Albert Arnold Sprague

1874 - 1946  (71 years)

• Name	Albert Arnold Sprague  [1, 2]
  Born	13 May 1874	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Albert A. H. Sprague  [6]
  Also Known As	Albert A. Spray  [6]
  Also Known As	Albert H. Sprague  [6]
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [6]
  Albert A. Spray
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [7]
  District 110, Dwelling 12, Family 13
  Sprague, O.S.A. w, m, 41, m, grocer, VT, VT, VT Sprague, Lucia E., w, f, 31, wife, m, keep house, VT, VT, VT Sprague, Mary A., w, f, 8, daughter, s, at school, IL, VT, VT Sprague, Albert A., w, m, 6, son, s, at school, IL, VT, VT Sprague, Nancy A., w, f, 4, daughter, s, IL, VT, VT Sprague, Lucy, w, f, 2, daughter, s, IL, VT, VT Retruin, Pauline, w, f, 25, cook, s, cook, Norway, Norway, Norway Ivinson, Mary, w, , 30, servant, s, 2nd girl, Norway, Norway, Norway Sawyer,Annie, w, f, 20, servant, s, nurse, Prussia, Prussia, Prussia Dustin, Royal C., w, m, 25, boarder, s, shipping clerk, VT, VT, VT
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Chicago Heights, Cook Co., IL, USA   [6]
  2710 Prairie Avenue
  Residence	4 Jun 1900	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [7]
  	2710 Prairie Avenue, Ward 3, District 59, Dwelling 29, Family 33
  	Sprague, Albert A., head, w, m, May 1835, 65, m, 38, VT, VT, VT, grocer-wholesale, 0, yes, yes, yes, o, f, h Sprague, Nancy A., wife, w, f, Sept 1837, 62, 38, 3, 1, VT, VT, VT, yes, yes, yes Sprague, Albert A. 2nd, nephew, w, m, May 1874, 26, s, IL, VT, VT, grocer, 0, yes, yes, yes Murphy, Alice, servant, w, f, June 1867, 32, s, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, 1884, 16, servant, 0, yes, yes, yes Anderson, Marie, servant, w, f, Mar 1875, 25, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, 1892, 8, servant, 0, yes, yes, yes Johnson, Lillie, servant, w, f, feb 1873, 27, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, 1893, 7, servant, 0, yes, yes Sederstrom, Ella, servant, w, f, May 1879, 21, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, 1889, 11, servant, 0, yes, yes Hunt, Joel, coachman, w, m, May 1871, 29, m, 1, England, England, England, 1890, 10, na, coachman, 0, yes, yes, yes
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Lake Forest, Lake Co., IL, USA   [6]
  Albert A. H. Sprague, Wholesale Grocer
  Census	19 Jan 1920	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [8]
  86 East Elm Street, Dwelling 148, Family 148
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  Census	14 Apr 1930	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [6]
  1130 Lake Shore Drive
  Director
  Education	Harvard College  [2]
  	Graduate
  Military	World War I   [1, 9]
  Residence	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA
  Residence	Lake Forest, Lake Co., IL, USA   [2]
  Died	6 Apr 1946	Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [1, 3]
  Buried	10 Apr 1946	Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA   [6]
  		I34801c Sprague, Albert Arnold, (1874-1946), gravestone, Sprague plot, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
  Notes	"The Genealogical Register", after 1946.      Albert Arnold Sprague attended the Harvard School in Chicago and went to St. Paul's School at Concord, NH in 1893.  He entered Harvard College and graduated with the class of 1898 with the degree of A.B. He was given the honorary degree of LL.D. from Northwestern University in 1938. He entered the wholesale grocery business as a manufacturer in Chicago, with the firm name of Sprague, Warner & Co., which became the Sprague Warner-Kenny Corporation, of which he became chairman of the board.      His interests were widely varied and he held many high and responsible positions in industry, education and philanthropies.  He had served as a member of the boards of trustees of Harvard College and of St. Paul's School; trustee of Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Museum of Science and Industry, Rush Medical College, Childrens Memorial Hospital, John Crerar Library, Sprague Memorial Institute, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Rapid Transit Co., Chicago and Aurora & Elgin Railway Company, and was a director of Chicago, Northwestern Railway, Continental Illinois, National Bank and Trust Co., International Harvester Co., Clearing Industrial District, Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co., Wilson & Company, Marshall Field & Co., B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company and Sprague Warren & Company, and was receiver for the Chicago Rapid Transit Co.      During World War I, Mr. Sprague served as commanding major of infantry, assigned to the 341st Regiment Infantry, went to France and was made Lieutenant Colonel 9 November 1918, becoming later Colonel O.R.C.      He served as commissioner of public works of the City of Chicago 1923-1927 and 1931-1933.  He was a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in 1924 and was a member of the Episcopal Church.  He belonged to numerous clubs including Chicago City Club, Mid-Day, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, Old Elm, all of Chicago; Harvard and Racquet of New York City and Harvard Club of Boston. From A. Arnold Sprague, correspondent (grandson of Albert Arnold Sprague).      The death record for Albert Arnold Sprague shows he was born in 1876.  His marriage record (maybe based on input from him and his age given as 27), shows he was born in 1874.      He served in WW I.  I sent a message to the NARA to see what form I should use to obtain his military records.  I have NATF Form 80 (rev. 10-93) right here in from on me.  It is used to obtain records for army officers who served before June 30, 1917.  As he was commissioned about then, I don't know if NATF Form 80 is applicable in that case. "American Families--Genealogies and Biographical Information from Most Authentic Sources Including Much Valuable Material Drawn from Hitherto Unpublished Family Records with Accurate Reproduction--and Descriptions of Ancient Emblazonry Compiled by Masters of Genealogic and Heraldic Science", published by The American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1921, pages 30-40. Albert Arnold Sprague was graduated from Harvard College at the right time to take charge of the construction of the great building which the wholesale grocery house of Sprague, Warner & Co., moved into in 1909 at Erie and Robert Streets, an eight-story building with ten acres of floor area, the most complete of its kind in existence.  He has spent his business life in the organization of Sprague, Warner & Co., and in 1915 became president of the company, serving until Jan. 1917, when he resigned to enter service in the United States Army. Upon his return to civilian life, in Apr. 1919, he became chairman of the board of directors of Sprague, Warner & Co., the position he now holds (1921).  Mr. Sprague has contributed his full share of the maintenance of the high traditions and business ideals that have become an inseparable part of the policy of the house during its long existence, and in his direction of its affairs has heightened its prosperity and broadened its sphere of influence.  He has acquired many business interests in varied lines, and is a director of the Merchant's Loan and Trust Co., the Chicago, Great Western Railroad Co., and vice-president of the City Hall Square Building.  