Quite a colorful character
Son of Richard Winn Spurr and Martha Ann Prewitt of Fayette Co., KY (graves moved from Athens Cem., Athens, Fayette Co., KY to Lexington Cem., Lexington, Fayette Co.,KY)
1. American Civil War Soldiers on Ancestry.com states Marcus Spurr, resided Nashville, TN, enlistement date 10 Sep 1862 Fayette Co., KY, death date 18 July 1922 Nashville, Tn., service record shows enlisted Co. A, 8th Cavalry on Sep 10, 1862.
2. book "Burn the Town and Sack the Banks: Confederates Attack Vermont" by Cathryn J. Price states: "tracing the October 1864 insurgency during which Confederate raiders held up three banks in St. Albans, Vermont, in an account that documents how the raiders recruited Union prison camp escapees.."Raider Marcus A. Spurr escaped from Camp Douglas before joining Bennett H. Young on the infamous raid. page 208: I owe no allegiance to the so called United States, but to the Confederate States of America-stated Marcus Spurr, a Kentucky native, from the stand-I was held prisoner of war in a Yankee Bastille, and by bribing a Yankee pay-triot and by daring, escaped...Last summer in Chicago I placed myself under the command of Lt. Young. What I may have done in St. Albans, I did as a soldier of the Confederate States of America, and in accordance with orders from Lt. Young of said Army. In doing this, I have violated no law of Canada or Great Britain. I have lost kindred and have had kindred plundered."
3. "A History of Tennessee and Tenneseans: the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities" by author Will T. Hale published 1913... "born on March 6, 1844 near Lexington Fayette Co., KY...1862 entered Confederate Army becoming a Commissary sergeant and the comissary of the 8th KY Cavalry...captured during one of Gen. John H. Morgans raids in Ohio, first placed in confinement at Camp Chase then Camp Douglas...captured in Canada for actions at St. Albans, held six months but then the war ended...excepted from a pardon by Amnesty Proclamation of President Johnson, remained in Canadian exile for two and a half years...pardoned about 1867...while in Canada met and married Susie Portfield-dau of John Porterfield of Nashville, Tn...became treasurer of the Confederate Monumental Association in Nashville...at present assistant adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans.
4.HOWEVER in Spurr versus United States (Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit June 1, 1898 Marcus was President of the Commercial National Bank in Nashville and got into a "spot" of trouble over certifying a check that he didn't have enough money on hand to cover, causing a overdraft of $64,417,97. No idea how the case turned out.
5. in 2007 there was an auction of a "Father LaPierr's Photographic Album from the St. Alban's Raid" and in it was a photo of Marcus A. Spurr dated March 6, 1865 and of Mary E. Shephard Porterfield and Susan Porterfield (who later married Marcus Spurr). No idea where these photos are now.
Sleep peacefully cousin. I descend from your great grandfather Richard Spurr.
Son of Richard Winn Spurr and Martha Ann Prewitt of Fayette Co., KY (graves moved from Athens Cem., Athens, Fayette Co., KY to Lexington Cem., Lexington, Fayette Co.,KY)
1. American Civil War Soldiers on Ancestry.com states Marcus Spurr, resided Nashville, TN, enlistement date 10 Sep 1862 Fayette Co., KY, death date 18 July 1922 Nashville, Tn., service record shows enlisted Co. A, 8th Cavalry on Sep 10, 1862.
2. book "Burn the Town and Sack the Banks: Confederates Attack Vermont" by Cathryn J. Price states: "tracing the October 1864 insurgency during which Confederate raiders held up three banks in St. Albans, Vermont, in an account that documents how the raiders recruited Union prison camp escapees.."Raider Marcus A. Spurr escaped from Camp Douglas before joining Bennett H. Young on the infamous raid. page 208: I owe no allegiance to the so called United States, but to the Confederate States of America-stated Marcus Spurr, a Kentucky native, from the stand-I was held prisoner of war in a Yankee Bastille, and by bribing a Yankee pay-triot and by daring, escaped...Last summer in Chicago I placed myself under the command of Lt. Young. What I may have done in St. Albans, I did as a soldier of the Confederate States of America, and in accordance with orders from Lt. Young of said Army. In doing this, I have violated no law of Canada or Great Britain. I have lost kindred and have had kindred plundered."
3. "A History of Tennessee and Tenneseans: the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities" by author Will T. Hale published 1913... "born on March 6, 1844 near Lexington Fayette Co., KY...1862 entered Confederate Army becoming a Commissary sergeant and the comissary of the 8th KY Cavalry...captured during one of Gen. John H. Morgans raids in Ohio, first placed in confinement at Camp Chase then Camp Douglas...captured in Canada for actions at St. Albans, held six months but then the war ended...excepted from a pardon by Amnesty Proclamation of President Johnson, remained in Canadian exile for two and a half years...pardoned about 1867...while in Canada met and married Susie Portfield-dau of John Porterfield of Nashville, Tn...became treasurer of the Confederate Monumental Association in Nashville...at present assistant adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans.
4.HOWEVER in Spurr versus United States (Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit June 1, 1898 Marcus was President of the Commercial National Bank in Nashville and got into a "spot" of trouble over certifying a check that he didn't have enough money on hand to cover, causing a overdraft of $64,417,97. No idea how the case turned out.
5. in 2007 there was an auction of a "Father LaPierr's Photographic Album from the St. Alban's Raid" and in it was a photo of Marcus A. Spurr dated March 6, 1865 and of Mary E. Shephard Porterfield and Susan Porterfield (who later married Marcus Spurr). No idea where these photos are now.
Sleep peacefully cousin. I descend from your great grandfather Richard Spurr.
