Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Sprague, Charles N 1846 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

CHARLES N. SPRAGUE, senior member of the firm of Sprague & Hess, forms with 
his partner, one of the important factors among the business interests of 
Joliet, operating a creamery and dairy. He has been engaged in the creamery 
business since 1880, following this for a period of six years very 
successfully. The firm now turns out two hundred pounds of butter per day, and 
besides this, deals extensively in butter and cheese in a wholesale way. He 
associated himself in partnership with Mr. Hess March 1, 1890, enlarging the 
milk route and increasing his facilities for handling all kinds of dairy 
produce. The firm unquestionably stands at the head of the dairy interests in 
Joliet. Our subject was born in DuPage Township, this county, January 19, 
1846, and is the son of one of its earliest settlers, Thomas J. Sprague, a 
native of New York. The mother bore the maiden name of Lydia Swift. The 
parental family consisted of nine children, six of whom are living, making 
their homes mostly in Illinois. The father prosecuted farming in DuPage 
Township until the spring of 1890, then retired from active labor and took up 
his residence in Joliet, where, with his estimable wife, he still lives. Mr. 
Sprague has all his life been familiar with agricultural pursuits. He obtained 
his education in the district school, and when a young man of twenty-two years 
established domestic ties, being married November 25, 1869, to Miss Allie C. 
Killmer. Mrs. Sprague was born November 10, 1850, in DuPage Township, and is 
the daughter of R. W. and Hannah Killmer, who are natives of New York. The 
father is now living in Joliet, and the mother is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. 
Sprague are the parents of three children, two of whom are living, these being 
daughters—Hattie and Mabel. Mr. Sprague and his family live modestly in a 
comfortable home and enjoy the esteem and confidence of their neighbors. In 
politics Mr. Sprague votes the straight Democratic ticket. He is one of the 
prominent men of the city, and while a resident of DuPage Township officiated 
as Assessor and Township Clerk. He has been for some years connected with the 
Masonic fraternity.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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