Elsie Needam Sprague1,2

#29790, (circa 1829 - 24 June 1907)
Father*____ Sprague3

Family 1

Coley Smith b. 1829, d. 1862
Children 1.Mervin A Smith+12 (1850 - )
 2.Elwin Coley Smith12 (1861 - )

Family 2

Edward W Robbins b. 1825, d. 1921
Child 1.Edward Sprague Robbins+13 (1867 - 1951)
Her married name was Smith.4 
Her married name was Robbins. 
Birth*circa 1829She was born circa 1829 at VermontG.4 
Marriage*6 November 1849She married Coley Smith, son of Emery Smith and Thetis Johnson, on 6 November 1849 at Milwaukee Co., WisconsinG.2 
7 August 1850She and Coley Smith appeared on the census of 7 August 1850 at Greenfield, Milwaukee Co., WisconsinG; (neis. Emery nd Theta Smith, fam. 994; Othniel and Amanda Smith, fam. 988.)5 
24 July 1860She and Coley Smith appeared on the census of 24 July 1860 at Saxeville, Waushara Co., WisconsinG.6 
Marriage*27 September 1865She married Edward W Robbins on 27 September 1865 at Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., WisconsinG.7 
21 June 1880She and Edward W Robbins appeared on the census of 21 June 1880 at Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., WisconsinG.8 
4 June 1900She and Edward W Robbins appeared on the census of 4 June 1900 at Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., WisconsinG; (neis. Edward and Edith Robbins.)9 
Death*24 June 1907She died on 24 June 1907 at Milwaukee Co., WisconsinG.10 
Burial*June 1907She was buried in June 1907 at Wauwatosa Cemetery, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., WisconsinG.11 

Citations

  1. [S2518] Milwaukee Vital Records, online Ancestry.com, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1838-1911. Marr. record of Edward Sprague Robbins, son of Edward Weaver Robbins and Elsie Needam Sprague, 1889, q.v.
  2. [S2518] Milwaukee Vital Records, online Ancestry.com. Marriages 1838-1911, img. 235/713. Register of Marriage Book B, p. 105, no. 2122. Coley Smith and Elsie N Sprague, marr. Greenfield 6 Nov 1849 by J B Hollister, J.P.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S2518] Milwaukee Vital Records, online Ancestry.com. Marriages 1838-1911, img. 235/713. Register of Marriage Book B, p. 105, no. 2122. Coley Smith and Elsie A Sprague, marr. Greenfield 6 Nov 1849 by J B Hollister, J.P.
  5. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Cooley (21), b. MA, farmer, real estate value $200; Elsie Ann (21), b. VT.
  6. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Colie (31), b. MA, farmer, real estate value $1200, personal estate $400; Elsa (31), b. VT.
  7. [S2518] Milwaukee Vital Records, online Ancestry.com. Marriages 1838-1911. Register of Marriage Vol. 2 (1864-1867, p. 177, , img. 96/638. Edward W Robbins, farmer, res. Sheboygan Co. WI, b. Albany Co. NY, son of P and Elizabeth Robbins, and Mrs. Elsie N Smith, dau. of P and Hannah Sprague, marr. in religious ceremony at Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co. WI, 27 Sep 1865, by E D Underwood.
  8. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Edward W (55), b. and parents b. NY, farmer; Elsie N (50), b. and mother b. VT, father b. NJ.
  9. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Edward W (75), b. NY apr 1825, parents b. NY, farmer; Elsie (70), b. VT Jun 1829, parents b. VT, 1 child [sic], living; marr. 35 yrs.
  10. [S2518] Milwaukee Vital Records, online Ancestry.com. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Deaths, 1854-1911 > 1907> 260-162 > img. 190/747. Milwaukee Co. Register of Deaths, Vol. 260 p. 370 no. 3637. Elsie N Robbins, née Sprague, b. VT 19 Jun 1829, parents not named; housewife, wife of Edw. W Robbins, res. Wauwatosa Town; d. Wauwatosa Town 24 Jun 1907, age 78, exhaustion and paralysis, apoplexy; physician J F Corbett; bur. Wauwatosa Cemetery.
  11. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, Simple standing markers. Father / Edward W Robbins / 24 Apr 1825 - 24 Dec 1921; Mother / Elsie N Robbins / 18 Jun 1929 - 24 Jun 1907. Memorials 79257829 and 79257832, created by DAvid Woody, photos added by Lisa Hartland and Charmaine Schwieso-Becker.
  12. [S1433] Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934; Record Group 15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, online Fold3.com, Application No. WC77633, Penson No. 126253, for dependants of Coley Smith, deceased (51 ims.). Enrolled at Saxeville WI 9 Sep 1861, mustered in as 1st Sergeant, Co. A, 16th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, at Madison WI. Wounded at Pittsburgh Landing TN at the Battle of Shiloh, 6 Apr 1862, d. at the hospital in Keokuk IA from these gunshot wounds, 6 May 1862, last rank 1st Lieutenant. Family of the deceased: wife Elsie A Smith (age 33, remarried to Edward W Robbins 27 Sep 1865); children Mervin A Smith (b. 22 Nov 1850) and Elwin Coley Smith (b. 26 Jan 1861); father, deceased; mother Thetis McWhorter (age 55); brothers O J Smith (age 36), Alfred Smith (age 25) and Frederick Smith (age 23); sister Hannah Taylor (age 37).
  13. [S2518] Milwaukee Vital Records, online Ancestry.com. Marr. record of Edward Sprague Robbins, son of Edward Waaver Robbins and Edward Waaver Robbins, 1889, q.v.