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Immigrant William Sprenckel descendants - Samuel Jefferson Sprinkles (1831-1911), probable son of Jacob Sprinkle (the "Silver Dollar Man"). Samuel was born in KY, moved to TX, and settled in Barry Co., MO by 1870. Front l-r: Daughter Margaret Elizabeth Sprinkle Ellinger; Samuel Jefferson Sprinkles; 3rd wife, Elizabeth Toye; and granddaughter Ellen Reed Fletcher (daughter of Sarah Ann Sprinkles). Back row: son John Anderson Sprinkles; daughter Mary Jane Sprinkles Mitchell; son Alexander Sprinkle; and daughter Ruth Sprinkles Powell Bowen. Photo taken about 1910 (photo courtesy of Barbara Byrd)
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