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Finanda Columbia SPURGEON

Finanda Columbia SPURGEON

Female 1853 - 1936  (83 years)

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  • Name Finanda Columbia SPURGEON 
    Born 22 May 1853  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • 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.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 2 Oct 1936  Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    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  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I16205  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2016 

    Father George W. SPURGEON,   b. CA 1822, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1884  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother 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) 
    Family ID F23356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Andrew J. Wornick FLESHER,   b. CA 1855, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 6 Dec 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
      Wornick Flesher, 23, farmer, can read, cannot write; wife Finanda C, 27; dau Rachel C, 1; stepmother Rebecca Spurgeon, 59, widowed.
    Children 
    +1. Edward Camden FLESHER,   b. 3 Oct 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1958, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F17166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Allen MILLER,   b. Jul 1859, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1917, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)  [6, 7, 8] 
    Married 31 Mar 1889  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Mintie MILLER,   b. 25 Mar 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1920, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     2. Biddie MILLER,   b. 25 Mar 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1971, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. Lovie MILLER,   b. 2 Jan 1893,   d. 16 Jul 1978  (Age 85 years)
     4. Gertrude MILLER,   b. Aug 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1988, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 93 years)
    Family ID F5810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1774] 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.

    6. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), pp. 228-229.

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    8. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    9. [S1739] 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.