William Wylie SPROWLS

  General Notes:

1851 BIRTH of William Wylie Sprowls

1860 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, East Finley Township, P. O. East Finley (June 29) ("William," age 8, is with his parents)

1870 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, East Finley Township, P. O. Claysville (August 18) ("William W.," age 18, is with his parents)

1871 DEATH of father, Silas Sprowls

1875 MARRIAGE of William Wylie Sprowls and Elizabeth E. Smith on January 10 in Washington County, Pennsylvania

1880 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Finley Township (June 16) ("William," age 28, "Farming") (wife "Elizabeth," age 26)

1900 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Finley Township (June 13) ("William," age 48, "Farmer," born "December, 1851 in Pennsylvania") (wife "Elisabeth," age 48, born "December, 1853 in Pennsylvania") (Elizabeth is shown as the mother of 6 children, 6 children living in the year 1910; she and William had been married 24 years)

1910 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Finley Township (May 2) ("William W.," age 56, "Farmer, General Farm") (wife "Elizabeth," age 56) (Elizabeth is documented as the mother of 6 children, 6 children living in the year 1910; she and William had been married 34 years)

1920 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Finley Township (January 28) ("W. W.," age 68, "Farmer, General") (wife "Elizabeth," age 66)

1930 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Finley Township ("William W.," age 78, "Carpenter, House Carpenter")

1934 DEATH of wife, Elizabeth E. (Smith) Sprowls, at 80 years 10 months 22 days

1947 DEATH, William Wylie Sprowls, at 95 years 11 months 17 days




OBITUARY (William) from an undocumented 1947 newspaper:


William W. Sprowls, 96, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 1947, at 10 AM in his home, Chapel Hill, near Burnsville, West Finley Township, following an illness of several months.

He was born in East Finley Township, Dec. 19, 1851, a son of Silas and Christina Ealy Sprowls and was a carpenter and contractor.

Mr. Sprowls was a member of the Fairmont Evangelical United Brethern Church for which he had the contract for building many years ago.

He was a staunch Republican and held every office in West Finley Township for several terms with the exception of that of justice of the peace.

He is survived by five daughters: Mrs. Ida Smith, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Eva Steele, West Finley; Mrs. Ila, Field, at home; Mrs. Bessie Sprowls, of Washington; Mrs. Lalla Stollar, West Finley; two brothers, J. A. Sprowls, of Washington, and C. F. Sprowls, of Jacksonville, Florida; 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. A son is deceased.

William married Elizabeth E. SMITH on January 10, 1875 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. (Elizabeth E. SMITH was born on December 24, 1853 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, died on November 15, 1934 in Washington County, Pennsylvania and was buried in West Finley Cemetery, West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.)