John Stanley Sprague

Abt 1916 - 1954  (~ 37 years)

• Name	John Stanley Sprague  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt Jul 1916	PA, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Jack Sprague  [3]
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Milford, Pike Co., PA, USA   [1]
  219 Broad Street, Dwelling 17, Family 18
  Sprague, Frank H. (I68252), H/H, Rents, M, W, 33, Married,NY, NY, NY, Banker National Bank. Sprague, Susan M., Wife, F, W, 29, Married, NJ, NJ, NJ,None. Sprague, John S., Son, M, W, 3 years and 6 months old,Single, PA, NY, NJ, None.
  Census	5 Apr 1930	Wawarsing, Ulster Co., NY, USA   [1]
  27 Hickory Street, Dwelling 27, Family 33
  Sprague, Frank H. (I68252), H/H, Owns, $7000, Radio, M, W,43, Married @ 28, NY, NY, NY, Agent Real Estate & Insurance. Sprague, Susan A., Wife, F, W, 39, Married @ 23, NJ, NJ,NJ, None. Sprague, John S., Son, M, W, 13, Single, Attending School,PA, NY, NJ, None. Sprague, Donald A., Son, M, W, 6, Single, Attending School,NY, NY, NJ, None.
  Military	World War II   [3, 4]
  	U. S. Navy
  	Ensign, 1942 Lieut., 1944
  Residence	1947	Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY, USA   [2]
  Died	17 May 1954	Reisterstown, Baltimore Co., MD, USA   [5, 6]
  Buried	Fantinekill Cemetery, Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY, USA   [5]
  		I287219 Sprague, John Stanley (1916-1954) funeral home marker atFatinekill Cemetery, Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY
  		I287219a Sprague, John Stanley (1916-1954) military service markerat Fatinekill Cemetery, Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY
  Notes	From William G. Sprague, correspondent, note of November 3,2009 While attempting to find a different Jack Sprague in thenewspaper database, I found a Jack Sprague who turned outto be John Stanley Sprague I287219. There is no question asto who he is as he was referenced with his parents numeroustimes and also always appeared in the Ellenville area newssection of The Kingston Daily Freeman newspaper. It appearsthat he was known as Jack all of his life, although thecensus report calls him John which I am sure was his realname. It also appears that he was a Lt. in Aug. 1944, butthe newspaper page won't open at this time. Probably in theNavy as he was an Ensign in 1942. Will check this later. Ilimited it to entries that I thought would add something tohis life. There were probably 6 entries that said he washome from Colgate college, but I only included one to showthat he attended the college. The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Monday, November01, 1937, Page 18: Ellenville News Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Sprague and son, Donald Sprague, ofthe Village (Ellenville) and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Spragueof Roscoe spent the weekend at Hamilton, where theyattended the Duke-Colgate football game and visited withJack Sprague (I287219), who is a student at ColgateUniversity. The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Tuesday, November05, 1940, Page 7: Ellenville News Jack Sprague, of Upper Montclair, N. J., spent the week-endwith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Sprague andremained until Tuesday to vote. The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Friday, June 29,1934, Page 18: Ellenville News Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sprague (I68253) and son, William(I257961), of Middletown, were in town (Ellenville) onMonday to attend the graduation of the former's nephew,Jack Sprague (I287219). The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Wednesday, July31, 1935, Page 6: Ellenville News Jack Sprague, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Sprague, isspending summer at Lake Hopatcong, N. J. The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Tuesday, November28, 1939, Page 4: The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Tuesday, April 2,1935, Page 16: Ellenville News Jack Sprague, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sprague, whoattends Suffield Academy at Suffield, Conn., is spendingthe spring vacation at his parent's home. The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Tuesday, February06, 1940, Page 10: Ellenville News Jack Sprague, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Sprague, hasaccepted a position with the Curtis-Wright Corporation,manufactures of airplane motors and located in Paterson, N.J. Jack left Tuesday to take over his new duties. The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Saturday, October31, 1942, Page 9: Ellenville News Word has been received by Frank H. Sprague that his son,Ensign Jack Sprague, has arrived safely in Australia. The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, Saturday,February 09, 1946, Page 9: Ellenville News Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sprague of Albany spent the weekend atthe home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D.Raymond, of Warren street (Ellenville). Ellenville News Jack Sprague has left for Newark, N. J. where he has aposition in the Hames department store. [3]
