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Joseph Henry SPURGEON

Joseph Henry SPURGEON

Male 1884 - 1959  (75 years)

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  • Name Joseph Henry SPURGEON 
    Born 8 Jan 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Died 14 May 1959  Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    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  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I40625  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2015 

    Father Oliver SPURGEON 
    Mother Frances SMITH 
    Family ID F42562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis Charlotte "Lottie" LOWTHER,   b. 26 Feb 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1967, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1909  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Apr 21 1910:
      Joseph Spurgeon, 25, farm laborer, married 1 yr; wife Lottie, 21, no children.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Jan 21 1920:
      Joseph H. Spurgeon, 36, occupation teaming for South Penn Oil Co; wife Lottie, 31; son Roy, 9; dau Letha, 7.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Apr 17 1930:
      Joe H. Spurgeon, 45, occupation farm laborer, age 24 at first marriage; wife Lottie F, 40, age 20 at first marriage; son Roy F, 18; dau Zeffia, 17. [6]
    Children 
    +1. Roy Franklin SPURGEON,   b. 8 Oct 1910,   d. 6 Nov 1999  (Age 89 years)
    +2. Luzeffia Luria SPURGEON,   b. 2 Nov 1912, Rush Run (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 2002, Tallmadge, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F16246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    40625_SPURGEON_JoeH_1930Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CoveDist_17Apr1930.jpg    		40625_SPURGEON_JoeH_1930Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CoveDist_17Apr1930.jpg
    40625_SPURGEON_JosephH_1920Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CoveDist_21Jan1920.jpg    		40625_SPURGEON_JosephH_1920Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CoveDist_21Jan1920.jpg
    40625_JoeSpurgeon_LottieLowther_MarriageRecord_11Apr1909.jpg    		40625_JoeSpurgeon_LottieLowther_MarriageRecord_11Apr1909.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    3. [S2029] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 213.
      Identified as Joe Spurgeon, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Lottie Lowther, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 11 1909 "on the highway near Frederic Bode's."

    6. [S1368] Obituary of wife's mother.