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John Milton Watkins Spurgeon[1]

Male 1836 - 1903  (67 years)


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  • Name John Milton Watkins Spurgeon 
    Born May 08, 1836  Putnam county, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died May 18, 1903 
    Buried Service Chapel Cemetery, Bluff Creek, Monroe county, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in Row 5.
    Notes 
    • Served in the Union in the Civil War from 1861 until 1865 (enlistment record shows age 26y 10m on FEB 22 1864).
      1880 Census, Monroe County, Iowa Bluff Creek Twp, #330-334
      (note: #329-333 is Simeon & Nancy Jane Beedle's.)
      SPURGEON, JOHN, 44, IN, farmer, KY, KY
      SPURGEON, NANCY, 46, IN, Wife, OH, VA, cannot read/write
      MASTERS, THOMAS J., 24, IN, Stepson, KY, IN
      MASTERS, HENSEN, 21, IA, Stepson, IN, IN
      MASTERS, DAVID, 19, IN, Stepson, IN, IN
      SPURGEON, LYDIA ANN, 13, IA, Daughter, IN, IN
      SPURGEON, SUSAN M., 10, IA, Daughter, IN, IN
      SPURGEON, DORA E., 7, IA, Daughter, IN, IN
      SPURGEON, LEONA C., 5, IA, Daughter, IN, IN
          Pauline SALE (see BINDER):  "Nancy had a brother, John Milton Spurgeon, born May 9, 1836, died May 18, 1903, buried at Service Chapel.  He served in the Union Army from 1861 to 1865.  Don't think he ever married."
          Simeon BEEDLE, John's sister Nancy Jane Spurgeon BEEDLE and her husband Simeon W. BEEDLE named one of their sons after him -- John Milton BEEDLE.
    Person ID I9077  mykindred
    Last Modified Feb 6, 2003 

    Father John M. (Milton ?) Spurgeon (Spurgin \ en),   b. Sep 15, 1792, Bourbon county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 01, 1863, Monroe county, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Rebecka \ Rebecca Harrison,   b. Nov 20, 1795 OR 1798, Mason county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 31, 1863, Bluff Creek, Albia, Monroe county, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married Apr 19, 1826  Vanceburg, Lewis county, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Lewis County Kentucky Marriages: books A, B, C;  4/19/1826 (lic), Cuthbert Harrison (security), No Retn, her name as Rebeca Watkins. This was John Spurgeon's 2nd marriage also.
    Family ID F3175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Masterson,   d. Y 
    Married Jun 15, 1857 
    Family ID F3180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Heitmann, Patricia A.

    2. [S135] 1880 US federal census, Harrison Cty, Iowa, age 44.

    3. [S133] Kentucky, Lewis County Marriage records 1806-1851.
      books A, B, C; 4/19/1826 (lic), Cuthbert Harrison (security), No Retn, her name as Rebeca Watkins. date given as 1-8-1826, repeated several times.

    4. [S138] Stenzel, Dianne; FTM -- vol. 5.