Rev. Essex Pike Spurrier^{[1, 2, 3]}

1851 - 1926  (75 years)

• Name	Essex Pike Spurrier
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	02 Jan 1851	Bremen,,Muhlenberg Co.,Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	08 Jun 1926	Star Line Works,,Lyon Co.,Kentucky   [1]
  Person ID	I6249	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Md Essex Spurrier,   b. 1821, Louisville,,Jefferson Co.,Kentucky d. 1858, Bremen,,Muhlenberg Co.,Kentucky (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane Evans,   b. 14 Nov 1824, Muhlenberg Co.,,,Kentucky d. 21 Jan 1904, Bremen,,Muhlenberg Co.,Kentucky (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1843
  Family ID	F1421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pauline Elizabeth Newman,   b. 04 Mar 1854, Henderson,,Henderson Co.,Kentucky d. 07 Oct 1926, Star Line Works,,Lyon Co.,Kentucky (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	04 Mar 1874  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Edward Medley Combs,   b. 1865   d. 16 Feb 1945 (Age 80 years)   2. Lillie Combs,   b. 1867   d. Yes, date unknown   3. David Evan Spurrier,   b. 20 Oct 1878, Crittenden Co.,,,Kentucky d. Jul 1962 (Age 83 years)   4. Romelia Francis Spurrier,   b. 15 Oct 1881, Lyon Co.,,,Kentucky d. 03 Apr 1942, Memphis,,,Tennessee (Age 60 years)   5. Bjarne Hary Spurrier,   b. 30 May 1884, Star Lime Works,,Lyon Co.,Kentucky d. 27 Dec 1957, Marion,,Crittonden Co.,Kentucky (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Possibly a Methodist Minister. 1870 moved to Sawyer, Ky. where he was licensed to preach at Rumsey Methodist Episcopal Church and Sacramento Circuit in 1872. Certified to teach school in 1870 in McLean Co., Ky. schools. He and brother William left the community in 1872, traveled upriver to Henderson Co., Ky. where he met and married Pauline Newman. Certified to teach in Henderson Co., Ky., 1872. In 1878 E. P. and Pauline bought a farm in Crittenden Co., Ky. and had three children. From 1878 to 1890 served as a country Dr. In 1890s wrote articles under the pen name "Old Frozen Blade" and edited a news paper. In early 1890s he ran for state senator on the Prohibition Ticket. He was a blacksmith until his shop burned down in 1915 and a mail carrier for the Star Route from about 1900 to 1920. Died on the farm in 1926, at Star Camp, Lyon Co., Ky.

  
  

• Sources

  [S185] Ken Spurrier @NS027901@, The Spurrier Clan. [S169] Spurrier.FTW. [S132] Don McCarty, Manor, TX, McCarty-Smith GEDCOM file. [S133] Kenneth Spurrier.