Sturgill, Joshua
| Birth Name |
Joshua Sturgill |
| Gender |
male |
Parents
| Father |
Francis Sturgill, Jr |
b. Sep 22, 1782 | d. Aug 13, 1846 |
| Mother |
Phoebe Weaver |
b. Oct 15, 1783 | d. Jun 13, 1855 |
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| Siblings |
Solomon Sturgill | b. Apr 4, 1804 | d. Oct 13, 1856 |
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Joel Sturgill | b. 1808 | d. 1875 |
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Mary Sturgill | b. about 1813 | d. Aug 22, 1879 |
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John Sturgill | b. Nov 15, 1813 | d. Aug 17, 1882 |
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Nancy Sturgill | b. 1815 | |
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Jane Sturgill | b. 1824 | |
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Rebecca Sturgill | b. May 13, 1825 | d. May 20, 1896 |
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Elizabeth Sturgill | b. 1832 | |
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Families
| Wife |
Phoebe Marilda Weaver | b. Jul 14, 1849 | d. Mar 15, 1936 |
| Marriage |
Reason Jones, Administrator R. T. Hardin, C., witness, Nov 30, 1865;; Ashe County, NC 1 |
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| Children |
John Andrew Sturgill | b. Mar 15, 1867 | d. Sep 4, 1935 |
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William Byrum Sturgill | b. Apr 9, 1869 | d. Oct 26, 1886 |
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Francis Lee Sturgill | b. Oct 30, 1871 | d. May 13, 1951 |
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Joel Johnson Sturgill | b. Aug 3, 1874 | d. Jun 14, 1900 |
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James Estil Sturgill | b. Dec 22, 1878 | d. 1955 |
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Laura Malinda Sturgill | b. Jan 20, 1884 | d. Nov 4, 1935 |
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Isom Sturgill | b. Mar 9, 1887 | d. Jun 6, 1968 |
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Isaac Millard Sturgill | b. Sep 28, 1890 | d. Jun 26, 1970 |
Narrative
JOSHUA STURGILL remained at home to take care of his mother and young sisters after the death of his father in 1846. After his mother died in 1855 he apparently continued to live alone in the comfortable log house his father had built in 1841.
It is family tradition that he first saw his future bride when she was still a baby and was so smitten by her beauty that he said he would wait for her to grow up and then marry her, and he did. At the age of forty nine he brought home his sixteen year old bride, Phoebe Marilda Weaver. All of their children were born in the same log house his father had built. This house, still in good condition, was occupied continuously until 1980. Joshua and Phoebe are buried in the Zion Hill cemetery on Helton Creek in Ashe County, NC.
