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James Menzies Sprunt, educator, Presbyterian minister, and Confederate chaplain, was born in Perth, Scotland, the son of Laurence and Christina Sprunt. He was educated in Edinburgh. In 1835 he left Scotland for the West Indies, where he worked as an accountant for a mercantile firm owned by his brother Alexander.
Born in Perth, Scotland on 14 Jan 1818 to Laurence Sprunt and Christina MacDonald. James Menzies Sprunt married Eleanor Hall and had 5 children. He passed away on 6 December 1884 in Kenansville, Duplin County, North Carolina, United States of America.
- Male
- January 14, 1818
- Perth, Scotland
- December 6, 1884
His grandfather was a cotton merchant in the area and his great-great Uncle is the man for whom James Sprunt Community College is named for as well as the author of Chronicles of the Lower Cape Fear. Mr. Kenneth Sprunt relates his family history both before his birth and after.
May 2, 2020 · The family originally settled in Duplin County with other Sprunt relations but moved to Wilmington two years later. (James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville is actually named for the...
James Sprunt, exporter, Cape Fear historian, and philanthropist, arrived in Wilmington in 1854 from his native Glasgow, Scotland, with his parents, Alexander and Jane Dalziel Sprunt. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Tannahill Dalziel.
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Alexander's brother, James Menzies Sprunt, had emigrated from Scotland in 1852 intending to go to Boston but was diverted to Wilmington when the ship developed engine trouble. James went on to Duplin County, where he occupied a pulpit on Sunday and taught school on weekdays.
