Samuel H. Sproat and Lela Bell (Davis) Sproat family

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Samuel H. Sproat and Lela Bell (Davis) Sproat family

Entry/Object ID

2023.13.79

Description

[Left-Right]: Thomas Edwin Sproat [1922-1944] and Harold Sproat [1916-2001] - sons of Samuel H. Sproat and Lela Bell Davis. Edwin was killed in action on 29 April 1944 over Germany, during World War II. Original, professional photograph from Clarence F. Long, Community Art Shop, Waynesburg, Pa.

Collection

Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Clarence F. Long Community Art Shop

Date made

circa 1925 - circa 1930

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Brothers, Sproat family, Veterans--World War II

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MORK-AN002-0024

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sproat, Harold [1916-2001]

Person or Organization

Sproat, Thomas Edwin [1922-1944]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Davis Series - Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection

Owner/Agent

Morris, Kathleen

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2023

Notes

The Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection was passed from Jonathan Morris Morris [1832-1915] and his wife, Charlotte (Rinehart) Morris [1834-1916], with the ownership of the Morris Bicentennial Farm in Fordyce, Greene Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to their son, Jesse Hull Morris [1875-1947], and his wife, Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris [1879-1980]. Elizabeth added her Davis family heritage to the collection, before passing it to her son, Jonathan Rex Morris [1919-2003], and his wife, Sarah Elaine (Hostetler) Morris [1924-2009], whose children, John Robert Morris and Kathleen (Morris) Miller, owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023. SOURCE CITATION: [Left-Right]: Thomas Edwin Sproat [1922-1944] and Harold Sproat [1916-2001] - sons of Samuel H. Sproat and Lela Bell Davis; circa 1925-1930; item no. MORK-AN002-0024, Davis Series, Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection, shared by her grandchildren, John Robert Morris and Kathleen (Morris) Miller; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).