Baylus Earl Sprouse

1837 - 1915  (77 years)

• Name	Baylus Earl Sprouse
  Born	6 Aug 1837	Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States
  Christened	Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States
  Gender	Male
  Buried	30 Mar 1915	Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
  Died	29 May 1915	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
  Person ID	I15	My Family Tree | Collett-Williams, Raynor-Armstrong
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	John Sprouse,   b. 2 Apr 1802, Union, Union, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 27 Oct 1858, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Catherine Ann Hundley,   b. 9 May 1820, Noxubee County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. Abt. 1851, Montgomery, Grimes, Texas, USA  (Age 30 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1835	Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Willmirth Johnson,   b. 22 Nov 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 1902, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States  (Age 60 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1857	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Children	+ 1. Genevieve Sprouse,   b. 9 Dec 1877, Montezuma, Summit City, Colorado, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 1952, Montabello, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Aug 1837 - Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States Christened - - Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States Married - 2 Feb 1857 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Buried - 30 Mar 1915 - Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Died - 29 May 1915 - Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Baylus Earl Sprouse

  
  

  Documents		Baylus Earl Sprouse Marriage Certificate
  		Deseret News newspaper article 12 Jan 1859 Deseret News, Estray Notices, 12 Jan 1859, pg. 4. Courtesy of the University of Utah

  
  

  Headstones

  Baylus Earl Sprouse headstone

  
  

• Notes

  BAYLISS SPROUSE OBITUARY, Vernal Express 2 Apr 1915 Bayliss Sprouse was born in Texas August sixth, 1831; He came to Utah during the early fifties and engaged in the activities of pioneer life. Among other labors, he made several trips back across the plains to the Missouri after immigrants and was one of the rescuers of the ill-fated hand-cart companies. Under Captain Wm. Kimball, he served as a militia man during the Utah Black Hawk Indian War. He married Nancy Wilmouth Johnson, a sister of Lycurgus and Alfred Johnson, and this union was blessed with eight children whose names follow: Willis and Nancy Mitchell, dead; Bayliss ?Jake? Sprouse, Jas. Sprouse of Roosevelt, Mrs. Genevieve Johnson of Vernal, Mrs.Cora Mullins and Mrs, Burnetta Ross of Lapoint, living. His entire life was spent on the fringe of civilization. He was devoted to the labor of a pioneer. In youth he assisted in the settlement of Salt Lake City, Cedar City, Iron County and Rich County in Utah. San Luis valley in Colorado, and last of all, he established the first store in the Deep Creek district of the Reservation. Until about three years ago, he was actively engaged in business, though he lived to the ripe old age of seventy-nine years. As a citizen he was honorable, upright and progressive. _____________________________ Death Notice: Vernal Express 2 Apr 1915 One of our honored citizens, one of the Empire Builders of the West, passed to the Great Beyond in the demise of ?Grandpa? Bayliss Sprouse. His death occurred last Monday at Provo, Utah. The remains were brought to Lapoint Thursday. The funeral was held Friday, and interment was made in the family lot in the Maeser Cemetery. Because of the active and useful life of Mr. Sprouse, a brief biographical sketch of his career will appear in the columns later. _____________________________? VERNAL EXPRESS - 2/1/1902 in Local and Personal Column B. E. Sprouse, of Buena Vista, was some better yesterday. He is very low yet. The cause of his sickness is uremic poisoning. _____________________________ VERNAL EXPRESS - 3/8/1902 Mr. Baylus Sprouse is still confined to his bed, and his wife also is dangerously ill. _____________________________ Vernal Express - 3/22/1902 Mrs. Nancy W. Sprouse, wife of Baylus Sprouse of Millward, died Thursday morning at 7:30 a,m, of inflammation of the bowels, after an illness of fourteen days. The deceased was sixty years of age, lacking a few days. The family have lived in the Valley since 1893, coming from Colorado, but had previously lived in Utah. The funeral services are to be at the Millward Hall today at 10:00.