William Rufus Spurlin (1833 - 1899)

Born 4 Aug 1833 in Arkansas Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 6 May 1899 at age 65 in Bell, Texas, United States

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Biography

William was born 4 AUG 1833.

William married mary Jane Blodgett Spurlin (1845-1921) on 9 MAY 1861 in Bell Co., TX

William's occupation was listed as a Blacksmith, farmer

William passed away 7 MAY 1899^[1][2]

OBITUARY:

W. R. Spurlin was born in the state of Arkansas, A. D. 1833, died at Brookhaven, Texas, with cancer of the stomach May 6th, 1899. His remains were followed by a large concourse of friends and relatives to the Sugar Loaf cemetery, where it was buried May 7th. Rev. Abbott officiated in the burial services in a tender and very affective manner. Truly it can be said Bro. Spurlin is resting in peace. He was a good neighbor, kind affectionate husband and father, a christian in deed and in truth. "Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life."

Notes

William ran a freight line, pulled by oxen, between the port of Jefferson, TX, and Austin TX. He did his own blacksmithing. For this he received .00 per hundred freight. In 1854 he settled in Bell County [SW of Dallas] where there were still quite a few of the Indians living. William fought in the Civil War, enlisting Jan 15, 1862 and receiving a disability discharge at Washington, AR on May 28, 1862. During his service he received the rank of Corporal on Mar. 24, and served as such until his medical discharge via surgeon's recommendation. He was a member of Dameron's raiders, 18th Cavalry.

[These notes are from Paula Spurlin Sisson]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #50577957 - with photo of headstone
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MT-LFZ : 13 March 2018), William R Spurlin in entry for George E Spurlin, 15 Jan 1969; citing certificate number 01995, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,258.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Stephanie Yarbrough for creating WikiTree profile Spurlin-53 through the import of spurlin-mcgehee.ged on Feb 7, 2013.