This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Theancestors Surnames: Sprague, Dewoody, Brown, Tracy Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sprague/1283.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for your reply. Actually, after I posted my query, I found his obit listed in "The Morning Oregonian", the Wednesday Nov. 7, 1934 editon, Page 18. It does not list his parents, but says he was born Sept. 11, 1856 Youngstown, OH, died Seaside, OR. Interred "today" in Lone Fir Cemetery. "Widow Mrs. Virginia Sprague, Seaside; two daughters, Mrs. Lydia Brown of Hoquiam, Wash., Mabel Tracy of Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. J. C. McCauley and Mrs. S. C. Irwin, both of Los Angeles; and three brothers, Charles Sprague of Portland, John L. Sprague of Ocean Park and William Sprague of Glendale, Cal." Lydia & Mabel are his daughters with his first wife, Lottie Dewoody. Maybe with the information on his siblings in his obit you can determine who his parents were. The only difference with census records is that James says his mother was b. W. Indies, and I have seen other places that say she was b. Ireland. If you wish to have a copy of this obit, let me know and I can email it to you. James is listed as buried at Lone Fir Cemetery on FindAGrave.com: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sprague&GSfn=james&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=39&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=57117765&df=all& Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 Name: James Sprague Death Date: 4 Nov 1934 Death Place: Clatsop Spouse: Virginia Certificate: 184 Source Citation: 1966-1970 Death Index, Oregon State Library, Oregon Death Index A-L, 1931-1941 (Ancestry.com) Seaside, Oregon is in Clatsop County. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.