Jonathan
Spurgeon
Born in Doddridge, Monongalia, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Spurgeon
and Elizabeth Farmer
Brother of
Drucilla Spurgeon, Lina (Spurgeon) Casteel, Malinda (Spurgeon) Casteel, Jesse Spurgeon, Catherine (Spurgeon) Kelley, Keziah Spurgeon and Elizabeth Spurgeon
Husband of
Ruth Jeffreys
— married
1807 in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Husband of
Elizabeth Catherine Schmell
— married
25 Dec 1816 in Springfield, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Father of
James Spurgeon, Elizabeth Spurgeon, John William Spurgeon, Phillip Spurgeon, Jesse Spurgeon, George W. Spurgeon, Elizabeth Spurgeon, Mary Ann (Spurgeon) Lowther, Jeremiah Spurgeon, Catherine (Spurgeon) Ahart and Rachel Spurgeon
Died
at about age 66
in Cove Creek, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2014
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Biography
- Jonathan Spurgeon was born in 1787 in Doddridge, Virginia to James and Elizabeth (Farmer) Spurgeon. He married Ruth Jeffreys about 1808 in Doddridge, Virginia. They were the parents of an unnamed son (born 1806), James (1808-1878), Elizabeth (1810-1894), John William (1813-1908), an unnamed infant (born and died in 1814), He married Elizabeth Catherine Schmell on September 25, 1816 in Monongalia, Virginia. They were the parents of Charles (born 1817), Philip (1818-1872), Jesse (1819-1889), Mary Ann (1822-1916), George W. (1823-1884), Elizabeth (born 1824), Jeremiah (1825-1853), Catharine (1826-1911), and Rachel (born 1830). Jonathan died in 1853 at the age of about 66 in Cove Creek, West Virginia, and was buried in Boyce Cemetery in Doddridge, West Virginia.
- Fact: Residence (1850) Doddridge, Doddridge, Virginia, United States
- Fact: Burial (1853) Boyce Cemetery, Doddridge, Virginia, United States
Sources
- 1840 Census:Year: 1840; Census Place: Preston, Virginia; Roll: 572; Page: 229; Family History Library Film: 0029690
- 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M881-8Z8 : 23 December 2020), Jonathan Spurgin, Doddridge, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z5T-8X5S : 15 June 2022), Jonathan Spurgeon, ; Burial, , Doddridge, West Virginia, United States, Boyce Cemetery; citing record ID 223796766, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #223796766.
- Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 August 2021, 13:32), entry for Jonathan Spurgeon (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2W7J-PND ); contributed by various users.
- Marriage: "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-NXMZ : 30 September 2021), Jonathan Spurgeon and Catherine Snider, 1816.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jonathan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jonathan:
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~1.56%
William Biggs
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member reddybiggs2
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~1.56%
Rebecca Vogler :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A137763 [compare], Ancestry member rebeccasplain
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~1.56%
L (Shellhart) S :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A361935 [compare], Ancestry member Lshellhart
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~0.78%
Dave Thomas :
23andMe
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