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Bayliss Sprouse was born in Texas August 6th 1831. He came to Utah during the early fifties and engaged in the activities of pioneer life. Among other labors he made several trips back across the plains to the Missouri River after immigrants and was one of the rescuers of the ill fated hand cart companies.

Under Captain Wm Kimball he served as a militiaman during the Utah Black Hawk Indian war. He married Nancy Wilmouth Johnson, a sister of Lycurgus and Alfred Johnson and this union was blessed by eight children whose names follow: Willis and Mrs. Nancy Mitchell, dead, Bayliss "Jake" Sprouse, Jas. Sprouse of Roosevelt, Mrs. Genevieve Johnson, of Vernal, William Sprouse, Mrs. Cora Mullins and Mrs. Burnetta Ross, of Lapoint, living.

His entire life was spent on the fringe of civilization, he was devoted to the labor of a pioneer. In youth he assisted in the early settlement of Salt Lake city, Cedar city, Iron county and Rich county. In Utah, San Luis valley Colorado and last of all he established the first store in the Deep Creek district of the reservation. Until about three years ago he was actively engaged in business, though he lived to the ripe old age of seventy-nine years. As a citizen he was honorable, upright and progressive.

Contributed by Lori Reynolds Weinstein

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