William Alfred Sprague
Submitted by Richard McCormick Nov 11, 2012
Kentucky Post, May 3, 1932
Funeral services be held for William Alfred "Uncle Billy" Sprague, 89, Civil War veteran, Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Grant’s Lick, KY. Burial also will be at Grant’s Lick.
"Uncle Billy" was a member of the 53rd Mounted Infantry, Company C. He took part in the Stoneman raid and the Saltville expedition to Abingdon and Bristol, VA.
Sprague is survived by five sons, Daniel Sprague, Dry Ridge, Ky.; Ross, William M. and Shirley Sprague, al of Persimmon Grove and Henry Sprague, Pond Creek, Ky. and two daughters, Mrs. Robert Smith, Dayton Ky., and Mrs. Thomas Darlington, Persimmon Grove; 31 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Grant and Martha Rebell, both of Newport, and a brother, Taylor Sprague, Mentor, Kentucky.