurgeon Born: Jun- 6-1874 5,6,9 Died: Jul-11-1952 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV 5,9 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 5,1 Resided: in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV 5,12,2,13 Occupation: stone mason 5 Wife: Nora Phoebe Spurgeon b. Jul-23-1874 d. Mar- 6-1965 Census name: Pheba L 6 Married: 1894 14
F Child 4: India Belle Spurgeon Also known as: Belle Spurgeon 7,15,16 Born: Aug- -1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,7 Died: Jun-16-1951 in Ohio 17 Buried: in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH 16 Resided: since abt 1950 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH 16 Census: 1910, 20, 30, 40 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Verner Noble b. Aug-13-1875 d. ca 1956 Census name: Vernard Noble Married: Apr-28-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (9) Headstone (year only) (10) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (11) Findagrave.com. (12) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). (13) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). (14) Obituary of wife. (15) Birth record of son. (16) Obituary. (17) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Sep 1844 in 1900 Census, but date on headstone is Sep 19 1842. Note (2) Birth date on headstone is 1864. But age 3 in 1870 Census would put birth at about 1867, while age 23 in 1889 marriage record and age 51 in 1917 death record would put it at about 1866.