John Sprowls and Margaret Graden

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Husband John Sprowls ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died:  - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA
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         Father: John Sprowls (      -      ) 2
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Wife Margaret Graden ²

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           Died:  - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA
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Children

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1 M William Sprowls ²

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           Died: Bef 1893 - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA
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2 F Ellen Sprowls ²

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           Died: Bef 1893 - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Ealy (      -      ) 2

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3 F Nancy Sprowls ²

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         Spouse: John Rockyfellow (      -      ) 2

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4 M Alexander Sprowls ²

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5 M James Sprowls ²

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6 M Henry Sprowls ²

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7 M Arthur Sprowls ²

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8 M John Sprowls ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1818 - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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           Died: 3 Aug 1870
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         Spouse: Mary Ann McNay (1825-Aft 1893) 1 4
           Marr: 5 Apr 1850 4

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9 M Nelson Sprowls ²

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10 F Mary Sprowls ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Sprowls

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He was born in Ireland, and emigrated to America with his parents. He was the third member in the family of nine children. Just prior to the removal of his parents and family from near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, to Washington County, he was married.
He and his wife settled on a farm where his son Alexander was born, and which he (Alexander) afterward bought and lived on until his death. After residing there for nearly eight years, John Sprowls and his family moved to another farm later owned by a grandson, Nelson Ealy, in East Finley township. Here the John and his wife resided till their deaths.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Graden

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The Gradens came west from Shippensville, Pennsylvania, with the Sprowlses, crossed the Ohio river and located near the present site of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 763.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 580.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1360.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 581.