SPROAT, Arthur Henry

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 21 Aug 1861- CIVIL WAR
• _COLOR: 11

Notes:

Enlisted in the Civil War Aug 21, 1861, discharged May 18,1865 in the 3 9th Mass. Regt.; was wounded June 18, 1864; took part in the Battles of t he Wilderness, Mile Run and Spottsylvania. He sang leading tenor in the Winslow Church at Taunton, and, from 1879 t ill he died, in the Church of the Ascension at Pueblo. He was a claim a gent of the Denver and Rio Grande RR for 15 years, later with the Color ado Fuel and Iron Co. He was also a Mayflower descendant from Henry Sa mpson.

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Arthur married FRENCH, Helen Marie on 14 Feb 1881 in Taunton, MA. Helen (daughter of FRENCH, John Theodore and WENTWORTH, Harriet Maria) was born on 9 Nov 1851 in Taunton, MA; died in Oct 1932 in Pueblo, CO; was buried in Pueblo, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]