Joel H. Sprague

1841 - 1910  (69 years)

• Name	Joel H. Sprague  [1, 2]
  Born	1841	Ocean Co., NJ, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	31 Aug 1850	Mansfield, Burlington Co., NJ, USA   [5]
  R443P427S#214
  John Sprange[sic]  54 farmer [all b NJ] Catharine  49 Mary  26 John A.  24 watterman Emeline  19 Sarah A.  15 Mahlon  11 Lydia  9 Joel  9 Emeline _[written over 25?] male[sic] Mary E.  5
  Census	17 Aug 1860	Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [4]
  P.O.Trenton R697P148/521
  John Sprague  63  farmer real estate $2700/personal $650 [all b NJ] Catharine  59 Mahlon  22  farm hand Joel  twin  18  farm hand Lydia twin  18
  Census	2 Jul 1870	Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [3, 5]
  Dwelling 308, Family 306, P. O. Hamilton Square
  Joel Sprague  30  farmer  real estate $2000/personal $800  NJ Isabella Sprague.,22.,F.,W.,Keeping House.,NJ Mary Sprague.,2.,F.,W.,--.,NJ Catherine Sprague.,8/12 Sept.,F.,W.,--.,NJ
  Census	22 Jun 1880	Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [5]
  ED113P36S#
  Joel H. Spregg  38 farmer [all NJ NJ NJ] Isabella  26  wife Mary  12  dtr Catharine  8  dtr Edward  6  son Elizabeth  1  dtr
  Census	1885	Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [5]
  New Jersey State Census, Northern Dstr p29 family 174, LDS film 888625
  Joel H. Sprague 20-60 Isabella 20-60 Mary 5-20 Kate 5-20 Edward 5-20 Lydia 5-20 Elizabeth 5-20 Howard 0-4 Laura 0-4
  Census	1900	Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [6]
  Joel, Head,  58, born Jan 1841, married 33 years, born NJ, parents born NJ, Farmer Sprague, Isabela (sic), Wife, 52, born Mar 1848, married 33 years, 8 children, 7 still living, born NJ, parents born NJ Sprague, Catherine, Daughter, 30, born Sep 1869, single, born NJ, parents born NJ Sprague, Lidia E., Daughter, 26, born Oct 1873, single, born NJ, parents born NJ Sprague, Howard, Son, 19, born Mar 1891, single, born NJ, parents born NJ, Farm Hand Sprague, Laura B., Daughter, 16, born Jul 1888, born NJ, parents born NJ
  Census	1905	Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [7]
  New Jersey State Census, LDS film 1688613, P4 family 83 [extracted]
  Joel H. Sprague  55 Isabella  57 Catheren  32 Lidia  27 Howard  23 Henry Thomson  23 William Sprague  72
  Census	28 Apr 1910	Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [5]
  ED34P10AS#191
  Joel H. Sprague  head  62  mx1 39y [all NJ NJ NJ]  farmer truck farm Isabella C.  wife  mx1 39y children 7/living 7 Catharine S.  dtr  38  single Lydia E.  dtr  36  single Howard  son  28  single  farmer laborer
  Relationship to Family	Twin
  Died	24 Jul 1910	Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [2]
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [5]
  	NOTE: The following gravestone is a bit puzzling.  Names are all spelled corectly as we understand them.  But notice the base of the stone, J. H. and E. C.  That should be I. C.  A strange error. findagrave.com posted by Carol Foss information re Harry posted by Judy Ryan Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer county, New Jersey [a massive, ornate gravestone] SPRAGUE J. H. and E. C. John H. Sprague 1841 1910 his wife Isabella C. 1848 1917 son Harry R. Born and Died 1876
  Notes	From Jane Sanderman Mason, correspondent, note of January 22, 2013 Trenton (New Jersey) City Directory 1879 Trenton P.O.:...Mahlon Spragg, Joel Spragg,... From Jane Sanderman Mason, correspondent, note of January 29, 2013 ancestry.com Ramily Tree "The Ancestors of Robert L. Bartlett" posted by Robert Bartlett Title: Spragg-Sprague; A rough compilation of the John Spragg Heirs By Ann S.Keklak discovered in the Ocean County, New Jersey, Historical Society Not A Book Page: "Joel, resident of Mercer County, New Jersey, died intestate. died July 24, 1910, leaving a widow and seven children. isabella d. Dec. 26, 1917" ===== Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County New Jersey Francis Bazley Lee New York Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co.  1907 Vol II page 746-747 Joel H. Sprague, of Robbinsville, who has served his township in more than one office of trust and responsibility, is a representative of a numerous family.  