He married three times:
(1) His first wife's name is unknown
(2) Abigail Sivley Williams on 1 Jan 1850 in Scioto Co., OH
(3) Martha McCollum on 13 May 1856 in Harrisburg, PA
Elmadorous & his first wife appear to have had about six children. The names of those who are known are: Matilda Jane (Killinger); John William; Memphis Tremain (Snavely, Bell); & Tatny Zane. One source also includes a daughter named Empress Vandalia; we have not been able to verify that name.
Elmadorous & Abigail had no known children.
Elmadorous & Martha had five interestingly-named children: Myrtle Elmore; Okeno Molletto "Oakie"; Og Wilt; Emma Wintossee; and Onyx Curwen. Onyx was the only one of Elmadorous & Martha's children to marry.
Elmadorous worked in the family business ("William Sprinkle & Sons, Hatters"), as the "runner" or "travelling hatter." In this capacity, he peddled hats up the Wilderness Road to Pennsylvania, and down the Kanawha River to Ohio.
There is a large on-the-ground, tablet-like marker in the Sprinkle lot, which is in memory of Elmadorous, his wife Martha, four of his children by Martha, and son Onyx's wife Bell.
He married three times:
(1) His first wife's name is unknown
(2) Abigail Sivley Williams on 1 Jan 1850 in Scioto Co., OH
(3) Martha McCollum on 13 May 1856 in Harrisburg, PA
Elmadorous & his first wife appear to have had about six children. The names of those who are known are: Matilda Jane (Killinger); John William; Memphis Tremain (Snavely, Bell); & Tatny Zane. One source also includes a daughter named Empress Vandalia; we have not been able to verify that name.
Elmadorous & Abigail had no known children.
Elmadorous & Martha had five interestingly-named children: Myrtle Elmore; Okeno Molletto "Oakie"; Og Wilt; Emma Wintossee; and Onyx Curwen. Onyx was the only one of Elmadorous & Martha's children to marry.
Elmadorous worked in the family business ("William Sprinkle & Sons, Hatters"), as the "runner" or "travelling hatter." In this capacity, he peddled hats up the Wilderness Road to Pennsylvania, and down the Kanawha River to Ohio.
There is a large on-the-ground, tablet-like marker in the Sprinkle lot, which is in memory of Elmadorous, his wife Martha, four of his children by Martha, and son Onyx's wife Bell.
Inscription
E. N. SPRINKLE
JUNE 1810 – MARCH 1888
M. M. SPRINKLE
MAY 1885 – MARCH 1890
O. M. SPRINKLE
DECEMBER 1859 – MAY 1940
O. W. SPRINKLE
OCTOBER 1861 – MARCH 1954
E. W. SPRINKLE
MAY 1865 – SEPTEMBER 1953
O. C. SPRINKLE
SEPTEMBER 1867 – JUNE 1954
B. P SPRINKLE
SEPTEMBER 1868 – JULY 1957
Family Members
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John Thomas Sprinkle
1805–1870
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Henry E. Sprinkle
1806–1878
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George W. Sprinkle
1808–1882
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Archibald B. "Arch" Sprinkle
1811–1870
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Zeno L. Sprinkle
1815–1870
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Mahlon G. Sprinkle
1815 – unknown
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Naomi S. Sprinkle Henderlite
1818 – unknown
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Sylvester Daniel Sprinkle
1821–1907
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Annanias Pierce Sprinkle
1824–1905
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