1870 US Census, Rock Springs and Giddy Swamp and McTier
Rufus Price, age 33,
Sarah Price, age 28
Rufus, age 14
Henrietta, age 12
John, age 8
Jenny, age 2
Susanna, age 8 mos.1880 US Census, Lexington Co, SC Bull Swamp Twp.,
in h/h of mother Lavinia Jeffcoat

1880 Us Census, Lexington, SC, Bull Swamp Township
John M. Jeffcoat
Lavina, 56
Alice L., 18
Novia, 16
Minnie Sturkie, 4, G dau
Margary, G dau
Rufus, 25, s son (son in law)
**
On same page as Russell Sturkie and Vastin Jefcoat

1900 US Census, Aiken CO, SC, Hopewell Twp
R. W. Sturkie, bn Sept. 1854, age 45, md.@age 17, farmer (June 6, 1900)
Missouri, bn. Nov, 1857, age 48, children:3/3;
Gertrude, bn June 1887, age 12
Wesley V., bn Oct 1889, age 10
Louriann, bn May 1891, age 9
Handy, black servant bn aug 1872 age 26

*Living next door to B. A. Gunter

1910, US, Aiken Co, SC Hopewell TWp
Rufus W. Sturkey, age 54
Missouri, age 57
Laurie Ann, age 17

Living Next to daughter Gertrude Gunter and Sam Till Gunter

Death Certificate
Hopewell, Aiken County, SC
File No. 7648
R. W. Sturkey
Date of Death: 5-2-1917
Age: 63
Cause of Death: Dropsy
Father’s name: Don’t know, born SC
Mother’s Maiden Name: Sarah Price, bn. SC
Informant: W. V. Sturkey
Burial: Steam Cemetery 5-3-1917

Find A Grave Memorial# 65976059
Birth: 
Sep. 28, 1855
Death: 
May 2, 1917

 
Family links: 
 Spouse:
  Misouria Courtney Sturkey (1852 - 1932)*
 
*Calculated relationship
 
Burial:
Steam Mill Bottom Cemetery
Aiken County
South Carolina, USA
 

In Memory of Our Dear Mother
Misouria Courtney
Wife of R. W. Sturkie

1880 US Census, Giddy Swamp, Aiken, SC
Harriet Courtney, age 66
Missouria A., age 26
Hordan T., age 20