Parents: Mary Arnold and Jesse Spruill
First wife: Frances "Fannie" Bolton Hathaway (m July 5, 1821 in Tyrrell County, NC)
US Census, 1850 Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina: HOH James A Spruill age 56; Hester A Spruill age 13; William Kennedy age 7; Methodist clergyman Henry Gray age 50. All residents born in NC.
US Census, 1860 Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina: HOH James A Spruill age 67; William C Puckett age 31; Hester Puckett age 23; James T Puckett age 6; William Puckett age 4. All residents born in NC.
Death: North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 AND Tyrrell County, North Carolina Probate Records http://www.ncgenweb.us/tyrrell/SPRL1866.HTM
Source for all of the above: Ancestry.com (online database)
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