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John Sprinkle

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John Sprinkle

Birth
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Death
15 Dec 1907 (aged 82)
Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Newport, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
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John was the son of John Sprinkle & Catharine Smith.

He married Mary Esther Johnson on 12 Apr 1849 in Rockingham Co., VA.

They had thirteen children: John M.; Erasmus M.; Germali Melvin; Eladora; Benjamin Franklin; Alice G. (Dotson); Edwin O.; Emma M. (Huff); Charles M.; Millard M.; Ida B.; Calvin Clinton; & Theodore D.

John & Mary moved from Rockingham Co., VA to Louisa Co., IA in 1854. His obituary includes: "Mr. and Mrs. Sprinkle came to Iowa in the fall of 1854, driving through in a covered wagon and were 40 days on the road. Crossing the river at Burlington in the month of November, they came on to Wapello, where they made their home for four years, Mr. Sprinkle working at his trade of backsmithing. They then removed to the farm on which he has since lived, 40 acres of which was entered by him at the land office."
John was the son of John Sprinkle & Catharine Smith.

He married Mary Esther Johnson on 12 Apr 1849 in Rockingham Co., VA.

They had thirteen children: John M.; Erasmus M.; Germali Melvin; Eladora; Benjamin Franklin; Alice G. (Dotson); Edwin O.; Emma M. (Huff); Charles M.; Millard M.; Ida B.; Calvin Clinton; & Theodore D.

John & Mary moved from Rockingham Co., VA to Louisa Co., IA in 1854. His obituary includes: "Mr. and Mrs. Sprinkle came to Iowa in the fall of 1854, driving through in a covered wagon and were 40 days on the road. Crossing the river at Burlington in the month of November, they came on to Wapello, where they made their home for four years, Mr. Sprinkle working at his trade of backsmithing. They then removed to the farm on which he has since lived, 40 acres of which was entered by him at the land office."

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