Gilford Allen Spragg

1864 - 1940  (76 years)

• Name	Gilford Allen Spragg  [1]
  Born	4 Mar 1864	Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Springfield, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [4]
  John SPRAGG    M   Male     English   54   N. B.    Farmer   Church of England Sophia SPRAGG  M   Female   English   43   N. B.             Weslyan Methodist Busby SPRAGG       Male     English   18   N. B.    Son      Weslyan Methodist Tilford SPRAGG     Male     English   17   N. B.    Son      Weslyan Methodist George SPRAGG      Male     English   14   N. B.    Son      Weslyan Methodist Edith SPRAGG       Female   English   12   N. B.             Weslyan Methodist Maud SPRAGG        Female   English   10   N. B.             Weslyan Methodist Ackman SPRAGG      Male     English    8   N. B.             Weslyan Methodist Charles SPRAGG     Male     English    7   N. B.             Weslyan Methodist
  Census	13 Jun 1900	Cottonwood Twp., Deer Lodge Co., MT, USA   [3]
  1st Street, Dwelling 130, Famiy 141?
  Gilford Spragg, head, w, m, Mar 1864, 36, m, 2, New Brunswick/Canada-English, New Brunswick/Canada-English, New Brunswick/Canada-English, 1886, 14, na, blacksmith, r, h Eddie Spragg, wife, w, f, Jan 1869, 31, m, 2, 1, 1, MO, MO, MO William A Spragg, son, w, m, Nov 1898, 1, s, Mont, New Brunswick/Canada-English, MO
  Died	13 Nov 1940	Cameron, Clinton Co., MO, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: Apoplexy (cerebral hemorrhage) due to pernicious anemia
  	Missouri Death Certificate (Sprague_gilford_a.pdf) Dude: Gilford A. Sprague Death: 13 Nov 1940, Cameron, Clinton, MO Birth: 4 Feb 1864, Kings Co, New Brunswick Age: 76 years, 8 months, 9 days male, white, widowed Spouse: Lucy Usual occupation: Mechanic Father: John Spragg, Kings Co, New Brunswick Mother: Unknown Informant: Edith Day, Hemple, Clinton, MO Burial: 15 Nov 1940, Delano Cemetery, Cameron, Clinton, MO Usual residence: North Walnut, Cameron, Clinton, MO
  		State of Missouri Certificate of Death
  Buried	15 Nov 1940	Delano Cemetery, Cameron, Clinton Co., MO, USA   [1, 3]
  Notes	Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 61 Number 819 Rank 44 Date April 19, 1884 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper The Daily Telegraph The Marine board has granted certificates as follows: Foreign sea service, competency: Henry A. ROWAN, master; Ambrose ALLEN, mate; John REID, mate; Blanchard GARNER, mate; Edmund SPICER, mate; Fred H. WEST, mate; James KNOX, 2nd mate; Coastwise - certificate of service: John PATTERSON, Milton J. FLEWELLING, Geo. T. MULLER, Daniel WILSON, W.H. STEEVES, David PHILLIPS, Charles BISHOP, Gilford SPRAGG; Steam - certificates of service: David PIDGEON, Hans HELVERSEN, Thomas S. DUNCAN, Alex. L. DeGRACE, Chas. W. BRANNEN, David W. STILLWELL Mate -steam: Edwin CLEMENTS, W.C. From Ralph Sprague, correspondent, note of January 10th, 2008 The LAC keeps adding to their collection of online searchable data bases.  They have the enlistment records of the North West Mounted Police (the predecssors of the RNWMP and thus the RCMP) The record on Gilford Spragg reads Spragg, Gilford Reg # 1473 Born: 1861 Eng: 1885/06/12 SOS: 1886/08/21 deserted "Gilford Spragg was employed at farming and blacksmithing when he joined the NWMP in St John, New Brunswick. He was stationed at Ford McLeod where he deserted just over a year later." The record appears to have been created in 1917. [5]
  Person ID	I28474	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	John Jones Spragg,   b. 29 Mar 1825, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1912, Midland, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Sophia Adelaide Harding,   b. 1 Jan 1835, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 5 Jan 1905, Midland, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1862	Springfield, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 19 Number 2312 Rank 88 Date April 9, 1862 County York Place Fredericton Newspaper The Head Quarters m. 4th ult., by same, John SPRAGG, Springfield (Kings Co.), / Miss Sophia HARDING, Maugerville (Sunbury Co.), [5]
  Family ID	F10764	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse 1	Ellie [--?--],   b. Jan 1869,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	22 Dec 1897  [1]
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F54472	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse 2	Lucy Adaline Couch,   b. 9 Feb 1867, MO, USA ,   d. 3 Oct 1950  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Abt 1898	MO, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. William Lee Spragg,   b. 21 Oct 1898, Walkerville, Silver Bow Co., MT, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1982, Idaville, White Co., IN, USA  (Age 83 years) + 2. Jessie Edith Spragg,   b. 28 Nov 1901,   d. 22 Nov 1980, Cameron, Clinton Co., MO, USA  (Age 78 years)   3. John Couch Spragg,   b. 11 Nov 1905,   d. 21 Feb 1984, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F10824	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Mar 1864 - Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada Census - 1881 - Springfield, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada Married - Abt 1898 - MO, USA Died - Cause: Apoplexy (cerebral hemorrhage) due to pernicious anemia - 13 Nov 1940 - Cameron, Clinton Co., MO, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Correspondent: Sprague, Ralph D., from information provided by Betty Dearman. (Reliability: 3). [S683] Spragg Line: Canadian Line, Wilken, Dale, (Marion, Iowa: Privately published.). [S688] Correspondent: Sprague, A. Arnold, note of January 10th, 2008 (Reliability: 0). [S1515] Correspondent: Ashley, Patricia, note of December 31st, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S94] Correspondent: Gibson, Helen, note of October 16th, 2006 (Reliability: 0).