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Clarence A. SPURGEON

Clarence A. SPURGEON

Male 1894 - 1962  (68 years)

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  • Name Clarence A. SPURGEON 
    Born 24 May 1894  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1895, but date on headstone is 1894, and SSDI specifies May 24 1894.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1924  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1920, 1930  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation storekeeper, operator of Dairy Queen  [2, 6] 
    Died 30 Dec 1962  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 7, 8] 
    • Date of death is incorrectly given in SSDI as Feb 1963. Date on headstone is 1962, and death record specifies Dec 30 1962.
    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  [2, 9] 
    Person ID I1424  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2010 

    Father George Oliver SPURGEON,   b. Apr 1863, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1942, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann SPONAUGLE,   b. Mar 1868, Pendleton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1955  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Family ID F16725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alpha Lee GASTON,   b. 3 Feb 1900, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1974, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1924  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Children 
    +1. Hayward Cline SPURGEON,   b. 1 Oct 1925, Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1985, Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     2. Marion Ray SPURGEON,   b. 12 Sep 1940, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1947  (Age 6 years)
    Family ID F461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

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

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S12] Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 11, p. 354.

    6. [S317] West Union Herald-Record, Aug 1 1978, p 7.

    7. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    8. [S1621] Those Days of Long Ago, Amy Gaston Smith, (Sep 15 1984, reprinted Jun 1999 by Michael Ruppert Jr., Los Angeles CA, with help of Mike Ruppert Sr., Grove WV and Loud).

    9. [S5] Headstone.

    10. [S12] Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 11, p. 354.
      Although recorded in Doddridge Co, the ceremony was performed in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV.

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