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John Sanford Spurgeon

John Sanford Spurgeon (1863–1950) was a dentist who practiced in Hillsborough for more than sixty years after taking his degree at Vanderbilt in 1886. In 1895 he and his wife, Carrie, bought the old Burwell School house, where the family lived until 1965. He was president of the Bank of Orange from its opening in 1904 until 1936. His dental office burned with the frame Spurgeon building in the downtown fire of April 1921.

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  1. Hillsborough elects former Republican postmaster N. W. Brown mayor Hillsborough's town election made N. W. Brown mayor and chose seven commissioners, among them W. H. Newman, E. A. Rosemond, Dr. J. S. Spurgeon, J. G. Cooley and James A. Cheek. The new board met the next day and made John Hayes constable and Rosemond treasurer. People: John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 12, 1894, p. 3
  2. Hillsboro Township names separate committees for the town district's white and Black schools Meeting at the court house, the Hillsboro Township school committee appointed committeemen for each school district in the township and, because of the large number of children, named separate committees for the white and the Black schools of Hillsboro District No. 15. Major John W. Graham, James A. Cheek and C. R. Lassiter took the white school; Thomas H. Webb, N. W. Brown and Dr. J. S. Spurgeon took the Black school. People: John W. Graham, N. W. Brown, John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 3, 1899, p. 2
  3. Hillsborough men organize Myrtle Lodge of the Knights of Pythias A Knights of Pythias lodge, Myrtle Lodge, was organized and its officers installed at Hillsborough, with C. R. Lassiter as vice chancellor, William T. Nash as prelate and Dr. J. S. Spurgeon as master of finance. It set its meetings for every Tuesday night. People: John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 31, 1899, p. 2
  4. Hillsborough elects Mayor Norwood and a five-member town board under its amended charter In the first town election under the amended charter, Hillsborough chose Mayor Norwood and Commissioners James Webb, James A. Cheek, O. J. Forrest, N. W. Brown and Fletcher R. Faucett, with Brown polling 92 votes. The new board took the oath on May 9, elected R. L. Faucett clerk and re-elected Dr. J. S. Spurgeon treasurer. People: N. W. Brown, John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 16, 1901, p. 3
  5. The Bank of Orange is chartered and elects its officers The Bank of Orange was chartered at Raleigh on April 18 with $5,000 capital, which might rise to $50,000, to do a commercial and savings business. Its stockholders met on April 26 at the court house, adopted by-laws and elected directors, who chose J. S. Spurgeon president, C. A. Scott vice president and Paul C. Collins cashier. People: John Sanford Spurgeon, Paul C. Collins, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Samuel Mallett GattisSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 21, 1904, p. 3
  6. A brick bank house for the Bank of Orange goes up on Churton Street Ground was broken on May 11 for the Bank of Orange's building, a brick house with a glass front built by the Webbs beside their large brick store on Churton Street; by mid-June the bank had moved from a desk in Webb's store into its new quarters. People: Paul C. Collins, John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 19, 1904, p. 3
  7. The Bank of Orange opens in Hillsborough Started in May 1904 with $5,000 in capital, it was Hillsborough's first bank since the Civil War. Dr. J. S. Spurgeon was president and Paul C. Collins cashier for its whole life. People: Paul C. Collins, John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 274
  8. The Spurgeon Building Company is chartered at Hillsborough to put up buildings The Secretary of State chartered the Spurgeon Building Company of Hillsborough to buy and sell real estate and construct buildings, with $10,000 subscribed. Its incorporators were Dr. J. S. Spurgeon, J. H. Webb and a third man named Collins. People: John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · DigitalNC: Twin City Sentinel (Winston-Salem), May 10, 1917, p. 10
  9. Fire destroys two store buildings in Hillsborough's business district A fire that began behind O. J. and B. B. Forest's general store destroyed that brick store, the frame Spurgeon building next door with Tolar's grocery and Dr. J. S. Spurgeon's dental office, and a storehouse. The brick post office building stopped the fire, which did about $30,000 in damage with little insurance. People: John Sanford SpurgeonSearch the index · DigitalNC: Durham Morning Herald, April 27, 1921, p. 9

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