Island, was born June 19, 1843, in Van Buren county, Iowa. He removed with his parents to Broad Brook, Connecticut, where he received his early education in the public schools. He later attended the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and the Providence Conference at East Greenwich, Rhode Island. In the summer vacations he had added to his slender means by teaching school. On finishing his studies at the Providence Conference Seminary, he spent three years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, at the end of which time he returned to New England and married. Later he determined on the dental profession as his life work, and toward this end removed to Philadelphia, where he began the study of dentistry under his cousin, Dr. Charles A. Kingsbury. Continuing his work at the Philadelphia Dental College, he was graduated from that institution with the class of 1871. In the latter part of the year, Dr. Buckland established himself in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where he at once entered upon a large practice. He rose rapidly to prominence in professional circles in Woonsocket, and acquired an enviable reputation among his confreres in Rhode Island. Dr. Buckland for several years held clinics in the larger New England colleges, and in this field conducted a highly valuable work.

He was widely known in the organizations of his profession, and was a member of the American Academy of Dental Science, of the New England Dental Society, and of the Rhode Island Board of Registration of Dentistry. From the time of his coming to Woonsocket he took a deep interest in its life and affairs, and until his death was actively identified with movements for the advancement and development of the city. At one time

he was president of the Woonsocket Electric Machine and Power Company, and of the Woonsocket Spool and Bobbin Company. He was well known in business and financial circles, and was for many years a director of the Producers' and the People's Savings banks, filling the office of president of the latter institution. He was an able business man and financier, a sound judge of values, and a man of keen foresight, whose opinion was widely sought. He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Woonsocket, one of its trustees and a member of the board of stewards. Fraternally he was a member of Washington Lodge, No. 70, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Windsor, Connecticut; of Union Chapter, No. 5, Royal Arch Masons; and of Woonsocket Commandery, No. 23, of which he had been past commander. He had attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry. He was also a member of Washington Lodge, No. 1269, Knights of Honor, and of several other fraternal organizations.

On October 10, 1866, Dr. Buckland married Helen Augusta Marble, daughter of Joel Waters and Mary Ann (Harding) Marble, of Southbridge, Massachusetts. They were the parents of three children: 1. Florence Myrtle, who married George F. S. Singleton, of Providence. 2. Alice Maud, now Mrs. Edgar Lakey, of Franklin, Massachusetts. 3. Bessie May, the wife of Dr. Robert L. Davis, of Woonsocket. Mrs. Buckland survives her husband and resides at No. 167 Blackstone avenue, Woonsocket. She is well known in social circles in the city, and has been prominent in charitable efforts.

Dr. Alphonzo Watson Buckland died at his home in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, August 24, 1900, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Woonsocket.

SPRAGUE, Albert Gallatin,

Physician, Surgeon.

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The surname Sprague belongs to the large class of English surnames which had their origin in nicknames. Its source is the Anglo-Saxon adjective of description, "spragg," which means quick, or nimble, and its application is patent. In a day when to call a man quick or nimble was a compliment, the sobriquet was looked upon with pride, and became hereditary in families. The family was. well-established and prominent in England at an early date.

The New England Spragues comprise the progeny of Ralph and William Sprague, who with their brother, Richard Sprague, were the founders of the settlement at Charlestown, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Ralph Sprague was about twenty-five years of age when he came to New England, and was one of what is thought to have been the first jury impaneled in Massachusetts; he was also a lieutenant in the train band of Charlestown. In 1631, Captain Richard Sprague commanded a company of the train band. On February 10, 1634, the order creating a board of selectmen was passed, and among those who signed it were Richard and William Sprague. Richard Sprague left no posterity. William Sprague became the founder of the famous Rhode Island family of the name, which has figured notably in Rhode Island life and affairs since the earliest days of the colony. The family has given governors to the State, and its sons have been vital factors in the founding and development of the great cotton industry, in financial, business, professional and military life. The late Hon. Albert Gal

latin Sprague, M.D., for many years one of the foremost members of the medical profession in Rhode Island and a prominent figure in public life in the State, was a member of this noted family, and a descendant in the eighth generation of William Sprague.

(I) William Sprague, the founder, was born in Upway, Dorsetshire, England, and came to America, settling in Charlestown, where he was living until 1636. He removed in the latter year to Hingham, where he died October 26, 1675. He became one of the first planters in Hingham, and received numerous grants of land between 1636 and 1647. William Sprague married, in 1635, Millicent Eames, daughter of Anthony Eames, of Charlestown; she died in 1695.

(II) John Sprague, son of William and Millicent (Eames) Sprague, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and baptized there in April, 1638. He married, December 13, 1666, Elizabeth Holbrook, and settled in Mendon, Massachusetts, where he died.

(III) Ebenezer Sprague, son of John and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Sprague, was born about 1672. He married, January 12, 1706, in Providence, Rhode Island, Mary Mann, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wheaton) Mann, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He settled in Providence, Rhode Island.

(IV) Daniel Sprague, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Mann) Sprague, was born March 28, 1712-13, in Providence, Rhode Island. He settled in Johnston, Rhode Island, where he was a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen, and for many years was justice of the peace. He married (first) in 1730 Sarah Ballou; (second) about 1736, Hannah Brown.

(V) Ebenezer (2) Sprague, son of Daniel and Hannah (Brown) Sprague, was born August 2, 1740, and died January 21, 1812. He married, 1760, Milli

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