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Lucy Sprague 1878 - 1967

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• Birth	2 Jul 1878	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA
  Gender	Female
  Also known as	Ineie Sprague  [1]
  Also known as	Lucy Spray  [2]
  Census - 1880	1 Jun 1880	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA   [3]
  	1880 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Cook, Chicago, District 110 1 Jun 1880, Dwelling 12, Family 13 Sprague, O.S.A. w, m, 41, m, grocer, VT, VT, VT -- (indexed as O.S.H. Spray) Sprague, Lucia E., w, f, 31, wife, m, keep house, VT, VT, VT -- (indexed as Lucia E. Spray) Sprague, Mary A., w, f, 8, daughter, s, at school, IL, VT, VT -- (indexed as Mary A. Spray) Sprague, Albert A., w, m, 6, son, s, at school, IL, VT, VT -- (indexed as Albert A. Spray) Sprague, Nancy A., w, f, 4, daughter, s, IL, VT, VT -- (indexed as Nancy A. Spray) Sprague, Lucy, w, f, 2, daughter, s, IL, VT, VT -- (indexed as Lucy Spray) Retruin, Pauline, w, f, 25, cook, s, cook, Norway, Norway, Norway Ivinson, Mary, w, , 30, servant, s, 2nd girl, Norway, Norway, Norway Sawyer,Annie, w, f, 20, servant, s, nurse, Prussia, Prussia, Prussia Dustin, Royal C., w, m, 25, boarder, s, shipping clerk, VT, VT, VT
  Census - 1900	4 Jun 1900	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA   [4]
  	?? Quincy Street
  	1900 United States Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Cambridge Ward 1, District 678 4 Jun 1900, ? Quincy Street, Dwelling ?, Family ? (cannot read census, near 17 Quincy Street, near Dwelling 4, near Family 4) George Palmer, head, w, m, , ? 1842, 58, MA, RI, MA, professor, o, f, h v Alice F Palmer, wife, w, f, Feb 1855, 45, m, 12, 0, 0, NY, NY, NY Sprague, Lucy, lodger, w, f, Jul 1878, 21, s, IL, VT, VT, at school Jane B Mills, servant, w, f, Apr 1872, 28, s, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, 1882, 18, Jan P Mills, servant, w, f, Aug 1882, 18, s, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, 1882, 11
  Census - 1910	26 Apr 1910	Berkeley, Alameda, CA, USA   [5]
  	2475? Edgewood?
  	1910 United States Federal Census, California, Alameda, Berkely, District 47 26 Apr 1910, 2475? Edgewood?, Dwelling 146, Family 187 Sprague, Lucy, head, f, w, 31, s, IL, VT, VT, instructor, university, w
  Census - 1920	5 or 6 Jan 1920	Manhattan, New York, NY, USA   [6]
  	15 Waverly Place
  	1920 United States Federal Census, New York, New York, Manhattan Assembly District 10, District 715 5 or 6 Jan 1920, 15 Waverly Place, Dwelling 31, Family 36 Mitchell, Wesley, head, r, m, w, 45, m, IL, ME, IL, professor, school, w Mitchell, Lucy, wife, f, w, m, IL, VT, VT --- (indexed as Ineie Mitchell) Mitchell, Jack, son, m, w, 6, s, NY, IL, IL Mitchell, Sprague, son, m, w, 4, s, NY, IL, IL Mitchell, Marion, daughter, f, w, 2 11/12, s, NY, IL, IL Mitchell, Arnold, son, m, w, 1 0/12, s, NY, IL, IL Hannah Cotter, maid, f, w, 22, s, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, maid, private family Mollie Cotter, maid, f, w, 26, s, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, maid, private family Lizzie O'connell, maid, f, w, 22, s, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, maid, private family Mary Fatz, nurse, f, w, 38, wid, NY, NY, NY, nurse, private family Stella Clara, nurse, f, w, 31, wid, IA, American, American, nurse, private family (probably Stella Clark)
  Social Security Number	074-38-2137
  Died	15 Oct 1967	Palo Alto, Santa Clara, CA, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I31	AC-Family
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2008

  
  

