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From the book "HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, COUNTIES OF WHITE AND PULASKI INDIANA. Historical and Biographical. Illustrated. Chicago; F. A. Battey & CO., Publishers. 1883."
page 298, Honey Creek Township, White County, Indiana
"JAMES SPRAGUE was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, September 21, 1837, and is the second of the four children born to RICHARD and REBECCA A. (PETTIT) SPRAGUE, both natives of New Jersey. At the age of eight years, JAMES SPRAGUE lost his mother, and thereafter , until twenty-one made his home with JACOB SUTTS. He then worked out at farming until the spring of 1860, when he came to Monticello, this county (White County); remained a short time, and then went to Warren County, where he farmed until August, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served till mustered out at Indianapolis, in September, 1864, having taken part in the battles of Mill Springs, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, and numerous skirmishes and minor engagements. He next farmed as a hired hand for three years, near Monticello, and then on shares in Big Creek Township about eight years. In the spring of 1875, he bought eighty acres of wild land in this township, which he has since improved, and on which he still resides. October 30, 1866, he married MARY A. MOORE, a native of Union Township, and a daughter of JAMES P. and SARAH (WORTHINGTON) MOORE, who were among the early settlers of this county. To this union six children have been born, four yet living - ELSIE L., CHESTER S., LORETTA C. and JAMES A. In politics, MR. SPRAGUE is a Republican, and for four years was assessor of Big Creek Township, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
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