Show LAST f.- f. OF WA GOVERNORS VE William Sprague Sprague J o I. I ISla ii ISole l I- I Sole Survivor of State Executives tives of Providence R. R L I. I Sprague C t Rhode Island by the death of ex ex- Gov Goy Frederick Holbrook of Vermont Vermont- has lias become the only survivor of or the state governors upon whom fell tell the brunt of preparation for the civil war I Ex Ex GoV Sprague was as 79 years old September 12 Elected governor early I I A f 1 Mr Sprague ho President Lin lA In 1860 he answered troops with a aa for first call coIns coIn's which regiment were of e equipped 1500 q i p Ala men at and an a outlay battery of firm or of A A. w V. V Sprague the by rode to the front himself k Co He first t at the head of the at the Dull Run of bet governor married Miss Kate The of Lincoln's secretary daughter Chose Chase daughter November 1863 but was wa was St state In Jt t and remarried divorced tailed ailed for his firm 1873 s sIt n v vU It of |