Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJames Sprowls , M
Birth Date1787
Birth PlaceEnniskellen, Fermanagh, Ireland
Death Date22 Oct 1825 Age: 38
Death PlaceEast Finley, Pa
Burial PlaceSprowls Cemetery
Country of birthIreland
FatherJohn Sprowls , M (1749-1845)
MotherElizabeth Love (Loney, Lunney) , F (1761-1818)
Spouses
Birth Date1796
Birth PlaceEast Finley, Pa
Death Date1872 Age: 76
Death PlaceEast Finley, Pa
FatherElliott Enlow , M (1763-1848)
MotherMartha Atkinson , F (1767-1826)
Marr Date1811
Marr PlaceWashington, PA
ChildrenJohn , M (1820-1887)
 Belinda (Melinda) , F (1825-1882)
 Cyrus Siras , M (1815-1880)
 Jessie , M (1812-1863)
 Elliott , M (1818-1882)
 Simeon John , M (1822-1878)
 James , M (1824-1910)
Notes for James Sprowls
James Sprowls, died 1837, son of John and Elizabeth Sprowls, married Elenor Enlow, she died 1865.

Ship named George from Belfast to New York, February 28, 1804.

b. 1787 (Ireland) - d. 1825 (PA) 
Sprowls Cemetery (East Finley Twp. Washington Co., PA) 
Married Eleanor Enlow (b. ? - d. 1865) in 1811 / Children: Belinda Sprowls-Martin (b. ? / Married Joseph Martin), Cyrus Sprowls (b.?) Jesse Sprowls (b. ?), John Sprowls (b. ?), Simeon Sprowls (b. ? / Married Mary Montgomery), James Sprowls (b. ?). 
-------------------------Cyrus Sprowls b.? - d. ? / Married Phobe Post (b. ?), Belinda Elliot (b. ?), and Mary Ann Ashbrook (b. ?) / Children: Jessie M. Sprowls (b. abt. 1839).
---------------------------------------------------------Jessie M. Sprowls Civil War b. abt 1839 - d. July 2, 1863 (Gettysburg) / Stony Point Methodist Church Cemetery / Jesse M. Sprowls, Company K, One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
-------------------------John Sprowls b. ? - d. ? / married Hannah Reed (b. ?) / "Crumrine's History of Washington County" John Sprowls, another son of James and brother of Cyrus Sprowls, married Miss Hannah Reed, and spent most of his life in East and West Finley townships. His trade was that of a tinner, at which he worked for a time in Claysville and Washington. Abandoning it he bought a small farm in East Finley, but eventually sold it and purchased a larger one in West Finley township, upon which he died. His seven children were James, Luther, Winfield, Alfred, Jesse, John, and Elizabeth Sprowls. All of these except James and Luther are single, and still living with their mother upon the home farm. James married Jane Lively, who, with their two children; reside on a part of the homestead. Luther married Armice Fields, and lives in West Finley. Simeon, a third son of James and brother of Cyrus and John Sprowls, married Mary Montgomery, and seven of their eight children are still living. Oliver M., one of the sons, married Charity Cooper, and they with their three children are living on one of his father's farms in East Finley township. Albert S., another son, is an attorney of the Washington County bar, to which he was admitted Sept. 15, 1879. The other children live with their mother on the home farm, which is the old McCreary tract. 
-----------------------James Sprowls, Jr. b. ? - d. ? / "Crumrine's History of Washington County" James Sprowls Jr. the fourth son of James and grandson of John Sprowls, married Mary A. Sampson, by whom he had four children, three of whom are living. He is a farmer, and resides in West Finley township. 
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