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Rachel SPURGEON

Rachel SPURGEON

Female 1847 - 1924  (76 years)

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  • Name Rachel SPURGEON 
    Born 12 Aug 1847  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1848, but death record states Aug 12 1847. Son's death record states his mother's birthplace as Toms Fork (Doddridge County), but her death record shows it as Gilmer County.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850, 1860  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1868  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 5 Mar 1924  Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I35482  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2021 

    Father George W. SPURGEON,   b. CA 1822, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1884  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Ruth Jane PEARCY,   b. CA 1824, Bedford Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1861, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Family ID F23356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William H. BODE,   b. Aug 1848, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1912  (Age ~ 64 years)  [3, 4] 
    Married 1868  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Identified as W. H. Body, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rachel Spurgeon, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Oct 3 1868 in Gilmer County. (Note: Husband's birthplace is given in 1850 Census as Maryland, and in his son's death record as Baltimore, Md. Husband's obituary states marriage date as December 1868. Although the typewritten ledger-style marriage record states Oct 3 1868, the entry is out of sequence, placed between marriages for Nov 12 and Dec 17 1868. The October date may thus actually be a clerical error.)
    Children 
    +1. George Henry BODE,   b. 9 Oct 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1941, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. William Frederick BODE,   b. 7 Oct 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1956, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +3. Nannie BODE,   b. 11 Sep 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1957, Sutton, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +4. Ruben Sylvanis BODE,   b. 7 Dec 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1954, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     5. India Flora "Floretta" BODE,   b. 1 May 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1929, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +6. Joanna BODE,   b. Mar 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1964, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
     7. Paris L. BODE,   b. 26 Mar 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1946, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +8. Emery Porter "Port" BODE,   b. 18 Aug 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1948, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     9. Sarah Elizabeth BODE,   b. 16 Jun 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1980  (Age 92 years)
    +10. Alfred Clarence BODE,   b. 25 Apr 1889, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1949, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F14039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV.

    3. [S1604] Death record of son.

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 14 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12408&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as W. H. Body, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rachel Spurgeon, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Oct 3 1868 in Gilmer County. (Note: Husband's birthplace is given in 1850 Census as Maryland, and in his son's death record as Baltimore, Md. Husband's obituary states marriage date as December 1868. Although the typewritten ledger-style marriage record states Oct 3 1868, the entry is out of sequence, placed between marriages for Nov 12 and Dec 17 1868. The October date may thus actually be a clerical error.)