George Franklin Spurgeon
(1854-1901)
Sarah E. Cecil
(1840-1888)
Oscar Norman Spurgeon
(1879-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emma May Beeker
2. Nellie Venor Trexler

Oscar Norman Spurgeon 2 3

  • Born: 17 Jan 1879, Lexington, Davidson, NC 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Emma May Beeker on 9 Jul 1899 in , Rowan, NC 1
  • Marriage (2): Nellie Venor Trexler on 14 Nov 1903 in , Davidson, NC
  • Died: 3 Jul 1953, Raleigh, Wake, NC at age 74 2 3
  • Buried: Raleigh: Montlawn Memorial Park, Wake, NC 3

   FamilySearch ID: LK3W-JRG.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Salisbury Township, Rowan, NC. 4 The 1900 census recorded Oscar Spurgeon, brick mason, 21, born Jan 1879, married, nephew, living in the household of contractor James M. Cecil, 39, born Jun 1860, and his wife Ida J., 36, born Nov 1860. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.


Oscar married Emma May Beeker, daughter of Daniel Monroe Beeker and Helen Lunda Cornelison, on 9 Jul 1899 in , Rowan, NC.1 The marriage ended in divorce. (Emma May Beeker was born on 26 Apr 1885 in , Rowan, NC,5 died on 19 Jan 1925 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC 6 7 8 and was buried on 21 Jan 1925 in Greensboro: Green Hill Cemetery, Guilford, NC 5 6.)


Oscar next married Nellie Venor Trexler on 14 Nov 1903 in , Davidson, NC. (Nellie Venor Trexler was born in Sep 1884 in Lexington, Davidson, NC and died on 1 Apr 1924 in , Cabell, WV.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 (Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.), Oscar Spergeon m. 9 Jul 1899 Emma Beeker in Rowan County NC.

2 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 (North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.), Oscar Norman Spurgeon b. 17 Jan 1879 Lexington NC d. 3 Jul 1953 Raleigh NC father George Franklin Spurgeon mother Sarah Cecil.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112932647.

4 1900 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBL-91M.

5 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87777378.

6 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 (North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.), Certificate 307. 41-227. Emma May Hardy. Father Dan. Beeker. Mother Lunie Cornelison. Spouse H. P. Hardy.

7 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3HL-X88 Emma May Hardy, 19 Jan 1925; citing Greensboro, Guilford, N. C., reference fn 911 cn 307, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,457.

8 Greensboro Record (Greensboro, NC), 20 Jan 1925, page 2, obituary of Emma May Hardy.


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