Newhanover County NcArchives Obituaries.....Sprunt, Alexander April 1884
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Advertiser and Appeal, Saturday Morning, April 19, 1884 (Brunswick, GA)
Death of Alexander Sprunt, of Wilmington, N.C.

	The wires announced the death a few days since of Mr. Alexander Sprunt, of
Wilmington, N. C., the father of Messrs. J. D. and T. E. Sprunt, so well known
here, and who have the sympathy of our whole people in their loss.  Speaking of
Mr. Sprunt and exchange says:
	“Mr. Sprunt was born at Viewfield, near Perth, Scotland, on the 28th of
September, 1815, and was therefore in the 69th year of his age.  He was educated
in Edinburgh, and subsequently remained in Glascow for about two years.  After
leaving Glascow he proceeded to Port Spain, Trinidad, where he became a junior
partner in the firm of Reed, Irvin & Co., merchants, and the same time held the
appointment of Queen’s Commissioner at that port.  He remained in Port-Spain for
about fourteen years, when he returned to Scotland and thence came to
Wilmington, reaching his future home in the year 1852.  He has since been
engaged in mercantile pursuits, being at the time of his death the senior in the
well known firm of Alex Sprunt & Son.  On the 31st of March, 1866, he received
from Her Majesty’s Government the appointment of British Vice Consul at
Wilmington – a position which he continued to hold up to the time of his death.
 He was one of the founders of the Second Presbyterian church of that city, has
contributed largely to its advancement and success, and at his death was one of
its ruling elders.  He was also President of the organization known as the St.
George and St. Andrew Society, and of the Wilmington Library Association, in
both of which societies he took a deep interest.

Additional Comments:
Second Presbyterian Church later became St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, located
on the corner of Campbell and N. 4th Streets in the Brooklyn neighborhood of
Wilmington.

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