John Sanford Spurgeon

Story

Dr. John Sanford Spurgeon, a local Hillsborough dentist, married Carrie Waitt, the daughter of Burwell student Mary Albertine Jones . The Spurgeons purchased the Burwell School in 1895, and the property remained in family hands until 1965 when it was sold to the Historic Hillsborough Commision. The garden adjoining the Burwell School is named in honor of Carrie Waitt, the daughter of a former Burwell student [1].

Biographical Data

Places of Residence

• Hillsborough Memorial Cemetery in Hillsborough, NC [1].

Occupations

• Dentist [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Carrie Waitt (1869-1963) [1].
• Others: Mary Albertine Jones  (mother-in-law, 1849-1907) [1], George Nathaniel Waitt (father-in-law, 1844-1925) [1] and George, Nathaniel Waitt, Jr. (brother-in-law, 1888-1920) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).