Kathleen Spurgeon is married to Orval Spurgeon, she was born Kathleen Schultz and Orval and Kathleen live in Quakertown, PA. Kathleen's father is William Wynn Schultz who is the son of Sarah L. Wynn who married Charles M. Schultz Hugs Cuz B ----- Original Message ----- From: <Glhughes59@aol.com> To: <WYNNE-GENEALOGY-SOCIETY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [WGS] Who were Mary Abraham's parents? > > In a message dated 4/26/05 8:25:31 PM Central Daylight Time, > Swbenson@aol.com writes: > > the right places. I I know the name Spurgeon, too. Where does Kathleen > Spurgeon live? Somehow I think a Spurgeon my mother mentioned was a lawyer > in Fayette > County. I'm not certain. > > All the Best, > > Susannah Benson > > > > > > Re. Spurgeon > > John Spurgeon was awarded 400 acres in the "Glades" area east of Bruceton > Mills WV for his service in the Revolutionary War. He was a friend of > George Washington, and "Washington slept here" in John's house, along with his > nephew Bushrod Washington, when they were on an exploring expedition between the > end of the war and the establishment of the U.S. as a country, with > Washington as president. > Bushrod writes about that stay in his diary, and mentions crossing Sandy > creek at Bruceton on a ferry operated by Spurgeon. > Spurgeon's Glades farm was about 5 miles, as the crow flies, from Fort > Necessity which is in Fayette Co. PA. At that time, before the Mason-Dixon > survey, that was all the same territory. > Washington had constructed Fort Necessity years earlier, in his only > military defeat, when he was in command of Braddock's British troups that had > attacked Fort Duquesne and were defeated by the French & Indians. > > Many of the people in that area can trace their lineage back to John > Spurgeon & wives Mary Green and Mary Farmer. > > Your name "Benson" intrigues me. I grew up with many Bensons. What is > your Q&D lineage list? > > Cuz Gary > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >