Husband: Clarence A. Spurgeon
Born: May-24-1894 in Gilmer Co, WV 1,2,3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-30-1962 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,3,5,6,7 (see note 2)
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 8,2
Resided: 1924 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
Census: 1920, 1930 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Occupation: storekeeper, operator of Dairy Queen 7,2
Father: George Oliver Spurgeon (1863 - 1942)
Mother: Mary Ann Sponaugle (1868 - 1955)
Wife: Alpha Lee Gaston
Married: Oct-5-1924 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11
Born: Feb- 3-1900 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,3,4
Died: Mar-31-1974 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV 13,3
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 8 (see note 3)
Resided: in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV 13
Resided: 1956 in Salem, WV 14
Resided: 1949 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 15
Census: 1930 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Marion Oscar Gaston (1866 - 1956)
Mother: Luella Adams (1872 - 1949)
M Child 1: Hayward Cline Spurgeon Born: Oct- 1-1925 in Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV 13,3 Died: May- 1-1985 in Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV 13,3 Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 8,13 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 15,13,16 Resided: 1946 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1930 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Wife: Mildred Rosalee McIntyre b. Dec- 5-1923 d. Nov-10-1992 Married: Sep-20-1946 at Troy, Gilmer Co, WV 4,17
M Child 2: Marion Ray Spurgeon
Also known as: Ray Spurgeon 8
Born: Sep-12-1940 in Gilmer Co, WV 18,3
Died: 1947 3
Buried: in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV 19
Sources: (1) Social Security Death Index. (2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (5) Obituary of wife. (6) Amy Gaston Smith, Those Days of Long Ago (Sep 15 1984, reprinted Jun 1999 by Michael Ruppert Jr., Los Angeles CA, with help of Mike Ruppert Sr., Grove WV and Loud) (7) West Union Herald-Record, Aug 1 1978, p 7. (8) Headstone. (9) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 11, p. 354. (10) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Although recorded in Doddridge Co, the ceremony was performed in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV. MR Bk 11, p. 354. (11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (12) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Alpha Lee Gaston, white female, b. Feb 3 1900 in Doddridge Co, dau of Marion & Ella (Adams) Gaston, this being the mother's second child. The original typed entry in the ledger-type birth record had the child's first name as Caddie (or Gaddie), and the father's first name as Martin, but those were lined out and changed by hand to read as above. A handwritten notation reads: "Corrections made on affidavit of Aunt.", BR p. 81. (13) Obituary. (14) Obituary of father. (15) Obituary of mother. (16) Death record of father. (17) Obituary of husband. (18) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (19) Findagrave.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1895, but date on headstone is 1894, and SSDI specifies May 24 1894. Note (2) Date of death is incorrectly given in SSDI as Feb 1963. Date on headstone is 1962, and death record specifies Dec 30 1962. Note (3) Obituary gives burial location as Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Headstone is at Spurgeon Cemetery.