NOBLE COUNTY OHIO BIOS;SPRIGGS, David 1887
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DAVID S. SPRIGGS, one of the leading lawyers and prominent citizens of Noble County, was
born in Centerville, Belmont County, Ohio, January 10, 1853. He passed his boyhood on a farm,
receiving only a good common school education, which he made useful to himself and others by
engaging in the work of a teacher. He also studied surveying. While teaching he pursued the
study of law in his spare time, and at the age of twenty-one entered the law office of his brother,
Hon. B.F. Spriggs, of Sarahsvile. He was admitted to the bar in 1859, and from that time until
1866 he was alternately engaged in teaching and the practice of law, meantine serving three
years as school examiner. In 1866 he removed to Caldwell, where he has since had an extensive
law practice, ranking among the leading representatives of the profession in this locality. He
served as prosecuting attorney from 1872 to 1876. In 1875 he was a candidate for
representative to the legislature from Noble County. James M. Dalzell, the Republican nominee,
was elected by a majority of five votes. Mr. Spriggs has at various times been nominated for
other responsible offices, but has been defeated, his party being greatly in the minority. Since
1863 he has taken an active interest in politics, and has been a prominent worker on the
Democratic side in political campaigns. In 1885 he was appointed postmaster at Caldwell,
which position he still holds. In 1857 he married Nancy Windom, a cousin of Senator Windom,
of Minnesota. She is a native of Belmont County. Mr. and Mrs. Spriggs have two sons and one
daughter.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The Legal Profession