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John Sprouse

Male 1802 - 1858  (56 years)


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  • Name John Sprouse  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth 2 Apr 1802  Union Co., South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Born in Virginia [8]
    Gender Male 
    Baptized (LDS) 22 Oct 1854  [12] 
    • Baptism completed 22 Oct 1854. Confirmation completed 1 Jan 1850. [12]
    Endowed (LDS) 6 Mar 1857  Endowment House Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Death 27 Oct 1858  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Died "4 Mar 1861" [10]
    • Died 14 March 1861 [9, 10, 11]
    Burial Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Cemetery Records, Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah; Record of the Dead, Books A-C 1848-1888; Image 39 of 556.    		 Cemetery Records, Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah; Record of the Dead, Books A-C 1848-1888; Image 39 of 556.
    From "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976." Image file obtained May 2021 from the FamilySearch.org website.
    Notes 
    • "John Sprouse was a well to do plantation owner in Noxubee Co. Miss. and in Grange Co. Texas. He owned a string of race horses and slaves and lived like the proud Southern Gentleman that he was. Catherine Wooldridge Hundley married John Sprouse 6 Jan 1835 at Macon Miss. She was a very spiritual minded woman who loved her God and sought his guidance in all things. When the Mormon Elders came to call she heard their message of angels coming to earth and restoring to his prophet the Gospel Christ taught in the meridian of time. She soon became a firm believer for it was shown to her in a dream or vision that this message was true.

      When Great Grandfather John heard that the Mormons had been there he was furious and said that if they ever set foot on his place again he would horsewhip them. This did not frighten Great Grandmother for she invited the Elders back again and again hiding them from Great Grandfather. She had to hear more of their message which she accepted and was baptized. On her death bed she exacted a promise from Great Grandfather to take the children to Utah to be educated. He was a man of honor and kept his word. What a caravan that must have been coming up from Texas. Great Grandfather Sprouse not only brought his family and servants who were formerly slaves, but he brought the first string of race horses to Utah also.

      Great Grandfather Sprouse put his resources in to storage wheat and when famine came any deserving person could have what they needed to eat at no cost. He joined the church and later married Nancy Reddick Greer Johnson.

      Addendum --

      In the year 1850 later than Oct 19th which is the date of the 1850 census on file in Grimes County Texas court house, there was held at the home of John Sprouse a great gathering of the clan and a fine dinner was served. It is thought to be either Thanksgiving or Christmas. Great Grandmother took this occasion while they were yet seated at the table, to say what was in her heart and could not wait to be said. It was at this time... to Utah to be educated. She then excused herself, saying that she was tired and wanted to rest. She went to her room and when the servants went to waken her some time later they found that she was dead. After the funeral, it seems that Great Grandfather forgot his promise and for some time followed the duties of his farm. One day he was riding, when he was struck down by an invisible force. He did not know what hit him, but knew why. The next day he went to the county seat and started proceedings to sell his home and property and prepared to emigrate to Utah. According to his own record given in the temple records on the 6th March 1857, he was baptized in 1850." [13]
    Person ID I44  The John and Tuly Huntington Family
    Last Modified 25 May 2021 

    Father Vincent Sprouse,   b. Abt 1760, Albemarle, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Since 1856 (Age ~ 96 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Earl,   b. Abt 1764, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sealed P (LDS) 5 Oct 1944  [12] 
    Family ID F72  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Catherine Ann Elizabeth Hundley,   b. 9 May 1820, Noxubee Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [9, 10, 11, 14, 15] 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1835  Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 15] 
    • Married "6 June 1835" [10]
    Sealed S (LDS) 6 Mar 1857  Endowment House Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Tracy Emily Sprouse,   b. 7 Feb 1834, Noxubee Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Bayless Earl Sprouse,   b. 6 Aug 1837, Noxubee Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1913 (Age 75 years)
     3. Theresa E. Sprouse,   b. 1838, Noxubee Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary Sprouse,   b. 8 Apr 1839, Noxubee Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Augustus Wooldridge Sprouse,   b. 6 Jan 1842, Noxubee Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1903 (Age 61 years)
    +6. Sarah Elizabeth Sprouse,   b. 27 Oct 1844, Summerville, Noxubee, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1876, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     7. Elmira Sprouse,   b. 1845, Summerville, Noxubee, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1886 (Age 41 years)
     8. John Thomas Sprouse,   b. 1846, Gerand, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Texana Sprouse,   b. 1848, Gerand, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Joel P. Sprouse,   b. 1850, Gerand, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 May 2021 

