Husband: William Edward Spurr
Born: Sep-20-1873 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Apr-24-1944 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1940 in Worthington, Marion Co, WV
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Resided: 1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Occupation: 1940 laborer at coal company 5
Occupation: 1920 school janitor 6
Occupation: 1910 farmer 7
Occupation: 1900 coal miner 2
Father: James W. Spurr (1851 - )
Mother: Catherine E. "Kate" Cowgill (1851 - 1913)
Other spouse 2
Wife: May S. Hickman Married: May-19-1897 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 8
Born: Dec-25-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9,10 Died: Feb-22-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Resided: 1897 in Lewis Co, WV 3 Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, (W)VA Occupation: school teacher 13 Occupation: editor, West Union Record (1884-1886) 14 Father: Francis Delong Hickman (1825 - 1911) Mother: Harriett S. Morris (1825 - 1908) Other spouse 1
M Child 1: Leonard Spurr Born: ca 1899 7 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1920 laborer at odd jobs 6
Sources: (1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (3) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) 1940 Census, Marion County, WV. (6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (7) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (8) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as William Edward Spurr, single, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of J. W. & Kate Spurr; and Mrs. May Jeffrie, widow, 38, b. Doddridge Co, res. Lewis Co, dau of Frank Hickman & (blank). Married May 19 1897 in Weston. (Note: Based on other records, the ages of both parties appear to have been misstated to make him older, and her younger, than they actually were.), MR p. 186 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10298712&Type=Marriage. (9) Headstone. (10) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as May Jeffrey Spurr, white female, married; died Feb 22 1903 in West Union, age 49y 1m 27d, cause of death "change of life, menopause," complicated by (illegible) hemorrhage. Burial in West Union on Feb 23 (or 25?) 1903, undertaker C. S. Pease. Report of death filed by physician J. M. Hoey on Mar 1 1903. (Note: Age at death calculates to a birth date of Dec 26 1853, but birth date on headstone is Dec 25 1853. Name on headstone: May S., wife of Elias D. Jeffrey.), DR p. 145 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047924&Type=Death. (12) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (13) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (14) Obituary of father. Event Notes Note (1) In household of his parents. Although his marital status was given as widowed, he was probably separated. His wife, May Hickman Jeffrey, who was not with him, did not die until February 1903, just a few months before his remarriage. She was identified in her death record as May Jeffrey Spurr, marital status married.