In the book Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio in Chapter XL - Monroe Township, it states: The next generation of Spragues being yet well remembered by some of our older settlers, as hunters and pioneers . . . Elijah Sprague, son of James, was born in 1801. At the age of thirteen years he shot, with his father's rifle, a panther which measured ten feet from tip to tip. Elijah was married to Elizabeth "Betsy" Palmer on October 7, 1824, in Washington County, Ohio by his half brother Anson Sprague, who was the Justice of the Peace at the time. They had three children, all born in Ohio: Phineas, James B., and Sarah Emiline. He died at the age age 86.
In the book Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio in Chapter XL - Monroe Township, it states: The next generation of Spragues being yet well remembered by some of our older settlers, as hunters and pioneers . . . Elijah Sprague, son of James, was born in 1801. At the age of thirteen years he shot, with his father's rifle, a panther which measured ten feet from tip to tip. Elijah was married to Elizabeth "Betsy" Palmer on October 7, 1824, in Washington County, Ohio by his half brother Anson Sprague, who was the Justice of the Peace at the time. They had three children, all born in Ohio: Phineas, James B., and Sarah Emiline. He died at the age age 86.
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