Person:George Sponseller (8)

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George W Sponseller
  • HGeorge W Sponseller1852 - 1925
  • WLucy R Marks1856 - 1934
m. May 1875
  1. Esther L Sponseller1890 - 1959
Facts and Events
Name[1] George W Sponseller
Gender Male
Birth[2][3][4][5][6] 1 Mar 1852 Waynesburg Road, Canton twp., Stark Co., Ohio
Marriage May 1875 Stark Co., Ohioto Lucy R Marks
Occupation[12] Bef 1879 East Sparta, Stark Co., Ohioa general merchandise business owner
Occupation[13][14] Bet 1879 and 1925 North Canton, Stark Co., Ohioa general merchandise business owner
Other 28 Jun 1900 Plain twp., Stark Co., OhioCensus1900
with Lucy R Marks
Residence[15] 1913 New Berlin (now North Canton), Stark Co., Ohio
Other 10 Jan 1920 South Main Street, North Canton, Plain twp., Stark Co., OhioCensus1920
with Lucy R Marks
Occupation[11] Stark Co., Ohioa teacher in various rural schools of the County
Death[7][8][17] 27 Mar 1925 North Canton, Stark Co., Ohio
Other[16][18] 28 Mar 1925 Canton, Stark Co., OhioObituary
Burial[9][10] 30 Mar 1925 North Canton - Zion cemetery, 7846 Pittsburg Road NW, North Canton, Stark Co., Ohio
Reference Number 42722
References
  1. Portrait and Biographical Record Stark County, Containing BiographicalSketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens. (Chapman Bros., Chicago, Illinois, 1892)
    page 429.
  2. Portrait and Biographical Record Stark County, Containing BiographicalSketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens. (Chapman Bros., Chicago, Illinois, 1892)
    page 429.
  3. United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
    age 18.
  4. Compiler: Esther Weygandt Powell. Stark County, Ohio, Early Church Records and Cemeteries. (self-published, Akron, Ohio, 1973)
    page 167.
  5. United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
    age 68.
  6. Obituary. (further information available upon request).
  7. Death Registration, Record Type: microfilmed certificates
    certificate 18597.
  8. Obituary. (further information available upon request).
  9. Compiler: Esther Weygandt Powell. Stark County, Ohio, Early Church Records and Cemeteries. (self-published, Akron, Ohio, 1973)
    page 167.
  10. Death Registration, Record Type: microfilmed certificates
    certificate #18597.
  11. Obituary. (further information available upon request)
    of George Sponseller.
  12. Obituary. (further information available upon request)
    of George Sponseller.
  13. United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
    ED#144; page: 232B; sheet: 19B; ancestry image: 38.
  14. Obituary. (further information available upon request).
  15. Obituary. (further information available upon request)
    of John H Sponseller.
  16. The Canton Repository newspaper, Location: Canton, Ohio
    page: 10.
  17. 7:40pm at home from Cancer of the Prostate. Informant on his certificatewas his son, Carl. Carl reported that George's mother's name wasElizabeth Stoner
  18. "George W. Sponseller, 73, of North Canton, life resident of StarkCounty, and for many years actively engaged in business in the County,died from a complication of diseases at his home Friday night at 7:40o'clock. Mr. Sponseller had been in ill health for some time and onlyrecently had been removed to his home from Altman hospital annex,Canton, where he underwent an operation. For the past 46 years Mr.Sponseller had been a resident of North Canton and conducted a generalmerchandising business in the village. Mr. Sponseller was born March 1,1852, on the Waynesburg Road in Canton Township. During the early yearsof his manhood he taught in various rural schools of the County. Laterhe moved to East Sparta and opened a general merchandising store. InMay, 1875, he married Mrs. Lucy Mark and in 1879 moved to North Canton.Besides his wife he is survived by five sons, Homer A., of Bath; Ray O.of Akron; Harvey M., Carl O., and Nat E., all of North Canton; fivedaughters, Mrs. Horace Clark, of Sharon, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Fred Cramer,of Canton; Mrs. Ralph Housley, of Akron; Mrs. Clyde Powell, of NorthCanton; Mrs. Ralph Payne, of Mansfield; three brothers, Samuel, Davidand Augustus Sponseller, all of Canton; and two sisters, Mrs. D. W.Stahl, and Mrs. Charles Lehr, both of Canton; 26 grandchildren and fivegreat-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed."