William Spraker

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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Family Time Line

William Spraker
1829–1891
Minerva Ruth Fisher
1835–1917
Marriage: 13 September 1855
Jason Lee Spraker
1856–1933
Stuart Crockett Spraker
1858–1944
Emmit Beauregard Spraker
1861–1948
Thomas Jackson Spraker
1863–1941
Alfred Burton Spraker
1865–1952
Sarah Elizabeth Spraker
1868–1917
James Kemper Spraker
1871–1947

Sources (58)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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