Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George W. Spurgeon    
                Born: ca 1822              in Preston Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Feb-28-1884           3
             Resided: 1881                 in Gilmer Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1862                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  5
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
            Military:                      Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  6
              Father: Jonathan (John) Spurgeon   (1787 -     ) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Smell   (1787 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
                Wife: Ruth Jane Pearcy 7  8,7  
       Also known as: Jane Pearcy 9,7
                Born: ca 1824              in Bedford Co, VA  2 (see note 1)
                Died: bef Jun 1862          10
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 
           M Child 1: Jabez Spurgeon      
         Census name: Jaby Spurgeon 
                Born: Feb-19-1843          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3,11,1
                Died: Apr-19-1913          in Doddridge Co, WV  12,3
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1865                 in Gilmer Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Christena Flesher  b. ca 1843  d. Apr-19-1917  
             Married: Aug-29-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
           F Child 2: Rachel Spurgeon      
       Also known as: Rachiel 13
                Born: Aug-12-1847          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  13 (see note 2)
                Died: Mar- 5-1924          in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Buried:                      in Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1868                 in Gilmer Co, WV  14
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: William H. Bode  b. Aug-  -1848  d. Oct-20-1912  
       Also known as: W. H. Body 14
             Married: 1868                 in Gilmer Co, WV  15 (see note 3)
           F Child 3: Elizabeth C. Spurgeon      
                Born: Oct- 2-1848          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  13,16,1 (see note 4)
                Died: Sep-29-1923          in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  13
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1869                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Henry U. Smith  b. Nov-  -1847  d. Dec-13-1916  
             Married: Sep- 9-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  17
           M Child 4: William Debarr Spurgeon      
                Born: ca 1851              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2,14
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1872                 in Gilmer Co, WV  14
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Nancy Elizabeth Norman  b. Nov-15-1853  
       Also known as: Elizabeth Norman 
             Married: Apr-23-1872          in Gilmer Co, WV  18
           F Child 5: Finanda Columbia Spurgeon      
                Born: May-22-1853          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  1,4 (see note 5)
                Died: Oct- 2-1936          in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV  19
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  19,20
             Resided: 1877                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Andrew J. Wornick Flesher  b. ca 1855  
       Also known as: Wornick Flesher 1
             Married: Dec- 6-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  21
             Husband: William Allen Miller  b. Jul-  -1859  d. Mar-14-1917  
       Also known as: Allen W. Miller 22,8
             Married: Mar-31-1889          in Gilmer Co, WV  23
           F Child 6: Emily Adeline Spurgeon   24   
       Also known as: Adaline Spurgeon 1,25,24,2,9
                Born: Sep-15-1856          in Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV  13,26,2
                Died: Aug-21-1939          in Conings, Gilmer Co, WV  13,26
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  3,13,27
             Resided: 1875                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: John Henry Lowther  b. Dec-22-1851  d. Dec- 2-1932  
       Also known as: Henry Lowther 28,29,25,24
             Married: May-31-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(7) Death record of daughter. 
(8) Marriage record of daughter. 
(9) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 248. 
(10) Record of husband's remarriage. 
(11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(12) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(14) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(15) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as W. H. Body, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rachel 
Spurgeon, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co.  Married Oct 3 1868 in Gilmer County.  (Note:  Husband's birthplace is 
given in 1850 Census as Maryland, and in his son's death record as Baltimore, Md.  Husband's obituary states marriage 
date as December 1868.  Although the typewritten ledger-style marriage record states Oct 3 1868, the entry is out of 
sequence, placed between marriages for Nov 12 and Dec 17 1868.  The October date may thus actually be a clerical 
error.), MR p. 14 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12408&Type=Marriage. 
(16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) 
(17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Henry W. (sic) Smith, 22, of Doddridge Co, son of Henry & Margaret; and Elizabeth Spurgeon, 20, b. Gilmer 
Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of George & Jane.  Married Sep 9 1869. 
(18) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Wm. D. Spurgeon, 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co; and 
Nancy E. Norman, 19, b. Lewis Co, res. Gilmer Co.  Married Apr 23 1872 in Gilmer County. MR p. 18, line 10 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12540&Type=Marriage. 
(19) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(20) Findagrave.com. 
(21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Wornick Flesher, 22, b. Highland Co VA, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Rachel P.; and Finanda C. 
Spurgeon, 23, b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of George & Jane.  Married Dec 6 
1877. 
(22) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) 
(23) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as 
William A. Miller, 29, b. Virginia, res. Gilmer Co; and Firanda [sic] Flesher, 34, b. Gilmer Co.  Married Mar 31 
1889. 
(24) Death record of son. 
(25) Marriage record of son. 
(26) Headstone (year only) 
(27) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(28) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). 
(29) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in daughter's death record as Doddridge County, but 1860
Census states Bedford County, Virginia.
Note (2) Birth date on headstone is 1848, but death record states Aug 12 1847.  Son's
death record states his mother's birthplace as Toms Fork (Doddridge County), but
her death record shows it as Gilmer County.
Note (3) Identified as W. H. Body, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rachel
Spurgeon, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co.  Married Oct 3 1868 in Gilmer
County.  (Note:  Husband's birthplace is given in 1850 Census as Maryland, and
in his son's death record as Baltimore, Md.  Husband's obituary states marriage
date as December 1868.  Although the typewritten ledger-style marriage record
states Oct 3 1868, the entry is out of sequence, placed between marriages for
Nov 12 and Dec 17 1868.  The October date may thus actually be a clerical
error.)
Note (4) Age 17 in 1870 Census, placing her between brother William (19) and sister
Sarah (12), would put her birth date in about 1853.  But age 11 in 1860 puts it
in about 1849, and death record states Oct 2 1848.
Note (5) Although her death record states her place of birth as Doddridge County, the
records of both of her marriages show that she was born in Gilmer County.  The
1900 Census lists her age as 45 and birth date as May 1855.  Death record states
burial location as Pleasant Valley Cemetery, more commonly known as Spurgeon
Cemetery, located at Bear Fork on the Doddridge/Gilmer county line.







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