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094    SPRUILL, BENJAMIN MATHIAS FAMILY

Location - off East Mill Pond Rd about 1.8 miles from Hwy 64.


Directions: Follow Hwy 64 to East Mill Pond Road. Go 1.8 miles to the cemetery on theright in a field behind Marvin Peele, Sr. home which is directly across from the Gourd Neck Road. Old Spruill home has been moved to the side of the lot [Additional info from Willo Trueblood Jones].

Survey by Vance & Veronica Haskett in 1990.

1. Cooper, Robert Cecil   (b. 2 Sep 1896 - d. 3 Nov 1916)
Bennie Trueblood at 1" Wife's Grave -Oma G.. A precious one from us has gone. A voice we Trueblood loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home. Which can never be filled. God in his wisdom recalled the boon his love had given. And though the body slumbers here -The soul is safe in Heaven. COOPER. Footstone: R.C.C.
2. Cooper, Robert J.   (b. 14 Dec 1854 - d. 17 Apr 1937)
Double headstone. COOPER. Footstone: R.J.C.. Husband of Viola E. Spruill
3. Cooper, Viola E.   (b. 20 Feb 1865 - d. 22 Jul 1900)
Double headstone. Footstone: V.E.C.. Wife of Robert J. Cooper. Parents: Benjamin M. Spruill & Alpha Jane Swain
4. Gray, William H.   (b. 14 May 1885 - d. 6 Sep 1913)
Age: 28y. He was beloved by God and man. (Heart shaped tombstone). Parents: W.F. & Jacqueline Gray. (He wasn't any kin to Spruill family. was found hung in the barn)
5. Jones, Anna Louise   (b. 7 Jul 1940 - d. 9 Jul 1940)
(No stone) Buried beside Irene Virginia Jones at the foot of the Holly Tree. Parents: Ronald Lee Jones, Jr. & Ella Louise Stevenson. Brother: Donald Parker Jones (m) 1st Nancy Jean Brickhouse 2nd Nellie Gray Jones. Sister: Veronica Wray Jones (m) Moody Vance Haskett.
6. Jones, Irene Virginia   (b. 3 Dec 1923 - d. 0ct 12 1926)
(No stone) Buried at foot of the Holly Tree. Parents: Ronald Lee Jones, Sr. & Willo Oral Trueblood. She had only one brother: Ronald Lee Jones, Jr. Her brother and parents are all buried in West Lawn Cemetery in Elizabeth City, NC.
7. Roughton, Raymond W.   (b. 3 Aug 1903 - d. 19 Jun 1904)
Only Sleeping. Parents: John Roughton & Sarah Cooper (Sarah: dau of Robert J. Cooper & Viola E. Spruill)
8. Spruill, Affa Jane   (b. 1830 - d. 1875)
Wife of Benjamin Mathias Spruill- Mom: Rosa Swain; Children: [1] Henry A., [2] Angelo Garibaldi, [3] Viola Elander, [4] Sallie Ann, [5] Indianna Virginia;. Footstone: A.J.S.. Age: 45y ú c
9. Spruill, Benjamin Mathias   (b. 15 Dec 1828 - d. 31 May 1892)
Footstone: B.M.S. (m)Feb 11, 1849 to Alpha Jane Swain. Parents: Benjamin Mathias Spruill, Sr. & Nancy Harris
10. Spruill, Henry A.   (b. 29 Feb 1852 - d. 23 Jan 1924)
Gone but not forgotten. Footstone: H.A.S.. Parents: Ben M. Spruill & Alpha Jane Swain. Husband of Mary A. (a Midwife)
11. Trueblood, Hope L.   (b. 15 Aug 1898 - d. 29 Jan 1903)
Age: 4y 5m 14d. Our Darling. Footstone: H.L.T.. Parents: Thomas Robertson Trueblood & Indianna Virginia Spruill
12. Trueblood, Indianna Virginia "Anna"   (b. 14 Jul 1868 - d. 23 Apr 1949)
Double headstone. Wife of Thomas Robertson Trueblood. Parents: Ben M. Spruill & Alpha Jane Swain
13. Trueblood, Oma G.   (b. 1902 - d. 1942)
1st wife of Benjamin Robertson Trueblood who was the son of Thomas Robertson Trueblood & Indianna V. Spruill
14. Trueblood, Thomas Robertson   (b. 9 May 1868 - d. 16 Sep 1945)
Married Aug 25, 1897 to Indianna Virginia Spruill. Double headstone. Parents: Charles Trueblood & Elizabeth White. Children:[!] Hope L., [2] Oscar Clinton, [3] Willo Oral, [4] Bennie Robertson, [5] Viola Elander, [6] Nellie Mae, [7] Phillip Wayne.
15. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
MASON, C.B. Elizabeth City, NC. Broken. (Probably the person who made the stone) no other info.
16. Williams, James   (b. 8 Jan 1815 - d. 26 Aug 1854)
In memory of. Footstone. Parents: S. Williams