His father and paternal grandfather both bore the name of John.  The former lived at Spragtown, Ocean county, and was captain of a coasting vessel.  When he relinquished a maritive life he settled in Hamilton township.  He married Catharine, daughter of Israel Rulong, and they become the parents of the following children: Israel, Samuel, Mary, John, Charles, Emmeline, William, Sarah, Mahlon M., a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work; Eliza (twin to Mahlon M.), died in infancy; Joel H.; Lydia (twin to Joel H.) deceased.Joel H. Sprague, son of John and Catharine (Rulong) Sprague, was born in Ocean county, and received his education in the public schools.  Before coming to Mercer county the family moved to Columbus and then to Burlington county, and in each of these places Mr. Sprague was the assistant of his father in farm work.  When they finally settled in Hamilton township, he became the manager of his father's farm of twenty-four acres, cultivating it for market gardening and fruit.  At the age of twenty-one he learned the carpenter's trade and followed it for two years near White Horse.  Then for one year, he cultivated a farm of seventy-five acres.  At the end of that time he purchased what was known as the Peter Rainear farm, consisting of fifty acres, and on this land has since made his home, devoting his attention to market gardening and the raising of fruit. He has held the office of supervisor of roads, and for eighteen years in succession has served as school trustee.  He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 97, Hamilton Square, and in politics affiliates with the Republicans.  He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church Mr. Sprague married Isabella Cranmer, and the following are their children: Mary C., wife of Franklin Rainear, children: Ruth, Benjamin, Isabella and Harvey. Catherine S., Edward C., married Elizabeth Coleman, one child, Leon.  Lydia E. Howard.  Lizzie, wife of Robert Coileman.  Laura, wife of Irving Everett, one child, Verna. Mrs. Sprague is a granddaughter of Jonathan Cranmer, and a daughter of Joel; S. Cranmer, the family being of Ocean county.  Joel S. Cranmer married Mary E., daughter of William and Rhoda (Garwood) Pullen Chapman, and two children were born to them: Isabella, wife of Joel H. Sprague.  William E., married Martha Lippencott.  After the death of his wife, Mr. Cranmer married her sister, Elizabeth Chapman, becoming by this marriage the father of the following children:  George N., married Sarah Veitch and two children were born to them, Roy and Anna; after Sarah's death he married Annie Lattimore.  Joel A. married Mary Etta Adams, one child, Clement. ===== Carol Foss included the following obituaries - SPRAGUE--In Hamilton Township, on the 24th inst., Joel Sprague, in the 70th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family, also Hamilton Lodge No 97 IOOF, are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, Olden Avenue, on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services at the house. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery at convenience of the family. Carriages will meet 1 pm trolly cars at White Horse. Trenton Evening Times 25 July 1910 [4, 5]
  Person ID	I131893	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	John Spragg, Jr.,   b. Abt 1797, Stafford Forge, Ocean Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 6 Nov 1861, Stafford Forge, Ocean Co., NJ, USA  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Catherine Rulon,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	20 Aug 1818	Monmouth Co., NJ, USA   [10, 11, 12]
  	From Jane Sanderman Mason, correspondent, note of February 27, 2013 New Jersey Marriage Record [image online] To the Clerk of the Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth, I Silas Crane, one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Monmouth do hereby certify that on the 20th day of August 1818 I married John Spragg and Catharine Rulong both of said county and them did pronounce man and wife agreeable to the laws of this state. Silas Crane page: 22 LDS film number: 595130 Monmouth County (New Jersey). County Clerk's Office [8, 9]
