1833 - 1910 (77 years)
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Name |
James Harvey Sperry |
Title |
Capt. |
Born |
27 Nov 1833 |
Lawrence Co, KY |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
4 Dec 1910 |
Lincoln Co, WV |
Buried |
Parsner Creek, Lincoln Co, Wv |
Person ID |
I13481 |
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Last Modified |
15 Feb 2018 |
Father |
Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Sr., b. 19 Aug 1803, Tazewell Co, VA , d. 18 Dec 1883, Lawrence Co, KY (Age 80 years) |
Mother |
Nancy Canterbury, b. 12 May 1808, Greenup Co, KY , d. 5 Jan 1878, Lawrence Co, KY (Age 69 years) |
Married |
24 Sep 1825 |
Lawrence Co, KY |
Documents
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| Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Sr. & Nancy Canterbury - Marriage Information
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| 1840-KY Census, --, Lawrence Co, KY << View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Abijah Sperry Family
• Thomas Rudolph Sperry Family |
| 1850-KY Census, --, Lawrence Co, KY << View United States Federal Census Help >>
Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Sr. & Nancy Canterbury with children |
| 1860-KY Census, Louisa, Lawrence Co, KY << View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Sr. & Nancy Canterbury with children
• Benjamin Sperry & Lucinda Price |
| 1870-KY Census, Louisa, Precinct 1, Lawrence Co, KY << View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Capt. James Harvey Sperry & Mahala Brown with children
• Jacob W. Sperry
• Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Sr. & Nancy Canterbury |
Family ID |
F407 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Susannah Workman, b. 1838, KY , d. 13 Jun 1890, Greenup, Greenup Co, KY (Age 52 years) |
Married |
6 Feb 1855 |
Lawrence Co, KY |
Divorced |
Apr 1866 |
Children |
| 1. Colonel Sperry, b. 1855 |
| 2. Laurie Jane Sperry, b. 6 Mar 1857, Blaine, Lawrence Co, KY , d. 4 Jun 1938 (Age 81 years) |
+ | 3. Jacob W. Sperry, b. 31 Jan 1859, Blaine, Lawrence Co, KY , d. 17 Mar 1930, Boyd Co, KY (Age 71 years) |
| 4. Catherine Sperry, b. 1860, d. 1944 (Age 84 years) |
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Documents |
| 1860-KY Census, Catlettsburg, Boyd Co, KY << View United States Federal Census Help >>
Capt. James Harvey Sperry & Susannah Workman with children |
Last Modified |
14 Feb 2018 |
Family ID |
F401 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Mahala Brown, b. 28 Feb 1849, Boyd Co, KY , d. 1 Oct 1922, Bernie, Jefferson District, Lincoln Co, WV (Age 73 years) |
Married |
24 Mar 1867 |
Lawrence Co, KY |
Children |
| 1. Clarinda Sperry, b. Abt 1867, KY |
| 2. Richard W. Sperry, b. Abt 1869, KY |
| 3. Eugene Sperry, b. Abt 1870, KY |
| 4. Theodore Sperry, b. Abt 1872, KY |
| 5. Foster Jedeniah Sperry, b. 26 Mar 1873, KY , d. 4 Jun 1950, Whitman, Logan Co, WV (Age 77 years) |
| 6. Belle Sperry, b. Abt 1876, KY |
| 7. Samuel Sperry, b. Jan 1880, OH |
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Documents
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| James Harvey Sperry & Mahala Brown - Marriage Record
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| 1870-KY Census, Louisa, Precinct 1, Lawrence Co, KY << View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Capt. James Harvey Sperry & Mahala Brown with children
• Jacob W. Sperry
• Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Sr. & Nancy Canterbury |
| 1880-OH Census, Ironton, Ward 4, Lawrence Co, OH << View United States Federal Census Help >>
• Capt. James Harvey Sperry & Mahala Brown with children
• Jacob W. Sperry |
Last Modified |
14 Feb 2018 |
Family ID |
F402 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 19 November 1861. Enlisted in Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 10 December 1861. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 11 August 1864. Promoted to Full Captain on 1 July 1865. Mustered out Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 15 September 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky. Was grazed in the head by a bullet during the battle for the control of the Cumberland Gap in Tazewell, Tennessee. On the 1890 Veteran Census he's living in Culberson, Boyd County and census notes say, "Gunshot in head and side of head." Obituary: "Capt. J. H. Sperry, one of the most prominent pioneer citizens of the county, died at his home near Palermo, Sunday (December 4, 1910), as the result of sudden stroke of paralasys. "Captain" Sperry was a man of great principle; honest, industrious and every ready to extend a helping hand to the unfortune and needy; a good neighbor, an excellent citizen and truly may it be said, the county has sustained a great loss - the people a sincere friend. Mr. Sperry was one of the great multitude of brave men who wore the blue through the Civil war and assisted in preserving the Union. We knew him as a man who always denounced wrong and upheld and praised the right, and having closed his earthly career at the age of 78 years, we feel that his race has been run well, and that God has said "Well done thou good and faithful servant," and has called him to enter into that never perishing home of the happiness." Source: "Lincoln Republican", Hamlin, (Lincoln County) West Virginia, Thursday, December 8, 1910. (Vol. VIII. No. 1)
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