Mary Jane Sprague

1835 - 1921  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Jane Sprague  [1]
  Born	23 Nov 1835	Kent, Putnam Co., NY, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Sep 1921	Towners, Putnam Co., NY, USA   [1]
  Buried	Patterson Baptist Cemetery, Towners, Putnam Co., NY, USA   [1]
  Notes	From William G. Sprague, correspondent, note of 25 February2021 The Putnam County Courier, Carmel, N. Y. Pub. Friday, Sept.30, 1921, Pg. 3. DEATH OF MRS. COLEMAN BALLARD Passed Away On Saturday Infirmities of Old Age and Gangrene the Cause. Was in Her 86th Year     Mrs. Mary Jane Ballard, wife of Deacon Coleman Ballard,passed away at her home near Four Corners, Towners, onSaturday, Sept. 24, 1921, aged 85 years after an illness ofseveral months caused by the infirmities of old age andgangrene from which she had suffered for several weeks.     The deceased was Miss. Mary Jane Sprague before hermarriage, a daughter of Ferris and Rachel Russell Spragueand was born in the town of Kent in 1835. For a number ofyears Mr. and Mrs. Ballard lived in East Fishkill, DutchessCo., but for many years their home had been at Towners on alarge farm which Mr. Ballard purchased. Mrs. Ballard wasone of a family of three children, having two brothers,Russell and Levi, the later one having passed away about ayear ago.     Funeral services were held at the Patterson Baptist churchat Towners on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and wherein charge of Rev. Cornelius H. Otto, pastor of the church,of which Mrs. Ballard was a member.     The services were very largely attended and there were manybeautiful floral tributes. Interment was made in the familyplot in the cemetery at Towners.     The death of Mrs. Ballard removes another of the oldestresidents of this section of the county. Mrs. Ballard wasknown for a geat distance by her kindness of spirit andreadiness to help and assist at any time in anyministration where help was needed. A great sorrow fromwhich she never entirely recovered was the loss of her onlydaughter, Mrs. Sarah Rogers, many years ago. Several monthsago the infirmities of old age settled upon her followed bythe dreaded gangrene, but her sufferings were bornepatiently to the end. For her aged husband, Deacon Ballard,the greatest sympathy is manifest in his bereavement. [3]
  Person ID	I108432	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Ferris Sprague,   b. 1 Jul 1813, Carmel, Putnam Co., NY, USA ,   d. 17 Nov 1897, Towners, Putnam Co., NY, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Rachell Russell,   b. 25 Jan 1808, Farmers Mills, Putnam Co., NY, USA ,   d. 7 Dec 1889, Towners, Putnam Co., NY, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1832	Farmers Mills, Putnam Co., NY, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F12003	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Deacon Coleman C. Ballard,   b. 17 Jan 1836, East Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY, USA ,   d. 24 Jun 1922, Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	Y  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Ballard,   b. 13 Dec 1862, East Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY, USA ,   d. 20 Aug 1888, Patterson, Putnam Co., NY, USA  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F39838	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Nov 1835 - Kent, Putnam Co., NY, USA Buried - - Patterson Baptist Cemetery, Towners, Putnam Co., NY, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S3697] Correspondent: ?, Brian, note of December 17, 2009. [S69] Book: Sprague Families in America Supplement, Sprague, Dr. Warren Vincent, (Chauncey, Ohio, privately published, 1940), page 53. [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of 24 Feb 2021. [S5] Correspondent: Vinson, Elaine S.