am i a sperling or a spurling
my gggrandfather was john t.sperling 1900 mo. census the same john t. spurling with the same children , as listed in 1870 kentucky taylor,co. census.they came to mo. in 1880. they were coal miners. coal was big here in southeast kans.,western mo.area at that time.it is believed in the family that john t./family came to mo. by way of indiana.maybe that is where they picked up the "er".can any one help me with john t,s whereabouts between 1870 and 1880.