S. M. SPRAGUE, MINING MAN, IS DEAD
Sylvester M. Sprague, well known mining man of this city, and a veteran of the Civil War, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Auburn. He had been ailing for some time, but made a brave struggle to resist the clutch of death.
Deceased was a native of Vermont and 73 years old. He had spent many years in this city and county, and was an authority on mining and minerals, spending his life in their study and in search of the mountains and canyons for th treasures they contained. In late years he had been the manager of a company holding extensive asbestos, copper, iron and talc claims in this county, which it was hoped would develop into wealth producers.
The relatives of deceased are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. S. G. Watts, and a son, Delbert Sprague, who is cashier of the down town branch of the Placer County Bank. - Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and the Grand Army will officiate. Interment will be in the Grand Army plot in the I.O.O. F. cemetery in this city.
notation: the I.O.O.F. is now the Old Auburn Cemetery.
.
Son of:
Charles L. Sprague of Germany &
Elmira or Almira of Vermont
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CO. B.
2 CAL. INF.
Organized at San Francisco and Carson City September 2, 1861, to December 30, 1862. Attached to Dept. of the Pacific.
Sylvester Sprague (First_Last)
Regiment Name 2 California Infantry
Side Union
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out Cpl.
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M533 roll 6
Company "B"-At Fort Hoskins till March, 1862. At Fort Dalles till June, 1862. Ordered to Fort Vancouver June 27, thence to Fort Humboldt July, and duty there till June, 1863. Ordered to Benicia Barracks June 11, 1863, and duty there till December. Moved to Fort Tejon, Cali., and duty there till September, 1864. Ordered to San Francisco and duty at the Presidio till muster out.
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Find A Grave contributor Kathie Kloss Marynik
Married--In Sacramento, Sept. 30, 1872, by Rev. H. B. Heacock, Sylvester M. Sprague to Mary A. Smiley, both of Iowa Hill. [Sac Daily Union, 10-2-1872]
.
Spouse & Children
Mary A Sprague
1851 –
Ellsworth E Sprague
1873 –
Orval L Sprague
1878 –
Delbert L Sprague
1886 –
Budd E Sprague
1894 –
Leland B Sprague
1895 –
Sylvester M. Sprague, well known mining man of this city, and a veteran of the Civil War, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Auburn. He had been ailing for some time, but made a brave struggle to resist the clutch of death.
Deceased was a native of Vermont and 73 years old. He had spent many years in this city and county, and was an authority on mining and minerals, spending his life in their study and in search of the mountains and canyons for th treasures they contained. In late years he had been the manager of a company holding extensive asbestos, copper, iron and talc claims in this county, which it was hoped would develop into wealth producers.
The relatives of deceased are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. S. G. Watts, and a son, Delbert Sprague, who is cashier of the down town branch of the Placer County Bank. - Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and the Grand Army will officiate. Interment will be in the Grand Army plot in the I.O.O. F. cemetery in this city.
notation: the I.O.O.F. is now the Old Auburn Cemetery.
.
Son of:
Charles L. Sprague of Germany &
Elmira or Almira of Vermont
.
CO. B.
2 CAL. INF.
Organized at San Francisco and Carson City September 2, 1861, to December 30, 1862. Attached to Dept. of the Pacific.
Sylvester Sprague (First_Last)
Regiment Name 2 California Infantry
Side Union
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out Cpl.
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M533 roll 6
Company "B"-At Fort Hoskins till March, 1862. At Fort Dalles till June, 1862. Ordered to Fort Vancouver June 27, thence to Fort Humboldt July, and duty there till June, 1863. Ordered to Benicia Barracks June 11, 1863, and duty there till December. Moved to Fort Tejon, Cali., and duty there till September, 1864. Ordered to San Francisco and duty at the Presidio till muster out.
.
Find A Grave contributor Kathie Kloss Marynik
Married--In Sacramento, Sept. 30, 1872, by Rev. H. B. Heacock, Sylvester M. Sprague to Mary A. Smiley, both of Iowa Hill. [Sac Daily Union, 10-2-1872]
.
Spouse & Children
Mary A Sprague
1851 –
Ellsworth E Sprague
1873 –
Orval L Sprague
1878 –
Delbert L Sprague
1886 –
Budd E Sprague
1894 –
Leland B Sprague
1895 –
S. M. SPRAGUE, MINING MAN, IS DEAD
Sylvester M. Sprague, well known mining man of this city, and a veteran of the Civil War, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Auburn. He had been ailing for some time, but made a brave struggle to resist the clutch of death.
