James Sperry Sr. and Sarah Ferguson

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Husband James Sperry Sr. [2511]

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      Born: 23 Dec 1779 - , Waterbury, New Haven, CT ^{1 2 3 4 5}
 Christened:
      Died: 19 Jan 1842 - , Coal Grove, Lawrence, OH ^{1 2 6 7 8 9 10}
     Buried: 1842 - Bruce Graveyard, Little Ice Creek, Lawrence, OH ^{1 11}

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Father: Samuel Sperry Jr. [2659] (Abt 1730-1801)
Mother: Mary Roberts [4119] (1735-)

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    Married: - , Haverhill, Scioto, OH ^{5 12}

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Other
Spouse: Elizabeth Rowley [2510] (Abt 1790-1866) - 12 May 1826 - , , Lawrence, OH ^{11 12 13 14 15}

More records for this person:
Military, War of 1812, soldier of the Ohio Militia, 13 Jul 1813
Will ¹⁶, 16 Apr 1842 - , , Lawrence, OH
Other references ^{11 17 18 19}

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Wife Sarah Ferguson [2660] ⁵

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AKA: Sarah Furgeson
      Born: Abt 1782 - , Hanging Rock, Lawrence, OH ⁵
 Christened:
      Died: 1824-1826 ⁵
     Buried:

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Children

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1 M James Sperry Jr. [4118]

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      Born: Abt 1818 ^{5 12}
 Christened:
      Died: 17 Oct 1864 - , , Davis, IA ^{12 20}
     Buried:

1 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

2 L1899.1. Rowley-Sperry Family Memoirs, (letter) by Thomas Rowley Sperry, 1899, California written to George Steele Skilton (6 pp); papers compiled by George Steele Skilton; on file at Whitney Library, New Haven, CT (Mss. No. B35, Box XIX, Folder J, letter dated 15 Oct. 1899.)

3 L1981.1. 'Sperry Family Genealogy' ( aka Sperry Family Collection, 1839-1981, Document Number 3), (manuscript) by Donald Lines Jacobus; with papers by Skilton, George Steele; kept with Skilton's papers on file at Whitney Library, New Haven, CT (Mss. No. B35, Box II, Folder C, pp. 16-17, 627-628 and 1162-3.); also available scan at http://newhavenmuseum.org/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=igcategory&id=225&Itemid=94, abt 1778.

4 M062. Skelton Family Genealogy File (Gedcom), (database) A Gedcom Genealogy computer file, by Skelton, Earl, compiler, Washington D.C, 1999; A digital copy is in my computer files, abt 1778.

5 "Tree Tracer", Rootsweb Family Tree (genealogy) by Caroline Marshall Hall Stanton, compiler, database "emerson-milam" (Aug. 2006); published on the internet by the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=rompina&surname=Sperry.

6 A161. Lawrence County Administration Records, 1840s (OH), V. ?, 1842 Apr 16, "James Sperry's Will";, kept by the Lawrence County Probate Court; duplicates at Ohio University Libraries, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, abt 1842.

7 B200. History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, by Guinn, J.M, compiler (The Chapman Publishng Co.: Chicago IL, 1906), abt 1842.

8 L1981.1. 'Sperry Family Genealogy' ( aka Sperry Family Collection, 1839-1981, Document Number 3), (manuscript) by Donald Lines Jacobus; with papers by Skilton, George Steele; kept with Skilton's papers on file at Whitney Library, New Haven, CT (Mss. No. B35, Box II, Folder C, pp. 16-17, 627-628 and 1162-3.); also available scan at http://newhavenmuseum.org/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=igcategory&id=225&Itemid=94, abt 1842.

9 M062. Skelton Family Genealogy File (Gedcom), (database) A Gedcom Genealogy computer file, by Skelton, Earl, compiler, Washington D.C, 1999; A digital copy is in my computer files, abt 1842.

10 "Tree Tracer", Rootsweb Family Tree (genealogy) by Caroline Marshall Hall Stanton, compiler, database "emerson-milam" (Aug. 2006); published on the internet by the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=rompina&surname=Sperry, abt 1842.

11 M062. Skelton Family Genealogy File (Gedcom), (database) A Gedcom Genealogy computer file, by Skelton, Earl, compiler, Washington D.C, 1999; A digital copy is in my computer files.

12 L1981.1. 'Sperry Family Genealogy' ( aka Sperry Family Collection, 1839-1981, Document Number 3), (manuscript) by Donald Lines Jacobus; with papers by Skilton, George Steele; kept with Skilton's papers on file at Whitney Library, New Haven, CT (Mss. No. B35, Box II, Folder C, pp. 16-17, 627-628 and 1162-3.); also available scan at http://newhavenmuseum.org/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=igcategory&id=225&Itemid=94.

13 A066. Lawrence County Marriage Records (OH), V 1-3, 1817-1857, kept by Lawrence County Courthouse, OH; A transcription is published online by USGenweb at http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/lawrence/marriages/mb1thru3/atoz.txt; also online index at http://lawrencecountyohio.com/marriages/marriages/1_2_3/1_2_3csnew.htm.

14 A213. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997" (database and scans of original records), by Various County Courts throughout Ohio; published on the internet by at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804, by 'John Jones, Minister of the Gospel'.

15 M009. International Genealogical Index, database kept by LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.

16 A161. Lawrence County Administration Records, 1840s (OH), V. ?, 1842 Apr 16, "James Sperry's Will";, kept by the Lawrence County Probate Court; duplicates at Ohio University Libraries, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, 1842 Apr 16.

17 A063. Lawrence County Administration Records (OH), V. 2, 1850 June 8, kept by the Ohio University Libraries, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701.

18 CM038. Yuba County Cemeteries (CA), transcribed by the DAR, 1991, California DAR Genealogical Records, Committee Report; Published paper.

19 L1872.1 "Memories of Lawrence County, Ohio," (letter) by Reverand Gilruth, James, a Methodist Minister; published in the Irontown Register Newspaper Feb-Jul 1872; and re-published on the internet at http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/lawrence/letters/gilruth.txt.

20 N34. Ironton Register Newspaper (OH): "Lawrence County Obituary Abstracts," published on the internet by scotio.org at http://www.scioto.org/Lawrence/obits/G-L/K.html, 2000, 1864 Oct.

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