Baylus Earl Sprouse

Baylus Earl Sprouse

Male 1837 - 1915  (77 years)

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    Baylus Earl Sprouse Marriage Certificate
    Baylus Earl Sprouse Marriage Certificate
    Deseret News newspaper article 12 Jan 1859
    Deseret News newspaper article 12 Jan 1859
    Deseret News, Estray Notices, 12 Jan 1859, pg. 4. Courtesy of the University of Utah

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  • Name Baylus Earl Sprouse 
    Born 6 Aug 1837  Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 30 Mar 1915  Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 29 May 1915  Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15  My Family Tree | Collett-Williams, Raynor-Armstrong
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2015 

    Father John Sprouse,   b. 2 Apr 1802, Union, Union, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1858, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Catherine Ann Hundley,   b. 9 May 1820, Noxubee County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1851, Montgomery, Grimes, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 6 Jan 1835  Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Willmirth Johnson,   b. 22 Nov 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1902, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 2 Feb 1857  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Genevieve Sprouse,   b. 9 Dec 1877, Montezuma, Summit City, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1952, Montabello, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2015 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Aug 1837 - Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - - Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Feb 1857 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 30 Mar 1915 - Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 May 1915 - Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BAYLISS SPROUSE OBITUARY, Vernal Express 2 Apr 1915

      Bayliss Sprouse was born in Texas August sixth, 1831;

      He came to Utah during the early fifties and engaged in the activities of pioneer life.

      Among other labors, he made several trips back across the plains to the Missouri after immigrants and was one of the rescuers of the ill-fated hand-cart companies.

      Under Captain Wm. Kimball, he served as a militia man during the Utah Black Hawk Indian War.

      He married Nancy Wilmouth Johnson, a sister of Lycurgus and Alfred Johnson, and this union was blessed with eight children whose names follow: Willis and Nancy Mitchell, dead; Bayliss ?Jake? Sprouse, Jas. Sprouse of Roosevelt, Mrs. Genevieve Johnson of Vernal, Mrs.Cora Mullins and Mrs, Burnetta Ross of Lapoint, living.

      His entire life was spent on the fringe of civilization. He was devoted to the labor of a pioneer. In youth he assisted in the settlement of Salt Lake City, Cedar City, Iron County and Rich County in Utah. San Luis valley in Colorado, and last of all, he established the first store in the Deep Creek district of the Reservation.

      Until about three years ago, he was actively engaged in business, though he lived to the ripe old age of seventy-nine years. As a citizen he was honorable, upright and progressive.

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      Death Notice: Vernal Express 2 Apr 1915

      One of our honored citizens, one of the Empire Builders of the West, passed to the Great Beyond in the demise of ?Grandpa? Bayliss Sprouse.

      His death occurred last Monday at Provo, Utah. The remains were brought to Lapoint Thursday. The funeral was held Friday, and interment was made in the family lot in the Maeser Cemetery.

      Because of the active and useful life of Mr. Sprouse, a brief biographical sketch of his career will appear in the columns later.

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      VERNAL EXPRESS - 2/1/1902 in Local and Personal Column

      B. E. Sprouse, of Buena Vista, was some better yesterday. He is very low yet. The cause of his sickness is uremic poisoning.

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      VERNAL EXPRESS - 3/8/1902

      Mr. Baylus Sprouse is still confined to his bed, and his wife also is dangerously ill.

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      Vernal Express - 3/22/1902

      Mrs. Nancy W. Sprouse, wife of Baylus Sprouse of Millward, died Thursday morning at 7:30 a,m, of inflammation of the bowels, after an illness of fourteen days. The deceased was sixty years of age, lacking a few days. The family have lived in the Valley since 1893, coming from Colorado, but had previously lived in Utah.

      The funeral services are to be at the Millward Hall today at 10:00.