The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, March 1, 1906 JOSIAH FULFORD SPRAGUE was born in Derbyshire, England, Dec. 25, 1844, and died at Russell, Iowa, Feb. 27, 1906. His father, JAMES SPRAGUE, died in Vermont in 1852 of a disease to which the subject of this sketch has just succumbed. In 1857 with his widowed mother, two brothers and one sister, he came to Sheffield, Ill., at the solicitation of another brother named JAMES, who had accompanied the father to this country at an earlier date. All of those mentioned except one brother, have preceded him to rest. During the war of the rebellion he served his adopted country by enlisting in the 139th Ill. Infantry. In 1871 he came to Russell and in company with his brother, DR. T. SPRAGUE, established a pharmacy, remaining in that business until relieved by death. From early manhood until this time, his life has been to those who knew him, an open book. September 16, 1874, he was united in marriage to ANN E. WILSON. To this union six children were born, four of whom, with their widowed mother, survive him. They are NINA, PERCY, FERN and MARY, and one grandchild, LOUISE GOOD. Funeral services were held at the family residence, Thursday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Stote and orders of the I.O.O.F. and Masonic. Interment was made in the Russell Cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 30, 2004 [email protected]