James David Sturgill 1855–1917 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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James David Sturgill, 1855–1917 (aged 62 years)

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James David Sturgill

Name: James David /Sturgill/
Surname: Sturgill
Given names: James David
Nickname: Dave

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 28 May 1816 35 32 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 1839 Marriage: 27 July 1879 Marriage: 23 July 1887 Death: 22 July 1901 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 235 Reference number: 141 Unique identifier: 55AA3A8AA66A3E4FB80E0ACB6910E2CB21B5 Reference number: 142 Unique identifier: 4D93D8EC5A765F4AA7095EE0664AEB8C32B6 Reference number: 143 Unique identifier: DF8524F23A1F054DA8413F0A6762DFF4F318 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susan Hewlin Jane Sturgill Rebecca Sturgill Elizabeth Sturgill Mary Jane Sturgill Sarah Sturgill Martha Sturgill William Daniel Sturgill James David Sturgill Susan Matilda Sturgill Family with spouse Elizabeth Richardson Baldwin Family with spouse Ann Richardson James Sturgill Jr 1816–1901 Birth: 28 May 1816 35 32 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 22 July 1901 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
mother	Links Birth: 24 July 1814 Marriage: 1839 Death: 19 December 1869 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 259 Reference number: 141 Unique identifier: 55AA3A8AA66A3E4FB80E0ACB6910E2CB21B5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Sturgill Jr Jane Sturgill Rebecca Sturgill Elizabeth Sturgill Mary Jane Sturgill Sarah Sturgill Martha Sturgill William Daniel Sturgill James David Sturgill Susan Matilda Sturgill Susan Hewlin 1814–1869 Birth: 24 July 1814 Death: 19 December 1869 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 1839 —
21 months elder sister	Links Birth: 4 October 1840 24 26 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 1860 Death: 1 July 1911 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 273 Reference number: 156 Unique identifier: 716E595162737B45B9889B3151A294984A42 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joshua Richardson John Richardson James Lee Richardson Mary Elizabeth Richardson Solomon Cox Richardson Jane Sturgill 1840–1911 Birth: 4 October 1840 24 26 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 1 July 1911 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
10 months elder sister	Links Birth: 20 July 1841 25 26 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 18 November 1866 Death: 10 April 1902 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 307 Reference number: 174 Unique identifier: 2773EB2C4E44F14EBE5C94E1BABBC5418C34 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John S. Parsons William F. Parsons James Parsons Susan Elizabeth Parsons Sarah Jane Parsons Rebecca Sturgill 1841–1902 Birth: 20 July 1841 25 26 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 10 April 1902 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: 9 June 1844 28 29 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 5 January 1928 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 275 Reference number: 157 Unique identifier: 30EA7D173A962A4D95CABD41C2B39921818F Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Robert M. Lane Leander Lane James Lane William M Lane Cleophatia Lane Octavia Lane Robert Lee Lane Virginia V. Lane Flora Lane Elizabeth Sturgill 1844–1928 Birth: 9 June 1844 28 29 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 5 January 1928 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
18 months elder sister	Links Birth: 6 December 1845 29 31 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 29 September 1871 Death: 6 May 1928 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Piney Creek, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 276 Reference number: 158 Unique identifier: CD1EA53500DB034AA5D54231737BA5026F6F Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John A. Vannoy James P. Vannoy Alverti Vannoy Susan Vannoy Mary Jane Sturgill 1845–1928 Birth: 6 December 1845 29 31 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 6 May 1928 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: 20 August 1848 32 34 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 20 July 1877 Death: 26 January 1929 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 277 Reference number: 159 Unique identifier: CCF7704A48E6F2489D30D00E233D42E1135F Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Evander E. Wyatt William J Wyatt Rebecca Ann Wyatt James Everett Wyatt Cordia Wyatt Edward Treely Wyatt Robert N. Wyatt John S. Wyatt Dora D. Wyatt Sarah Sturgill 1848–1929 Birth: 20 August 1848 32 34 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 26 January 1929 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: 7 August 1850 34 36 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: Smyth County, Virginia, USA Death: Reference number: 279 Reference number: 161 Unique identifier: 6DCC1AF4D1574940933495DEA2AB2E01AEF5 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Pierce Jefferson Pierce Frank Pierce Ephriam Pierce Joshua Pierce Loretta Pierce Sarah Pierce George Pierce John Pierce Martha Sturgill 1850–… Birth: 7 August 1850 34 36 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death:
2 years elder brother	Links Birth: 11 November 1852 36 38 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 25 December 1875 Death: 8 September 1920 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 278 Reference number: 160 Unique identifier: 8F610B702FF2E14ABCBA20D5D375BB587D3F Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Vaught Josephine Sturgill Charles Sturgill Flora Sturgill James Oscar Sturgill John Wiley Sturgill Annie Sturgill Jane Sturgill Maggie Sturgill Vester Sturgill Adam Sturgill … Sturgill Dennis McKnight Sturgill William Daniel Sturgill 1852–1920 Birth: 11 November 1852 36 38 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 8 September 1920 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
2 years himself	Links Birth: 25 February 1855 38 40 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: February 1875 Death: 11 March 1917 Reference number: 280 Reference number: 162 Unique identifier: 966521365F23364DA3274FDA5DBC259D2571 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes Alice Sturgill Inez Sturgill William Byrum Sturgill David Bruce Sturgill James David Sturgill 1855–1917 Birth: 25 February 1855 38 40 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 11 March 1917
6 years younger sister	Links Birth: 11 October 1860 44 46 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 23 December 1877 Death: 18 January 1946 Reference number: 281 Reference number: 163 Unique identifier: FDD3081D8C9B7540AC84CD63DFE0D9743D1C Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Marshal Crawford Roupe Cordelia Sarah Roupe James Calvin Roupe Jacob B. Roupe Anna Jane Roupe William Cebert Roupe Nevada T Roupe Victoria A. Roupe Mary Elizabeth Roupe Fredolen V. Roupe … Roupe … Roupe … Roupe Susan Matilda Sturgill 1860–1946 Birth: 11 October 1860 44 46 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 18 January 1946

