Frank Spriggle

FRANK SPRIGGLE, the owner and operator of the old Chamberlin mill, a landmark in Summit County, which is situated in Springfield Township, as is also Mr. Spriggle's truck farm of seventeen acres, is a well-known and respected citizen of this section, where he has spent the whole of his life. He was born in Summit County, Ohio, May 18, 1856, and is a son of Jacob and Christina (Pontius) Spriggle.

The first of the Spriggle family to locate in Summit County was Emanuel Spriggle, who came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and settled on the Rudy farm, one mile east of Uniontown, but a few acres 'of which, had yet been cleared, the rest of the land being covered with a heavy growth of timber. Emanuel Spriggle lived into his ninety-ninth year, and never moved beyond the radius of twenty miles from the place on which he first settled. Jacob Spriggle, father of Frank, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and accompanied his parents to Summit County in 1833. He often told his children, in later days, of the wild conditions that prevailed in his boyhood, where they only saw cultivated land and a comfortable home. There were many deer in this section and it was no unusual event to find them hiding in various places about the farm, sometimes in a hollow tree and at other times under a shock of grain. They had not yet learned their later fear of human beings and at that time were not difficult of capture. Jacob Spriggle learned the blacksmith trade at Uniontown, which he followed more or less for forty-five years in Coventry Township He retired from work by order of his physician, who had discovered heart trouble, and he now resides at Monroe Falls. During his active years he built hundreds of coal cars for Brewster Brothers and the Steese Coal Banks. He was married (first) to Elizabeth Pontius, a native of Ohio and a member of a prominent old family. She died in 1865, the mother of two sons and two daughters, namely: Mania, who died at the age of twelve years; Frank; Amanda, who married Cyrus Kepler, and Melinda, who married Philip Danner, now deceased. The second marriage of Jacob Spriggle was to Elizabeth Spitler, and they had the following children: Allen, residing between Monroe and Cuyahoga Falls, married Emma Myers; Jacob, residing on the old home with his father and sister, operates the farm and also works in the adjacent paper mill; Jeremiah, residing at Cuyahoga Falls, engaged in a grocery business,' married Addie Huron; Jacob, residing a few miles 'west of Winnipeg, Canada; Barbara, residing near Monroe Falls, is the widow of Frank Donaldson, who died in 1904; Henry, who lives at home; Sarah, who married William Ritzman,

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residing between Talmadge and Monroe Falls, and Mary, who married Isah Bechtel, residing in Monroe Falls.

Frank Spriggle was reared a farmer and all his mature life has been devoted to tilling the soil and milling. He owns seventeen acres of very valuable, productive land, and this tract he devotes to truck purposes, making it very profitable through his excellent methods. He divides his time between his farm and the mill, having acquired the latter property in 1896. He makes here only Graham and rye flour and chops and has a steady run of custom. This mill was built sixty-five years ago by James Chamberlin, who operated it for a number of years. Later it was the property of William Buchtel and still later of John Hosler, who 'made the last flour produced here. After his death the property was disposed of at the administrator's sale, and was purchased by Mr. Spriggle.

In 1881 Mr. Spriggle was married to Sevilla Grable, who is a daughter of Jonathan Grable, a substantial farmer of Green Township, Summit County, and they have had two sons and two daughters born to them, namely: Della, who married William Briner, residing in Copley Township, has two children, Frank and Margaret; Susie, who married Frank Gougler, residing in Springfield Township, has three children, Park, Pearl and Dayton; Newton, residing at home and working in the mill, and Earl, residing at home and working on a railroad.

In political sentiment, Mr. Spriggle is nominally a Democrat, but he reserves the right to cast his vote independently. Religiously, he is a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, the Saints and the Last Days. There are many lessons to be learned in considering the life of Mr. Spriggle. He left home in boyhood after the death of his mother, and without the slightest assistance in the way of counsel or financial help, has acquired valuable property and has gained a place in the community where he commands the respect and enjoys the esteem of his fellow-citizens. His success is the direct result of his own unassisted efforts.

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Frank Spriggle Residence: , Summit, Ohio Estimated Birth Year: 1857 Age: 63 Birthplace: Ohio Relationship to Head of Household: Self Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Film Number: 1821441 Digital Folder Number: 4384871 Image Number: 00695 Sheet Number: 10

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Name: Franklin Spriggle Titles & Terms: Death Date: 07 Jun 1935 Death Place: Lake Township, Stark, Ohio Birth Date: 18 May 1856 Estimated Birth Year: Birthplace: Ohio Death Age: 79 years 19 days Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Race or Color: Caucasian Street Address: Occupation: Retired Farmer Residence: Uniontown, O., R.D. Burial Date: 11 Jun 1935 Burial Place: Green Lawn Cemetery Name: Spouse's Name: Sevilla Spriggle Father's Name: Jacob Spriggle Father's Title & Terms: Father's Birthplace: Penna. Mother's Name: Christina Pontius Mother's Titles & Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Film Number: 2022521 Digital Folder Number: 4001930 Image Number: 1568 Certificate Number: fn 39776 https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://...

Granddaughter Goldie (Spriggle) Romig remembers sleeping in the Frank and Savilla Spriggle home, on the living room floor, the night her Grandma Savilla died. Grandma and Grandpa Spriggle lived just up Spade Road from the Earl and Gerna Spriggle home. Grandpa Frank Spriggle moved into the Earl and Gerna Spriggle home following his wife's,( Savilla) death. Frank Spriggle slept in the bedroom off of their living room. Grandpa Spriggle bought a farm across the railroad tracks from Goldie's childhood home at Myersville. Goldie remembers helping her parents and grandfather operate the farm. She rememberes feeding pigs, geese, and raising vegetables in the garden.Frank built a house on the farm. -Oral reminiscence, Goldie Romig to Ron Romig, July 27, 2011.