  Father	Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague,   b. 13 May 1839, East Randolph, Orange, VT, USA ,   d. 20 Feb 1909, Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Mother	Lucia Elvira Atwood,   b. 24 May 1849, Royalton, Windsor, VT, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1901, Chicago, Cook, IL, USA
  Married	1871	Malone, Franklin, NY, USA
  Family ID	F13	Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Wesley Clair "Robin" Mitchell,   b. 5 Aug 1874, Rushville, Schuyler, IL, USA ,   d. 29 Oct 1948, New York, New York, NY, USA
  Married	8 May 1912	San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
  Children	> 1. John McClellan "Jack" Mitchell,   b. Jul 1913, New York, New York, NY, USA ,   d. 1978 > 2. Sprague Mitchell,   b. 28 Mar 1915, New York, New York, NY, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 1987, Greensboro, Orleans, VT, USA   3. Marian "Marni" Mitchell,   b. 2 Feb 1916, New York, New York, NY, USA ,   d. 26 Sep 1958, Stamford, Fairfield, CT, USA > 4. Arnold Mitchell,   b. 18 Feb 1918, New York, New York, NY, USA ,   d. 17 Jul 1985
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2005
  Family ID	F15	Family Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 2 Jul 1878 - Chicago, Cook, IL, USA Census - 1880 - 1 Jun 1880 - Chicago, Cook, IL, USA Census - 1900 - ?? Quincy Street - 4 Jun 1900 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA Census - 1910 - 2475? Edgewood? - 26 Apr 1910 - Berkeley, Alameda, CA, USA Married - 8 May 1912 - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Census - 1920 - 15 Waverly Place - 5 or 6 Jan 1920 - Manhattan, New York, NY, USA Died - 15 Oct 1967 - Palo Alto, Santa Clara, CA, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Sprague, Mary Amelia (1872-1957), Sprague, Albert Arnold (1874-1946), Sprague, Nancy Atwood (1876-1944), Sprague, Lucy (1878-1967), Sprague, Otho Sylvester Arnold (1880-1893) and Sprague, Arnold (1882-1889), from left to right. The children of Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague (1839-1909) and Lucia Elvira Atwood (1849-1901).
  		Sprague, Lucy (1878-1967), wife of Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874-1948).
  		Sprague, Lucy (1878-1967), wife of Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874-1948).

  
  

  Documents

  Sprague, Lucy (1878-1967) and Wesley Clair "Robin" Mitchell (1874-1948) 1920 U.S. Census for Manhattan, New York City, New York Includes their children: John McClellan, Sprague, Marian, and Arnold

  
  

  Books		Lucy Sprague Mitchell, The Making of a Modern Woman By Joyce Antler, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1987 ISBN: 0-300-03665-5 (cloth), 0-300-04176-4 (pbk.)
  		Two Lives, The Story of Wesley Clair Mitchell and Myself by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1953

  
  

• Notes

  Source: "Two Lives." Family burials, per Gregory Mitchell - November 2006: "Lucy Sprague donated her body to Stanford Medical School. Would they bury her after a med student cut her up? Sorry to be so explicit--not a pleasant thought--but I guess that's what they'd do with a donated body. Anyway, I never knew of a burial site. Indeed, there was no funeral, no memorial service, nothing. At least on the West coast; I do think my Dad went to some sort of memorial in NYC months after her death. Strange, huh?" Unable to find her or family in the 1930 US Census. In the 1900 Census, Lucy Sprague was a lodger at Professor George Palmer's house, which was next door to Harvard's president's house.




• Sources

  [S55] Census/U.S. Federal: 1920, NY, New York, manhattan, SD 1, ED 715, Page 3A (Reliability: 3). [S57] Census/U.S. Federal: 1880, Illinois, Cook, Chicago, ED 110, Page 2 (Reliability: 3). [S57] Census/U.S. Federal: 1880, IL, Cook, Chicago, ED 110, Page 3 (Reliability: 3). [S52] Census/U.S. Federal: 1870, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Cambridge Ward 1, District 678 (Reliability: 3). [S62] Census/U.S. Federal: 1900, California, Alameda, Berkely, District 47 (Reliability: 3). [S55] Census/U.S. Federal: 1920, NY, New York, Manhattan, SD 1, ED 715, Page 3A (Reliability: 3). [S59] Certificate of Death, State of California, Death Certificate, 8 Feb 2007 (Reliability: 4), 21 Feb 2007.