Sterling Hurst

1863 - 1865  (2 years)

• Name	Sterling Hurst  [1]
  Birth	26 Feb 1863  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Oct 1865  [1]
  Burial	Hurst Cemetery, Pulaski County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I4511	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel Hurst,   b. 25 Jan 1820, Virginia d. 24 Dec 1895, Newbern, Pulaski County, Virginia (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Virginia Breeding,   b. 23 Jan 1823, Virginia d. 6 Jan 1909 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1840	Pulaski County, Virginia   [1]
  	During the Civil War, Hursts from Pulaski naturally fought for the Confederacy. Allen and Calvin were in the 45th Virginia Infantry. The situation was different in Claiborne County in a pro-Union area of East Tennessee. But several of Absalom's descendants there were on the Southern side. After the war was over ? perhaps no longer feeling welcome in that area ? some of them moved back to Pulaski. The largest group of these was Samuel Hurst (1820-1895) and Virginia Breeding (1823-1909), both originally from Pulaski, and most of their children. For some reason they did not move back to Hiwassee, but settled in Newbern on the other side of the New River. Samuel was the eldest son of "Squire" John Hurst, another son of John Hurst of Pulaski, whose father was Absalom. The "Newbern Hurst" sons who moved with their parents were Garrett, Estell, Jackson, Milton and Samuel. Only the youngest son, Albert Monroe, was born in Pulaski. In 1870, Garrett Hurst, after marrying a Civil War widow, Nicotia Miranda Quesenberry Clark, moved his family to Cooke County, Texas, where they prospered. From the remainder of the sons who stayed in Pulaski, there were at least 40 children. Samuel and Virginia had two daughters, but they died young before the move to Pulaski. The "Newbern Hursts" are known for their regular reunions in Newbern or Dublin; the latest one in 2005 had about 100 attendees. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wrhurst/hurst/pulaskihursthistory.htm
  Family ID	F2443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Hurst Cemetery, Pulaski County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S468] Williams, Cova Jean Hurst--Family Researcher (GEDCOM file).