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George W. SPURGEON

George W. SPURGEON

Male 1822 - 1884  (~ 62 years)

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  • Name George W. SPURGEON 
    Born CA 1822  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [3] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1862  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1870  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 5] 
    Residence 1881  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 28 Feb 1884  [7] 
    Buried Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (CR 6/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I37226  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2021 

    Father Jonathan (John) SPURGEON,   b. CA 1787 
    Mother Elizabeth Catherine SMELL,   b. CA 1786 
    Family ID F14767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ruth Jane PEARCY,   b. CA 1824, Bedford Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1861, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)  [9, 10] 
    Married 15 Mar 1843  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Gilmer County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 2 1860:
      George Spurgeon, 38, farmer, b. Preston Co VA; Ruth Jane, 36; Jabez, 16; Rachael, 12; Elizabeth C., 11; William DeBarr, 9; Fernandez (?) C., 7; Adaline, 3.
    Children 
    +1. Jabez SPURGEON,   b. 19 Feb 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +2. Rachel SPURGEON,   b. 12 Aug 1847, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1924, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +3. Elizabeth C. SPURGEON,   b. 2 Oct 1848, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1923, Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +4. William Debarr SPURGEON,   b. CA 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Finanda Columbia SPURGEON,   b. 22 May 1853, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1936, Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +6. Emily Adeline SPURGEON,   b. 15 Sep 1856, Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1939, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     7. Margaret A. SPURGEON,   b. 20 Aug 1861, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1861, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Documents
    37226_SPURGEON_George_1860Census_GilmerCoVA_2Jun1860.jpg    		37226_SPURGEON_George_1860Census_GilmerCoVA_2Jun1860.jpg
    Family ID F23356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susan Idella "Della" FLESHER,   b. 7 Apr 1843, Pendleton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1927, Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1862  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
    +1. George Oliver SPURGEON,   b. Apr 1863, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1942, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
    +2. Susan Jane SPURGEON,   b. 1865,   d. 1944  (Age 79 years)
     3. Franklin SPURGEON,   b. CA 1868
    +4. Henry G. SPURGEON,   b. 15 Sep 1869, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1953, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +5. Jesse I. SPURGEON,   b. Jun 1873, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1924  (Age ~ 50 years)
    +6. John Louis SPURGEON,   b. 27 Jun 1873, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1925, Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +7. James Andrew SPURGEON,   b. 25 Feb 1876, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1962, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +8. Viola Mae SPURGEON,   b. 1 May 1878, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1944, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     9. Edith SPURGEON
    Family ID F14766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Ruhama VALENTINE,   b. 16 Jan 1833, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1886, Bull Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)  [13] 
    Married 14 Jul 1881  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Family ID F23354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    2. [S2009] 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2071] 1850 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA.

    6. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    10. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    11. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    12. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as George Spurgeon, widowed, age 38, b. Preston Co, res. Gilmer Co, son of Jonathan & Elizabeth C.; and Susan J. Flesher, 18, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Joseph & Rachel P. Married Jun 8 1862.

    13. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 248.

    14. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).
      Identified as George W. Spurgeon, 58, b. Preston Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Ruhama Reed, 47, res. Gilmer Co. Married Jul 14 1881.