Quite a colorful character
Son of Richard Winn Spurr and Martha Ann Prewitt of Fayette Co., KY (graves moved from Athens Cem., Athens, Fayette Co., KY to Lexington Cem., Lexington, Fayette Co.,KY)
1. American Civil War Soldiers on Ancestry.com states Marcus Spurr, resided Nashville, TN, enlistement date 10 Sep 1862 Fayette Co., KY, death date 18 July 1922 Nashville, Tn., service record shows enlisted Co. A, 8th Cavalry on Sep 10, 1862.
2. book "Burn the Town and Sack the Banks: Confederates Attack Vermont" by Cathryn J. Price states: "tracing the October 1864 insurgency during which Confederate raiders held up three banks in St. Albans, Vermont, in an account that documents how the raiders recruited Union prison camp escapees.."Raider Marcus A. Spurr escaped from Camp Douglas before joining Bennett H. Young on the infamous raid. page 208: I owe no allegiance to the so called United States, but to the Confederate States of America-stated Marcus Spurr, a Kentucky native, from the stand-I was held prisoner of war in a Yankee Bastille, and by bribing a Yankee pay-triot and by daring, escaped...Last summer in Chicago I placed myself under the command of Lt. Young. What I may have done in St. Albans, I did as a soldier of the Confederate States of America, and in accordance with orders from Lt. Young of said Army. In doing this, I have violated no law of Canada or Great Britain. I have lost kindred and have had kindred plundered."
3. "A History of Tennessee and Tenneseans: the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities" by author Will T. Hale published 1913... "born on March 6, 1844 near Lexington Fayette Co., KY...1862 entered Confederate Army becoming a Commissary sergeant and the comissary of the 8th KY Cavalry...captured during one of Gen. John H. Morgans raids in Ohio, first placed in confinement at Camp Chase then Camp Douglas...captured in Canada for actions at St. Albans, held six months but then the war ended...excepted from a pardon by Amnesty Proclamation of President Johnson, remained in Canadian exile for two and a half years...pardoned about 1867...while in Canada met and married Susie Portfield-dau of John Porterfield of Nashville, Tn...became treasurer of the Confederate Monumental Association in Nashville...at present assistant adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans.
4.HOWEVER in Spurr versus United States (Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit June 1, 1898 Marcus was President of the Commercial National Bank in Nashville and got into a "spot" of trouble over certifying a check that he didn't have enough money on hand to cover, causing a overdraft of $64,417,97. No idea how the case turned out.
5. in 2007 there was an auction of a "Father LaPierr's Photographic Album from the St. Alban's Raid" and in it was a photo of Marcus A. Spurr dated March 6, 1865 and of Mary E. Shephard Porterfield and Susan Porterfield (who later married Marcus Spurr). No idea where these photos are now.
Sleep peacefully cousin. I descend from your great grandfather Richard Spurr.
Son of Richard Winn Spurr and Martha Ann Prewitt of Fayette Co., KY (graves moved from Athens Cem., Athens, Fayette Co., KY to Lexington Cem., Lexington, Fayette Co.,KY)
1. American Civil War Soldiers on Ancestry.com states Marcus Spurr, resided Nashville, TN, enlistement date 10 Sep 1862 Fayette Co., KY, death date 18 July 1922 Nashville, Tn., service record shows enlisted Co. A, 8th Cavalry on Sep 10, 1862.
2. book "Burn the Town and Sack the Banks: Confederates Attack Vermont" by Cathryn J. Price states: "tracing the October 1864 insurgency during which Confederate raiders held up three banks in St. Albans, Vermont, in an account that documents how the raiders recruited Union prison camp escapees.."Raider Marcus A. Spurr escaped from Camp Douglas before joining Bennett H. Young on the infamous raid. page 208: I owe no allegiance to the so called United States, but to the Confederate States of America-stated Marcus Spurr, a Kentucky native, from the stand-I was held prisoner of war in a Yankee Bastille, and by bribing a Yankee pay-triot and by daring, escaped...Last summer in Chicago I placed myself under the command of Lt. Young. What I may have done in St. Albans, I did as a soldier of the Confederate States of America, and in accordance with orders from Lt. Young of said Army. In doing this, I have violated no law of Canada or Great Britain. I have lost kindred and have had kindred plundered."
3. "A History of Tennessee and Tenneseans: the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities" by author Will T. Hale published 1913... "born on March 6, 1844 near Lexington Fayette Co., KY...1862 entered Confederate Army becoming a Commissary sergeant and the comissary of the 8th KY Cavalry...captured during one of Gen. John H. Morgans raids in Ohio, first placed in confinement at Camp Chase then Camp Douglas...captured in Canada for actions at St. Albans, held six months but then the war ended...excepted from a pardon by Amnesty Proclamation of President Johnson, remained in Canadian exile for two and a half years...pardoned about 1867...while in Canada met and married Susie Portfield-dau of John Porterfield of Nashville, Tn...became treasurer of the Confederate Monumental Association in Nashville...at present assistant adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans.
4.HOWEVER in Spurr versus United States (Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit June 1, 1898 Marcus was President of the Commercial National Bank in Nashville and got into a "spot" of trouble over certifying a check that he didn't have enough money on hand to cover, causing a overdraft of $64,417,97. No idea how the case turned out.
5. in 2007 there was an auction of a "Father LaPierr's Photographic Album from the St. Alban's Raid" and in it was a photo of Marcus A. Spurr dated March 6, 1865 and of Mary E. Shephard Porterfield and Susan Porterfield (who later married Marcus Spurr). No idea where these photos are now.
Sleep peacefully cousin. I descend from your great grandfather Richard Spurr.
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