Doddridge County Roots

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Joshua Calvin SPURGEON

Joshua Calvin SPURGEON

Male 1866 - 1917  (~ 50 years)

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  • Name Joshua Calvin SPURGEON 
    Born Sep 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • Birth date on headstone is 1864. But age 3 in 1870 Census would put birth at about 1867, while age 23 in 1889 marriage record and age 51 in 1917 death record would put it at about 1866.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer & fruit grower  [4, 5
    Died 4 Mar 1917  Doddridge 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  [6
    Person ID I60669  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 May 2020 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Christena FLESHER,   b. CA 1843,   d. 19 Apr 1917, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Family ID F16421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy T. CUNNINGHAM,   b. Sep 1864, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1958  (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Married 24 Oct 1889  Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Alfred Stillman SPURGEON,   b. 28 Mar 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1943, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     2. Rosa May SPURGEON,   b. 4 Jul 1894, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
     3. Eli Benjamin "Bennie" SPURGEON,   b. 10 Sep 1897, Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1980, Clermont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F29387  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    60669_SPURGEON_JoshuaC_ca1866-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg
    60669_SPURGEON_JoshuaC_ca1866-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg
    60669_JoshuaCSpurgeon_NancyTCunningham_MarriageRecord_24Oct1889.jpg
    60669_JoshuaCSpurgeon_NancyTCunningham_MarriageRecord_24Oct1889.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

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

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2118] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    6. [S5] Headstone.