  Person ID	I287219	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Frank Howard Sprague,   b. 5 Oct 1886, Livingston Manor, Sullivan Co., NY, USA ,   d. 3 Apr 1947, Veterans Memorial Hospital, Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Susan Mae Ammerman,   b. 22 Aug 1890, Newark, Essex Co., NJ, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1940, Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1914  [1, 2]
  	From William G. Sprague, correspondent, note of March 4th,2008 I recently sent you an obituary on Frank Howard SpragueI68252 and one for his 1st wife Susan MaeAmerman. In her obit it said they were married in Oct.1916, but I found an article detailing their marriage andit was in Oct. 1914. Also her last name is spelled Ammermaninstead of Amerman. Don't know which is correct. Orange County Times-Press, Middletown, NY, Tuesday, October13, 1914, Page 2 Sprague – Ammerman Port Jervis. Oct. 9 – Miss. Sue Ammerman, of GlenGardner, N. J., and Frank Sprague, of Milford, Pa., weremarried at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday night at the FirstPresbyterian Church Glen Gardner, by Rev. E. B. England. Mrs. William Peters of Roscoe and Mrs. Edward Lance, ofGlen Gardner, were matrons of honor; Miss Florence Skinnerand Miss Emma Ley, of Orangewater, and Miss. Beulah Titman,of Phillipsburg were the bridesmaids. Frank Sprague, ofRoscoe, acted as best man. The ushers were CharlesFrancisco, of Liberty; Kenneth Sprague and William Peters,of Roscoe, and Otto Keller, of Montclair. Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs. Sprague left for Old PointComfort to spend their honeymoon. They will reside inMilford, Pa. [7]
  Family ID	F102999	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Sarah Denman Raymond,   b. 1918,   d. 1991  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Y  [5]
  	From William G. Sprague, correspondent, note of July 10,2010 There are two grave markers for John Stanley SpragueI287219. Oneis a standard funeral home metal marker with the namePulling Service on it, but there is no such funeral home inEllenville and in fact I can find no record of this funeralservice any place. I thought it would lead me to where hedied, but no such luck. I searched the local archives foran obituary on him with no luck so my guess is that he diedin another area and the remaining family failed to put anobit in the Middletown newspaper. We know he was living inAlbany in 1946 with his wife. Perhaps one will turn up someday, but nothing now. No luck with any social securityrecords either. Cemetery records reflect he was buried on May 21, 1954. Heis in Section 10, Lot 8 at Fantinekill Cemetery which isthe Raymond family plot of his wife, Sarah Denman Raymond.I will send a separate photo of her marker as she is notlisted yet. Although the Raymond family are Ellenvillepeople, I have had little luck on finding information aboutthem so far. Will have to dig further. I recall her fatherbeing Charles Denman Raymond who is not buried in the plot,but his wife and Sarah's mother (Frances M. Wentworth) isburied in this plot. Denman was a prominent family in theNeversink Grahamsville NY area so they must be connected tothem somehow. On John's military stone, there was somecement or something I could not clean up onhis rank, but I believe it was LCDR, which I would guessstands for Lt. Commander. We know he was a Lt. but I am nota Navy guy and have guessed the rest. I would love to seesomebody from this family pop up and fill in some blankssince I have come to admire this family and the role theyplayed in the Village of Ellenville. There is a SpragueCourt in the Village, but haven't found any relatives yet.For what I assumed was a fairly wealthy and prominentfamily, I would have thought that their markers would havebeen larger. [5]
