James Sprinkle was born 20 Jul 1816 in Kentucky to parents Michael Sprinkle I and Sarah Ransom. [1]
James' mother died in 1823 when James was 7 years old. His father remarried to Agnes Spears in 1825.
James married on 15 Jun 1844 in Perry County, Indiana to Elizabeth "Betsy" Frakes, widow of John Lewis Galey.[2]
James and Betsy had the following children:
In the 1850 US Census, James and Elizabeth were living in Leopold, Perry County, Indiana with their children, Sarah and James and with Elizabeth's children from her first marriage: Samuel, Savannah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Lewis and Ellen Galey.[3]
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James and Elizabeth had more children:
In the 1870 US Census, James and Elizabeth were living in Leopold, Perry, Indiana with children: James and Melinda and a nephew, Daniel.[4]
In the 1880 US Census, James and Elizabeth were in Oil Township, Perry, Indiana with two nephews: jesse and Daniel Sprinkle.[5]
In the 1900 US Census, James and Elizabeth were living in Oil Township again with grandson, Thomas A Sprinkle.[6]
James' wife, Elizabeth, died 1 Sep 1906.
In the 1910 US Census, James was living in Oil Township with his grandson, Thomas Sprinkle.[7]
James died 16 Aug 1910 in Perry County, Indiana. [1]He was buried in Sprinkle Cemetery, Perry County, Indiana.[8]
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