Short Biography of Viola T. Huntington

Mrs. Viola T. (Huntington) Sprague, a well known resident of Ellington, Chautauqua county, N. Y. , where she is now residing, was born at Randolph, N. Y., Feb, 3, 1851, a daughter of Wesley and Nancy (Stephenson) Huntington, old and highly respected residents of that place. Mrs. Sprague as a child attended the local public schools of Randolph, where she established a fine record as a student. After completing her studies, she opened a dressmaking establishment in that place, in which enterprise she met with a notable degree of success, and which she followed for several years, her customers numbering many from among the wealthy residents of the town. About the year 1876 she moved to Ellington and has become of the of the well known women of this town. She is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, the Literary Society, the Methodist Aid Society, and is also a member of the Methodist church in Ellington.

She was united in marriage, Oct. 12, 1876, at Ellington, with Titus Sprague, a prominent agriculturist of Ellington, a son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Miles) Sprague, of Ellington. Mr. Sprague married (first) Melissa Brown, and by this marriage there there three children: Charles and Edna, died young; and Elva, born March 15, 1870, became the wife of Lee Dixon, a woolen manufacturer of Philadelphia. Children of Mr. Sprague by his second marriage: Archie, born Nov. 6, 1877, now connected with the engineering department of the Brooks Locomotive Company of Philadelphia; Arlie, born Feb. 4, 1882, died Jan. 13, 1920, who was the wife of Herbert Gates, a well known farmer of Ellington; Harry, born July 31, 1885, now superintendent of public schools at Summit, N. J.

Source: "History of Chautauqua County, New York, and Its People" ³⁵⁷⁶