Deceased was a native of Vermont and 73 years old. He had spent many years in this city and county, and was an authority on mining and minerals, spending his life in their study and in search of the mountains and canyons for th treasures they contained. In late years he had been the manager of a company holding extensive asbestos, copper, iron and talc claims in this county, which it was hoped would develop into wealth producers.
The relatives of deceased are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. S. G. Watts, and a son, Delbert Sprague, who is cashier of the down town branch of the Placer County Bank. - Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and the Grand Army will officiate. Interment will be in the Grand Army plot in the I.O.O. F. cemetery in this city.
notation: the I.O.O.F. is now the Old Auburn Cemetery.
.
Son of:
Charles L. Sprague of Germany &
Elmira or Almira of Vermont
.
CO. B.
2 CAL. INF.
Organized at San Francisco and Carson City September 2, 1861, to December 30, 1862. Attached to Dept. of the Pacific.
Sylvester Sprague (First_Last)
Regiment Name 2 California Infantry
Side Union
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out Cpl.
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M533 roll 6
Company "B"-At Fort Hoskins till March, 1862. At Fort Dalles till June, 1862. Ordered to Fort Vancouver June 27, thence to Fort Humboldt July, and duty there till June, 1863. Ordered to Benicia Barracks June 11, 1863, and duty there till December. Moved to Fort Tejon, Cali., and duty there till September, 1864. Ordered to San Francisco and duty at the Presidio till muster out.
.
Find A Grave contributor Kathie Kloss Marynik
Married--In Sacramento, Sept. 30, 1872, by Rev. H. B. Heacock, Sylvester M. Sprague to Mary A. Smiley, both of Iowa Hill. [Sac Daily Union, 10-2-1872]
.
Spouse & Children
Mary A Sprague
1851 –
Ellsworth E Sprague
1873 –
Orval L Sprague
1878 –
Delbert L Sprague
1886 –
Budd E Sprague
1894 –
Leland B Sprague
1895 –
Sylvester M. Sprague, well known mining man of this city, and a veteran of the Civil War, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Auburn. He had been ailing for some time, but made a brave struggle to resist the clutch of death.
Deceased was a native of Vermont and 73 years old. He had spent many years in this city and county, and was an authority on mining and minerals, spending his life in their study and in search of the mountains and canyons for th treasures they contained. In late years he had been the manager of a company holding extensive asbestos, copper, iron and talc claims in this county, which it was hoped would develop into wealth producers.
The relatives of deceased are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. S. G. Watts, and a son, Delbert Sprague, who is cashier of the down town branch of the Placer County Bank. - Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and the Grand Army will officiate. Interment will be in the Grand Army plot in the I.O.O. F. cemetery in this city.
notation: the I.O.O.F. is now the Old Auburn Cemetery.
.
Son of:
Charles L. Sprague of Germany &
Elmira or Almira of Vermont
.
CO. B.
2 CAL. INF.
Organized at San Francisco and Carson City September 2, 1861, to December 30, 1862. Attached to Dept. of the Pacific.
Sylvester Sprague (First_Last)
Regiment Name 2 California Infantry
Side Union
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out Cpl.
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M533 roll 6
Company "B"-At Fort Hoskins till March, 1862. At Fort Dalles till June, 1862. Ordered to Fort Vancouver June 27, thence to Fort Humboldt July, and duty there till June, 1863. Ordered to Benicia Barracks June 11, 1863, and duty there till December. Moved to Fort Tejon, Cali., and duty there till September, 1864. Ordered to San Francisco and duty at the Presidio till muster out.
.
Find A Grave contributor Kathie Kloss Marynik
Married--In Sacramento, Sept. 30, 1872, by Rev. H. B. Heacock, Sylvester M. Sprague to Mary A. Smiley, both of Iowa Hill. [Sac Daily Union, 10-2-1872]
.
Spouse & Children
Mary A Sprague
1851 –
Ellsworth E Sprague
1873 –
Orval L Sprague
1878 –
Delbert L Sprague
1886 –
Budd E Sprague
1894 –
Leland B Sprague
1895 –
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