Bedford Gazette (Bedford, PA) dated Fri, Jan. 1, 1909...
James Sproat, a resident of this county prior to 1876, died at his home in Tipton, IA, on Monday, December 21, aged 78 years. He was born in Somerset County in 1830 and served in the 38th regiment from this state in the Civil War.
His wife, who was Miss Matilda Filson, died in 1894. Nine children and two sisters--Mary of Burtville, Mo., and Mrs. Charles K. Hillegass of Reading--survive. Mr. Sproat will be remembered by many of the older residents of Bedford.

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Tipton Advertiser, Tipton, IA dated Dec 24, 1908, Page 5

The death of Mr. James Sproat which occurred Monday morning at his home in Tipton, takes from our community another of its oldest citizens. He lacked just two days of reaching his seventy-eighth birthday, his funeral taking place on the date of his birth.

Mr. James Sproat was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 23rd, 1830; spent his early days on a farm. He belonged to that grand body of. He was a member of the 38th regiment of Pennsylvania.

He was married March 5, 1857, to Miss Matilda Filson and unto the union was born twelve children, three of whom are dead. In 1876 Mr. Sproat and his family moved to Cedar county, Iowa, where he resided until his death. His wife died January 22, 1894.

Nine children and six grand-children remain to mourn his departure.

The funeral service attended by the local G.A.R. and Relief Corps, was held Wednesday afternoon in the Presbyterian church, in charge of the pastor, W. Rollin McCaslin. Interment at Sand Hill cemetery was in charge of the members of the G.A.R.


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