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General Andrew Barclay Spurling

General Andrew Barclay Spurling

Male 1833 - 1906  (73 years)

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  • Name Andrew Barclay Spurling  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Title General 
    Birth 25 Mar 1833  Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age: 17; Stepson of William Preble 
    _MILT 23 Mar 1865  Evergreen, Conecuh, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Union Army - War of the Rebellion: 2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment; "Advanced alone in the darkness beyond the picket line, came upon three of the enemy, fired upon them (his fire being returned), wounded two, and captured the whole party" 
    Spurling Page 765    		 Spurling Page 765
    Census 1870  Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation: Sheriff; Lydia and AB Spurling 
    Census 1880  Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Marital Status: Married to Harriett; Relation to Head: Self 
    Military Award Medal of Honor  [11] 
    Medal-Medal of Honor    		 Medal-Medal of Honor
    Death 13 Aug 1906  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Burial Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12] 
    • "Medal of Honor ● BVT Brig General ● 2 Maine Cav ● Civil War"
    Grave-SPURLING Andrew Barclay    		 Grave-SPURLING Andrew Barclay
    Person ID I24127  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Captain Samuel Spurling,   b. 4 Dec 1795, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1837, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Abigail Cobb Hadlock,   b. 3 Jul 1808, Islesford, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1874, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1825 
    Family ID F2608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia E Gilley,   b. 18 Feb 1837, Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1904, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1856 
    Divorce Oct 1876  Hancock County, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Children 
     1. Eva S Spurling,   b. 10 Mar 1858, Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1914, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [natural]
     2. Andrew B Spurling, Jr,   b. May 1869, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1928, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [natural]
     3. Addison C Spurling,   b. 29 Aug 1857, Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1926, Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     4. Charles S Spurling,   b. Abt 1862, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F14629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Harriet Stewart Black,   b. 13 Feb 1837, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1896, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1878  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Harriet Tisdale and Andrew Spurling
    Children 
     1. Eva S Spurling,   b. 10 Mar 1858, Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1914, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [natural]
     2. Charles S Spurling,   b. Abt 1862, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]  [Stepchild]
    Family ID F12656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Mar 1833 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 17; Stepson of William Preble - 1850 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_MILT - Union Army - War of the Rebellion: 2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment; "Advanced alone in the darkness beyond the picket line, came upon three of the enemy, fired upon them (his fire being returned), wounded two, and captured the whole party" - 23 Mar 1865 - Evergreen, Conecuh, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Occupation: Sheriff; Lydia and AB Spurling - 1870 - Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorce - Oct 1876 - Hancock County, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Mar 1878 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Married to Harriett; Relation to Head: Self - 1880 - Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Aug 1906 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    Spurling Page 765    		Spurling Page 765

  • Sources 
    1. [S149] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Birth date: 03/20/1833 Birth place: Death date: 08/13/1906 Death place:

    2. [S18] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M432_255; Page: 354A; Image: 279.

    3. [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Andrew Barclay Spurling - Birth: 20 Mar 1833, Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, Maine, USA - Death: 13 Aug 1906 (aged 73) Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - Burial: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - Plot:.
      "Medal of Honor ● BVT Brig General ● 2 Maine Cav ● Civil War"
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8130390/andrew-barclay-spurling

    4. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.

    5. [S2401] Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War General Officers, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Birth date: 1833 Birth place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock Co. Death date: 1906 Death place:

    6. [S119] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_544; Page: 505B.
      1870 United States Federal Census      		 1870 United States Federal Census


    7. [S1080] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915.
      Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915      		 Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915


    8. [S871] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988      		 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988


    9. [S41] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Elgin, Kane, Illinois; Roll: 218; Page: 312B; Enumeration District: 085.
      1880 United States Federal Census      		 1880 United States Federal Census


    10. [S2399] Fold3: Andrew Barclay Spurling, http://www.fold3.com/page/631158205_.
      Military Service Civil War (Union) Branch:Army Rank:Brigadier General Service Start Date:19 Oct 1861 Service End Date:6 Dec 1865 Award:Medal of Honor [1] Unit:2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
      http://www.fold3.com/page/631158205_?xid=1945

    11. [S2400] Medal of Honor, Andrew B Spurling.
      At Evergreen, Ala., 23 March 1865: Advanced alone in the darkness beyond the picket line, came upon 3 of the enemy, fired upon them (his fire being returned), wounded 2, and captured the whole party.
      http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/1293/spurling-andrew-b.php

    12. [S2398] Find a Grave: Andrew Barclay Spurling, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=364390&GRid=8130390&.
      Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Lieutentant Colonel in the 2d Maine Cavalry for action on March 23, 1865 at Evergreen, Alabama. His citation reads "Advanced alone in the darkness beyond the picket line, came upon three of the enemy, fired upon them (his fire being returned), wounded two, and captured the whole party." (bio by: Don Morfe) Burial: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum Chicago Cook County Illinois, USA Plot: Section A, Lot 46, Grave 60682 Find A Grave Memorial# 8130390
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=364390&GRid=8130390&

    13. [S3589] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Divorce Records, 1798-1891, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).


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