Spurgin, James S.
(-1888)



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Death: July 24, 1888
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Individual Number: 911


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- J. S. Spurgin Studio owner Greencastle, Putnam County, IN 9 & 11 E. Washington St.
J. S. Spurgin's New Mammoth Photo-Rooms
1869 D. M. Spurgin & Son Studio owner / Partner Greencastle, Putnam County, IN
1870s D. M. Spurgin & Son Studio owner / Partner Greencastle, Putnam County, IN Over Exchange Bank
1879 J. S. Spurgin Studio owner Greencastle, Putnam County, IN 9 & 11 Spurgin's Block
1887 J. S. Spurgin Studio owner Greencastle, Putnam County, IN 9 & 11 E. Washington St.
J. S. Spurgin's New Mammoth Photo-Rooms


















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OriginalNotes: PARENTS: David McKendre and Amanda (Secrest) Spurgin
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EDUCATION: attended the Asbury Academy in 1858 and eventually joined his father in photographic business
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City: Greencastle
State: IN
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1887 Sanborn Map: 9 E. Washington has skylight in the back. says "burned Aug. '87 Being rebuilt"
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OriginalSource: 1869 Logansport Directory and Classified Business Directory of Indianapolis, Lafayette, and 100 Surrounding Towns (Cowen, Indianapolis): p. 278, D. M. Spurgin & Son, Greencastle
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"Photographers of Greencastle, Indiana, 1850-1980" by Eleanor Cammack, p. 3 mentions statement dated 1879, J. S. Spurgin, No. 9 & 11 Spurgin's Block, upstairs, E. Washington St.
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Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), August 11, 1887, p. 5
Greencastle, Ind., Aug. 10 - Describes disastrous fire this evening on the public square. Broke out at 9:30 pm in the rear of the 2nd story of one of the builidings, owned by Maj. W. F. Spurgin, of West Point, NY, and occupied on the 1st floor by the "When" clothing store of Owen Bros. & Co., and on the 2nd floor by J. S. Spurgin, photographer. Building entirely gutted, loss about $7,50 on building, $1,200 on photo gallery. There was no insurance on the photograph gallery. 

1887 Sanborn Map: 9 E. Washington St., skylight in back; says "burned Aug. '87 Being rebuilt"
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