Bertha Mabel Sprague

Bertha Sprague (1877-1957)
Bertha Sprague (1877-1957)
Probably Art and Bertha Sprague, maybe Kitty.
Probably Art and Bertha Sprague, maybe Kitty (small chance the boy is Will).
born: 1 Mar 1877, Sterling,Johnson Co.,Nebraska
died: 5 Feb 1957, Claremont,Los Angeles Co.,California, at Oak Grove Sanitarium
bur.: Pomona,California, at Pomona Cemetery
spouse: Louis Edwin SNOOK
marr: 28 Sep 1899, Beadle Co.,South Dakota
born: 31 Oct 1871, Illinois
died: 25 Apr 1912, Beadle Co.,SD
bur.: Esmond,South Dakota
Children:
Charles SNOOK
Vera Belle SNOOK
spouse: Walter McClusky KENLEY
marr: 1914-1919, Esmond,SD
born: 14 Nov 1874, Clay City,IL
died: 22 May 1953, Pomona, CA, at his home
bur.: Pomona, California, at Pomona Cemetery
occu: station engineer

Pedigree Chart

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           |          |
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  |------Charles Samuel SPRAGUE (1838, Ohio - 1922, South Dakota)
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  |                   |
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  |
Bertha Mabel SPRAGUE (1877, Nebraska - 1957, California)
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  |                   |--------James MATTHEWS (1779, Virginia - 1837, Indiana)
  |                   |
  |        |---------Tunstal Quarles MATTHEWS (1807, Kentucky - 1878, Nebraska)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------Margaret REED (1784 - 1824, Ohio)
  |        |
  |------Lucinda MATTHEWS (1844, Indiana - 1918, South Dakota)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Harriet STONE (1808, New York - 1895, South Dakota)
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Bertha taught in a Belle Prairie, Beadle Co., SD school from Oct. 7, 1895 to April 3, 1896, and from Oct. 10, 1898 to March 1, 1899, both at a salary of $30 a month. Bertha and her brother Will went to North Dakota together to teach.

Beginning Feb. 2, 1897, Bertha taught for 3 1/2 months in Esmond, SD school #3. In 1898 she taught that school for 3 1/2 months beginning March 28.

Her address was given as Belle Prairie Township, Beadle Co. at the time of her marriage. She was married in the presence of Lucinda Sprague and Ellen M. Snook by Frank Boher, pastor of the M.E. Church in Iroquois.

Bertha served as postmaster in Esmond from 1914 to 1919. The post office was built by Oscar Schultner on the north side of Main Street in 1915. Office hours were 8 to 12, 1-6:15 and 7-9. She was married to Walter Kenley before her term was up.

Bertha came to Pomona, California in 1919 with her husband Walter Kenley. She lived in Pomona, but moved to the Oak Grove Sanitarium 4 weeks before her death.

More information: OBITUARY

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