William
Sprott
Kentucky State Journal, 2 January 1890
William Sprott, one of Newport's oldest and best known citizens, died yesterday afternoon at his home, corner of Front and Monmouth streets, from kidney troubles. The deceased was seventy years of age. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate, Kentucky.
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William Sprott was born in Maysville Ky. in 1820 and married Anne Maria Lovely 27 Aug 1845 in Mason County Ky. After mustering out of the Civil War, William returned to Maysville and by 1860 the family had moved to Newport Ky.
Children of William Sprott and Anne Maria Lovely (1852-1900)
Joseph Henry Sprott b-15 Nov 1848 in Maysville,
Ky. d-28 Dec 1924 in Newport; br-Evergreen Cemetery; m-Anna Lydia Case
William Sprott b-Aug 1851 in Maysville Ky. d-6 Mar 1892 in Newport; br-Evergreen
Cemetery; m-Lucinda Katherine Hill
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William Sprott was a private in company E of the 23rd Kentucky Infantry regiment. This unit mustered in in January 1862, after having organized near Lexington, in central Kentucky. It served in the Western Theater and fought at famous battles like Perryville, Stone's River, Chickamauga and Chattanooga. It then took part in William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, but once the Union forces had successfully captured that city, the 23rd Kentucky left Sherman's control and went back west in the forces of George Thomas. Here it served in two more famous battles, Franklin and Nashville.
He ended the war in the west and southwest, mustering out in Texas in late 1865. William filed for a pension 28 Dec 1889 and after he died, Maria filed for a widow's pension 6 June 1890.