Dr. John Nelson Sprowls and Margaret M. "Maggie" McLain

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Husband Dr. John Nelson Sprowls ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Dr. J. N. Sprowles M.D. 3
           Born: 14 Sep 1852 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 3 4
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         Father: John Sprowls (1818-1870) 1 3 5
         Mother: Mary Ann McNay (1825-Aft 1893) 1 4

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       Marriage: 7 Mar 1878 3 4

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Wife Margaret M. "Maggie" McLain ^{3 6 7}

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         Father: Joseph Rankin McLain (1828-      ) 6 8
         Mother: Susanna Ralston (      -      ) 6 9

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Children

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1 M Joseph William Sprowls ^{1 4}

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           Born: 6 May 1882 1 4
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           Died: 27 Nov 1884 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M John Wilson Irwin Sprowls ⁴

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           Born: 20 Apr 1886 4
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           Died: 19 Jul 1887 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M George Milton Sprowls ^{3 4}

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           Born: 3 Oct 1888 4
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Nelson Sprowls

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He was educated in the common schools and at Oberlin College, Lorain County, Ohio. He read medicine with Dr. Silas C. McCracken, of Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, entered Jefferson Medical College in 1875, and graduated from that institution in 1877. After graduating he practiced with his preceptor for one year, after which he followed his chosen profession in Claysville. He took a deep interest in his professional work, and kept himself posted on all improvements and discoveries in medical science. When quite young he united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and afterward with the Claysville Presbyterian Church.

His boyhood was spent on his father's farm. He attended the public schools and in order to provide for his medical course, upon which he resolved early, he worked on the homestead and taught school, exercising prudence and economy until he gained his ambition. He was a student for a short time at Oberlin College and later entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which institution he was graduated March 10, 1877. At that time Claysville seemed to offer a promising field for a young practitioner and here he settled and soon had formed the pleasant ties of friendship with its good people and had gained a satisfactory practice. He was a member of the Washington County Medical Society, of which he served as president, and belonged also to the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and to the American Medical Association. He was the local surgeon for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at that point. [TCHWWC, 1360]

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 211, 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.

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

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 761.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 211, 581.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 210.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 211.