James Horton Sprague

1829 - 1873  (43 years)

• Name	James Horton Sprague  [1]
  Born	17 Apr 1829	Brookfield, Tioga Co., PA, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Aug 1850	Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA   [2]
  Census	20 Jun 1860	Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA   [2]
  Military	Between 12 Aug 1862 and 7 Jun 1865	Civil War
  	Co. C, 25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
  	James H. Sprague  enlisted on 12 Aug. 1862, he served the 25th Wisconsin Vol. Inf. Co. C, he was mustered out of service on 7 June 1865 at Crystal Springs, Maryland.  At time of enlistment he resided at Lancaster, Wisconsin.      After the war he was killed when a well he was curbing, caved in on him.
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA   [2]
  Died	17 Jan 1873	Milton Junction, Rock Co., WI, USA   [1]
  Buried	Otter Creek Cemetery, Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA   [1]
  Notes	From the Maurice Sprague Book. James H. Sprague served almost three years in the Civil war in Company C of the 25th Vol. Infantry.  He was killed when a well which was curbing caved in on him. ===== From Dale E. Sprague, Jr., correspondent, note of December 2, 2019 Buried in a Well. James Sprague, of Milton was yesterday recurbing a well for William H. Burrows, of Afton.  He commenced his work at the bottom of the well which is fifty feet deep, and had finished the curbing upward twenty-five feet when the upper part of the well fell in closing the excavation.  The well is situated near the railroad track and as a train was passing at the time of the accident it is supposed by the assistants who were working the windlass that the jarring of the ground caused by the motion of the train was the immediate cause of the accident.  The accident occurred yesterday afternoon and the fate of Mr. Sprague is yet unknown, as the well has not been re-opened. ===== The Body of James Sprague Recovered. After fifty hours of incessant labor, the body of James Sprague, who was buried in a well at Afton on Friday, was recovered at half past eight o'clock last night. The indications are that the unfortunate victim of this accident, was instantaneously suffocated, as he was found fifteen feet from the bottom completely embedded in the flac? gravel through which the well was sunk, with no scratch or bruise upon his person.  He was standing perfectly erect when found and had in his hand the hatchet with which he was working when the earth caved in upon him.  John Doyle and Daniel Fasker, of Beloit, two experienced well diggers, performed the dangerous task of recovering the body, assisted by the people of Afton, who did all in their power to expedite the search.  Mr. Sprague, as we stated on Saturday, was a resident of Milton, where he has a father and brothers living.  He was forty-five years of age and  leaves a family of two children. [3, 4]
  Person ID	I139651	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Orrin Sprague,   b. 2 Mar 1803, Plainfield Center, Otsego Co., NY, USA ,   d. 12 Jul 1887, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo Co., IA, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Amelia Cady,   b. 11 Feb 1811, Brookfield, Tioga Co., PA, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1879, Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	10 Jul 1828	Brookfield, Tioga Co., PA, USA   [1]
  	From the Maurice Sprague Book. Another set of twins were born to this family; a boy (name unknown) and a girl, Sally.  Both died in infancy and are thought to come between the last two sets of twins, born circa 1849. [3]
  Family ID	F6132	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Elizabeth Emily Green,   b. 12 Jan 1838, NY, USA ,   d. 14 Jan 1919, Marion, Linn Co., IA, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1863	Edgerton, Rock Co., WI, USA   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Clarissa Ellen Sprague,   b. 30 Nov 1854,   d. 16 May 1933  (Age 78 years)   2. Lester Horton Sprague,   b. 12 Apr 1866,   d. 16 May 1933  (Age 67 years)   3. Florence Zena Sprague,   b. 21 Jan 1874, Janesville, Rock Co., WI, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1949, Janesville, Rock Co., WI, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F50898	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Apr 1829 - Brookfield, Tioga Co., PA, USA Census - 6 Aug 1850 - Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA Census - 20 Jun 1860 - Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA Married - 12 Jan 1863 - Edgerton, Rock Co., WI, USA Census - 6 Jul 1870 - Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA Buried - - Otter Creek Cemetery, Milton, Rock Co., WI, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S138] Correspondent: Sprague, Dale E., Jr. [S138] Correspondent: Sprague, Dale E., Jr., note of July 19th, 2003. [S5275] Correspondent: Sprague, Maurice. [S138] Correspondent: Sprague, Dale E., Jr., note of December 2, 2019.