When Joel Sturgill was born on 16 February 1836, in Lee, Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Sturgill, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Booth, was 20. He married Cynthia Maggard in 1860, in Wise, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 4, Cumberland, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Cumberland, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 November 1920, in Letcher, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Eolia, Letcher, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name changed from Big Glades to Gladesville in 1856.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Altered form of English Stodgell . See also Stogdell . Compare Stargell , Sturgell , Sturghill , and Sturgeon 2.
History: The ancestor of the Sturgills, Sturgils, Sturghills, Sturgells, Stargel(l)s, etc. was John Stogdell (originally Stodgell) from Somerset, England (see Stogdell ).
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