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Note: N1357 Name and date and location of birth from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File No. 42NB-5K (Family Search Website at http://www.familysearch.org)
Given name (Alexander) and surname (Sprowls) from the Washington County PAGenWeb Genealogy Project - Cemeteries - West Finley Cemetery, Contributed by Karen Hucko, http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/cemetery/wfinley2_s.html
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1850 (October 17) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 461 - image 23 - line 26) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 39 year old farmer and living with his wife, 1 daughter and what appears to be a young man working on the farm. The value of real estate owned was $3,000. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name is listed as "Alexander" in this census. The additional member of the household was David King (line 29), an 18 year old farmer. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania.
1860 (September 28) census data from the census images for West Finley Township (Post Office - West Finley), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 31 - Image 31 - line 10) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 49 year old farmer. He was living with his wife, 3 daughters and what appears to be a laborer working on the farm. The value of his real estate was $5, 450 and the value of his personal estate was $4,000. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name is listed as "Alexander" in this census. The farm laborer was Franklin Jones (line 15), who was 21 years old. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania.
1870 (July 6) census data from the census images for West Finley Township (Post Office-Claysville), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 25 - Image 25 - line 1) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 58 year old farmer. He was living with his wife, 1 son and 4 daughters. The value of his real estate was $9,240 and the value of his personal estate was $2,991. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name is listed as "Alex" in this census.
There were two other individuals listed as making home in this household. They were Charles Wallace (line 8), who was 36 years old and listed as having been born in Pennsylvania, and Elmus Sprowls (line 9), who was 22 years old and also listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. This was probably a nephew, the son of his brother, Nelson.
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