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Family / Spouse: Isaac C. Sprague / Phidora (Polly) Graves Knapp (F8668)

• Father | Male Isaac C. Sprague

  
  

  Born	14 Apr 1824	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Died	30 Apr 1902	Northfield, Franklin Co., MA, USA
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, USA
  Married	2 Jul 1848  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	James Silas Sprague | F39027 Family Group Sheet
  Mother	Lucy Eleza Wood | F39027 Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Phidora (Polly) Graves Knapp

  
  

  Born	16 Aug 1830	Marlboro, Windham Co., VT, USA
  Died	30 Aug 1918	Northfield, Franklin Co., MA, USA
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, USA
  Father	Hiram Knapp | F8671 Family Group Sheet
  Mother	Elvira S. Stearns | F8671 Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female + Eva P. Sprague

  
  

  Born	26 Aug 1849	VT, USA
  Died	19 Jun 1913	VT, USA
  Buried		West Wardsboro Cemetery, West Wardsboro, Windham Co., VT, USA
  Spouse	Wallace J. Davidson | F8669
  Married	1871

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + Alfred Isaac Sprague

  
  

  Born	14 Aug 1853	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Died	21 Jan 1934	Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Belle Johnson | F51857
  Married	30 Jun 1878

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Lafayette Sprague

  
  

  Born	9 Jun 1855	VT, USA
  Died	13 Sep 1863	IL, USA
  Buried		Ball Cemetery, Stratton, Windham Co., VT, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male James F. Sprague

  
  

  Born	21 Aug 1857	VT, USA
  Died	23 Aug 1863	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Buried		Ball Cemetery, Stratton, Windham Co., VT, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Eliza Elvira Sprague

  
  

  Born	6 Dec 1861	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Died	29 Jul 1962	Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, USA
  Spouse	William H. Symonds | F51854
  Married	10 Oct 1889	Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, USA

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Elmer L. Sprague

  
  

  Born	10 May 1864	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Died	23 Nov 1865	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Buried		Ball Cemetery, Stratton, Windham Co., VT, USA

  
  

  Child 7 | Female + Bertha Sarah Sprague

  
  

  Born	27 Apr 1867	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Died	10 Nov 1962	Memorial Hospital, Northfield, Franklin Co., MA, USA
  Buried		South Parish Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire Co., NH, USA
  Spouse	Lawrence Hays Lazelle | F41900
  Married	4 Sep 1888	Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, USA

  
  

  Child 8 | Male + James Thatcher Sprague

  
  

  Born	24 Oct 1871	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA
  Died	7 Mar 1952	Greenland, Rockingham Co., NH, USA
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, USA
  Spouse	Anna Josephine Liscom | F51850
  Married	25 Mar 1896	Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Notes about the picture of Isaac and Phidora (Knapp)Sprague: I bought the Cabinet Card photograph of an elderly coupleon ebay. It was taken by a photographer named Fisher inHinsdale, N. H. I have another Cabinet Card photo of afamily member taken by the same photographer. Anyway. thisphoto was taken sometime between 1860's to the 1900's basedon the characteristics of the Cabinet Cards iephotographer's name printed on the bottom front, no propitems in the photo, sepia color, size of the photo andlarger ½ inch margin in the bottom with Photographer's nameand address (Typically 1866 to 1895). In addition, the goldbeveled edges are reflective of the 1885 to 1892 period.The names of this couple are not written on the back of thephoto, but in older cursive writing there is written thefollowing: "Father & Mother Sprague. Picture to Eva andWallace". After searching the Guild database, I found thecouple Eva P. Sprague I114049, who was married to WallaceDavidson. This large family was from Vermont, New Hampshireand Mass. The parents appear to have settled mostly inStratton, Windham County, Vermont. Hinsdale N. H. sits inthe very south west corner of the state only a couple ofmiles from both Vermont and Mass. The distance between thetwo villages is 38.4 miles, so it is conceivable that ifthe parents, Isaac and Phidora, didn't live in Hinsdale atone time, they could easily have traveled there and hadtheir picture taken there for their daughter, Eva P.Sprague Davidson, who did live there. There is no doubt who Eva I114094 and Wallace I22543 are aswritten on the back of the photo. I would think that thisis a photo of Eva Sprague's parents Isaac I114004 andPhidora I22542 Sprague and that the parents wrote the noteon the back and sent it to Eva and Wallace Davidson. (Eva's Grandfather James Sprague died in 1853 and is thustoo old to be in the photo.) Or, perhaps whoever wrote thenote on the back, came into possession of the photo afterthe passing of Eva and Wallace. That person was probably achild of Eva or a brother and sister and they wrote thenotation "Father and Mother Sprague Picture to Eva andWallace" on the back because he/she knew the identity ofthe people of the photo and they knew who the photo wasgiven to. So the photo seems to me to be that of theparents of Eva. P. Sprague Wallace. The timeline of thephoto would match the age of the parents. In addition, Ialso purchased a photo of Eva's brother Alfred IsaacSprague and his wife Elizabeth "Libbie" Bell Johnson whichwas taken by Fisher of Hinsdale, N. H. I know that two oftheir kids, Raye Osborne Sprague and Nellie ElizabethSprague, were in fact born in Hinsdale, N. H. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S352] Publication: Sprague Families in America, Sprague, Warren Vincent, (Rutland, Vt: The Tuttle Company, Printer, 1913), page 301. [S173] Internet: Ancestry DAR Lineage, Lineage of Mrs. Mary Sadie Davidson Boardman, DAR IDNumber: 111613. [S586] Correspondent: Sprague, Diane, "Isaac Sprague m. Thidora G. Knapp (Knopf?)". [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of 13 November 2020.