SPRAGUE ANNEX
Clarissa (Sprague) Coles Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 23 April 2017
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Origin of
the surname “Sprague:”
Generation
5
4 Samuel Sprague
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1773. Died 20 March 1842 in Peru Township, Clinton County, New York.
2. Wife: Catherine "Caty"
Denton
Born 1785 in Canada (also seen: b. 1785
at Newburgh, Orange Co., NY); daughter of William and Abigail (Stoddard) Denton; granddaughter of Joseph Denton and Zebulon Stoddard; and great granddaughter of Richard Denton. Died 18 April 1843 in Peru Township, Clinton County, New York. Married Samuel Sprague on
10 October 1803 in New York.
3. Children:
a. Renodyne
Sprague: See generation 3, below.
b. Charles Sprague: Born 30 September 1805 in
Elizabethtown Townshiph, Essex County, New York. Died 12 July 1884 in South
English Township, Keokuk County, Iowa.
c. Sarah Ann Sprague: Born 5 January 1809 in
Elizabethtown Township, Essex County, New York.
Died 6 March 1873 in Hartland Township, Niagara
County, New York.
d. Sally Sprague: Born 1 May 1809 in Elizabethtown
Township, Essex County, New York. Died 1835.
e. Abraham Sprague: Born 22 March 1811 at South
River, Canada. Died 9 March 1898 at Long
Flat, Deleware County, New York; interred there.
f. Morris Sprague: Born 20 June 1813 at
Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York. Died 14 May 1843. Married Ann Minerva Denton on 13 August 1838 at St. Armand, Quebec,
Canada.
g. Roby Sprague: Born 20 July 1814 in Elizabethtown
Township, Essex County, New York. Died 14 May 1843.
h. Samuel Sprague: Born 19 July 1818 in Elizabethtown
Township, Essex County, New York. Died 20 February 1819.
i. Ira S. Sprague: Born 14 December 1819 in
Elizabethtown Township, Essex County, New York.
Died 13 May 1902 in Duane Township, Franklin County, New
York.
3 Renodyne/Ranodine Sprague
1. Biographical notes:
Born 27 January 1804 in Elizabethtown Township,
Essex County, New York (also seen: b. Peru Twp, Clinton Co. NY). Died 1882 in Duane Township, Franklin County,
New York; interred Duane Center.
1850 US Census: Renadyne
Sprague, age 46 (b. NYS) and employed as , was heading
a household in Saranac Township, Clinton County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mary
Sprague, age 42 (b. NYS); son Theodore Sprague, age 20 (b. NYS) and employed as
a farmer; daughter, Harriet Sprague, age 17 (b. NYS); son, Richard Sprague, age
16 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; Mitchel
Sprague, age 14 (b. NYS); son, Samuel R. Sprague, age 10 (b. NYS); son, William
H. Sprague, age 8 (b. NYS); son, Joseph Sprague, age 6 (b. NYS); son, Joel
Sprague, age 4 (b. NYS); son, John Sprague, age 3 (b. NYS); and daughter, Eliza
J. Sprague, age 1 (b. NYS).
1860 US Census: Ranodine
Sprague, age 58 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Duane Township, Franklin County, New York.
The household also included Mary Sprague, age 53 (b. NYS); Abby Center,
age 4; Hariet Sprague, age 25 (b. NYS); Richard
Sprague, age 23 and employed as a farm hand; Joseph Sprague, age 17 and
employed as a farm hand; Joel Sprague, age 14; John Sprague, age 12; Jane
Sprague, age 10; Alfred Sprague, age 7; and Warren Sprague, age 5.
1880 US Census: Renodyne
Sprague, age 76 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and a retire farmer, was heading a
household in Duane Township, Franklin County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mary
Sprague, age 73 (b. NYS; parents b. Canada); son, William Sprague, age 37 (b.
