David Sprague was born — the 1879 history corrects the claim that he was born in 1838, stating he was born in 1840 (the first person born in the village).

The evidence

• “Fo'irth. David Sprague was not the first person born in the town (although he was the first person born in the village), nor was he born at all in 1838, but in 1840. We sent in our statistics the exact date of his birth ; also, the date of the first birth in the town, and who it was.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 894

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources