NOTE:
I am aware that there is another memorial for William Harding Spragg (114173607). I believe the burial location, New Brunswick, for that memorial to be incorrect. When I tried contacting the memorial creator, It gave me, "That contributor's account is disabled so they can not receive suggestions."

There was, until recently, a third memorial for William H. Spragg (130499372). This third memorial also listed Buchanan Co. as the burial location.

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BIO:
William Harding Spragg was named for his grandfather, William Harding. He was born March 17, 1804 in Springfield, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada to Caleb Spragg and Nancy Ann (Harding) Spragg.

William was the 7th child of eleven born to Caleb and Nancy Spragg: Elizabeth (1789-1868), Margaret (1790-1883), George (1794-1871), Robert (1795-1870), Thomas H. (1797-1882), Mary Ann (1799-1882), Caleb (1801-1889), William Harding (1804-1858), John (1806-1899), Elijah (1808-1890), and Edward (1810-1878).

He married Jane H. Burnett in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada in 1829. To this union was born twelve children: Frederick (1829–1863)
William Harding Jr. (1832 – 1866)
Daniel Scott (1833 – 1923)
Elizabeth Ann (1835-1898)
Mary Catherine (1838- )
George S. (1842-1909)
Amelia Jane (1842-1864)
Miriam L. (1845-1892)
Abner Mercer (1847-1924),
Sarah S. (1847-1929), Eunice (1851- )
Christopher (1854-1940)

About 1855 the William and Jane Spragg family immigrated to Buchanan County, Iowa, United States.

William died in Buchanan Co., Iowa on Independence Day, July 4. Some sources say he died in 1856, but most list his death year as 1858.

William's grandfather, Thomas Spragg and uncle Richard Spragg of Hempstead, New York were Tory Loyalists during the American Revolution. Like many other British sympathizers including the Hardings, Thomas Spragg was forced to move his family to New Brunswick, Canada after the war, where he was compensated with a land grant for his loyalty to the British crown.