Individual Details

"Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, page 279.
Elijah Sprague occupied the stone house built by his father in 1800. O him, the Marietta Daily Register, February 2, 1897 said: "Elijah Sprague was no idle dreamer. His life has been an open book before all people. With a reserve force of physical and nervous eneryg, he was quick to act, determined, and courageous. He was an arbiter in matters of dispute to all his neighbors; impartial, firm, steadfast, honest. His early years were spent among the activities incident to those days. He was an athlete, trained with close contact to those who pushed the keel-boat through the riffles, followed the chase of the deer, felled the forest timber, and followed the wooden mould-bourd plow."

Elijah and Henrietta had five children. After her death, he married Lydia A. Sayles, 6 Aug 1850, and had 8 more children.

Birth	10 Mar 1818	Washington County, Ohio
Marriage	7 Aug 1839	Washington County, Ohio - Henrietta Morris
Death	31 Jan 1897	Coal Run, Washington County, Ohio

Spouse	Henrietta Morris (1820 - 1849)
Child	Henrietta Meribah Sprague (1849 - 1926)

Father	Jonathan Sprague (1767 - 1840)
Mother	Susannah Owen (1784 - 1833)