Brief Life History of William
When William Spraker was born on 18 November 1829, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, his father, Peter Spraker, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Groseclose, was 33. He married Minerva Ruth Fisher on 13 September 1855, in Cripple Creek, Wythe, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Speedwell, Wythe, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Lead Mines District, Wythe, Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 16 March 1891, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Davis Cemetery, Wythe, Virginia, United States.
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- William Spraker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Wm. Spraker, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Wm Spraker, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Sprecher ‘speaker’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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