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Mable Sprong1 (F)
Pop-up Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

Appears on charts:
     Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

     

Her sister Nellie died. She did not live past infancy.1

Citations

  1. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #50 (record of Chas. Garfield Sprong).

Maricha Sprong (F)
Pop-up Pedigree
Relationship=5th great-grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.


    Martha Susan Sprong (F)
    b. 27 April 1875, d. 9 August 1903
    Pop-up Pedigree
    Relationship=Grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

    Appears on charts:
         Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

         Martha Susan Sprong, daughter of David Henry Sprong and Rachel Marie Halladay, was born on 27 April 1875.1

    Martha Susan Sprong died on 9 August 1903 at age 28.1 She was buried in Round Prairie, Easton.2

    Citations

    1. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #40 (record of David Henry Sprong).
    2. [S160] Debra Graden, "Re: Seeking information about a relative's grave in the Round Prairie Cemetery," e-mail to Elizabeth (Karl) Churchett, 2 June 2002.

    Marytje Sprong (F)
    Pop-up Pedigree
    Relationship=5th great-grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.


      Nellie Sprong1 (F)
      Pop-up Pedigree
      Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

      Appears on charts:
           Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

           

      Nellie Sprong died. She did not live past infancy.1

      Citations

      1. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #50 (record of Chas. Garfield Sprong).

      Olive Tilson Sprong1 (F)
      b. 26 December 1896
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      Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

      Appears on charts:
           Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

           Olive Tilson Sprong, daughter of Oliver Tilson Sprong and Alice Jane Edwards, was born on 26 December 1896 in Kansas.1,2

      Olive was listed as a daughter in the 1900 US Federal Census, enumerated 1 June 1900, in the household of Oliver Tilson Sprong and Alice Jane Edwards of Leavenworth County (Kickapoo Township), Kansas. They lived at a rented farm..2

      Olive Tilson Sprong was a librarian who worked in the Music and Art Department of the Los Angeles Public Library.3 The man who authored a book on the Sprong family history wrote that "Olive was largely instrumental in securing all the Sprong data of the descendants of John Sprong. These records comprise a large part of this genealogy."3

      Citations

      1. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, page 47.
      2. [S13] 1900 U.S. census, Leavenworth County, Kansas, population schedule, Kickapoo Township, enumeration district 89, supervisor's district 1, sheet 1, dwelling 8, family 8, online <www.genealogy.com>.
      3. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #66 (record of Olive Tilson Sprong).

      Oliver Tilson Sprong (M)
      b. 2 April 1866, d. 31 May 1951
      Pop-up Pedigree
      Relationship=Granduncle of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

      Appears on charts:
           Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

      Oliver Tilson Sprong
      From a photograph taken with his four brothers
      Photographs in possession of Cynthia Sprong Karl and Lyn Braden Mueller
           Oliver Tilson Sprong, son of David Henry Sprong and Rachel Marie Halladay, was born on 2 April 1866 in Atchison, Kansas.1,2

      On 28 June 1893, Oliver Tilson Sprong married Alice Jane Edwards, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Edwards and Sarah Jane Dooley, in Leavenworth, Kansas.1,2

      Oliver Tilson Sprong was a farmer, as recorded in the 1900 US Federal Census.1

      Oliver appeared in the 1900 US Federal Census of Leavenworth County (Kickapoo Township), Kansas, enumerated 1 June 1900. He was recorded as the head of a household that also included his wife, Alice Jane Edwards, his sons Russell Edwards Sprong and David Henry Sprong, his daughter Olive Tilson Sprong. They lived at a rented farm.. Other members of the household were a housekeeper, Florence Philips (recorded as 29 years old), and two boarders who worked as farmhands, Louis Ruggie (recorded as 62 years old) and Ray Ruggie (recorded as 24 years old).1

      Oliver Tilson Sprong died on 31 May 1951 in Los Angeles, California, at age 85.2 He was buried in Los Angeles.3

           Children of Oliver Tilson Sprong and Alice Jane Edwards:
      Russell Edwards Sprong   b. 5 Jul 1894
      David Henry Sprong   b. 16 Sep 1895
      Olive Tilson Sprong   b. 26 Dec 1896

      Citations

      1. [S13] 1900 U.S. census, Leavenworth County, Kansas, population schedule, Kickapoo Township, enumeration district 89, supervisor's district 1, sheet 1, dwelling 8, family 8, online <www.genealogy.com>.
      2. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, page 47.
      3. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #47 (record of Oliver Tilson Sprong).

