Family tree of William SPRAGUE

American politician

American Born William SPRAGUE

American politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island

Born on Sunday, September 12, 1830 in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA , United States

Died on September 11, 1915 in Paris, France

Born on September 12 49

Deceased on September 11 48

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Sprague

William

1742 - 1795

Waterman

Isabel

1743 -

Sprague

William

1773 - 1836

Potter

Ann

1763 -

Sprague

Amasa

1798 - 1843

Morgan

Fanny

1805 -

Sprague

William

1830 - 1915

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Sprague was born in the Gov. William Sprague Mansion in Cranston, Rhode Island, the youngest son of Amasa and Fanny Morgan Sprague. His uncle and namesake William Sprague III was also a Governor and U.S. Senator as well as U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. William and brother Amasa's education at the Irving Institute in Tarrytown, New York, was cut short when their father was murdered on New Year's Eve in 1843 in Knightsville, Rhode Island. The murder was considered a major event of the period, and the trial of accused killer John Gordon was marked by anti-Irish bigotry; Gordon was subsequently found guilty and executed.

© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0 ... Sprague was born in the Gov. William Sprague Mansion in Cranston, Rhode Island, the youngest son of Amasa and Fanny Morgan Sprague. His uncle and namesake William Sprague III was also a Governor and U.S. Senator as well as U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. William and brother Amasa's education at the Irving Institute in Tarrytown, New York, was cut short when their father was murdered on New Year's Eve in 1843 in Knightsville, Rhode Island. The murder was considered a major event of the period, and the trial of accused killer John Gordon was marked by anti-Irish bigotry; Gordon was subsequently found guilty and executed.