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Eliza Jane SPURGEON

Eliza Jane SPURGEON

Female 1850 - 1916  (66 years)


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  • Name Eliza Jane SPURGEON
    Birth 13 Mar 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      H. N. Davis (male), 26, farmer; G. (?) J. Davis (female), 26; E. J. Spurgeon (female), 10. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: Eliza Jane Spurgeon, daughter of Jeremiah Spurgeon and Rebecca Ann VanHorn, was the niece of Elsie Jane VanHorn Davis. Eliza's father had died in 1853, and her mother remarried Joseph Fleshter.
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 Dec 1916  Bear Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Cause: dropsy 
    Burial 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, 7] 
    Person ID I32236  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2021

    Father Jeremiah SPURGEON,   b. CA 1825, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1853, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 28 years)
    Mother Rebecca Ann VANHORN,   b. 28 Jun 1820   d. 25 Dec 1901, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F10944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Henry FLESHER,   b. 14 Nov 1850, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1934, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [8]
    Marriage 15 Aug 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Jefferson Lee FLESHER,   b. 7 Oct 1869   d. 26 Dec 1945 (Age 76 years)
    +2. Charles Jeremiah "Jerry" FLESHER,   b. 30 Sep 1871, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1944, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +3. Sigourney Jane FLESHER,   b. 25 Aug 1874, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1948, Sherman, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +4. Mary Esteline FLESHER,   b. 26 Nov 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1941, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +5. Melvena Elizabeth "Betty" FLESHER,   b. 11 Feb 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1976, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    +6. William Warrick FLESHER,   b. 12 Mar 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1955, Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +7. Joseph Lot FLESHER,   b. 3 Jun 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1964, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >8. Osa Rebecca "Ocie" FLESHER,   b. Jul 1885, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1977, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years)
     9. Ezra L. FLESHER,   b. 20 Feb 1888   d. 19 Sep 1909 (Age 21 years)
    >10. Bertha L. FLESHER,   b. 7 Nov 1890   d. Apr 1982 (Age 91 years)
    +11. Oscar Oliver FLESHER,   b. 15 Aug 1894, Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1978 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F12515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 47 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045011&Type=Death.
      Identified as Eliza Jane Flesher, white female, married; died Dec 10 1916, age 66y 9m 3d, cause of death dropsy.

    6. [S5] Headstone.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.