  Family ID	F135533	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Isabella S. Cranmer,   b. 15 Mar 1848, White Horse, West Mercer Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 26 Dec 1917, Princeton Junction, Mercer Co., NJ, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1867	Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, USA   [1, 13]
  	New Jersey Marriage Record [extracted] groom's name:       Joel H. Sprague      bride's name:      Isabella Crammer bride's birth date:       1849      bride's age:       18 marriage date:       01 Jan 1867 marriage place:       Hamilton Twp, Mercer, New Jersey groom's father's name:      John groom's mother's name:      Kate bride's father's name:      Joel bride's mother's name:      Mary source film number:       584570 Mercer county Vol T, original records at the New Jersey State Library, Trenton reference number:       2:2DX4MQ5 [5]
  Children	+ 1. Mary C. Sprague,   b. 1 Jan 1868, Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 1951  (Age 82 years)   2. Catherine S. Sprague,   b. Sep 1869, Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1948, Orthaepedic Hospital, Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA  (Age ~ 78 years) + 3. Edward C. Sprague,   b. 1871, NJ, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1937  (Age 66 years)   4. Lydia Emma Sprague,   b. 8 Oct 1873, Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 21 Nov 1915, Princeton Junction, Mercer Co., NJ, USA  (Age 42 years)   5. Harry R. Sprague,   b. Apr 1876, Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 1876   6. Elizabeth C. Sprague,   b. 20 May 1878, Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1929  (Age 50 years) + 7. Howard Sprague,   b. 22 Mar 1880, Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1924, Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA  (Age 44 years) + 8. Laura B. Sprague,   b. 31 Jul 1883, Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1954, Highstown, Mercer Co., NJ, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F47948	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1841 - Ocean Co., NJ, USA Census - R443P427S#214 - 31 Aug 1850 - Mansfield, Burlington Co., NJ, USA Census - P.O.Trenton R697P148/521 - 17 Aug 1860 - Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA Census - ED113P36S# - 22 Jun 1880 - Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA Census - New Jersey State Census, Northern Dstr p29 family 174, LDS film 888625 - 1885 - Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA Census - 1900 - Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA Census - New Jersey State Census, LDS film 1688613, P4 family 83 [extracted] - 1905 - Mercer Co., NJ, USA Census - ED34P10AS#191 - 28 Apr 1910 - Hamilton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA Died - 24 Jul 1910 - Mercer Co., NJ, USA Buried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S456] Book: Cranmer, William Descendants, Harris, Jean Shropshire & Harris, Murray Thomas, (Woodbury, New Jersey:The Gloucester County Historical Society, 1997), page  85. [S52] Internet Web Site, http://www.gencircles.com/users/bobbartlett/1/data/2206. [S225] Census Records (U.S.), 1870 Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ. [S28] Correspondent: Mason, Jane Sanderman, note of January 22, 2013. [S28] Correspondent: Mason, Jane Sanderman, note of January 29, 2013. [S20] Correspondent: Sprague, Ralph D., note of November 2, 2009. [S28] Correspondent: Mason, Jane Sanderman, note of January 28, 2013. [S28] Correspondent: Mason, Jane Sanderman, note of February 27, 2013. [S28] Correspondent: Mason, Jane Sanderman, note of February 28, 2013. [S342] Correspondent: Bartlett, Bob. [S45] CD: Long Island Genealogy. [S483] Correspondent: Keklak, Ann, note of June 16, 2010. [S456] Book: Cranmer, William Descendants, Harris, Jean Shropshire & Harris, Murray Thomas, (Woodbury, New Jersey:The Gloucester County Historical Society, 1997), page 190.