Biographical Sketch of Truman E. Sproat, Johnson County, Missouri,
Montserrat Township.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Truman E. Sproat was born November 27, 1867, in Lewis county, Missouri.
He is one of ten children born to his parents, William and Mary Sproat,
the former, a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and the latter, of
Allegheny county, where she was born in 1829. The father of Mary Sproat
was a popular proprietor of one of the early day hotels in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, the keeper of an inn on one of the principal
roads out of Pittsburg.  Mr. and Mrs. Sproat were united in marriage in
Allegheny county and to them were born ten children, as follow: 
Margaret, the wife of W. T. Sprague, Warrensburg, Missouri; Emma J.,
the wife of Mr. Williams, Warrensburg, Missouri; Anna, the wife of C.B.
Smith, Lewis county, Missouri; Matilda, the wife of Mr. Kirkpatrick;
Laura, deceased; Olive, the wife of W. R. VanBlarcum; John T., deceased
Charles, deceased; Truman E., of this review; and Jacob William, who is
employed in the service of the United States Government in Honolulu,
Hawaii.  About fifty years ago, the Sproat family came to Missouri and
settled on a farm in Lewis county.  For ten years they resided on the 
place in Lewis county and then, about 1886, came to Johnson county, 
where they lived on a farm eighteen miles south of Warrensburg for six
years and thence moved beyond Clearfork, at which place Mr. Sproat died
at the age of eighty-four years.  In November, 1896, Truman E. Sproat
and Mary Ella Adams were united in marriage in Johnson county.  Mrs.
Sproat has lived all her life at the old Adams homestead, entered by
her great-grandfather, John Adams, in 1834.  Upon their marriage, the 
death of Mrs. Sproat's great-grandmother, "Aunt Peggy" Adams, Mr. and
Mrs. Sproat received the old historic Adams homestead of 160 acres, to
which they have added land from time to time.  To Mr. and Mrs. Sproat
have been born six children: Verdin E., Katie L., James Eldon, Hillary
H., Dale and Loy.  Both Truman E. and Mrs. Sproat are valued and highly
respected members of the Baptist church.  Mr. Sproat is the owner of
350 acres of land, to which farm he moved at the time of his marriage.
He is chiefly engaged in raising horned Durham cattle and Poland China
hogs, all high grade stock though not registered.  He has been very
successful in his chosen vocation and much of his good fortune is due 
to hard work, perseverance and keen business judgement.

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