Individual Details

William was a son of Edward Spradling and Eliza Greer. He married (1) Lucinda B. Matthews in 1860, most likely in Hardin County, Kentucky, and after she died he married (2) Arminta Bertram 6 March 1873 in Barren County, Kentucky.

William and Lucy had five children:

Laura (1862)
James Edward (1863)
Sarah Elizabeth (1864)
William Granville (1867)
Frances M. (1869)

William and Arminta had seven children:

Perry D. (1874)
Moses H. (1875)
Lura E. (1877)
John Samuel (1878)
Andrew Jackson (1881)
Marion E. (1882)
Eliza H. (1884)

William's parents migrated to Kentucky when he was quite young, so he grew up mainly in Barren County, Kentucky, and there he married Lucy Matthews. He farmed and occasionally worked as a carpenter. As was common to the day, when Lucy died, leaving him with four small children, he wasted no time finding a new wife. It wasn't too long after that his more adventurous young sons persuaded him to move west, first to Howell County in south central Missouri about 1881, and then across the state line into Baxter County, Arkansas about 1894. And there he died 15 years later and was buried in what must have been a beautiful little cemetery a hundred years ago, but is now a ruin. RIP, William Henry Harrison Spradling.

Birth	23 Jul 1841	Franklin County, Virginia
Marriage	27 Feb 1873	Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky - Arminta Bertram
Census (family)	17 Jun 1880	Saunders, Barren County, Kentucy - Arminta Bertram
Census (family)	8 Jun 1900	Independence, Baxter County, Arkansas - Arminta Bertram
Death	30 Oct 1909	Baxter County, Arkansas
Burial		Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Baxter County, Arkansas

Spouse

Arminta Bertram (1853 - 1928)

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