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- Note on Find a Grave:
2nd wife of John Sturgill.
May have married in Letcher Cty. Ky before moving to Wise Cty. Va.
Two children from this marriage.
May be buried here in Wise with husband on their farm.
Children:
Aramenta b 1856
Lidy b. 1860
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- LKH note:
1860 census, Letcher County, Kentucky
John Stergill, 79, b. Virginia
Jane Stergil, 24. b. Virginia
Arminda J. Stergil, 6, b. Kentucky
Lidy Stergil, 3 months, b. Kentucky
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- LKH note:
Only able to trace Jane "Jenny" to one record, the 1860 census, and her entry on Find a Grave.
This Virginia Deaths & Burials Index may be another clue as it lists John Sturgill and Jane Sturgill as parents of John Sturgill, b. 1863 in Kentucky and died 1885 in Wise County, Virginia which is the county in which Jane is buried.
Name John Sturgill
Birth Date abt 1863
Birth Place Kentucky
Death Date 25 Oct 1885
Death Place Wise, Virginia
Death Age 22
Occupation Teacher
Race White
Marital Status Single
Gender Male
Father Name John Sturgill
Mother Name Jane Sturgill
FHL Film Number 2048588
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- The Sturgill Family in America: A preliminary history. David Andrew Sturgill, 1960.
page 20.
Descendants of Francis Sturgill Sr. and Rebecca Hash
All children of Francis and Rebecca except Nancy born in Grayson Co. Va.
1) John Sturgill, Born 1779. Died 1865, Wise County, Va.
Married Jemima Wells, daughter of Zacharia Wells, about 1799. Lived in Grayson Co. Va. 1800-1812. Farm at mouth of Wilson Creek and New River. Moved to Wise Co. about 1812-15. Moved to Harlan Co. Ky. about 1845. Married second wife Jane ___ about 1855 and moved back to Wise Co. Buried at Crackers Neck near Dig Stone Gap Va. Jemima born 1882. Died 1854.
LKH note: typo. Text shows Jemima born 1782 - it should be 1802.
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