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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Elymas Sprowls: Birth: 29 JUL 1849 in West Finley Township, , Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 15 JAN 1916 in Frank Simpson home, near Burnsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  2. Matilda J. Sprowls: Birth: ABT 1850 in Pennsylvania.

  3. Mary Martha Sprowls: Birth: 4 APR 1850 in Pennsylvania. Death: 19 JUN 1913 in West Finley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

  4. Anna M. Sprowls: Birth: 22 SEP 1852 in Pennsylvania. Death: 12 FEB 1916

  5. Benjamin B. Sprowls: Birth: ABT 1854 in Pennsylvania.

  6. John Edgar Sprowls: Birth: ABT 1856 in Pennsylvania.

  7. Flora A. Sprowls: Birth: 18 MAR 1860 in Pennsylvania. Death: 29 APR 1925 in West Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  8. Joseph Bentley Sprowls: Birth: 22 FEB 1862 in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 10 OCT 1934 in home, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois


Sources
1. Title:   Obituary of Nelson Sprowls
Text:   Given name/Maiden surname
2. Title:   Obituary of Joseph Bentley Sprowls
Text:   Given name/Married surname
3. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Date
Author:   James Fordyce
4. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Date
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
5. Title:   1850 Federal Census
Text:   Location [State]
6. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Date [Month/Year]/Location [Township]
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
7. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Location
Author:   James Fordyce
8. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Location
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html

Notes
a. Note:   N1295 Given name (Elizabeth), maiden surname (Lucas), date of birth (March 29, 1825) and date of death (1862) from posting on RootsWeb Sprowls Message Board, Sprowls in Washington Co., PA, posted by Sandee Cogan, July 13, 2000
  Given name (Elizabeth) and maiden surname (Lucas) from the obituary of Nelson Sprowls - "Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, September 14, 1899
  Given name (Elizabeth), married surname (Sprowls) and status (deceased) in October, 1934, from the obituary of Joseph Bentley Sprowls - ÒThe Washington ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Friday, November 16, 1934, page 17
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 1850 (October 17) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 460 - image 21 - line 21) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 25 years old. She was living with her husband, 1 son, 2 daughters and her husbandÕs cousin. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as "Elizabeth" in this census.
  1860 (September 29) census data from the census images for West Finley Township (Post Office - West Finley), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 33 - Image 33 - line 35) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 35 years old. She was living with her husband, 3 sons and 4 daughters. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as "Elziabeth" in this census.
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 The following information is found at the Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery, Contributed by Karen Hucko, http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley2_s.html:
  Surname: Sprowls
 Given name: Elizabeth
 Parents: d/o William & Mary Lucas
 Date of Death: 24 March 1862 (NOTE: THE DAY OF DEATH CONFLICTS WITH THAT LISTED ON HER CEMETERY MONUMENT)
 Date of Birth: 29 March 1825
 Place of Death: W. Finley
 Notes:
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 Monument in West Finley Cemetery (Section 2), West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania from "Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM Volume 5" - James Fordyce (2004)
  NELSON SPROWLS
 BORN MAR. 12, 1823
 DIED SEP. 7, 1899
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 ELIZABETH SPROWLS
 BORN MAR. 29, 1825
 DIED MAR. 25, 1862
  SPROWLS

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