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Note: N2330 Given name (Dorcas), middle name (Ann) and surname (Sprowls) from "Decs. of John Sprowls", Ruth Sprowls email - February 17, 2004
Given name (Dorcas), middle name (Ann) and status (resident of Washington, Pennsylvania) from the Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, page 653
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1850 (October 24) census data from the census images for East Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 541 - image 9 - line 24) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 15 years old. She was living with her parents, 5 brothers and 1 sister. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Dorcas A" in this census.
1860 (June 29) census data from the census images for East Finley Township (Post Office - East Finley), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 45 - Image 16 - line 19) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 19 years old. She was living with her parents, 3 brothers and 1 sister. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as "Dorcus" in this census.
1870 (August 18) census data from the census images for East Finley Township (Post Office-Claysville), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Page 16 - Image 16 - line 40) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 33 years old and keeping house. She was living with what appears to be her brother, Eli, and her sister, Elizabeth. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name, middle initial and surname are listed as "Dorcas A Sprowels" in this census.
1900 (June 9) census data from the census images for Washington Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 172 - sheet 15A - image 29 - line 46) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was a 63 year old housekeeper and born in March, 1834. There is no listing for months not employed. She was single and living in a house, which was owned free of any mortgage, at 223 South Main Street. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as was her father. Her mother is listed as having been born in Massachusetts. Her given name and surname are listed as "Anna Sprowels" in this census.
1910 (April 19) census data from the census images for Washington Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 248 - sheet 4A - image 7 - line 35) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 75 years old. She was single and living with her cousin, James R. Wright, and his family in a house, which was owned free of any mortgage, at 92 Fayette Street in Ward 8. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as was her father. Her mother is listed as having been born in Massachusetts. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Dorcas A" in this census.
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HER MIND UNBALANCED
BY BROTHER'S DEATH
Dorcas Ann Sprowls Never Re-
covered From Shock Sustained
When Told That Her Brother
Had Been Killed in Battle.
Dorcas Ann Sprowls, a native of East Finley township, but for several years a resident of Washington died yesterday morning at the home of James R. Wright, in the Eighth ward, where she had been living for the past two years.
Miss Sprowls for many years lived on South Main street, in a property formerly owned by the Bradys, a few doors below Maiden street, on the west side of the street. The property is now owned by Dr. McCullough.
Miss Sprowls was aged 75 years. She was the daughter of William and Dorcas Towne Sprowls, former residents of East Finley township, but deceased for many years. Her father was a member of the well known Sprowls family of this county. Miss Sprowls was one of a large number of children and her death removes the last one of the family.
Miss Sprowls' life story is pathetic one. She had three brothers, Cyrus, Henry C. and John, who went to the front at the breaking out of the Civil war. Cyrus was the youngest child and the baby of the family. It was a sad day in the Sprowls home when these sons went away, and the mother and sisters were greatly depressed. In one of the early battles of the war, Cyrus, the baby, was killed. The shock was too much for the mother and two of the sisters, Dorcas Ann and Elizabeth. Their minds gave way and mother and sisters were never the same again. It was always a harmless dementia, but their expression and manner always betrayed the vacant mind, with reason dethroned. Miss Sprowls persisted to the last in the style of dress common two generations ago. The case calls to mind the sea-side tragedy of "Hannah at the Window Binding Shoes."
John, another of the brothers, was a member of an Illinois regiment. He rose to be commander of his regiment, but near the close of the war died from wounds and exposure. The third brother, Henry C., was a member of the well-known 140th Pennsylvania command. He survived the war, dying eight or ten years ago.
In her younger days, Dorcas Ann Sprowls was a bright, intelligent young woman, as was her sister, Elizabeth. Dorcas Ann came to Washington with her sister, Elizabeth, in 1876. The two sisters lived together until the death of Elizabeth in 1890. Miss Dorcas then lived alone for some time, but on account of her declining health, relatives made arrangements to have her live elsewhere and since that time she has been at the Wright home. Miss Sprowls has a number of nieces and nephews hereabouts. Funeral services will be held this afternoon frm (sic) the Wright home, at 3 o'clock. The interment will be private later, in the Washington cemetery.
Source - "The Washington Observer" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, September 21, 1910, page 6
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Dorcas Ann Sprowls Dead.
WASHINGTON, PA., Sept. 20. - (Special.) - Dorcas Ann Sprowls, aged 75, a resident here for the last 30 years, died at her home in the Eighth ward this morning. For many years she had been well known in this section, where her dress of the period of 1860 made her conspicuous. She never recovered from the shock caused by the death of her younger brother, Cyrus, who enlisted in the Civil War, and was killed in battle.
Source - ÒThe Gazette TimesÓ newspaper, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, September 21, 1910, page 11, E-mail, DEATH: Dorcas Ann Sprowls 1910 The Gazette Times - Google News Archive Search, Ruth Sprowls, Monday, December 13, 2010
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The following information is from a telephone call to Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, November 21, 2015:
Dorcas Ann Sprowls
b. 03-03-1835 (NOTE: THE YEAR OF BIRTH CONFLICTS WITH INFORMATION FOUND IN ANOTHER SOURCE)
d- 09-21-1910 (NOTE: THE DAY OF DEATH CONFLICTS WITH INFORMATION FOUND IN ANOTHER SOURCE)
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