Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Sprague, Charles N 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

CHARLES N. SPRAGUE, a member of an honored pioneer family of this county, owns 
and occupies a beautiful home in Joliet. He was born in Dupage Township, June 
19, 1847, and is a son of Thomas J. Sprague, deceased, whose sketch will be 
found elsewhere in this volume. Alternating attendance at the district schools 
with work on the home farm, he grew to a vigorous, robust manhood, fitted to 
enter upon the responsibilities of life. When he was twenty-three years of age 
he married and began for himself, purchasing a farm and devoting his time to 
its improvement. Later he became interested in a creamery, which he operated 
in conjunction with his father, meantime renting his farm and making his home 
in Joliet. He continued to be connected with the creamery until February 1, 
1897, when he disposed of his interest in the plant. Since 1885 he has resided 
in Joliet, having at that time traded his farm for property in the city. While 
his home is here, he has for a few years been engaged in the dairy and stock 
business near Marseilles, La Salle County, Ill., where in 1897 he purchased a 
farm of five hundred and thirty-six acres. He makes a specialty of breeding 
Shorthorn Durham cattle, and has found stock-raising a profitable adjunct of 
general farming. For a number of years he conducted a milk business in Joliet, 
running several milk wagons and having a good route. At this writing he owns 
stock in the Joliet Limestone Company, an enterprise that is proving quite 
remunerative. The marriage of Mr. Sprague took place November 25, 1869, and 
united him with Miss Alice C. Killmer, who was born in Dupage Township, her 
father, Reuben W. Killmer, having been one of the pioneers of the township. 
They are the parents of three children now living, namely: Hattie M., a 
graduate of the Joliet high school and an accomplished young lady; Mabel, who 
is a student in the Joliet schools; and Thomas K. Though reared in the 
Democratic faith, Mr. Sprague has not allied himself with any party, but 
maintains independent views and votes for the best man. For one year he served 
as assessor of Dupage Township, and for five terms he served as town clerk. He 
was made a Mason in Lock- port Lodge, No. 538, A. F. &A. M., in 1872, and is 
now connected with Mount Joliet Lodge. With his family he holds membership in 
the Presbyterian Church, and he has officiated as one of the trustees of the 
congregation.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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