Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George W. Spurgeon    
                Born: ca 1822              in Preston Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Feb-28-1884           3
             Resided: 1881                 in Gilmer Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1862                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  5
              Census: 1860                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
            Military:                      Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  6
              Father: Jonathan (John) Spurgeon   (1787 -     ) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Smell   (1787 -     ) 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Ruhama Valentine   7  
             Married: Jul-14-1881          in Gilmer Co, WV  8
                Born: Jan-16-1833          in Barbour Co, (W)VA  9
                Died: Jun-22-1886          at Bull Fork, Gilmer Co, WV  10
             Resided: 1881                 in Gilmer Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: George Valentine 
              Mother: Temperance ___ 
Other spouse 1

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(7) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 248. 
(8) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as 
George W. Spurgeon, 58, b. Preston Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Ruhama Reed, 47, res. Gilmer Co.  Married Jul 14 
1881. 
(9) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(10) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Ruhama Spurgeon, divorced, age 53y 5m 6d, b. in Barbour Co, 
dau of George Valentine; died Jun 22 1886 at Bull Fork, cause of death consumption.  Informant:  A. F. Holiday, 
son-in-law. DR p. 5-S. 







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