NYS) and employed as a farmer; daughter-in-law (William's wife), Charlotte
Sprague, age 28 (b. NYS; father b. Canada; mother b. Vermont); grandson, Frank
Sprague, age 13 (b. NYS); grandson, William Sprague, age 5 (b. NYS); daughter,
Cora Sprague, age 1 (b. NYS); and daughter, Dora Sprague, age 2 months (b. Mar
1800 in NYS).
2. Wife: Mary Ann Swinyer
Born 1808 in Clinton
County, New York; daughter of Mitchel and Mary (Staves) Swinyer. Died 1892 in Duane Township, Franklin County,
New York.
3. Children:
a. Mary Ann Sprague: Born 6 March 1829 in New
York. Died 1902.
b. Theodore Sprague: Born 30 January 1831 in New
York. Died 23 June
1890 in Clinton County, New York.
c. Harriet Sprague: Born 6 January 1833 in Peru
Township, Clinton County, New York. Died
23 May 1911 in Duane Township, Franklin County, New
York.
d. Richard Sprague: Born 19 October 1834. Died 26 January 1898 at Owl's Head, Franklin
County, New York.
e. John Sprague: Born 25 March 1837 in Franklin
Township, Franklin County, New York.
f. Mitchell Sprague: Born 9 April 1837 in New
York. Died 14 September 1916 in Duane
Township, Franklin County, New York.
g. Samuel Renodyne Sprague:
Born 14 August 1840 in New York. Died 20 February 1879 in New York.
h. William Henry Sprague: Born 12 August 1842 in Barr
Township, Clinton County, New York. Died
21 June 1917 in Duane Township, Franklin County, New
York. Married
Charlotte (?) (b. NYS) and had the following children:
(1. Frank Sprague: Born about 1867 in New York.
(2. William Sprague, Jr.: Born about 1875 in New
York.
(3. Cora Sprague: Born about 1879 in New York.
(4. Dora Sprague: Born March 1880 in New York.
i. Joseph Sprague: Born 25 March 1843 in New
York. Died 25 April
1898.
j. Joel Sprague: See generation 2, below.
k. John Sprague: Born 1848. Died 16 January 1928 in
Franklin County, New York.
l. Eliza Jane Sprague: Born 19 April 1849 in Peru
Township, Clinton County, New York. Married Albert Smith Powell on 1 January 1873.
m. Alfred F. Sprague: Born 4 July 1853 in Saranac
Township, Clinton County, New York. Died 7 August 1918 in Duane Township Franklin County, New York.
n. Warren H. Sprague: Born 11 May 1854 in Peru
Township, Clinton County, New York. Died
1924 at Gabriels, Brighton Township, Franklin County,
New York.
o. George J. Sprague: Born about 1865. Died 23 September 1969.
p. Maggie E. Sprague: Born July 1881. Died 11 August 1882 in Duane Township,
Franklin County, New York; interred Duane Center.
2 Joel Sprague (photos) (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1 January 1845/46 in Peru
Township, Clinton County, New York. Died 2 January/February 1920 at Johnson City,
Broome County, New York; interred Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, Broome County, New York.
Veteran of the American Civil War; served in Company G., 34th
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.
1865 NYS Census: No record found.
1870 US Census: No record found.
1875 NYS Census: Joel Sprague, age 29 (b. Clinton
Co., NY) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in Duane
Township, Franklin County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Lucy Sprague, age 18 (b. Franklin Co., NY);
and son, Edwin Sprague, age 5 (b. Clinton Co., NY).
1880 US Census: Joel Sprague, age 34 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Duane
Township, Franklin County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Lucy Ann Sprague, age 23 (b. NYS; father b.
NYS; mother b. Canada); son, Edwin Sprague, age 10 (b. NYS); son, Joel E.
Sprague, age 5 (b. NYS); and daughter, Clarisa
Sprague, age 3 (b. NYS).