    Family 2 Nancy Reddick Greer  [11] 
    Sealed S (LDS) 6 Mar 1857  Endowment House Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2016 

  • Documents
    1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Grimes, Texas; Sheet 366B    		1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Grimes, Texas; Sheet 366B
    Dwelling 48, Family 53, Lines 16-26, Household of John Sprouce; 19 October 1850; National Archives Microfilm M432, Roll 910. Image file from the Ancestry.com website.
    Marriage record for John Sprouse and Catharine Honley, 'Marriage records, v. A 1834-1870,' Noxubee County, Mississippi, Film No. 900888, Digital Folder No. 7726174, Image 38 of 489.    		Marriage record for John Sprouse and Catharine Honley, "Marriage records, v. A 1834-1870," Noxubee County, Mississippi, Film No. 900888, Digital Folder No. 7726174, Image 38 of 489.
    From "Marriage records (Noxubee County, Mississippi), 1834-1952; indexes, 1834-1904." Image file obtained May 2021 from the FamilySearch.org website.

    Histories
    Biography of John and Catherine Sprouse    		Biography of John and Catherine Sprouse
    This story appears to have been recorded by "Bessie Kelsey" (Bessie Eloise Sprouse, b. 23 Oct 1885, d. 4 Feb 1970), great-granddaughter of John and Catherine Sprouse. From the personal family history of Katherine May Sprouse Mayhew; copy obtained by Ima Eleanor Fairly and later obtained by Argie Hoskins Shumway.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington, Personal family history of Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington.
      Name recorded as "John Sprouse"

    2. [S1] Elizabeth Ross Huntington, Personal family history of Elizabeth Ross Huntington.
      Name recorded as "John Sprouse"

    3. [S3] Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir, (Hartford Printing Co., Elihu Geer Sons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1915), 390.
      Name recorded as "John Spronce"

    4. [S131] 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Grimes, Texas; Sheet 366B, Dwelling 48, Family 53, Lines 16-26.
      Name recorded as "John Sprouce"

    5. [S305] Katie Sprouse Mayhew, Personal family history of Katie Sprouse Mayhew.
      Name recorded as "John Sprouse"

    6. [S2566] Cemetery Records, Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah; Record of the Dead, Books A-C 1848-1888; Image 39 of 556.
      Name recorded as "John Sprouse"

    7. [S2572] Marriage record for John Sprouse and Catharine Honley, "Marriage records, v. A 1834-1870," Noxubee County, Mississippi, Film No. 900888, Digital Folder No. 7726174, Image 38 of 489.
      Name recorded as "John Sprouse"

    8. [S2566] Cemetery Records, Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah; Record of the Dead, Books A-C 1848-1888; Image 39 of 556.

    9. [S2] Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington, Personal family history of Grace Letitia Rondot Huntington.

    10. [S1] Elizabeth Ross Huntington, Personal family history of Elizabeth Ross Huntington.

    11. [S305] Katie Sprouse Mayhew, Personal family history of Katie Sprouse Mayhew.

    12. [S141] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree website (familysearch.org/tree).
      Accessed March 2016, entry for John Sprouse, ID number K2HF-BDK

    13. [S305] Katie Sprouse Mayhew, Personal family history of Katie Sprouse Mayhew.
      This story appears to have been recorded by "Bessie Kelsey" (Bessie Eloise Sprouse, b. 23 Oct 1885, d. 4 Feb 1970), great-granddaughter of John and Catherine Sprouse.

    14. [S3] Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir, (Hartford Printing Co., Elihu Geer Sons, Hartford, Connecticut, 1915), 390.

    15. [S2572] Marriage record for John Sprouse and Catharine Honley, "Marriage records, v. A 1834-1870," Noxubee County, Mississippi, Film No. 900888, Digital Folder No. 7726174, Image 38 of 489.


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