He devotes a large share of his time and attention to Chicago's institutions of cultural and philanthropical value, and is a trustee of the Field Museum of Natural History, the John Crerar Library, and Children's Memorial Hospital, the Rush Medical College, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Orto S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute.  His influence and leadership are dependable factors in all movements of progress in his city, and Chicago has profited from his devotion to her welfare.  Mr. Sprague is a communicant of the Episcopal Church, and his clubs are the University, City, Chicago, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, and Midday, of which last named he is a charter member.      In Jan. 1917, Mr. Sprague entered the Reserve Officers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, and was there commissioned a major of infantry in the United States Army.  He was assigned duty with the Eighth-sixth Division, and went overseas with that division in command of the Second Battalion, 341th Regiment of Infantry.  While in France with the American Expeditionary Force he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel, Nov. 9, 1918.  In Apr., 1919, he returned to the United States, and was discharged from the service in Apr., 1919.      He is a Republican in political sympathy.  The multiplicity and importance of Mr. [p. 40] Sprague's business connections leave him little leisure for the pursuits of pleasure, but in time that he takes from his work, he finds his greatest recreation on golf and hunting.      Mr. Sprague married Frances Fidelia, daughter of Henry and Laura (Field) Dibblee. Her father was a prominent business man of the city of an early day, her mother a daughter of John Field, and a descendant of William Field, a Puritan settler of Massachusetts.  The family home is at No. 1130 Lake Shore Drive., and their summer residence is at Lake Bluff, Illinois. "Who's Who in American History", page 502.      SPRAGUE, Albert Arnold (spräg), wholesale grocer; b. Chicago, Ill., May 13, 1874, s. Otho Sylvester Arnold and Lucia Elvira (Atwood) S.; A.B., Harvard U., 1898; LL.D., Northwestern U., 1938; m. Frances Fidelia Dibble, June 22, 1901; children--Albert Arnold, Laura, Otho S. A.  Chairman bd. of directors, Consolidated Grocers Corp.; directore of Continental Ill. Nat. Bank & Trust Co., Internat. Harvestor Co., Clearing Industrial Dist., B. & O. R.R. Co., Wilson & Co., Marshall Field & Co., B. F. Goodrich Co.; trustee Chicago Rapid Transit Company,Trustee Chicago Natural History Museum, John Crerar Library, Children's Memorial Hosp., Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Shedd Aquarium, Mus. of Sci. and Industry, Sprague Meml. Institute. Student, O.T.C., Fort Sheridan, Ill., command. maj. inf., Nov. 27, 1917; assigned to 341st Regt. Inf., 86th Div., and detailed to hdqrs.; sailed for France, July 1918; lt. col. Nov. 9, 1918; returned to U.S., Mar. 1919; hon. discharged, Mr. 28, 1919; col. O.R.C.  Commr. of pub. works, Chicago, 1923-27 and 1931-33.  Dem. candidate for U.S. Senate, 1924.  Episcopalian.  Clubs: City, Chicago Mid-Day, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, Old Elm Club (Chicago); Harvard, Racquet (New York); Harvard (Boston).  Home: 1130 Lake Shore Drive.  Office: 72 W. Adams St., Chicago.  Died Apr. 6, 1946. "Index to Politicians: Sprague"      Sprague, Albert A. of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.  Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932. "The Ralph Sprague Genealogy", by E. G. Sprague, page 256      Albert Arnold Sprague graduated from Harvard College at the right time to take charge of the construction of the great building which the wholesale grocery house of Sprague, Warner & Co., moved into in 1909 at Erie and Roberts Streets.  An eight story building iwth ten acres of floor area; the most complete of its kind in existence.  He proved to be an efficient superintendent and manager, became one of it directors and ow has complete charge of the operation of the building, corner Erie and Roberts Streets, Chicago. [2]
  Person ID	I34801	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague,   b. 13 May 1839, East Randolph, Orange Co., VT, USA ,   d. 20 Feb 1909, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Lucia Elvira Atwood,   b. 24 May 1849, VT, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1901, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Married	1871	Malone, Franklin Co., NY, USA   [10]
  Family ID	F13129	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Frances Fidelia Dibblee,   b. 26 Aug 1877, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA ,   d. 1 Sep 1952, Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1901	Rye Beach, Rockingham Co., NH, USA   [3, 11]
  Children	1. Albert Arnold Sprague,   b. 6 May 1903, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1982, Oceanside, San Diego Co., CA, USA  (Age 79 years)   2. Laura Sprague,   b. 24 Dec 1909, Lake Forest, Lake Co., IL, USA ,   d. 4 Mar 1986, Sarasota, Sarasota Co., FL, USA  (Age 76 years) + 3. Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague,   b. 27 Jun 1913, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA ,   d. 10 May 1962, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F13128	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 May 1874 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Census - 1 Jun 1880 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Census - District 110, Dwelling 12, Family 13 - 1 Jun 1880 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Census - 2710 Prairie Avenue - 4 Jun 1900 - Chicago Heights, Cook Co., IL, USA Residence - 2710 Prairie Avenue, Ward 3, District 59, Dwelling 29, Family 33 - 4 Jun 1900 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Married - 22 Jun 1901 - Rye Beach, Rockingham Co., NH, USA Census - 19 Apr 1910 - Lake Forest, Lake Co., IL, USA Census - 86 East Elm Street, Dwelling 148, Family 148 - 19 Jan 1920 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Census - 1130 Lake Shore Drive - 14 Apr 1930 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Military - - World War I Residence - - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Residence - - Lake Forest, Lake Co., IL, USA Died - 6 Apr 1946 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA Buried - 10 Apr 1946 - Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  		Sprague, Albert Arnold (1874-1946)
  		Sprague, Albert Arnold (1874-1946)
  		Sprague, Mary Amelia (1872-1957), Sprague, Albert Arnold (1874-1946), Sprague, Nancy Atwood (1876-1944), Sprague, Lucy (1878-1967), Sprague, Otho Sylvester Arnold (1880-1893) and Sprague, Arnold (1882-1889), the children of Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague and Lucia Elvira Atwood.
  		I34801a Sprague, Albert Arnold (1874-1946), husband of Francis Fidelia Dibblee
  		I34801 Sprague, Albert Arnold (1874-1946), husband of Frances Fidelia Dibblee
  		I34801b Sprague, Albert Arnold (1874-1946), husband of Francis Fidelia Dibblee
  		I97850 Sprague, Mary Amelia  (1872-1957), Sprague, Albert Arnold  (1874-1946), Sprague, Nancy Atwood (1876-1944). Sprague, Lucy  (1878-1967),Sprague, Otho Sylvester Arnold  (1880-1893) and Sprague, Arnold (1882-1889), the children of Sprague, Otho Sylvester

