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Note: N5778 Given name (Montgomery) and surname (Sprowles) from The Wingate-Winget family in America, compiled by Esther Mae Winget Warner, Herald Print Shop, Osborn, Ohio, c1931, page 115
Given name (Montgomery), surname (Sprowls) and residence (West Finley, Washington County) in March, 1891, from the obituary of Allen Sprowls - ÒThe Waynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, March 26, 1891
Given name (Montgomery), surname (Sprowls), residence (West Finley) and status (not deceased) in May, 1904, from the obituary of Arthur Sprowls - "Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 19, 1904
Given name (Montgomery), surname (Sprowls) and status (not deceased) in November, 1911, from the obituary of Mrs. Montgomery Sprowls - ÒThe Washington ObserverÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, November 4, 1911, page 1
Given name (Montgomery), surname (Sprowls), residence (West Finley) and status (not deceased) in October, 1917, from the obituary of Mary Jane Jenkins - ÒThe Washington ObserverÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Monday, October 8, 1917, page 1
Given name (Montgomery) and surname (Sprowls) from the obituary of Norton Sprowls - "The Washington Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Friday, February 25, 1944, pages six and nineteen
Given name (Montgomery), surname (Sprowls) and location (Pennsylvania) of birth from Arizona State Department of Health Certificate of Death, Division of Vital Statistics, Garrett E. Sprowls, M. D., State File No. 1091, RegistrarÕs No. 208, February 22, 1951
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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 11) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was 6 years old and had attended school within the year. He was living with his parents, 3 brothers and 2 sisters. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name is listed as "Montgomery" 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 5) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was 15 years old and had attended school within the year. He was living with his parents, 3 brothers, 1 sister and a farm laborer. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name is listed as "Montgomery" 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 23) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 26 year old farmer. He was living with his wife. The value of his real estate was $3,800 and the value of his personal estate was $500. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name is listed as "Montgomery" 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 14) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was 36 years old and engaged in farming. He was married and living with his wife, 2 sons and 1 daughter. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. His given name is listed as "Montgomery" in this census.
1900 (June 5) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 178 - sheet 2B - image 4 - line 62) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 55 year old farmer and born in November, 1844 (NOTE: THE YEAR OF BIRTH CONFLICTS WITH THAT LISTED IN OTHER SOURCES). He had not been employed for 0 months. He had been married for 31 years and was living with his wife, 2 sons, Garrett and Norton, 2 daughters, Winnie and Tillie, and 1 granddaughter, Jean, on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. His given name is listed as "Montgomery" in this record.
1910 (May 3) census data from the census images for West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 254 - sheet 8A - image 15 - line 14) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 66 year old farmer, working on a general farm on his own account. There is no listing as to whether he was out of work on April 15, 1910, or the number of weeks out of work during 1909. He had been married for 41 years and was living with his wife, 1 daughter and 1 granddaughter on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage, on the Burnsville-Majorsville Road. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. He was a survivor of the Union Army. His given name and surname are listed as "Montgomery Sprowles" in this census.
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MONTGOMERY SPROWLS
West Finley, Oct. 20. - Montgomery Sprowls, aged 75, one of the representative men of Washington county and a well known man of this section, died Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock of pneumonia.
Mr. Sprowls was a son of James and Elizabeth Sprowls and was born and spent his entire life in West Finley township. He was active in church and community affairs, having been a member for 50 years of the Windy Gap Presbyterian church and serving for many years as an elder of the church. In politics, he was a Republican and held the office of school director and other township positions. He was a veteran of the Civil war, serving with Company K, 16th Pennsylvania cavalry, until he was wounded at Petersburg, after which he was honorably discharged. His illness was of only four or five days' duration. Two weeks ago his sister, Mrs. Molly Jenkins, died of the same malady, after only one week's illness.
Mr. Sprowls' wife died about six years ago. There survive the following children: Frank, of Washington, Norton, of West Finley; Dr. Garrett, of Pittsburg; Mrs. Edward Jenkins, of Dallas, W. Va., Mrs. W. (sic) W. Sutherland, who lived with her father. Two brothers also survive, Wyit, of West Finley, and M. V. Sprowls, of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at the late home Sunday at 1:30 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Samuel Davis of the Windy Gap church. The interment will be in the West Finley cemetery.
Source - "The Washington Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 20, 1917, page three
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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: Montgomery
Parents: s/o James & Eliz. Montgomery Sprowls
Date of Death: 19 Oct. 1917
Date of Birth: 22 Nov. 1843
Place of Death: W. Finley
Notes: Veteran
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Monument in West Finley Cemetery (Section 1), West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania from "Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM Volume 5" - James Fordyce (2004)
MONTGOMERY SPROWLS
1843 - 1917
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ELIZABETH - His Wife
1846 - 1912
SPROWLS
ALSO A SMALLER STONE
MONTGOMERY
SPROWLS
1843-1917
CO. K 16. PA ?
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