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Witherspoon Surname Origin
(Locality). A grazing-place in the spur of a mountain or hill; Weider, Dutch or Saxon, and span, to unite, bend, extend.
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Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
Witherspoon Surname Meaning and Family Facts
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'You live as long as you are remembered.' --Russian Proverb