Mary Jane was the daughter of James C. Sproule, who was a native of Ireland, being of Scotch ancestry. In Ireland her father learned the trade of harness-making. About 1812, he came to the United States and settled in Baltimore, Md. He afterward became a prominent politician, and for many years was United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania. There he married Euphemia Marshall, a native of the Keystone State. Her parents came from Scotland, and her father served in the War of 1812.
Mary Jane was born in Northumberland (now Columbia) County in Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Derry, in Montour County. She moved to Illinois in about 1853 or 1854 with a large party of neighbors. Mary was a spinster and alternately lived with different siblings until the 1870s when she married Mr Park. He soon died and she lived the rest of her life with her brother Henry.
Mary Jane was born in Northumberland (now Columbia) County in Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Derry, in Montour County. She moved to Illinois in about 1853 or 1854 with a large party of neighbors. Mary was a spinster and alternately lived with different siblings until the 1870s when she married Mr Park. He soon died and she lived the rest of her life with her brother Henry.
Mary Jane was the daughter of James C. Sproule, who was a native of Ireland, being of Scotch ancestry. In Ireland her father learned the trade of harness-making. About 1812, he came to the United States and settled in Baltimore, Md. He afterward became a prominent politician, and for many years was United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania. There he married Euphemia Marshall, a native of the Keystone State. Her parents came from Scotland, and her father served in the War of 1812.
Mary Jane was born in Northumberland (now Columbia) County in Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Derry, in Montour County. She moved to Illinois in about 1853 or 1854 with a large party of neighbors. Mary was a spinster and alternately lived with different siblings until the 1870s when she married Mr Park. He soon died and she lived the rest of her life with her brother Henry.
Mary Jane was born in Northumberland (now Columbia) County in Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Derry, in Montour County. She moved to Illinois in about 1853 or 1854 with a large party of neighbors. Mary was a spinster and alternately lived with different siblings until the 1870s when she married Mr Park. He soon died and she lived the rest of her life with her brother Henry.
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