TENTH GENERATION

440. Raymond Joel SPRAGUE ⁽²²⁾ was born on 3 Jul 1891 in Batavia, Genesee, NY.⁽²²⁾ He died on 11 Aug 1952 in Stafford, Genesee, NY. ⁽²²⁾ Boys in a Runaway! Aug 14, 1905
Raymond Sprague of Batavia and Roy Bradfield of Buffalo, 14 year old boys, were victims of a runaway this morning. The Buffalo boy was cut and bruised about the face and Sprague has several sore muscles. Dr. Manchester attended them.
Sprague, who is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson of No. 6 Warren stree, and Bradfield, who is a granson of Mr. and MRs. Andrew Bradfield of Law street, are cousins. They wre driving a horse attached to a light lumber wagon down Trumbull place, intending to go to the corner of East Main street and Harvester avenue and fill some barrels with water for Mr. Bradfield, who is burilding a cellar wall for a house on Trumbull place. Going down the hill the horse became frightened and ran at the top of its speed. When the rig turned west on East Main sTreet the Bradfield boy was thrown out.
Sprague attempted to climb to the hourse's back and fell on the crossbar, grasping the left thill. This he clung to until the horse ran the vehicle into a telephone pole at the corner of East Main street and Harvester avenue. Affter the collsion the little fellow got up and said that he guessed he was all right. Not much was left of the wagon. Young Bradfield was carried inot the residence of E.J. Cook.
"Why did I ever come to Batavia?" he inquired between sobs, while the blood and dirt were being washed form his face.

Raymond J. Sprague, 61 of 19 School St, superintendent of the Genesee Bituminous Products Corp. plant in Stafford for the past five years, died about 9 this morning while at work in the firm's asphalt pumping room.
Three other emploues said that Mr. Sprague collapsed as he was descending a ladder leanin against an asphalt stroage tak and fell about six feet to the floor.
Cornoner Paul Jenks of LeRoy, who was called to the scene is withholding a death cerificate pending the outcome of an autopsy being performed by Joseph Tannerberg, county pathologiest, this afternoon.
Dr. Jenks stated that Mr. Spragues' death apparently was form natural causes. He believed that the victim was stricken with a hear attack and then fell.
In the same protion of the pumping room with Mr. Sprague at the time of his deatah were Archie Campbell, 53 of Stafford, Clarence Bailey, 45 of Pavilion, and Richard Egloff, about 20, of Pembroke.
F.T. Bibb of Stafford, Vice president of the firm, said that MR. Sprague and the other men were attempting to hook up a hose to bypass an asphalt pump that had failed early this morning when a bearing burned out.
The St. Jerome Hospital ambulance was summoned after Mr. Sprague fell. mabulance attendandts pronounced the man dead upon their arrival. The Rev. James H. Guinnessey, chaplain at St. Jerome Hospital, was also called and adminsitered the last rites of the Catholic Church.
Mr. Sprague was born in Batavia July 3, 1891, the son of the late Alvin and Flora Robinson Sprague. He was a member of St Joseph's Church and th Loyal Order of Moose.
Survivors include his wife May Graham Sprague, four daugters, Miss Barbara Sprague at home; Mrs. George Bredham JR. of the School St. address, Mrs Arnold L. Tiede fo 20 Pearl St., and Mrs. Alvin Willis of Buffalo, and a granson, Richard Tiede.
Funeral arrangements will not be completed until tonight. Friends may call at the home, beginning Tuesday afternoon.

He was married to May Isabelle GRAHAM about 17 Sep 1892 in Batavia, Genesee, NY.⁽²²⁾ Sept 18-18 (Sorry I don't what the date is)
Nuptials Celebrated at the Home of the Bride on Clinton Street
Raymond Joel Sprague, an employe of the Batavia Traction Company, and Miss May Isabelle, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Graham o fNo.4 Clinton Street, were married at their home at 8 o'clock last evening by the Rev. Cyrus A. Johnson. The house was prettily decorated with goldenrod and white asters and the couple stood under a large arch of the flowers while the ceremony was being performed.
Roy Buchner of Basom was the best man and Miss Bessie Cook was the bridesmaid. The bride wsa attired in a dress of silver gray satin and carried a shower bouquet of Bride roses. The bridesmaid wore a dress of Burgundy satin and carried pink asters. After the ceremony, supper was served, ten of the guests being seated at the bride's table. The centerpiece was of white asters and cosmos.
Many beautiful gifts of silverware, china, cutglass and linen were received by the bride, who also was presented a silver tea set by the groom's father and a check by her father. The bride's gift to the bridesmaid was an amethyst brooch. The groom gave the best man a scarf
pin. The bridegroom presented the bride a necklace of pearls.
Fifty guests were present at the wedding. Those from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Turner and son, Arthur, of Pembroke; William Robinson of Pembroke; Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson of Bethany; Mr. and Mrs.Charles Hale of Wheatville; Mrs. H.A. Spicer of Plymouth, Mich.; and Mrs. William Barker of Canton, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Sprague left for a short western trip and will at home at No.4 Clinton street after October 1st. Raymond Joel SPRAGUE and May Isabelle GRAHAM had the following children:

465 i. Barbara SPRAGUE.
+466 ii. unknown 1 SPRAGUE.
+467 iii. unknown 2 SPRAGUE.
+468 iv. unknown 3 SPRAGUE.