      Rachel Halladay Sprong (F)
      b. 12 June 1879
      Pop-up Pedigree
      Relationship=Grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

      Appears on charts:
           Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

      Rachel Halladay Sprong
      Taken at the Sprong reunion in Potter, Kansas, on 30 October 1919
           Rachel Halladay Sprong, daughter of David Henry Sprong and Rachel Marie Halladay, was born on 12 June 1879 in Round Prairie, Kansas.1

      On 22 June 1904, Rachel Halladay Sprong married Fred Diefendorf, son of Elisha Diefendorf and Augusta, in Potter, Kansas.1

      On 26 November 1936 her husband Fred died at age 63 in San Diego, California, leaving Rachel a widow at 57 years old.1

           Children of Rachel Halladay Sprong and Fred Diefendorf:
      Fred Laverne Diefendorf+   b. 8 May 1905
      Harold Sprong Diefendorf   b. 1 Jun 1907

      Citations

      1. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #51 (record of Rachel Halliday [sic] Sprong).

      Russell Edwards Sprong1 (M)
      b. 5 July 1894
      Pop-up Pedigree
      Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

      Appears on charts:
           Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

           Russell Edwards Sprong, son of Oliver Tilson Sprong and Alice Jane Edwards, was born on 5 July 1894 in Kansas.1,2

      Russell Edwards Sprong was listed as a son in the 1900 US Federal Census, enumerated 1 June 1900, in the household of Oliver Tilson Sprong and Alice Jane Edwards of Leavenworth County (Kickapoo Township), Kansas. They lived at a rented farm..2

      Russell Edwards Sprong was a teacher.3

      On 6 August 1921, Russell Edwards Sprong married Martha Peter, daughter of Richard Rice Peter and Julia (--?--), in St. Joseph, Missouri.3

      Citations

      1. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, page 47.
      2. [S13] 1900 U.S. census, Leavenworth County, Kansas, population schedule, Kickapoo Township, enumeration district 89, supervisor's district 1, sheet 1, dwelling 8, family 8, online <www.genealogy.com>.
      3. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #64 (record of Russell Edwards Sprong).

      Sarah Cole Sprong (F)
      b. 18 August 1863, d. March 1952
      Pop-up Pedigree
      Relationship=Grandaunt of Cynthia Lee Sprong.

      Appears on charts:
           Descendant Chart for David Henry Sprong

      Sadie Sprong
      Taken at the Sprong reunion in Potter, Kansas, on 30 October 1919
           Sarah Cole Sprong, daughter of David Henry Sprong and Rachel Marie Halladay, was born on 18 August 1863.

      She was also known as Sadie.

      On 27 May 1891, Sarah Cole Sprong married Asa M. Cleavenger Jr. in Round Prairie, Kansas.1

      On 2 January 1908, her son Asa died at the age of 10 years, 3 months and 8 days.1

      Sarah Cole Sprong died in March 1952 at age 88.2

           Children of Sarah Cole Sprong and Asa M. Cleavenger Jr.:
      Lowell Cleavenger   b. 22 Apr 1892
      Myrtle Cleavenger   b. 30 Dec 1893
      Maurice Everett Cleavenger   b. 10 Dec 1895
      Asa Cleavenger III   b. 25 Sep 1897, d. 2 Jan 1908
      David Sprong Cleavenger   b. 18 Sep 1899

      Citations

      1. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #46 (record of Sarah Cole Sprong).
      2. [S208] Howard Griffith Burdge, Sprong and Allied Families 1656-1953, card #40 (record of David Henry Sprong; a note in Aaron Sprong's handwriting gives her death as "3-35-52").


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