{"content":[{"text":"Beers: Sprowls p. 580","bbox":{"left":0.029412,"top":0.003565,"width":0.142117,"height":0.015613999999999998}},{"text":"Dr. John Nelson Sprowls, p. 580","bbox":{"left":0.246749,"top":0.053569,"width":0.506501,"height":0.03370299999999999}},{"text":"DR. JOHN NELSON SPROWLS. The history of the Sprowls family in this \n country dates back to the close of the Revolutionary war, when John \n Sprowls, with his wife and nine children, left County Tyrone (or County \n Fermanagh), Ireland, for the United States, and made his home in \n Pennsylvania, near where Shippensburg now stands, and in what was \n known as the \"Horseshoe Bend.\" He afterward moved to Finley township, \n this county, and settled on what is now known as the William Sprowls farm, \n near Good Intent, where he and his wife lived till their death. From this \n parent stock sprung the Sprowlses of now East and West Finley townships.","bbox":{"left":0.109477,"top":0.129137,"width":0.76634,"height":0.19398499999999996}},{"text":"John Sprowls, grandfather of Dr. J. N., was born in Ireland, and emigrated \n to this country with his parents. He was the third member in the family of \n nine children. Just prior to the removal of his parents and family from near \n Shippensburg to Washington county he was married to Margaret Graden. \n The Gradens came west with the Sprowlses, crossed the Ohio river and \n located near the present site of Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio. John \n Sprowls and his wife settled on the farm where his son Alexander was born, \n and which he (Alexander) afterward bought and lived on until his death. \n After residing here for nearly eight years, John Sprowls and his family \n moved to the farm now owned by a grandson, Nelson Ealy, in East Finley \n township. Here the parents resided till their death. Their children were \n William, who lived and died a resident of East Finley township; Ellen, who \n married John Ealy, and lived and died on the old home place; Nancy who \n married John Rockyfellow; Alexander; James; Henry; Arthur; John; Nelson \n and Mary. The six younger sons bought land in West Finley township, near \n Burnsville, adjoining each other, where they resided until their death, \n excepting Arthur and Nelson, who remain as landmarks in the flight of time. \n This large family of ten children lived to own their own homes, and were \n enterprising, industrious and influential citizens, always foremost in \n educational and religious work.","bbox":{"left":0.109477,"top":0.344033,"width":0.76833,"height":0.42731800000000003}},{"text":"John Sprowls, father of Dr. John N., was born in 1818 on the old place (now \n the Ealy farm) in East Finley township, the eighth in a family of ten children. \n His parents died while he was young, and as a consequence he was at an \n early age thrown on his own resources. He worked for some years for his \n elder brothers, eventually saving enough to buy a farm. By perseverance \n and industrious habits he soon held a front rank with the young men of the \n neighborhood. He became a charter member of the Cumberland","bbox":{"left":0.109477,"top":0.792263,"width":0.7717849999999999,"height":0.15155999999999992}},{"text":"http://www.chartiers.com/beers-project/articles/sprowls-580.html (1 of 3) [1/29/2007 6:59:47 PM]","bbox":{"left":0.029412,"top":0.979575,"width":0.643441,"height":0.015614000000000017}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}