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Whitney Family.
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301
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Chil. of Stephen and Hannah (Sprague) Wood.
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361
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I. Stephen Wood, the eldest son, settled in Michigan. He was, perhaps, not the first child.
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II. William Schenck Wood, a jeweller, dwelt, at one time, at Canton, in Van Buren, N. Y., and was living as late as 1836 or 1837.
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Chil. of John and Polly (Kennedy) Sprague.
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364
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I. William Sprague, b. at Milton, N. Y., 7 Oct. 1774; a farmer; married Sarah Clapp; died, 7 Nov. 1817, at Otisco, N. Y., and was buried there, on his farm.
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II. Anna Sprague, b. at Milton, N. Y., 19 June 1776; married at Pompey, N. Y., as his second wife, Samuel Woodworth, a blacksmith, son of Abner and Hannah (Dyer) Woodworth, of Salisbury, Conn., where he was born, 6 Nov. 1771. They settled in Pompey, where she died, 10 Aug. 1820, and was buried in the Sweet family cemetery. He married (3d) her sister, Huldah Sprague. His first wife, Lucinda Beach, dau. of Dr. Jesse Beach, of Litchfield, Conn., bore three children to him.
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III. John Sprague, b. at Milton, N. Y., 12 March 1779; a farmer; married Aurilla Sweet, dau. of Timothy and Eunice (Woodworth) Sweet, of Pompey, N. Y., formerly from Greenwich, R. I. They dwelt in Pompey, Otisco, and Fayetteville, N.Y., in the last of which she died, in Jan. 1835, and was buried. He married (2d), Lydia Babcock, of Manlius, N. Y. He died at Fayetteville, 30 May 1861, and was buried there. He bore the title of colonel. His will, dated 1 Feb. 1860, was proved 22 June 1861. He was senior warden of Trinity parish, at the time of his death, and had been a member of Trinity Church for nearly forty years. He was also a director of the Bank of Fayetteville. The vestry of the Church, and the directors of the Bank, adopted and published suitable resolutions of respect, on the occasion of his death. An obituary in a local paper, says: "It is no ordinary task to pay a just and proper tribute to the intrepidity, perseverance, sound sense, and practical virtues of this excellent man. He was a patriot in the true and sublime sense of the term. If ever a man levered his country and her valued institutions, that man was Col. John Sprague. In the war of 1812, he commanded a company of N. Y. S. militia at Oswego, and was pronounced by his fellow-officers, an example of courage, promptness, and high-toned chivalry. His dignified person, expressive countenance, and kind disposition, and the unabated interest which he continued to take in passing events, lent rare attractions to his
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