Pinckney Dispatch dated 8-9-1906: Mary Sprout received word Saturday of the death of Fred Sprout...at Marthaville LA of cerebro-spinal typhoid fever.
Pinckney Dispatch dated 8-16-1906: The news last week that Fred Sprout had passed away at the home of his parents in Marthaville LA was a surprise to all. We learn, however, that his health had been failing for more than a year and when stricken with disease he did not have the strength to stand it. Fred was well known here, having attended school in the village, and had many friends who were saddened to learn of his death. Mr. and Mrs. William Sprout and daughter Ethel have the sympathy of the entire community.
Fred's full obituary was printed in the Pinckney Dispatch dated 9-6-1906. He was in medical school at the University of Michigan when a measles epidemic broke out to which he fell victim. The disease greatly affected his eyesight, and he dropped out of school to recover from the effects and to regain his health. He intended to specialize in mental illness [from which his cousin Amos [George "Amos" Sprout] suffered]. In the meantime his family thought a move to warmer climes might be beneficial to everyone, thus they moved to Louisiana, where Fred got a job as the principal of a school. Then he was struck with the typhoid fever from which he could not recover.
There were no death records for Marthaville LA at the time of Fred's death, and there is some confusion as to where he was buried. His father, William, who died a year after Fred, does have a death record because he died at a hospital in New Orleans. William's death record is almost impossible to decipher but I thought I was able to make out that William's body was shipped from New Orleans to Alexander IL. Further research revealed it was Alexandria LA, and Fred's family accompanied him for burial in Pinckney.
Neither William's nor Fred's burials appear in Brad Beal's survey of the cemetery which was published in 2009. This translates to they don't have headstones. There are no early burial records for Sprout Cemetery.
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Update 21 May 2018 - I found these newspaper articles:
Town Talk, Alexandria LA, Monday, 6 Aug 1906 - REMAINS TAKEN TO MICHIGAN - Mr. H. E. Hoyt, undertaker and embalmer, went to Torossa, Natchitoches, LA Saturday evening and prepared body of Prof Fred Sprout who died at that place on Saturday morning, 4 Aug 1906, for shipment to his native home, Benview {??] Mich. Remains were accompanied by his father, mother, and sister.
The Times, Shreveport LA, Sunday 12 Aug 1906 - Pleasant Hill. Mr. Fred Sprout died in Marthaville last Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He taught school here last session and has a number of friends here who were so deeply grieved over his death. Rev. Hart went down on Monday to conduct funeral services.
Pinckney Dispatch dated 8-16-1906: The news last week that Fred Sprout had passed away at the home of his parents in Marthaville LA was a surprise to all. We learn, however, that his health had been failing for more than a year and when stricken with disease he did not have the strength to stand it. Fred was well known here, having attended school in the village, and had many friends who were saddened to learn of his death. Mr. and Mrs. William Sprout and daughter Ethel have the sympathy of the entire community.
Fred's full obituary was printed in the Pinckney Dispatch dated 9-6-1906. He was in medical school at the University of Michigan when a measles epidemic broke out to which he fell victim. The disease greatly affected his eyesight, and he dropped out of school to recover from the effects and to regain his health. He intended to specialize in mental illness [from which his cousin Amos [George "Amos" Sprout] suffered]. In the meantime his family thought a move to warmer climes might be beneficial to everyone, thus they moved to Louisiana, where Fred got a job as the principal of a school. Then he was struck with the typhoid fever from which he could not recover.
There were no death records for Marthaville LA at the time of Fred's death, and there is some confusion as to where he was buried. His father, William, who died a year after Fred, does have a death record because he died at a hospital in New Orleans. William's death record is almost impossible to decipher but I thought I was able to make out that William's body was shipped from New Orleans to Alexander IL. Further research revealed it was Alexandria LA, and Fred's family accompanied him for burial in Pinckney.
Neither William's nor Fred's burials appear in Brad Beal's survey of the cemetery which was published in 2009. This translates to they don't have headstones. There are no early burial records for Sprout Cemetery.
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Update 21 May 2018 - I found these newspaper articles:
Town Talk, Alexandria LA, Monday, 6 Aug 1906 - REMAINS TAKEN TO MICHIGAN - Mr. H. E. Hoyt, undertaker and embalmer, went to Torossa, Natchitoches, LA Saturday evening and prepared body of Prof Fred Sprout who died at that place on Saturday morning, 4 Aug 1906, for shipment to his native home, Benview {??] Mich. Remains were accompanied by his father, mother, and sister.
The Times, Shreveport LA, Sunday 12 Aug 1906 - Pleasant Hill. Mr. Fred Sprout died in Marthaville last Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He taught school here last session and has a number of friends here who were so deeply grieved over his death. Rev. Hart went down on Monday to conduct funeral services.
