A Brief Spunaugle genealogy:

Descendants of William Spunaugle 1814-1888 - 3 generations.
(For Second and Third Generations, click on the links below.)

This is by no means a complete genealogy of William Sponaugle/Spunaugle, 1814-1888. Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, there are possibly some errors and omissions; documented corrections and additions are always welcomed. William's family Bible is owned by one of his descendants, and its information has been available for this genealogy; and countless hours have been spent scrolling through census images and microfilms. Special thanks are due to the many family members who helped, as well as to the generosity of Pat O'Dell, who has compiled and posted the Abstracted Newspaper Indexes of Taylor and Page Counties on the Taylor County Genweb Site, an invaluable aid for numerous birth, death, and marriage data. Only a few of the related documents are cited in this three-generation genealogy; complete documentation is on file for over 1,000 individuals, either descendants or those married to descendants of William Spunaugle. Here is a partial list of contributors:

Nancy Spunaugle Crawford, Allen Douglas, Mary Spalding Granger, Merritt Lee Spunaugle, Ilene Hawkins, Rebecca Rocks, Jackie McPherson, Russell A. Spunaugle and Brian Spunaugle of New York, Jack Gowing, Douglas Spunaugle of Oklahoma, Anna Marie Hula, David Sprigg, Phyllis Sprigg McCulloch, Paul Spunaugle of Kansas, Eleanor Williams Cabbage, Carol Spalding Pawlak, Twila Spunaugle of Oklahoma, Theresa Mann Elliott, and Diana Kimes. Posthumous thanks to Birdie Hill, Nola Flagg Mathers, Ralph Spunaugle, Philip Spunaugle, Ervin R. Spunaugle.

Full documentation is available on request.

--Elaine Spunaugle Jeter

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM¹ SPUNAUGLE/SPONAUGLE (BALSOR) was born March 17, 1814 in Pendleton or Highland County, VA, and died February 09, 1888 in Tarkio Twp., Page County IA. He married (1) JEMIMA MARIA WAYBRIGHT February 13, 1834 in Pendleton County, VA, daughter of DANIEL WAYBRIGHT and RACHEL ARBOGAST. She was born April 17, 1814 in Pendleton County, VA, and died November 15, 1859 in McDonough County IL. He married (2) MARGARET B. GALFORD December 30, 1860, daughter of JOHN GALFORD and JANE McLAUGHLIN. She was born Abt. 1832 in Pocahontas County VA, and died May 30, 1867 in Maxwell’s Run, Lewis County WV. He married (3) REBECCA ANN PUGH May 13, 1868, daughter of GEORGE PUGH and ORINEA McNEAL. She was born May 06, 1839 in Franklin County, VA, and died July 26, 1879 in Page County, Ia.

Note: Information on William's wives is from census and/or correspondence with Waybright, Galford, and Pugh families. Rachel Arbogast was a granddaughter of the immigrant Michael Arbogast b.1732 who arrived in Philadelphia in 1749 on the ship Speedwell. (Click on Michael's link to see his Arbogast line back to around 1600.)

Children of WILLIAM SPUNAUGLE and JEMIMA WAYBRIGHT are:
2. i. CATHERINE²SPONAUGLE, b. September 19, 1834, Randolph or Pendleton County, VA; d. October 23, 1868, Elkhart, Indiana.
ii. JACOB SPUNAUGLE, b. December 14, 1835, Randolph County, VA; d. February 09, 1906, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO.

Note: Jacob Spunaugle never married. He served in the Union Army 1861-1865 in Company C "Bissell's" Engineering Regt. (later merged with 1st Missouri Engineers.). Jacob lived with various family members after 1850, as indicated by censuses of 1860,1870,1880,and 1900. --cf. National Archives, U.S. Census records, and recollections of Ralph Spunaugle.

3. iii. MARIA SPONAUGLE, b. June 06, 1837, Randolph County, VA; d. May 30, 1925, Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa.
4. iv. MARY SPONAUGLE, b. August 10, 1838, Randolph County, VA; d. Bef 1880, Prb. Page County, Iowa.
5. v. WILLIAM JACKSON SPUNAUGLE, b. January 10, 1840, Randolph County, VA; d. October 02, 1909, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
vi. MARTHA JANE SPONAUGLE, b. April 10, 1842, Randolph Co., VA; prb. died before 1850.

Note: At least one informant believes that she married "Ed Halterman". Edward Halterman b.abt.1849 (a nephew of Jemima Waybright Spunaugle) signed as a witness for the marriage licenses of Henry Spunaugle and John Samuel Spunaugle. If Martha did marry Ed Halterman (which seems extremely doubtful), she apparently died before 1878 when Edward Halterman married Susan Minnick, according to the Abstracted Newspaper Indexes of Taylor and Page Counties (ANI) posted by Pat O'Dell. Ralph Spunaugle's notes say he "doesn't know what happened to Martha." Her name does not appear on any census records with the family, but she is listed in the family Bible. The preponderance of evidence indicates she died as an infant or young child.

6. vii. DANIEL SPUNAUGLE, b. August 10, 1845, Randolph or Lewis County, VA; d. February 23, 1932, Chetopa, Kansas.
7. viii. LEVI SPUNAUGLE, b. August 10, 1847, Lewis County, VA; d. September 18, 1934, Parsons, Kansas.
8. ix. JOHN SAMUEL SPUNAUGLE, b. February 01, 1849, Lewis County, VA; d. May 03, 1918, Howard, Elk County, Kansas.
9. x. HENRY SPUNAUGLE, b. May 15, 1850, Lewis County, VA; d. 1927, Page County, Iowa.
10. xi. ELIZABETH JANE SPUNAUGLE, b. August 22, 1855, Lewis County, VA; d. February 06, 1928, Burlington Junction MO.

Child of WILLIAM SPUNAUGLE and MARGARET GALFORD is:
11. xii. EMMA JANE² SPUNAUGLE, b. September 11, 1861, Weston, Lewis County VA; d. May 08, 1931, Hyattsville, MD.

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Second Generation - the 75 Grandchildren of William Spunaugle
Third Generation - The Great-Grandchildren of William Spunaugle

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