Charles N. Sprague

1876 - 1897  (21 years)

• Name	Charles N. Sprague  [1, 2]
  Born	1876	NE, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Nov 1897	Blair, Washington Co., NE, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: consumption
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Blair, Washington Co., NE, USA   [2]
  		I42062 Sprague, Chester Blashfield (1838-1909), his wife, Meservey, Sibyl (1840-1910) and their children, Sprague, Edith M. (1866-1884) and Sprague, Charles M. (1876-1897), gravestone in Blair Cemetery, Blair, Washington Co., Nebraska
  Notes	From Jane Sanderman Mason, correspondent, note of April 3, 2015 Posted to the website of the Washington County Genealogical Society [Nebraska] Pilot 18 Nov. 1897 Charles Nathanel Sprague. Charles N. Sprague, the only son and youngest child of Editor C. B. Sprague of The Blair Republican, died at the home of his parents in this city at 6 o'clock last Tuesday morning in the 21st year of his age, after an illness of several months from consumption. No more promising young life has more untimely closed than this. In the very spring time of his youth, with none but tender, happy hopes for the future, he closed iris eyes and is gone. His life had been a pleasing poem to himself, his parents and his friends. The smile lighting ever his face was the reflex of the truth and goodness of his manly heart. From childhood he moved among friends of this city who loved him, while his sunny presence was the charm of every circle that he graced. Less than a year of sickness pressed the gentle brow when the bitter chalice was placed to his lips and he was borne away. To those who had lived in the warmth of the absent one's friendship the cruel tidings of his death came with bewildering force and beggar the mind that would, in loving tenderness, speak of his gentle life. To those who loved him he was an ever-present joy, and ?percading vision of peace and gladness. Tender, confiding and true his simple generous nature drew congenial spirits to him and those who care within the sanctuary of his attached friendship will tenderly mourn the young life now closed on earth forever. Yesterday tender hands gently bore all that remained of this loved one to the home of the dead, and with thoughts of the soft air of springtime kissing the opening flowers, so typical of the bright young life that lasted but a day, they laid him down to the last dreamless sleep of all. The funeral at the home was attended by a large number of friends and neighbors of the parents of the deceased. The flowers were unusually profuse and the designs elaborate and of rare beauty. From the home a long line of carriages containing sympathizing friends of the family followed the remains to the Blair Cemetery where they were consigned to their final resting place. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the grief-stricken family in this their hour of great sorrow over the loss of a son and brother whose example in life the generation growing up around would do well to emulate one whose beautiful traits of character are depicted by everyone who knew him. Note: Since the actual death date was not given, the news article date was used.
  Person ID	I235099	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Chester Blashfield Sprague,   b. 16 Nov 1838, Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA ,   d. 14 Feb 1909, Pawnee, Pawnee Co., OK, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sibyl Meservey,   b. Feb 1840, ME, USA ,   d. 1910, Pawnee, Pawnee Co., OK, USA  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	1864  [1]
  Family ID	F84625	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1876 - NE, USA Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Blair, Washington Co., NE, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Sprague, Chester Blashfield (1838-1909), his wife, Meservey, Sibyl (1840-1910) and their children, Sprague, Edith M. (1866-1884) and Sprague, Charles N. (1876-1897), gravestone in Blair Cemetery, Blair, Washington Co., Nebraska

  
  

• Sources

  [S613] Correspondent: Krzyzak, Greg E., note of October 1st, 2005. [S613] Correspondent: Krzyzak, Greg E., note of October 3rd, 2005. [S28] Correspondent: Mason, Jane Sanderman, note of April 3, 2015.