I'm not sure if he is related, but since SPERRY is in our line, I thought I would post it.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/s...

SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
Friday, January 1, 1869
Page 6

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS

The following is as compete a list of the Marriages, Births and Deaths that have occurred in Sacramento during the year 1868 as we have been able to compile from all sources:

DEATHS
November 25 - Willie Douglass SPERRY, California, 2 years