Md Essex Spurrier ^78,203

   Cause of his death was Tuberculosis.

  General Notes:

Lived in Louisville from 1843-45 with Sarah Jane Evans. In 1845, David Evans gave them 750 acres of land along Pond River. In 1846 he purchased 155 additional acres of Muddy Fork of Cypress Creek, where he settled down to preach and practice medicine.

The Essex Pike Spurrier family (wife Sarah Jane Evans, and 4 children] lived with Sarah Jane's father, David Evans, and his family [wife Nancy Clarke Lockery, and her son John Lockery and his wife and their two sons] in a two-story frame house which faced north overlooking a natural spring on what is now called the Black Lake Bottoms of Cypress Creek.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth ?Ann Arundel Co. Maryland, 1821.

2. Occupation: Minister/M. D.

3. Degree: M. D. (Physician), 1842.

4. Education: Medical School in Louisville.

5. Property: 90 Acres in Muhlenberg Co. from Col. David Evans, 1840.

6. Property: 750 acres along Pond River, gift from David Evans, 1845.

7. Property: 155 acres of Muddy Fork of Cypress Creek, purchased, 1846.

Essex married Sarah Jane Evans, daughter of Col. David Evans and Sarah Short, in 1843. (Sarah Jane Evans was born on 14 Nov 1824 in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky, died on 21 Jan 1904 in Bremen, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky and was buried in Shaver's Chapel, Bremen, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky.)