Sturgill, Abagail
| Birth Name | Abagail Sturgill |
| Gender | female |
Events
| Birth | Nov 30, 1801; Alleghany County, NC |
| Death | Oct 16, 1894; Deep Springs, Lee Co. VA |
| Burial | alt Rt 58 Deep Springs, Lee Co. VA |
| Census | living with son John J. Kelly Sr., 1880;; Wise Co. VA |
| Medical Information | Broke hip, walked by pushing a chair the last 20 years of her life. |
Parents
| Father | John Sturgill | b. 1779 | d. 1865 |
| Mother | Jemima Wells | b. 1782 | d. Mar 15, 1856 |
| Siblings | Rebecca Sturgill | b. 1799 | d. after 1880 |
| David Sturgill | b. 1800 | ||
| Daughter2 Sturgill | b. 1805 | ||
| Francis Sturgill | b. 1808 | d. 1883 | |
| Andrew Sturgill | b. Jul 12, 1810 | d. Nov 16, 1890 | |
| Sarah Sturgill | b. 1812 | ||
| Rachel Sturgill | b. 1815 | d. 1906 | |
| Nancy Sturgill | b. 1818 | d. 1912 | |
| Elizabeth Sturgill | b. Mar 5, 1823 | d. Dec 1922 | |
| Agnes Sturgill | b. Apr 8, 1825 | ||
Families
| Husband | Mathias Kelley | b. Dec 28, 1799 | d. Dec 15, 1872 |
| Marriage | Jan 13, 1818; Wise Co. VA | ||
| Children | John Jackson Kelley | b. Oct 6, 1821 | d. Jun 30, 1909 |
| Anna Kelley | b. Feb 15, 1824 | d. 1846 | |
| Rachel Kelley | b. Nov 24, 1825 | ||
| Jemima Kelley | b. Oct 30, 1827 | ||
| Rebecca Kelley | b. Oct 13, 1829 | ||
| Matthias Kelley | b. Apr 11, 1832 | ||
| William Henry Kelley | b. Feb 20, 1835 | ||
| Patrick Jasper Kelley | b. Apr 5, 1837 | ||
| Sarah Kelley | b. Apr 5, 1839 | ||
| Franklin Newton Kelley | b. May 25, 1842 | d. Apr 28, 1864 | |
Narrative
ABAGAIL STURGILL and her husband MATHIAS KELLEY made their first home in Letcher Co KY, where their first six children were born. About 1840 they moved to Sullivan Co, MO (probably with her uncle Joel's family) When Joel's family and other related families moved on to Oregon in 1865, Joel returned to Scott Co, VA, Abigail and her family probably returned with him. Mathias then settled in Lee Co, VA.
Pictures of Abigail, her loom and cloth woven by her are on display in the Southwest Virginia Museum located in Big Stone Gap, VA.
From an email from Deborah Clarkston:
The picture you refer to being in the Southwest VA museum is now in my home. The museum folks did a spring cleaning a couple of decades ago and sent it to be stored in Richmond. A cousin of my father-in-law was furious and bugged who ever she thought would help get it back in the family until someone finally did. She then surprised me by giving it to me, stating she knew since I loved working on the family tree that I would take good care of Abigail. Well, instead Abigail takes care of me. At first she hung over my shoulder and I would often get the sense someone was in the room with me as I worked on the family. Then I would get a break through-someone would write or email. When my children moved out and I changed a bedroom into an office, I hung her in front of me. Now I talk to her. May sound crazy but it works. April 2006
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