John Lewis Spurgeon was born on 1. Mar. 1850 at Richland Twp., Clinton County, Ohio. He was the son of
John Spurgin and
Ann Ditmars. John Lewis Spurgeon married
Eliza Ann Cox on 6. Feb. 1881 at Lytton or Glidden, Iowa. John Lewis Spurgeon died on 3. May. 1938 at Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa, at age 88; heart problems. He was buried a 13. May. 1938 at Cottonwood Cemetery, Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa; (Taken from a newspaper obit.)
John Lewis Spurgeon
John Lewis Spurgeon was born March 1, 1850, in Clinton County, Ohio, and died at his home in Lake City May 3, 1938, at the age of 88 years, 2mo and
3days. Although he had enjoyed good health throughout his lifetime, Mr. Spurgeon had been suffering from a heart ailment the past winter. His death was
preceded by a paralytic stroke which occurred April 29.
Mr. Spurgeon's early childhood was spent in Ohio. His parents were John & Ann Spurgeon, and he lived in a family with 11 brothers and sisters. When he
was about eleven, the family moved to Linn County, Iowa. Then as a young man he went with them to Carroll County, where the Spurgeons settled on a farm
near Glidden.
Mr. Spurgeon was united in marriage Feb. 6, 1881 to Eliza Cox. After their marriage they, too, lived in the country near Glidden. It was not many years later, in 1890, that they took the family which was now theirs and began farming west of Lake City. On this place, which was known as the old Haynes farm, they made their home for some time. The middle period of their life was spent in the vicinity of Lake City. In March 1913, Mr. & Mrs. Spurgeon moved to the town of Lake City. Here they have lived ever since.
February 6 of this year this couple passed their 57th year of married life together. For 49 years they have lived in and around Lake City. Mr. Spurgeon, as his age indicates, was a pioneer. He was of the old stock, a settler in this country when it was quite new. One of his unique and fond memories was that of using oxen to help break and farm the land.
Mr. Spurgeon had one daughter who recently preceded him in death. There are left to mourn his wife; 4 sons: Arthur of Austin, Minn., Willard, Walter and
Floyd, all of Lake City; 15 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. A multitude of friends and old neighbors also pause to pay respect to a fine father, a good neighbor, and an honest man.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, with the Rev. Gaylord M. Couchman officiating. Burial was at Cottonwood
cemetery. (Taken from a newspaper obit.)
John Lewis Spurgeon
John Lewis Spurgeon was born March 1, 1850, in Clinton County, Ohio, and
died
at his home in Lake City May 3, 1938, at the age of 88 years, 2mo and
3days.
Although he had enjoyed good health throughout his lifetime, Mr. Spurgeon
had
been suffering from a heart ailment the past winter. His death was
preceded
by a paralytic stroke which occurred April 29.
Mr. Spurgeon's early childhood was spent in Ohio. His parents were John &
Ann
Spurgeon, and he lived in a family with 11 brothers and sisters. When he
was
about eleven, the family moved to Linn County, Iowa. Then as a young man
he
went with them to Carroll County, where the Spurgeons settled on a farm
near
Glidden.
Mr. Spurgeon was united in marriage Feb. 6, 1881 to Eliza Cox. After
their
marriage they, too, lived in the country near Glidden. It was not many
years
later, in 1890, that they took the family which was now theirs and began
farming west of Lake City. On this place, which was known as the old
Haynes
farm, they made their home for some time. The middle period of their life
was
spent in the vicinity of Lake City.
In March 1913, Mr. & Mrs. Spurgeon moved to the town of Lake City. Here
they
have lived ever since.
February 6 of this year this couple passed their 57th year of married
life
together. For 49 years they have lived in and around Lake City. Mr.
Spurgeon,
as his age indicates, was a pioneer. He was of the old stock, a settler
in
this country when it was quite new. One of his unique and fond memories
was
that of using oxen to help break and farm the land.
Mr. Spurgeon had one daughter who recently preceded him in death. There
are
left to mourn his wife; 4 sons: Arthur of Austin, Minn., Willard, Walter
and
Floyd, all of Lake City; 15 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. A
multitude of friends and old neighbors also pause to pay respect to a
fine
father, a good neighbor, and an honest man.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Presbyterian church,
with the Rev. Gaylord M. Couchman officiating. Burial was at Cottonwood
cemetery.
Source: Dorothy (Dotty )Cox-June 2000.