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Sprague Joseph Brittin, deceased, was born in Schenectady, N. Y., September 19, 1826. He came to Tompkins county
in 1871, and made his home in Ithaca. His boyhood was spent in Rochester, where he received his early education,
afterward attending the Albany Academy. His father, Asa, was one of the pioneers of railroad construction, and
was superintendent of one of the divisions of the N. Y. C. R. R. before its consolidation. Our subject was a Democrat
and a worker in his party. After his removal to Ithaca he took an active interest in the popularity of the town,
holding the office of village president one year. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. His death occurred November
30, 1878, and he left a widow only, who survives him. Mrs. Sprague is a daughter of Benjamin Johnson, one of the
early settlers of the town of Ithaca, to which he came about 1816, from New Hampshire. He studied law in Troy.
His three sons are still residents of this town, Jesse, Charles, and William. Benjamin Johnson died March 19, 1848.
His wife was Jane Dey, a native of New Jersey.
From:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York
Including a History of Cornell University
Edited by: John H. Selkreg
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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