James F. Sprague

1857 - 1863  (6 years)

• Name	James F. Sprague  [1]
  Born	21 Aug 1857	VT, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Vermont Vital Records. Name of Child: Sprague, James DOB: August 21, 1857 Maiden Name of Mother: Polly P. Mother's Birthplace: Dover Mother's Residence: Stratton Name of Father: Isaac Sprague Father's Birthplace: Winhall Father's Occupation: Farmer Condition of Child: Live Proper Town of Stratton, Dist. No. 3. LaFayette Sheldon Town Clerk
  Gender	Male
  Census	11 Jul 1860	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA   [3]
  Dwelling 1064- Family 1044.
  Sprague, Isaac, 36, M, W, Farmer, RP $300, PP $200, BornVermont. Sprague, Fedora (Phidora), 29, F, W, Born Vermont. Sprague, Eveline (Eva), 10, F, W, Born Vermont, AttendingSchool. Sprague, Alfred, 6, M, W, Born Vermont, Attending School. Sprague, Lafayette, 5, F, W, Born Vermont. Sprague, James, 3, M, W, Born Vermont.
  Died	23 Aug 1863	Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA   [1, 3]
  	Cause: Typhoid epidemic.
  	From Linda Horton, correspondent. James F. Sprague died during an epidemic in Illinois thatalso took his brothers, Elmer and LaFayette. ===== From William G. Sprague, correspondent, note of 17 November2020 Vermont Vital Records. Full Name of Deceased: James Age: 6 Years 2 Mos. Names of Parents: P. (Phidora) V. P. (Polly) Sprague DOD: August 23, 1863 Name of Cemetery: Center Cemetery. True Copy. Dated: January 24, 1920 E. A. Eddy Town Clerk Stratton
  Buried	Ball Cemetery, Stratton, Windham Co., VT, USA   [3]
  Notes	(Medical): Also reported as Dysliettresia?
  Person ID	I114056	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Isaac C. Sprague,   b. 14 Apr 1824, Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 1902, Northfield, Franklin Co., MA, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Phidora (Polly) Graves Knapp,   b. 16 Aug 1830, Marlboro, Windham Co., VT, USA ,   d. 30 Aug 1918, Northfield, Franklin Co., MA, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1848  [2, 4, 5]
  	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. [3]
  Family ID	F8668	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 Aug 1857 - VT, USA Census - Dwelling 1064- Family 1044. - 11 Jul 1860 - Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA Died - Cause: Typhoid epidemic. - 23 Aug 1863 - Stratton, Windham ( Bennington until 1787) Co., VT, USA Buried - - Ball Cemetery, Stratton, Windham Co., VT, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1557] Correspondent: Horton, Linda, Linda Horton, correspondent. [S352] Publication: Sprague Families in America, Sprague, Warren Vincent, (Rutland, Vt: The Tuttle Company, Printer, 1913), page 301. [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of 13 November 2020. [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?)".