Nathan Turner Sprague

Nathan Turner Sprague was a businessman, banker and Republican state legislator from Brandon, Vermont, who for many years maintained a home in Brooklyn and had extensive business interests there. He served in the Vermont legislature representing the Brandon District and in the Vermont Senate, representing Rutland County, Vermont. He funded the Sprague Centennial Library in Brandon. He established the Sprague National Bank in Brooklyn and purchased the North Western & Florida railroad in 1889.

Biography

Nathan Turner Sprague was born in Mount Holly on June 22, 1828. His father had a similar name and was also prominent including as a politician in Vermont.
He was twice a widower, marrying Minerva Hull, Melinda J. Evans, and Elizabeth Harrison.
He died May 23, 1903, in his Brooklyn home. A funeral service was held for him there, and another later in Brandon, where he was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery.