John Sproul and Unknown

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Husband John Sproul ¹

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            AKA: John Sproull 2
           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1837 - Butler Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Eleanor Pillow (      -1854) 1

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Wife Unknown

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Robinson (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Andrew Sproul ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895
         Buried: 

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2 M Robert Sproul ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895
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3 F Margaret Sproul ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895
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         Spouse: William Howe (      -      ) 1

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4 F Sarah Sproul ¹

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            AKA: Sarah Sproule 3
           Born:  - Crawford Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1895
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         Spouse: Samuel Howe (      -      ) 3
           Marr: Mercer Co, PA

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5 F Fannie Sproul ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895
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         Spouse: John Weigley (      -      ) 1

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6 F Ellen Sproul ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895
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         Spouse: Joseph Dodds (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Sproul

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He was a native of County Down, Ireland, and settled on Oil creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, about 1811. In 1816 he came to Butler County and purchased a farm near Mt. Chestnut, which he cleared and improved, and spent the remaining years of his life there. He was a weaver, and left his native land in company with a family named Robinson. On the voyage Mr. Robinson died, and John Sproul subsequently married the widow. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. [HBC 1895, 1288]

There appears to be confusion about the marriages of this man and his offspring:
He was a native of Ireland, who after his marriage emigrated to America and settled in Franklin township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the latter part of the 18th century. He pursued the vocation of farming, purchasing a tract of wild land, which he set about subduing to the wants of civilized man. He was in his day considered a very prosperous and well-informed man, and had much influence throughout his district. To his first wife, whom he had married in Ireland, four children were born: Robert; William; Hugh, the father of our subject; and Joseph. After the demise of his first wife Mr. Sproull wedded a Mrs. Kincaid, but this union was barren of children. Mr. Sproull reared his family in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. [BOBLC, 609]

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1288.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 609.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1181.