Adrian Spurlock was the Cowboy Evangelist.
He was born to John William and Eliza Jane Johnson Spurlock Aug 3 1886 in Jefferson Co. Iowa. He traveled with his family to Nebraska then to Colorado in early 1900. He married Sadie Tolliver from Missouri and they were (homesteading) in Colorado Springs during the 1910 census.
Sadie and Adrian had six children: Clover (Harry Edward Hoffman), Lucille Francis (Ed Parsley), Genevieve Laura (Cook), Wanda J (Luther Martin Townley), Arthur Franklin, (m Gener Stone), and Esther R (James Cornelius Gaylor).
Adrian and his cowboy brothers were the musical Spurlocks, playing bluegrass fiddles, banjo, piano, guitar and bass. They wrote music and played for big name musicians as well as doing their own music. (A fiddle played by the 'boys' was smashed on stage as a prank by a young vocalist during one of their shows...this vocalist was Frank Sinatra.)
He embraced the religious beliefs of his ancestors later in his life and held tent revivals, riding in on his horse, shooting his guns to get everyone's attention. He preached until just before his death.
Adrian died Aug 9 1963 in San Diego, California and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
He was born to John William and Eliza Jane Johnson Spurlock Aug 3 1886 in Jefferson Co. Iowa. He traveled with his family to Nebraska then to Colorado in early 1900. He married Sadie Tolliver from Missouri and they were (homesteading) in Colorado Springs during the 1910 census.
Sadie and Adrian had six children: Clover (Harry Edward Hoffman), Lucille Francis (Ed Parsley), Genevieve Laura (Cook), Wanda J (Luther Martin Townley), Arthur Franklin, (m Gener Stone), and Esther R (James Cornelius Gaylor).
Adrian and his cowboy brothers were the musical Spurlocks, playing bluegrass fiddles, banjo, piano, guitar and bass. They wrote music and played for big name musicians as well as doing their own music. (A fiddle played by the 'boys' was smashed on stage as a prank by a young vocalist during one of their shows...this vocalist was Frank Sinatra.)
He embraced the religious beliefs of his ancestors later in his life and held tent revivals, riding in on his horse, shooting his guns to get everyone's attention. He preached until just before his death.
Adrian died Aug 9 1963 in San Diego, California and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Adrian Spurlock was the Cowboy Evangelist.
He was born to John William and Eliza Jane Johnson Spurlock Aug 3 1886 in Jefferson Co. Iowa. He traveled with his family to Nebraska then to Colorado in early 1900. He married Sadie Tolliver from Missouri and they were (homesteading) in Colorado Springs during the 1910 census.
Sadie and Adrian had six children: Clover (Harry Edward Hoffman), Lucille Francis (Ed Parsley), Genevieve Laura (Cook), Wanda J (Luther Martin Townley), Arthur Franklin, (m Gener Stone), and Esther R (James Cornelius Gaylor).
Adrian and his cowboy brothers were the musical Spurlocks, playing bluegrass fiddles, banjo, piano, guitar and bass. They wrote music and played for big name musicians as well as doing their own music. (A fiddle played by the 'boys' was smashed on stage as a prank by a young vocalist during one of their shows...this vocalist was Frank Sinatra.)
He embraced the religious beliefs of his ancestors later in his life and held tent revivals, riding in on his horse, shooting his guns to get everyone's attention. He preached until just before his death.
Adrian died Aug 9 1963 in San Diego, California and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
He was born to John William and Eliza Jane Johnson Spurlock Aug 3 1886 in Jefferson Co. Iowa. He traveled with his family to Nebraska then to Colorado in early 1900. He married Sadie Tolliver from Missouri and they were (homesteading) in Colorado Springs during the 1910 census.
Sadie and Adrian had six children: Clover (Harry Edward Hoffman), Lucille Francis (Ed Parsley), Genevieve Laura (Cook), Wanda J (Luther Martin Townley), Arthur Franklin, (m Gener Stone), and Esther R (James Cornelius Gaylor).
Adrian and his cowboy brothers were the musical Spurlocks, playing bluegrass fiddles, banjo, piano, guitar and bass. They wrote music and played for big name musicians as well as doing their own music. (A fiddle played by the 'boys' was smashed on stage as a prank by a young vocalist during one of their shows...this vocalist was Frank Sinatra.)
He embraced the religious beliefs of his ancestors later in his life and held tent revivals, riding in on his horse, shooting his guns to get everyone's attention. He preached until just before his death.
Adrian died Aug 9 1963 in San Diego, California and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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