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Ithamer Sprague

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Ithamer Sprague

Birth
Death
13 Apr 1879 (aged 71)
Burial
Bunkerville, Clark County, Nevada, USA Add to Map
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Info from findagrave member Rolaine Grant King (#47918358): Story of the loss of first wife and children at Mt Pisgah. Also entertaining story about him making giant soles to make tracks and spoof the people of Bunkerville. Multiple wives and children.

http://www.orsonprattbrown.com/CJB/04Steadwell/ithamer-sprague.html

Married 1 st: Betsey or Elizabeth Goodner on January 24, 1839 in New York.
She died: winter-1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa [See above story - killed by mob 1848]
Children of Ithamer and Betsey Goodner Sprague:
Alonzo Sprague, b. 1840, Nauvoo, Illinois; d.1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa.
CHILD, b. 1841, Nauvoo, Illinois;. d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa
CHILD (twin), b. 1842, Nauvoo, Illinois; d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa.
CHILD (twin), b. 1842, Nauvoo, Illinois; d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa.
CHILD, b. 1843, Nauvoo, Illinois; d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa

Ithamer married his second wife Sarah Steadwell Wood Brown sometime between May and September of 1848 somewhere between Winter Quarters Nebraska and Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Sarah was born: 31 Mar 1814, Chester, Orange, New York; d. March 18, 1893 at Trenton, Cache, Utah.

Children of Ithamer and Sarah Steadwell:
1, Margaret Sprague, b. 1849, Ogden, Utah; md. Norton W. Curtis.
2. Ithamer Smith Sprague, b. Dec 10, 1851 Ogden, Utah; md. Anna Maria Leavitt.
3. Sarah Sprague, b. Dec 15, 1853 Ogden, Utah; md. Nephi James Bates.
4. Rebecca "Betsey" Sprague, b. Nov 28, 1855 Ogden, Utah; md. Lemuel S. Leavitt.
5. Solomon Abraham Sprague, b. Aug 10, 1860 Ogden, Utah; md. Sarah Jane Giles.
After a short stay in Salt Lake, Ithamer went to Ogden where he built a home and pursued his trade. Later he moved to Echo Canyon.
In 1863, he was called to help settle Southern Utah. All but Sarah moved to Harrisburg. She was tired of moving. The couple divorced after this move, between 1863 and 1865.
Ithamer and his son helped in the building of the St. George Temple and tabernacle. Later he was called to help settle Mesquite Flats in Nevada. Eventually the town became Bunkerville, Nevada.
Ithamer married 3rd: Mary Elizabeth Prince was born on February 25, 1824 in Eaming, Suffolk, England. They were sealed: 21 Jul 1873, Salt Lake City, Utah
Child of 3rd wife by her first husband:
James Prince, b. 10 Feb 1859, Worlington, Suffolk, England; sealed to them in 1963; md. Lucy Ellen // Prince.
There are unconfirmed bits of information that Ithamer married a Martha Miller in 1875 in Washington County, Utah.
Ithamer was one of the first settlers and the first to die at Bunkerville, Lincoln, Nevada.

From the website url previously posted. Family search could use update as well as the Sprague project.
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Info from findagrave member Rolaine Grant King (#47918358): Story of the loss of first wife and children at Mt Pisgah. Also entertaining story about him making giant soles to make tracks and spoof the people of Bunkerville. Multiple wives and children.

http://www.orsonprattbrown.com/CJB/04Steadwell/ithamer-sprague.html

Married 1 st: Betsey or Elizabeth Goodner on January 24, 1839 in New York.
She died: winter-1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa [See above story - killed by mob 1848]
Children of Ithamer and Betsey Goodner Sprague:
Alonzo Sprague, b. 1840, Nauvoo, Illinois; d.1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa.
CHILD, b. 1841, Nauvoo, Illinois;. d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa
CHILD (twin), b. 1842, Nauvoo, Illinois; d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa.
CHILD (twin), b. 1842, Nauvoo, Illinois; d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa.
CHILD, b. 1843, Nauvoo, Illinois; d. 1846, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa

Ithamer married his second wife Sarah Steadwell Wood Brown sometime between May and September of 1848 somewhere between Winter Quarters Nebraska and Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Sarah was born: 31 Mar 1814, Chester, Orange, New York; d. March 18, 1893 at Trenton, Cache, Utah.

Children of Ithamer and Sarah Steadwell:
1, Margaret Sprague, b. 1849, Ogden, Utah; md. Norton W. Curtis.
2. Ithamer Smith Sprague, b. Dec 10, 1851 Ogden, Utah; md. Anna Maria Leavitt.
3. Sarah Sprague, b. Dec 15, 1853 Ogden, Utah; md. Nephi James Bates.
4. Rebecca "Betsey" Sprague, b. Nov 28, 1855 Ogden, Utah; md. Lemuel S. Leavitt.
5. Solomon Abraham Sprague, b. Aug 10, 1860 Ogden, Utah; md. Sarah Jane Giles.
After a short stay in Salt Lake, Ithamer went to Ogden where he built a home and pursued his trade. Later he moved to Echo Canyon.
In 1863, he was called to help settle Southern Utah. All but Sarah moved to Harrisburg. She was tired of moving. The couple divorced after this move, between 1863 and 1865.
Ithamer and his son helped in the building of the St. George Temple and tabernacle. Later he was called to help settle Mesquite Flats in Nevada. Eventually the town became Bunkerville, Nevada.
Ithamer married 3rd: Mary Elizabeth Prince was born on February 25, 1824 in Eaming, Suffolk, England. They were sealed: 21 Jul 1873, Salt Lake City, Utah
Child of 3rd wife by her first husband:
James Prince, b. 10 Feb 1859, Worlington, Suffolk, England; sealed to them in 1963; md. Lucy Ellen // Prince.
There are unconfirmed bits of information that Ithamer married a Martha Miller in 1875 in Washington County, Utah.
Ithamer was one of the first settlers and the first to die at Bunkerville, Lincoln, Nevada.

From the website url previously posted. Family search could use update as well as the Sprague project.


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