Gratiot County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Sprague, Susan Shank (Packer) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Moore http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007687 June 19, 2010, 12:03 am Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery Name: Susan Shank (Packer) Sprague Date Of Photograph: April 1, 2010 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/gratiot/photos/tombstones/oakgrove/sprague125202nph.jpg Image file size: 189.0 Kb Monument and headstones are located in Old Part Sub 4 Lot 330 S. T. SPRAGUE MONUMENT The following headstones are located near the S. T. Sprague Monument: FATHER S. THEODORE 1832 - 1917 MOTHER SUSAN 1828 - 1913 FATHER WILLIAM T. SPRAGUE 1854 0 1934 MOTHER CORA WHITE SPRAGUE 1858 - 1913 ZUA IOLA COX 1888 - 1966 Note: Cemetery records also indicate that Asa C. Sprague, Golda A. Sprague and Nettie Sprague, children of William Theodore and Cora Almeda (White) Sprague, are also buried in the family plot but there is no headstone for them. Stephen Theodore Sprague married Susan Shank Packer March 10, 1853 in Seneca, Lenawee Co. MI. They were the parents of William Theodore Sprague, Letitia Ann (Sprague) Sandall, Alice Nellie (Sprague) Caldwell, David H. Sprague, Hadsell Lewell Sprague, Medora Ellen (Sprague) Dolph and Thomas S. Sprague. Death certificate shows his parents as unknown, male, white, widowed, retired farmer, born October 23, 1817 New York and died on October 7, 1917 Alma, Gratiot Co., MI at the age of 84 years 11 months and 14 days, cause of death chronic endocarditis. Informant Mrs. A. Dolph of St. Louis, Mich. Burial was on October 9, 1917 St. Louis, Mich. Name: Stephan Sprague [Stephan Sprag] Home in 1900: Pine River, Gratiot, Michigan Age: 69 Birth Date: Oct 1830 Birthplace: New York Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Spouse's name: Susan P Marriage Year: 1852 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 48 Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Stephan Sprague 69 Susan P Sprague 72 Stephen Theodore Sprague married Susan Shank Packer March 10, 1853 in Seneca, Lenawee Co. MI. They were the parents of William Theodore Sprague, Letitia Ann (Sprague) Sandall, Alice Nellie (Sprague) Caldwell, David H. Sprague, Hadsell Lewell Sprague, Medora Ellen (Sprague) Dolph and Thomas S. Sprague. Death certificate shows his parents as unknown, male, white, widowed, retired farmer, born October 23, 1817 New York and died on October 7, 1917 Alma, Gratiot Co., MI at the age of 84 years 11 months and 14 days, cause of death chronic endocarditis. Informant Mrs. A. Dolph of St. Louis, Mich. Burial was on October 9, 1917 St. Louis, Mich. Name: Stephan Sprague [Stephan Sprag] Home in 1900: Pine River, Gratiot, Michigan Age: 69 Birth Date: Oct 1830 Birthplace: New York Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Spouse's name: Susan P Marriage Year: 1852 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 48 Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Stephan Sprague 69 Susan P Sprague 72 Stephen Theodore Sprague married Susan Shank Packer March 10, 1853 in Seneca, Lenawee Co. MI. They were the parents of William Theodore Sprague, Letitia Ann (Sprague) Sandall, Alice Nellie (Sprague) Caldwell, David H. Sprague, Hadsell Lewell Sprague, Medora Ellen (Sprague) Dolph and Thomas S. Sprague. Death certificate shows his parents as unknown, male, white, widowed, retired farmer, born October 23, 1817 New York and died on October 7, 1917 Alma, Gratiot Co., MI at the age of 84 years 11 months and 14 days, cause of death chronic endocarditis. Informant Mrs. A. Dolph of St. Louis, Mich. Burial was on October 9, 1917 St. Louis, Mich. Name: Stephan Sprague [Stephan Sprag] Home in 1900: Pine River, Gratiot, Michigan Age: 69 Birth Date: Oct 1830 Birthplace: New York Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Spouse's name: Susan P Marriage Year: 1852 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 48 Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Stephan Sprague 69 Susan P Sprague 72 Susan Shank Packer was the daughter of Eli Packer and Ann Frye Thomas. Her death certificate shows she was the daughter of Eli Packer and Annie Thomas (both of Philadelphia, PA). female, white, married, housewife, born March 13, 1827 Pennsylvania an died on June 14, 1913 St. Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich at the age of 86 years 3 months and 1 day, cause of death apoplexy cerebral. Informant was Mrs. Pearlie Sprague of St. Louis, Mich. Burial was on June 16, 1913 Oak Grove, St. Louis, Mich. William Theodore Sprague was the son of Stephen T. and Susan S. (Packer) Sprague. He was born April 27, 1854 in Ohio and died on april 22, 1934 in St. Louis, Gratiot Co., MI. He married Cora Almeda White on November 22, 1875 in Pine River Twp., Gratiot Co., MI. They were the parents of They were the parents of Nettie Sprague, Roy W. Sprague, Edwin R. Sprague, Golda A. Sprague, Thomas R. Sprague, Zua Iola (Sprague) Cox, Asa C. Sprague, Jay W. Sprague and Bernice A. (Sprague) Baker. Name: William Sprague [Williams Sprague] Home in 1920: Pine River, Gratiot, Michigan Age: 66 Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head] Father's Birth Place: Ohio Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Widowed [Widow] Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age William Sprague 66 Jay W Sprague 26 Vera G Sprague 23 Zua Sprague 31 Bernice Sprague 17 Durward Jones 12 Cora A. Sprague death certificate shows she was the daughter of Edward White and Almeda Ross (both of Ohio). female, white, married, housewife, born June 20, 1858 Ohio and died on December 8, 1913 Pine River Twp., Gratiot Co., MI at the age of 55 years 5 months and 18 days, cause of death cancer of the face. Informant Wm Sprague of Forest Hill, Mich. Burial was on December 11, 1913 St. Louis, Mich. 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