  
  

  Headstones

  Sprague, Albert Arnold, (1874-1946), gravestone, Sprague plot, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, IL

  
  

• Sources

  [S752] Publication: Who's Who In American History, (Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated-A non-profit foundation.), page 502. (Reliability: 3). [S76] Book: Sprague, Ralph, Genealogy, Sprague, E. G., (Montpelier, VT:The Capital City Press, 1913), page 256 (Reliability: 3). [S532] Periodical: NEHGS Register, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, (published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society). [S76] Book: Sprague, Ralph, Genealogy, Sprague, E. G., (Montpelier, VT:The Capital City Press, 1913), "b. May 13, 1874", page 192. (Reliability: 0). [S643] Publication:American Families-Genealogies/Bio's., (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1921), pages 30-40. (Reliability: 0). [S688] Correspondent: Sprague, A. Arnold, note of February 16th, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S688] Correspondent: Sprague, A. Arnold, note of December 5th, 2007 (Reliability: 0). [S688] Correspondent: Sprague, A. Arnold, note of May 14th, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S688] Correspondent: Sprague, A. Arnold, note of July 27th, 2005 (Reliability: 3). [S76] Book: Sprague, Ralph, Genealogy, Sprague, E. G., (Montpelier, VT:The Capital City Press, 1913), page 191. (Reliability: 2). [S643] Publication:American Families-Genealogies/Bio's., (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1921), pages 30-40. (Reliability: 2).