David Sturgill

Male1846–1 January 1868

Brief Life History of David

When David Sturgill was born in 1846, in Wise, Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Sturgill, was 36 and his mother, Nancy Booth, was 31. He lived in Lee, Lee, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 1 January 1868, in Wise, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 22.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Sturgill
1810–1890
Nancy Booth
1815–1893
William Sturgill
1831–1862
Sarah Sturgill
1856–
Franklin Sturgill
1859–
Francis Sturgeon
1833–
Sarah Sturgill
1834–1914
Joel Sturgill
1836–1920
Drusilla Sturgill
1840–
Jemima Sturgill
1841–1933
John Tucker Sturgill
1843–1917
James Sturgill
1846–1932
David Sturgill
1846–1868
Elizabeth Sturgill
1849–1926
Francis Sturgill
1854–1927
Mariah Ann Sturgill
1856–1925
Calvin Sturgill
1859–
Fanny Sturgill
1861–

Sources (5)

  • David Sturgeon in household of Andrew Sturgeon, "United States Census, 1850"
  • David Sturgill in household of Andrew Sturgill, "United States Census, 1860"
  • David Sturgill, "Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"

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Siblings (16)

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World Events (6)

1846

Age 0

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

1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established

Age 1

Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

Age 15

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

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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