Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jeremiah Spurgeon    
       Also known as: Jeremiah Spurgin 1
                Born: ca 1825              in Preston Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Aug-  -1853          at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,3
              Buried:                      in Sheets Cemetery, near Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
      Cause of death:                      typhoid fever  3
              Father: Jonathan (John) Spurgeon   (1787 -     ) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Smell   (1787 -     ) 
                Wife: Rebecca Ann VanHorn   4,5,6  
                Born: ca 1821               2
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Thomas VanHorn   (1788 - 1853) 
              Mother: Elenor Brown 
Other spouse 2
Notes 
           F Child 1: Eliza Jane Spurgeon      
         Census name: Elizabeth J. 
                Born: Mar-13-1850          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  7,8,9,10
                Died: Dec-10-1916          at Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  11,7,9
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  12,13
      Cause of death:                      dropsy  14
              Census: 1900                 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: William Henry Flesher  b. Nov-14-1850  d. Mar-29-1934  
             Married: Aug-15-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  10
           F Child 2: Mary Ellen Spurgeon      
       Also known as: Margie Ellen Spurgeon 15
                Born: ca 1852              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10
              Census: 1880                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1875                 in Doddridge Co, WV  16
             Husband: John I. Adams  b. ca 1853  
             Married: Sep-30-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  17
           M Child 3: Charles Jeremiah Spurgeon      
       Also known as: Elizabeth Hurst 3,18
                Born: Dec-12-1853          in Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  12,3,19
                Died: Jan-10-1947           12
              Buried:                      in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  8
                Wife: Margaret Elizabeth Hurst  b. Mar-24-1856  d. Jun-19-1933  
       Also known as: Elizabeth 20
             Married: Aug-31-1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  10

Sources:
(1) Harrison County WV Death Records 1853-1903, Patricia B. Hickman, RR 3, Box 239-E, Bridgeport, WV 26330-9438 
. 
(2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(3) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 247. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Death record of husband. 
(6) Rob Salzman, Beaverton, OR, e-familytree.net (http://www.e-familytree.net/surnames.htm) 
(7) Obituary. 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Eliza Jane Flesher, white female, married; died Dec 10 
1916, age 66y 9m 3d, cause of death dropsy. DR p. 47 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045011&Type=Death. 
(12) Headstone. 
(13) Findagrave.com. 
(14) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(15) Death record of daughter. 
(16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John I. Adams, widowed, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. 
Doddridge Co, son of Hiram & Susannah Adams; and Mary E. Spurgeon, single, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of 
Jeremiah & Rebecca Spurgeon.  Married Sep 30 1875 in Doddridge County, ceremony by Eli M. Gaston. MR p. 
206. 
(18) Birth record of son. 
(19) 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV. 
(20) Death record of son. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Location specified as Bear Fork of Cove Creek.  In 1940, in same house as in
1930, but with son Okey listed as head of household.







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