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Milton Allen Sprague

Male 1914 - 1991  (76 years)


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  • Name Milton Allen Sprague 
    Born 16 Jun 1914  Washburn, Bayfield Co, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Mar 1991 
    Person ID I22173  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2009 

    Father Monroe Horr Sprague,   b. 7 Nov 1876, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1963  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Margaret Zilpha Glover,   b. May 1877, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 29 Jun 1905 
    Family ID F2825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margarette Hardegen 
    Married 20 May 1944 
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F6143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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      [[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.

      SSDI
      MILTON A SPRAGUE 16 Jun 1914--02 Mar 1991 (V)-08810 (Dayton, Middlesex, NJ) (none specified) 138-30-5406, issued New Jersey

      "Who's Who in America", 42nd edition, 1982-1983, Volume 2, page 3173. SPRAGUE, MILTON ALAN, agronomist, educator; b. Washburn, Wis., June 16, 1914; s. Monroe Horr and Daza (Glover) S., A.B., Northland Coll., 1936; M.S., U. Wis., 1938, Ph.D., 1941; m. Margarette Hardegen, May 20, 1944; children--Monroe A., Katherine A., Lowell H., Barbara H. Research, teaching forage crop physiology and weed control U. Ark., 1940-42, 46; Rutgers U., 1946--, chmn. dept. farm crops, 1955-61, now Disting. prof. and research specialist. Agr. Cons. to Peru, Yucatan, 1965-72, Quintana Roo, 1981; agrl. cons. to Am. Heritage Dictionary, 1971. Served to lt. USNR, 1942-46; ret. Res. Recipient Merit certificate Am. Forage and Grassland Council, 1966; No-Till Pioneer award 1976. Fellow Am. Soc. Agronomy (dir. 1956-59, 74-77, sec.-treas. N.E-br. 70, Research award 1977); mem. Am. Grassland Council (dir. 1958-61, 1969-72), Am. Soc. Plant Physiology, Am. Soc. Dairy Sci., Naval Inst., sigma Xi. Author: Field Crop Production for the Northeast, rev. edit., 1952; Grasslands, 1959; Forages. rev. edit., 1960. Author research papers

      Living with parents in 1930.
      1930 Census: White Lake District 23, Langlade Co, Wisconsin
      Milton Allen Sprague, son age 16, bp WI, f's bp IA, m's bp MN