Pinckney Dispatch dated 8-9-1906: Mary Sprout received word Saturday of the death of Fred Sprout...at Marthaville LA of cerebro-spinal typhoid fever.
Pinckney Dispatch dated 8-16-1906: The news last week that Fred Sprout had passed away at the home of his parents in Marthaville LA was a surprise to all. We learn, however, that his health had been failing for more than a year and when stricken with disease he did not have the strength to stand it. Fred was well known here, having attended school in the village, and had many friends who were saddened to learn of his death. Mr. and Mrs. William Sprout and daughter Ethel have the sympathy of the entire community.
Fred's full obituary was printed in the Pinckney Dispatch dated 9-6-1906. He was in medical school at the University of Michigan when a measles epidemic broke out to which he fell victim. The disease greatly affected his eyesight, and he dropped out of school to recover from the effects and to regain his health. He intended to specialize in mental illness [from which his cousin Amos [George "Amos" Sprout] suffered]. In the meantime his family thought a move to warmer climes might be beneficial to everyone, thus they moved to Louisiana, where Fred got a job as the principal of a school. Then he was struck with the typhoid fever from which he could not recover.
There were no death records for Marthaville LA at the time of Fred's death, and there is some confusion as to where he was buried. His father, William, who died a year after Fred, does have a death record because he died at a hospital in New Orleans. William's death record is almost impossible to decipher but I thought I was able to make out that William's body was shipped from New Orleans to Alexander IL. Further research revealed it was Alexandria LA, and Fred's family accompanied him for burial in Pinckney.
Neither William's nor Fred's burials appear in Brad Beal's survey of the cemetery which was published in 2009. This translates to they don't have headstones. There are no early burial records for Sprout Cemetery.
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Update 21 May 2018 - I found these newspaper articles:
Town Talk, Alexandria LA, Monday, 6 Aug 1906 - REMAINS TAKEN TO MICHIGAN - Mr. H. E. Hoyt, undertaker and embalmer, went to Torossa, Natchitoches, LA Saturday evening and prepared body of Prof Fred Sprout who died at that place on Saturday morning, 4 Aug 1906, for shipment to his native home, Benview {??] Mich. Remains were accompanied by his father, mother, and sister.
The Times, Shreveport LA, Sunday 12 Aug 1906 - Pleasant Hill. Mr. Fred Sprout died in Marthaville last Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He taught school here last session and has a number of friends here who were so deeply grieved over his death. Rev. Hart went down on Monday to conduct funeral services.
Pinckney Dispatch dated 8-16-1906: The news last week that Fred Sprout had passed away at the home of his parents in Marthaville LA was a surprise to all. We learn, however, that his health had been failing for more than a year and when stricken with disease he did not have the strength to stand it. Fred was well known here, having attended school in the village, and had many friends who were saddened to learn of his death. Mr. and Mrs. William Sprout and daughter Ethel have the sympathy of the entire community.
Fred's full obituary was printed in the Pinckney Dispatch dated 9-6-1906. He was in medical school at the University of Michigan when a measles epidemic broke out to which he fell victim. The disease greatly affected his eyesight, and he dropped out of school to recover from the effects and to regain his health. He intended to specialize in mental illness [from which his cousin Amos [George "Amos" Sprout] suffered]. In the meantime his family thought a move to warmer climes might be beneficial to everyone, thus they moved to Louisiana, where Fred got a job as the principal of a school. Then he was struck with the typhoid fever from which he could not recover.
There were no death records for Marthaville LA at the time of Fred's death, and there is some confusion as to where he was buried. His father, William, who died a year after Fred, does have a death record because he died at a hospital in New Orleans. William's death record is almost impossible to decipher but I thought I was able to make out that William's body was shipped from New Orleans to Alexander IL. Further research revealed it was Alexandria LA, and Fred's family accompanied him for burial in Pinckney.
Neither William's nor Fred's burials appear in Brad Beal's survey of the cemetery which was published in 2009. This translates to they don't have headstones. There are no early burial records for Sprout Cemetery.
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Update 21 May 2018 - I found these newspaper articles:
Town Talk, Alexandria LA, Monday, 6 Aug 1906 - REMAINS TAKEN TO MICHIGAN - Mr. H. E. Hoyt, undertaker and embalmer, went to Torossa, Natchitoches, LA Saturday evening and prepared body of Prof Fred Sprout who died at that place on Saturday morning, 4 Aug 1906, for shipment to his native home, Benview {??] Mich. Remains were accompanied by his father, mother, and sister.
The Times, Shreveport LA, Sunday 12 Aug 1906 - Pleasant Hill. Mr. Fred Sprout died in Marthaville last Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He taught school here last session and has a number of friends here who were so deeply grieved over his death. Rev. Hart went down on Monday to conduct funeral services.
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