1900 US Census: Joel Sprague, age 54 (b. Jan 1846 in
NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Duane
Township, Franklin County, New York. The
household also included his wife of 25 years, Lucy A. Sprague, age 43 (b. Apr
1857 in NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. English-speaking Canada), who had had 2
children, both still alive.
1905 NYS Census: Joel Sprague, age 59 (b. US) and
employed as , was heading a household in Union
Township, Broome County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Lucy A. Sprague, age 48 (b. US); son, Joel
Sprague, age 28 (b. US); daughter, Clara Sprague, age 27 (b. US); and roomer,
Charles Oberlin, age 17 (b. US).
1910 US Census: Joel Sprague, age 64 (b. NYS;
parents birthplace unknown) and employed as an elevator operator in a felt
factory, was heading a household at 16 Allen Street in the Village of Lestershire, Union Township, Broome County, New York. He had been married twice. The household also included his wife of 35
years, Lucy A. Sprague, age 53 (b. NYS; unknown father's birth place; mother b.
English-speaking Canada), who had had 2 children, both still alive; son, Joel
E. Sprague, age 34 (b. NYS) and employed as manager of a hotel, who had been
married less than a year; daughter, Clarissa Sprague, age 32 (b. NYS), single,
and employed as a dress maker (had her own shop); boarder, Harry C. Utley, age
24 (b. NYS), who had been married less than 1 year and was employed as a
plumber in his own shop; and boarder, Blanche M. Utley, age 23 (b. PA), who had
been married less than a year and had had not children.
1915 NYS Census: Joel Sprague, age 69, was heading a
household in Union Township, Broome County, New York.
2. Wife #1: (?)
a. Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
b. Child:
(1. Edwin Sprague: Born 1870.
3. Wife #2: Lucy Ann Sheffield (photos)
a. Biographical notes:
Born April 1857 in New York. Died 1938. Married Joel Sprague about 1875.
b. Children:
(1. Joel "Joe" E. Sprague: Born about 1875
in New York. Employed
in a shoe factory.
1920 US Census: Joel E. Sprague, age 43 (b. NYS) and
employed as an edge trimmer in a shoe factory, was heading a household in the
Village of Johnson City, Union Township, Broome County, New York. The household also included his wife,
Elizabeth Sprague, age 30 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); son, Rodney A. Sprague, age
8 (b. NYS); son, Linus O. Sprague, age 7 (b. NYS);
brother-in-law, William W. Morgan, age 25 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed
as a hardener machine operator in a felting works, and sister-in-law, Lela M.
Sprague, age 22 (b. NYS; father b. PA; mother b. NYS).
1930 US Census: Joel E. Sprague, age 54 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a salemware (sp), was
heading a household at 241 Hudson Street in the Village of Johnson City, Union
Township, Broome County, New York. His
residence was valued at $4,000 and he was married 1st at age 35. The household also included his wife,
Elizabeth Sprague, age 43 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a binder in
a shoe factory, who married 1st at age 21; son, Rodney Sprague, age 19 (b. NYS)
and employed as an eyeleter in a shoe factory; son, Linus Sprague, age 18 (b. NYS), who was not employed; and
mother, Lucy A. Sprague, age 72 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and widowed, who
married 1st at age 16.
Joel E. Sprague married Elizabeth "Lizzie"
Morgan on 29 March 1910 in Broome County, New York and had the following
children:
(a. Rodney A. Sprague: Born
about 1912 in New York. Perhaps married
Frances (?) and resided in New York. Perhaps had the
following children:
(1) Sandra Sprague.
(2) Sarah Sprague.
(b. Linus
O. Sprague: Born about 1913 in New York.
(2. Clarissa Sprague: See
generation 1, below.
1 Clarissa “Clara” Sprague:
Born
about 1877 in New York. Died December 1954.
Married, as his 1st wife, Fred
John Coles, who married
(2nd) Clara Delphine Irvine, on 25 December 1912 at Walworth County, Wisconsin
(SE corner of state)
See Fred John
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