Sturgills in America - Booth, Nancy

Booth, Nancy

Birth Name	Nancy Booth
Gender	female

Events

Birth	1811
Death	Dec 16, 1893; Wise Co. VA

Families

Husband	Andrew Sturgill	b. Jul 12, 1810	d. Nov 16, 1890
Marriage	about 1830

Children	William Sturgill	b. 1831	d. 1862
	Sarah Sturgill	b. 1834
	Joel Sturgill	b. 1837	d. 1920
	Drucilla Sturgill	b. 1840
	Jemima Sturgill	b. 1842
	John Sturgill	b. Jul 18, 1843	d. Jun 8, 1917
	David Sturgill	b. 1846
	James Sturgill	b. 1849	d. Apr 1932
	Elizabeth Sturgill	b. 1851
	Francis Sturgill	b. 1853
	Mariah Sturgill	b. Oct 29, 1856

Narrative

ANDREW (Andy) STURGILL and his wife NANCY BOOTH made their home on the Roaring Fork of Powell's River in Wise County, VA where Andy built a two story log house with four fireplaces. All of their children were born in this house and they lived out their lives there. Near his house Andy built a water powered grist mill and country store where he traded in furs and herbs. He was a very prosperous man for his time and at one time owned over 2500 acres of land, most of which his heirs later sold to mining companies. He was a great bee hunter and his lifetime ambition was to have 100 bee hives. 99 was as close as he ever came.