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Robert Alexander Sprouse

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Robert Alexander Sprouse

Birth
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Death
6 Dec 1868 (aged 82)
Jefferson County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Opdyke, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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S/o David and Lucy Sprouse
Md-Haynie Hollerback on 9 Feb 1813 in Cabell, WV.
after her death, he married again to:

Lucy Minerva Gillett (Widow of George Brown)
On 30 May 1833 in Lawrence, OH.
Six known children were born of this union
Benjamin Sprouse 1833–1863
Lewis Sprouse 1834-1913
Adeline Sprouse 1835–1915
David Sprouse 1838–1919
Elisha M Sprouse 1840–1915
Elijah Sprouse 1840– bef 1850
(Twin of Elisha died In Youth near WV line.)


Robert Sprouse: "Robert Sprouse Esq. is termed a "singed cat", looks rough, but is hard to bottom. He was hard working, industrious, sober, and a saving man who would not send his children to school. He said if he did they would know too much. He didn't want them to be smarter than their dad. (information from the early settlers of Rome township in Lawrence Co. Ohio by Thomas A. Walton Pub. in 1874.



S/o David and Lucy Sprouse
Md-Haynie Hollerback on 9 Feb 1813 in Cabell, WV.
after her death, he married again to:

Lucy Minerva Gillett (Widow of George Brown)
On 30 May 1833 in Lawrence, OH.
Six known children were born of this union
Benjamin Sprouse 1833–1863
Lewis Sprouse 1834-1913
Adeline Sprouse 1835–1915
David Sprouse 1838–1919
Elisha M Sprouse 1840–1915
Elijah Sprouse 1840– bef 1850
(Twin of Elisha died In Youth near WV line.)


Robert Sprouse: "Robert Sprouse Esq. is termed a "singed cat", looks rough, but is hard to bottom. He was hard working, industrious, sober, and a saving man who would not send his children to school. He said if he did they would know too much. He didn't want them to be smarter than their dad. (information from the early settlers of Rome township in Lawrence Co. Ohio by Thomas A. Walton Pub. in 1874.





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