Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph M. Spriggs and Margaret Donahoe




Husband Joseph M. Spriggs 1

           Born: 26 Apr 1831 2
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         Father: James Spriggs (1801-1854) 2
         Mother: [Unk] Boyce (1805-1876) 2


       Marriage: 1854 3

   Other Spouse: Margaret A. Seaman (      -      ) 4 - 16 Oct 1889 3



Wife Margaret Donahoe 3

           Born: Abt 1838
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           Died: 2 Feb 1888 3
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         Father: James Donahoe (1801-1872) 3
         Mother: 




Children
1 M James D. Spriggs 3

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         Spouse: Annie Wilson (      -      ) 3


2 F Mary Eliza Spriggs 3

           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Charles H. Spriggs 3 5

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         Spouse: Alice M. Hallam (      -      ) 3 5


4 M William Spriggs 3

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           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 M Joseph B. Spriggs 7 8

            AKA: Joseph M. Spriggs 6
           Born: 
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         Spouse: Ada Blanche Wright (1862-      ) 6 8 9


6 F Margaret Spriggs 3

           Born: Abt 1869
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           Died: 1891 3
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7 M George D. Spriggs 3

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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 M John M. Spriggs 3

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph M. Spriggs


He attended the common schools of Washington, Pennsylvania, and Washington College, and when yet a boy commenced clerking in William Duvall's grocery store. In 1854 he embarked in business for himself and remained in that location for seventeen years. He was a year out of business, and in 1886 he erected a three-story building, equipped with all modern improvements, including an elevator, and there, under the firm of Joseph M. Spriggs & Sons, he engaged in a large and increasing business, comprising general grocery, hardware, feed, etc., the largest of the kind in Washington. In May, 1891, he commenced a grain elevator business in the city, which was in the charge of his son, Charles H.
He was a Republican in politics, and in church connection was for forty years a member of the M. E. Church, of which he was a steward.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 118, 982.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 982.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 987.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 118, 987.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 788.

6 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 30.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 979, 987.

8 Unknown, History of the Joseph Wright Family (Privately published, 1914), Pg 8.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 979.


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