Pioneer Families - SPRAGUE
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families

Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]




IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation.

DR. GIDEON SPRAGUE b. January 1, 1785, Salem, N.Y.; d. August 28, 1859; m. Maria Pier, January 5, 1812; b. February 1, 1793, Salem, N.Y.; d. September 23, 1826; m. 2d, Laura Pier, December 13, 1827; d. July 30, 1834; m. 3d, Rhoda Kent, February 9, 1835; d. (See sketch among pioneer settlers.) Had five children:
  • Frederick P., b. September 1814; d. October 17, 1851, Terre Haute, Ina.; m. Naome H. Griswold at Benson, Vt., in 1846; d.; m. 2d, Lydia Ganon. No child by either marriage.
  • Dr. Henry W., b. April 14, 1817; d. August 9, 1847, Whitehall, N.Y.; m. Laura E. Griswold at Benson, Vt. , 1841; b. July 12, 1821; d. July 6, 1884. Had one child:
    • William G., b. September 1842; 1. Malden, Mass.; m. Caroline H. Blaney, b. February 26, 1846, Boston. No issue.
  • Harriet W., b. July 2, 1819; 1. Minden, Neb.; m. Dr. Charles Azro L. Sprague, Benson, Vt., 1841. Had six children:
    • Charles A., b. April 3, 1846; drowned at sea; m. Nettie Meaker. Had one child:
      • Clyde R., b. November 25, 1878, Milton, Vt.; 1. Anamosa, Iowa; m. Avis P. Miller, August 19, 1895; b. December 19, 1879. Had three children:
        • Hattie Alma, b. April 21, 1897.
        • Daniel Fayette, b. January 10, 1899.
        • Floyd H., b. November 5, 1901.
    • Sophia H., b. April 10, 1849, Williston, Vt.; d. July 1, 1889;m. Wilber E. Chapin, August, 1872. Had three children:
      • Edgar D., b. March 6, 1874, Red Oak, Ind.; d. February 6, 1891.
      • Mabel H., b. August 16, 1877; m. William H. Raymond; 1. Lincoln, Neb.
      • Wilber E., b. January 12, 1880, at Seward, Neb.
    • Frederic, b. April 1, 1851; drowned June, 1868, near Williston.
    • Harriet W., b. June 23, 1853; 1. Minden, Neb.; m. N.C. Rogers, October 19, 1876, at Seward, Neb. Had four children:
      • Fayette F., b. July 10, 1878, at Seward.
      • Calvin S., b. June 24, 1881, Aurora.
      • Virginia N., b. February 5, 1890, Minden.
      • Richard H., b. November 18, 1896, Minden.
    • Calvin G., b. April 17, 1857, Williston, Vt.; 1. Hopkinton, N.Y.; m. Mary A. Hall, b. March 7, 1859, New Haven, Vt. No issue.
    • Carolina M., b. November 6, 1859; 1. Minden, Neb.; m. John L. McPheely, October 29, 1879, Seward, Neb., lawyer. Had two children:
      • Kathryn M., b. November 6, 1880, at Seward, Neb.
      • Anna, b. August 23, 1882; d. June 12, 1886.
    • Dr. Fayette P., b. January 1, 1822; d. Onalaska, Wis., May 8, 1876; m. Sarah A. Brown at Hopkinton, daughter of Philander. He practised as a physician at Hopkinton till his removal west in 1866. Had one child:
      • Oretta M., d. about 1870.
    • Caroline Abigail, b. December 2, 1824; d. November 29, 1901; m. Thaddeus H. Laughlin, May 10, 1865. No issue.

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