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1847–1868

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Birth Date
1 March 1803
Death Date
15 September 1898
Gender
Female
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Mary Sprague


Alternate Names

    Mary Woodward

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  • The Sprague family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Company in 1848.  The family consisted of Samuel Lindsey and Mary Woodward and their son, Samuel Lindsey, Jr.  Samuel Sr. served as the physician for the camp. 

    On the 1850 Utah census her surname is "Shraque." In some documents her maiden name is spelled "Woodard,"

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 45

Traveled with

  • Samuel Lindsey Sprague Sr. (Age: 41)
  • Samuel Lindsey Sprague Jr. (Age: 6)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • "Death of a Pioneer," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 16 September 1898, 5. Mrs. Mary Sprague Passed Away Last Evening.
  • First 100, report, 1848 June.
  • "Pioneer Woman Dead. Mrs. Mary Warner Sprague Passes Away," The Daily Tribune , 16 Sep. 1898, 5.