The Independence Daily Reporter Montgomery County Thursday December 2, 1927 James W. Sponable. James William SPONABLE, 97-year-old Civil war veteran, died Tuesday night at his home in Cherryvale. Since June 17, Sponable had been bedfast, suffering from injuries in a fall while walking with the aid of crutches. He was a native of Ohio and served with the 8th Ohio Infantry, Company C and later with the 164th infantry. Besides the widow, two children, Mrs. May Caudle of Coffeyville and Harry M. Sponable of Kansas City, Kansas, survive. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.