Joel Sturgill

Brief Life History of Joel

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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Family Time Line

Joel Sturgill
1836–1920
Cynthia Maggard
1841–1890
Marriage: 1860
William Sturgill
1864–
Joshua Sturgill
1867–1876
Henry Benton Sturgill
1869–1913
Nancy Jane Sturgill
1871–1954
Elbert Sturgill
1873–1968
Isaac Newton Sturgill
1875–1960
Andrew Jackson Sturgill
1877–1919
John Patton Sturgill
1879–1967
Margaret Elizabeth Sturgill
1881–1960
Luther Sturgill
1883–1889
Lisa Sturgill
1884–
James Willard Sturgill
1886–1967
Matilda V. Sturgill
1889–

Sources (73)

  • Joel Sturgeon in household of Andrew Sturgeon, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Joel, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Joel Sturgill, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1856 · Name change

Name changed from Big Glades to Gladesville in 1856.

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

Name Meaning

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 ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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