Father’s family with Elizabeth Richardson Baldwin
father	Links Birth: 28 May 1816 35 32 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 1839 Marriage: 27 July 1879 Marriage: 23 July 1887 Death: 22 July 1901 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 235 Reference number: 141 Unique identifier: 55AA3A8AA66A3E4FB80E0ACB6910E2CB21B5 Reference number: 142 Unique identifier: 4D93D8EC5A765F4AA7095EE0664AEB8C32B6 Reference number: 143 Unique identifier: DF8524F23A1F054DA8413F0A6762DFF4F318 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susan Hewlin Jane Sturgill Rebecca Sturgill Elizabeth Sturgill Mary Jane Sturgill Sarah Sturgill Martha Sturgill William Daniel Sturgill James David Sturgill Susan Matilda Sturgill Family with spouse Elizabeth Richardson Baldwin Family with spouse Ann Richardson James Sturgill Jr 1816–1901 Birth: 28 May 1816 35 32 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 22 July 1901 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
stepmother	Links Birth: 1832 Marriage: 27 July 1879 Death: 1885 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 262 Reference number: 142 Unique identifier: 4D93D8EC5A765F4AA7095EE0664AEB8C32B6 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Sturgill Jr Elizabeth Richardson Baldwin 1832–1885 Birth: 1832 Death: 1885 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 27 July 1879 —

Father’s family with Ann Richardson
father	Links Birth: 28 May 1816 35 32 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: 1839 Marriage: 27 July 1879 Marriage: 23 July 1887 Death: 22 July 1901 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 235 Reference number: 141 Unique identifier: 55AA3A8AA66A3E4FB80E0ACB6910E2CB21B5 Reference number: 142 Unique identifier: 4D93D8EC5A765F4AA7095EE0664AEB8C32B6 Reference number: 143 Unique identifier: DF8524F23A1F054DA8413F0A6762DFF4F318 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susan Hewlin Jane Sturgill Rebecca Sturgill Elizabeth Sturgill Mary Jane Sturgill Sarah Sturgill Martha Sturgill William Daniel Sturgill James David Sturgill Susan Matilda Sturgill Family with spouse Elizabeth Richardson Baldwin Family with spouse Ann Richardson James Sturgill Jr 1816–1901 Birth: 28 May 1816 35 32 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 22 July 1901 — Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
stepmother	Links Birth: 18 January 1841 Marriage: 23 July 1887 Death: 10 March 1919 Burial: Cranberry, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 263 Reference number: 143 Unique identifier: DF8524F23A1F054DA8413F0A6762DFF4F318 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Sturgill Jr Ann Richardson 1841–1919 Birth: 18 January 1841 Death: 10 March 1919
Marriage	Marriage — 23 July 1887 —

Family with Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes
himself	Links Birth: 25 February 1855 38 40 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Marriage: February 1875 Death: 11 March 1917 Reference number: 280 Reference number: 162 Unique identifier: 966521365F23364DA3274FDA5DBC259D2571 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes Alice Sturgill Inez Sturgill William Byrum Sturgill David Bruce Sturgill James David Sturgill 1855–1917 Birth: 25 February 1855 38 40 — Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Death: 11 March 1917
wife	Links Birth: 28 October 1852 30 28 Marriage: February 1875 Death: 22 April 1932 Burial: Piney Creek, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 297 Reference number: 162 Unique identifier: 966521365F23364DA3274FDA5DBC259D2571 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James David Sturgill Alice Sturgill Inez Sturgill William Byrum Sturgill David Bruce Sturgill Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes 1852–1932 Birth: 28 October 1852 30 28 Death: 22 April 1932
Marriage	Marriage — February 1875 —
1 year daughter	Links Birth: 27 January 1876 20 23 Marriage: 6 February 1895 Death: 14 September 1913 Reference number: 301 Reference number: 171 Unique identifier: C9751C0A753E054EBE0FB3E94F9CEB5B04E4 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William F. Parsons Alice Sturgill 1876–1913 Birth: 27 January 1876 20 23 Death: 14 September 1913
22 months daughter	Links Birth: 1 December 1877 22 25 Marriage: 20 May 1903 Death: 3 July 1913 Reference number: 302 Reference number: 172 Unique identifier: 2472998EF03260439996288AE9510928CE58 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mack F. Gilham Inez Sturgill 1877–1913 Birth: 1 December 1877 22 25 Death: 3 July 1913
21 months son	Links Birth: 18 August 1879 24 26 Marriage: 15 September 1900 Death: 17 March 1948 Reference number: 303 Reference number: 173 Unique identifier: 323EA331B7936C4B8CFC059DCEE5279FE830 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Laura Anna Parsons William Byrum Sturgill 1879–1948 Birth: 18 August 1879 24 26 Death: 17 March 1948
10 years son	Links Birth: 21 April 1889 34 36 Death: 5 November 1957 — Piney Creek, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Piney Creek, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Reference number: 304 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Annie Ruth Weaver James Thomas Sturgill Hazel Ruth Sturgill David Andrew Sturgill Bytha Nora Sturgill Alice Elizabeth Sturgill David Bruce Sturgill 1889–1957 Birth: 21 April 1889 34 36 Death: 5 November 1957 — Piney Creek, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA

