HARLEY S. SPRAGUE, farmer, Sec. 18 and 19; P. O. Beetown; born in 1840 in Grant Co., Wis.; was a son of Frederick A. Sprague, a large farmer. Mr. Sprague went into the army at the age of 21; enlisted in Co. C, 6th W. V. I.; was a First Lieutenant; served four years; was engaged in twenty-four battles. He was married, in the fall of 1865, to Miss Grace Johnson, a daughter of Harvey Johnson, of New York. He has three children - Blanche, Cora and Albert; has been Assessor one term and Town Treasurer one term. His politics are Republican. He lost two brothers in the war - Egbert and Albert. His father died Oct. 3, 1844; his mother died March 9, 1848.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.