Margaret (Wright) Sprugeon

SPURGEON, WRIGHT

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/13/2004 at 21:52:41

Margaret Spurgeon, Walnut twp., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Peru; widow of Phillip Spurgeon, who was born in Sullivan county, East Tennessee, May 30, 1811; Mrs. Spurgeon's maiden name was Wright; they were married May 5, 1836; she was born in the same county June 20, 1818; They came to Iowa and located in Warren county in the spring of 1847; removed into this county in the spring of 1859; Mr. Spurgeon died June 1, 1873, and left five sons and six daughters: Mary, Sarah, John, William, Ellen, David, Joseph, Hattie, Sinclair, Mattie and Isabel; owns 274 acres of land.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" pages 564, 565