Events of close relatives
Birth	25 February 1855 38 40 Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Death of a paternal grandfather	James Sturgill Sr 9 July 1855
Birth of a sister	Susan Matilda Sturgill 11 October 1860 Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Death of a paternal grandmother	Mary Herring 4 September 1864
Death of a mother	Susan Hewlin 19 December 1869 Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Marriage	Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes — View this family February 1875 (aged 19 years)
Birth of a daughter	Alice Sturgill 27 January 1876
Birth of a daughter	Inez Sturgill 1 December 1877
Marriage of a parent	James Sturgill Jr — Elizabeth Richardson Baldwin — View this family 27 July 1879
Birth of a son	William Byrum Sturgill 18 August 1879
Marriage of a parent	James Sturgill Jr — Ann Richardson — View this family 23 July 1887
Birth of a son	David Bruce Sturgill 21 April 1889
Marriage of a daughter	William F. Parsons — Alice Sturgill — View this family 6 February 1895
Marriage of a son	William Byrum Sturgill — Laura Anna Parsons — View this family 15 September 1900
Death of a father	James Sturgill Jr 22 July 1901 Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Death of a sister	Rebecca Sturgill 10 April 1902 Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Marriage of a daughter	Mack F. Gilham — Inez Sturgill — View this family 20 May 1903
Death of a sister	Jane Sturgill 1 July 1911 Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Death of a daughter	Inez Sturgill 3 July 1913
Death of a daughter	Alice Sturgill 14 September 1913
Burial of a father	James Sturgill Jr Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Cemetery: South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
Burial of a mother	Susan Hewlin Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA Cemetery: South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
Death	11 March 1917 (aged 62 years)
Reference number	280
Reference number	Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes — View this family 162
Unique identifier	9C9BA02F2D02764AA3B3E3E68480B1A56EC4
Last change	21 April 2013 – 23:13:51 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	James was born in a log cabin on the south fork of New River at the mouth of Kings creek in Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA. He grew up during the reconstruction period following the civil war and had little opportunity to get an education or to obtain any property. After he married Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes, a daughter of the only Doctor in the area, she taught him to read and write and during the winters following he walked across the Blue Ridge mountains to attend the old Trap Hill Academy. He paid for his first farm by cutting coke wood for the Ore Knob coppermine and then became an active stock breeder specializing in fine saddle and carriage horses which brought premium prices. His first farm was soon followed by another and among his other enterpizes he became a land speculator, owning more than 5000 acres of land at one time or another during his life. He was a big man at 6' 4" & 240 lb and some have said that he was a hard man. It should be remembered that he grew up during the roughest period the south has ever experienced and a man had to be tough to even survive much less to prosper as he did. He became a community leader and was active in the Baptist Church, the Masonic Order and the Republican party. He died two weeks after I [David Andrew Sturgill] was born and I never knew him but I am proud to be his grandson and to carry on his name. James, his wife and all his children were buried in the Piney Creek Cemetery.

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James was born in a log cabin on the south fork of New River at the mouth of Kings creek in Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA. He grew up during the reconstruction period following the civil war and had little opportunity to get an education or to obtain any property. After he married Tobytha Amanda Fowlkes, a daughter of the only Doctor in the area, she taught him to read and write and during the winters following he walked across the Blue Ridge mountains to attend the old Trap Hill Academy.

He paid for his first farm by cutting coke wood for the Ore Knob coppermine and then became an active stock breeder specializing in fine saddle and carriage horses which brought premium prices. His first farm was soon followed by another and among his other enterpizes he became a land speculator, owning more than 5000 acres of land at one time or another during his life.

He was a big man at 6' 4" & 240 lb and some have said that he was a hard man. It should be remembered that he grew up during the roughest period the south has ever experienced and a man had to be tough to even survive much less to prosper as he did. He became a community leader and was active in the Baptist Church, the Masonic Order and the Republican party. He died two weeks after I [David Andrew Sturgill] was born and I never knew him but I am proud to be his grandson and to carry on his name. James, his wife and all his children were buried in the Piney Creek Cemetery.