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F118400	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt Jul 1916 - PA, USA Census - 219 Broad Street, Dwelling 17, Family 18 - 3 Jan 1920 - Milford, Pike Co., PA, USA Census - 27 Hickory Street, Dwelling 27, Family 33 - 5 Apr 1930 - Wawarsing, Ulster Co., NY, USA Residence - 1947 - Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY, USA Died - 17 May 1954 - Reisterstown, Baltimore Co., MD, USA Buried - - Fantinekill Cemetery, Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones		Sprague, John Stanley (1916-1954) There are two grave markers for John Stanley Sprague. One is a standard funeral home metal marker with the name Pulling Service on it, but there is no such funeral home in Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY and in fact I can find no record of this funeral service any place. I thought it would lead me to where he died, but no such luck. I searched the local archives for an obituary on him with no luck so my guess is that he died in another area and the remaining family failed to put an obit in the Middletown newspaper. We know he was living in Albany in 1946 with his wife. Perhaps one will turn up some day, but nothing now. No luck with any social security records either. Cemetery records reflect he was buried on May 21, 1954. He is in Section 10, Lot 8 at Fantinekill Cemetery which is the Raymond family plot of his wife, Sarah Denman Raymond. I will send a separate photo of her marker as she is not listed yet. Although the Raymond family are Ellenville people, I have had little luck on finding information about them so far. Will have to dig further. I recall her father being Charles Denman Raymond who is not buried in the plot, but his wife and Sarah's mother (Frances M. Wentworth) is buried in this plot. Denman was a prominent family in the Neversink Grahamsville NY area so they must be connected to them somehow. On John's military stone, there was some cement or something I could not clean up on his rank, but I believe it was LCDR, which I would guess stands for Lt. Commander. We know he was a Lt. but I am not a Navy guy and have guessed the rest. I would love to see somebody from this family pop up and fill in some blanks since I have come to admire this family and the role they played in the Village of Ellenville. There is a Sprague Court in the Village, but haven't found any relatives yet. For what I assumed was a fairly wealthy and prominent family, I would have thought that their markers would have been larger. William G. Sprague 12 July 2010
  		Sprague, John Stanley (1916-1954) There are two grave markers for John Stanley Sprague. One is a standard funeral home metal marker with the name Pulling Service on it, but there is no such funeral home in Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY and in fact I can find no record of this funeral service any place. I thought it would lead me to where he died, but no such luck. I searched the local archives for an obituary on him with no luck so my guess is that he died in another area and the remaining family failed to put an obit in the Middletown newspaper. We know he was living in Albany in 1946 with his wife. Perhaps one will turn up some day, but nothing now. No luck with any social security records either. Cemetery records reflect he was buried on May 21, 1954. He is in Section 10, Lot 8 at Fantinekill Cemetery which is the Raymond family plot of his wife, Sarah Denman Raymond. I will send a separate photo of her marker as she is not listed yet. Although the Raymond family are Ellenville people, I have had little luck on finding information about them so far. Will have to dig further. I recall her father being Charles Denman Raymond who is not buried in the plot, but his wife and Sarah's mother (Frances M. Wentworth) is buried in this plot. Denman was a prominent family in the Neversink Grahamsville NY area so they must be connected to them somehow. On John's military stone, there was some cement or something I could not clean up on his rank, but I believe it was LCDR, which I would guess stands for Lt. Commander. We know he was a Lt. but I am not a Navy guy and have guessed the rest. I would love to see somebody from this family pop up and fill in some blanks since I have come to admire this family and the role they played in the Village of Ellenville. There is a Sprague Court in the Village, but haven't found any relatives yet. For what I assumed was a fairly wealthy and prominent family, I would have thought that their markers would have been larger. William G. Sprague 12 July 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of February 6th, 2008. [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of March 2nd, 2008. [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of November 3, 2009. [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of May 15th, 2008. [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of July 10, 2010. [S4544] Correspondent: Sprague, Susan Raymond, note of February 5, 2017. [S86] Correspondent: Sprague, William G., note of March 4th, 2008.