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Sprong, William Albert

educator, lawyer, was born Jan. 23, 1859, in Raleigh, Ind. He received his education at the Raleigh academy, and the Adrian college, Michigan. He became principal of the Elwood graded schools; studied law; and is now a prominent lawyer of Anderson, Ind. He has been reading clerk in the Indiana house of representatives; deputy prosecuting attorney of the fiftieth judicial circuit of Indiana; is prominent in several fraternal orders; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. He has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press.

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