Individual Details

"Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, page 203.
Jonathan Sprague was a farmer and millwright. At the age of twenty-one he came to Marietta and with his father and brother took the contract of building one corner of Campus Martius. He was at the Waterford Garrison with other members of the Sprague family during the Indian War. The Indians would often prowl around the fort and rrequently shot at the men of the garrison while they were out gathering garden and other supplies. Jonathan Sprague, while out in the woods with others, was shot at, and the bullet grazing his chest cust seven holes through his shirt. At another time the Indians drove off the cows of the settlers. Jonathan located them at an Indian village near a creek emptying into the Muskingum river two miles below Zanesville. The fort volunteered a company which was led by Jonathan Sprague to attack the village. They pushed a loarge scow up to the mouth of the creek and then proceeded on foot. The Indians were gone, except a few old men and squaws. They burned the village, tied the Indians to trees and then loaded the cows on the scow. They had just pushed out into the river when the forerunners of the Indians came to the bank and proceeded to follow them down the river. However, the Indians were afraid to attack. The creek was named Jonathan Creek, for Mr. Sprague.
After peace was secured he located in Adams Twp. on the bottom opposite Coal Run, and in the year 1800 built the stone mansion which was occupied by him the remaining forty years of his life. In 1803, he built the famed Island Mill. A wing was built out into the Muskingum river to secure water power. The mill was operated by the Spragues until recent years, although it is not standing now. His saw mill turned out the lumber that was used in the construction of the famous Blennerhassett house, on Blennerhassett Island, in the Ohio River. There is still preserved in Marietta a walnut cupboard made by him with a "broad-ax and drawing knife".
Jonathan Sprague, while not very religious, was a man of strong moral character and his life was one of great usefulness to the community in which he lived. His hospitable home was ever made use of by the people who came from twenty miles around to have their grist ground. In stature, he was tall, borad shouldered and strong, though the Indian who shot at him remoarked that he would have killed that Sprague had he not been so flat-chested.
His first wife, Sabra, was a lady of fine accomplishments and of unusual vivacity. His second wife, Susannah, was the daughter of the first white woman to arrive in Marietta in 1788. Jonathan's descendants are scattered through many states and are numerous and respected.

Jonathan married first, Sabra Seamans, b. 30 Apr 1767 in Canada, d. 2 May 1815, Adams Twp, Washington Co, Ohio. They married 18 Sep 1792, Washington Co, Ohio and had 6 children.
He and Susannah Owen added five children to the family. Jonathan married Hannah Newell, 6 Mar 1834, in his old age.

Birth	9 Jan 1767	Sackville, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage	11 Feb 1816	Washington County, Ohio - Susannah Owen
Death	1 Apr 1840	Adams Township, Washington County, Ohio

Spouse	Susannah Owen (1784 - 1833)
Child	Elijah Sprague (1818 - 1897)

Father	Maj. Joshua Sprague (1729 - 1816)
Mother	Abigail Wilbur (1731 - 1825)
Sibling	James Sprague (1761 - 1845)
Sibling	Samuel Sprague (1762 - 1853)
Sibling	William Sprague (1756 - 1826)