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Thomas
Sturgeon
(September
15, 1762 —
May 18, 1849)
Sarah
(Sally) Hume
(January
1, 1767 —
January 21, 1849)
Thomas Sturgeon was born on September 15, 1762, in Paxtang, Dauphin County
in the English Colony of
Pennsylvania. Nearby Allentown was founded that year. Thomas
Jefferson, after whom his future home in Jefferson County, Kentucky would be
named, was a mere 19 years old. Thomas's future wife was born five years later on
January 1, 1767.
Thomas
and Sarah were married April 11, 1786 what is now Jefferson County,
Kentucky.
They had
ten children, equally divided between boys and girls, as follows:
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Jane
Sturgeon
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September 30, 1787
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Hart County,
Kentucky
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Margaret
Sturgeon
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December 31, 1789
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Long
Run Creek, Hart County,
Kentucky
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John
Hume Sturgeon
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October 8, 1791
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Thomas
Sturgeon
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September 11, 1793
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Kentucky
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Elizabeth
Sturgeon
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July 24, 1795
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Long
Run Creek, Hart County, Kentucky
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Hume
Sturgeon
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July 23, 1797
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Long
Run Creek, Hart County, Kentucky
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Mary
Sturgeon
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October 11, 1799
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Simpson
Sturgeon
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March 14, 1802
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Kentucky
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James
Sturgeon
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March 23, 1804
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Jefferson County,
Kentucky
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Nancy
Sturgeon
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March 13, 1806
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Jefferson County,
Kentucky
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He
was an executor of the will of John Hume, his father-in-law, who died in 1802.
He also inherited 300 acres from that will, in Jefferson County,
Kentucky, in 1802.
Thomas
died on May 18, 1849,
in Shelby
County, Kentucky. Sarah died on
January 21, 1849,
Long Run Creek, Hart County, Kentucky.
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