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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Margaret Sprowls: Birth: 10 SEP 1836 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 10 FEB 1917 in Giles Township, Washington County, Nebraska

  2. William Arthur Sprowls: Birth: 5 JAN 1842 in near Burnsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 12 MAY 1904 in home, Burnsville, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  3. Montgomery Sprowls: Birth: 22 NOV 1843 in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 19 OCT 1917 in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  4. Wilson Sprowls: Birth: 1844 in Pennsylvania. Death: 25 JAN 1858 in West Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  5. Mary Jane Sprowls: Birth: AUG 1848 in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 8 OCT 1917 in sonÕs home, RoneyÕs Point, Ohio County, West Virginia

  6. Wyit Sprowls: Birth: APR 1850 in Pennsylvania. Death: 13 DEC 1923 in West Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  7. Morgan V. Sprowls: Birth: 27 APR 1854 in old Sprowls homestead, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Death: 24 JUN 1919 in daughterÕs home, Blaine Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania


Sources
1. Title:   Obituary of Morgan V. Sprowls
Text:   Given name/Maiden name/Married surname
2. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Date
Author:   James Fordyce
3. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Date [Year]
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
4. Title:   1860 Federal Census
Text:   Location [State]
5. Title:   Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery
Text:   Date [Day/Year]/Location [Town]
Author:   Contributed by Karen Hucko
Url:   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley.html
6. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Location
Author:   James Fordyce
7. 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:   N1356 Given name (Elizabeth), maiden surname (Montgomery), date (abt 1814) of birth and CONFLICTING LOCATION (Pennsylvania) OF BIRTH from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File No. BQPJ-MH (Family Search Website at http://www.familysearch.org)
  Given name (Elizabeth) and maiden surname (Montgomery) from "Sprowls History", page 3, Louis Sprowls letter, February 20, 2004
  Given name (Elizabeth) and married surname (Sprowls) from the obituary of Mary Jane Jenkins - ÒThe Washington ObserverÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Monday, October 8, 1917, page 1
  Given name (Elizabeth) and married surname (Sprowls) from the obituary of Montgomery Sprowls - ÒThe Washington ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 20, 1917, page three
  Given name (Elizabeth), maiden surname (Montgomery), married surname (Sprowls) and status (deceased) in June, 1919, from the obituary of Morgan V. Sprowls - ÒThe Washington ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, June 25, 1919, page ten
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 1850 (October 16) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 457 - Image 16 - line 8) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 38 years old. She was living with her husband, 4 sons and 2 daughters. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania (NOTE: HER LOCATION OF BIRTH CONFLICTS WITH THAT LISTED IN THE 1860 AND 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS). Her given name is listed as "Elisabeth" 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 3) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 46 years old. She was living with her husband, 4 sons, 1 daughter and a farm laborer. She is listed as having been born in Ohio. Her given name is listed as "Elizabeth" in this census.
  1870 (June 29) census data from the census images for West Finley Township (Post Office - Claysville), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 21 - Image 21 - line 12) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was a 57 year old housekeeper. She was living with her husband, 2 sons, Wyatt and Morgan, 1 daughter, Mary J., and a domestic servant. She is listed as having been born in Ohio. Her given name is listed as "Elizabeth" in this census.
  1880 (June 3) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 268 - page 6 - image 6 - line 11) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 68 years old and keeping house. She was married and living with her husband, 1 son, Morgan, and a boarder. She is listed as having been born in Ohio. Her father and mother are listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as "Betsey" 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: Montgomery - w/o James Sprowls
 Date of Death: 18 June 1890 (NOTE: THE MONTH OF DEATH CONFLICTS WITH THAT LISTED ON HER CEMETERY MONUMENT)
 Date of Birth: 1812
 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)
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  FATHER MOTHER
 JAMES SPROWLS
 BORN JULY 9, 1810
 DIED DEC. 5, 1894
  ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE
 BORN OCT. 16, 1812
 DIED JAN. 18, 1890
  SPROWLS

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