Frances Melissa Brown and William Titus Sprague

WILLIAM TITUS SPRAGUE was born November 13, 1844 in New York,⁴¹¹² and died September 21, 1915 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington, Chautauqua, New York.^{456, 4112}

He married (1) FRANCES MELISSA BROWN, daughter of ELIZA MERRILL and WILLIAM MERRILL BROWN. She was born in 1848 in New York.

He married (2) VIOLA T. HUNTINGTON on October 12, 1876 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York.³⁵⁷⁶ She was born February 3, 1851 in Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York,^{3576, 456} and died February 25, 1935 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington, Chautauqua, New York.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Merrill Brown Descendant Report (Ancestor of Frances M. Brown)

Children of FRANCES MELISSA BROWN and WILLIAM TITUS SPRAGUE:

1. EDNA SPRAGUE, b. after 1870; d. before 1880.
2. CHARLES SPRAGUE, b. after 1870; d. before 1880.
3. EVELYN SPRAGUE, b. March 15, 1870, New York;³⁵⁷⁶ m. LEE HARRIS DIXON in 1898; d. October 13, 1945, East Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York.⁶³¹⁴

Newspaper Articles

Randolph Register, July 17, 1914³⁷⁵¹

Mrs. Elva Dickson of Philadelphia arrived Monday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Titus Sprague.

Obituaries

Jamestown Journal, September 21, 1915⁴¹¹²

TITUS SPRAGUE

Ellington, Sept. 21 — Titus Sprague, a retired farmer who has spent his entire life in Ellington town and village, died at his home here at an early hour today, after a six months' illness, only the last day or two being critical. Mr. Sprague was a successful farmer and about ten years ago retired and moved to the village. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Olive Huntington Sprage, and by four children, Mrs. Elva Dixon of Philadelphia, Archie Sprague of Gary, Ind., Mrs. Arlie Gates of Ellington and Harry Sprague of Neward, N. J.

Mr. Sprague was aged 70 years, 10 months, and 8 days. The funeral services will be held at the late home Friday at two o'clock.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
18503272	South Valley, Cattaraugus, New York	William Merrill Brown Eliza Merrill Charles Luther Brown George Porter Brown Hiram Lazell Brown James F. Brown Jane Brown Frances Melissa Brown
June 25, 18603285	Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York	Eliza Merrill Hiram Lazell Brown James F. Brown Frances Melissa Brown
July 8, 18703249	Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York	Frances Melissa Brown William Titus Sprague Evelyn Sprague Eliza Merrill
June 5, 18803577	Ellington, Chautauqua, New York	William Titus Sprague Evelyn Sprague