Josephine Sproul (1854 - 1928)

Born 22 Mar 1854 in Dixmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 23 Apr 1928 at age 74 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Josephine Sproul. Given Name: Josephine. Surname: Sproul. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Born 22 MAR 1854. Dixmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. ^{[9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Died 23 APR 1928. Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[15][16]

Note: From Carol P. (email dated 27 December 2012). "Josephine Sproul- Her birth date is 22 Mar 1854 in Dixmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to Joseph and Margaret Sproul (he is born Scotch-Irish). It is told in our family that she was a foundling on the Allegheny River bank though this cannot be confirmed. She bore six or seven children with George Wood though she lived separately from about1889 until her death 23 Apr 1928. She purchased a separate family plot (section L, #239) on the opposite side (from the large Wood plot) of Highwood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, PA. Here she rests with her daughter Julia, son Benjamin, and Benjamin’s family.".

Buried Highwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. ^[17][18]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S79
2. ↑ Source: #S552 Census Place: Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1088; Family History Film: 1255088; Page: 51C; Enumeration District: 272; Image: 0105.
3. ↑ Source: #S657 Find A Grave Memorial# 58510630
4. ↑ Source: #S618 Census Place: Allegheny Ward 6, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623_1356; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 62.
5. ↑ Source: #S616 Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1527; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 661; Image: 259.
6. ↑ Source: #S617 Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1307; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0573; Image: 731; FHL Number: 1375320.
7. ↑ Source: #S237
8. ↑ Source: #S610 File number: 45687 Listed as Josphine Woods
9. ↑ Source: #S79
10. ↑ Source: #S552 Census Place: Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1088; Family History Film: 1255088; Page: 51C; Enumeration District: 272; Image: 0105.
11. ↑ Source: #S657 Find A Grave Memorial# 58510630
12. ↑ Source: #S618 Census Place: Allegheny Ward 6, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623_1356; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 62. Lists DOB as Mar 1855
13. ↑ Source: #S616 Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1527; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 661; Image: 259.
14. ↑ Source: #S237
15. ↑ Source: #S657 Find A Grave Memorial# 58510630
16. ↑ Source: #S610 File number: 45687 Listed as Josphine Woods
17. ↑ Source: #S44
18. ↑ Source: #S657 Find A Grave Memorial# 58510630

• Source: S237 Carol P., Notes of Carol P (Name: Generated email; Date: 27 December 2012;) Repository: #R22
• Repository: R22 Email collaboration
• Source: S44 Bozic, William Jr., Highwood Cemetery Photograph (Name: Personal Photograph; Date: 2001;) Repository: #R14
• Repository: R14 Collection of William Bozic jr.
• Source: S552 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "1880 United States Federal Census," database online with images, Ancestry.com Operation, Inc., Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ), . Note: Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Repository: #R16
• Repository: R16 Ancestry.com Lehi, Utah 84043 USA Lehi State: Utah 84043 USA Web Address: www.ancestry.com
• Source: S610 "Pennsylvania Death Indices," online index, Pennsylvania Historical Museum Research Commission (http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Death-Indices.aspx : accessed ). Repository: #R34
• Repository: R34 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 300 North Street Harrisburg, PA 17120 USA Harrisburg State: PA 17120 USA Web Address: http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
• Source: S616 "1920 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ), . Note: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). Repository: #R16
• Source: S617 "1910 United States Federal Census," database online, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ), . Note: Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Repository: #R16
• Source: S618 "1900 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ), . Repository: #R16
• Source: S657 Find A Grave, database with images (www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing . Repository: #R18
• Repository: R18 Online
• Source: S79 Bozic, William Jr., Notes of William Bozic (Name: Via letters and emails to Kelley Wood-Davis from 2002 - present.;) Note: Source Medium: Interview Repository: #R22