Biography

03/30/1852 - 11/17/1929

SPROWLS, Dr. William Wilson, a Representative from Washington County; born, Bentleyville, Washington County, Pa. on March 30, 1852; attended, Jefferson Academy; attended, Southwestern Normal School (now Pennsylvania Western University, California); M.D., Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University), 1884; teacher (10 years); physician, Washington County and Children’s Home (8 years); school director (15 years); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1906; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1908); proprietor, drug store; clerk, United States Postal Service, Houston, Pa.; engaged, real estate and life insurance business (14 years); died, November 17, 1929 in Houston, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania.