Individual Details

Amarilla G. Spracklin

(17 Nov 1858 - 10 Aug 1942)

CENSUS: 1870 U.S Census Soundex, Benton Co IA; 1870; Leroy Twp; ; Wisconsin
State Historical Society, Madison WI; NOTE: Daniel Spracklin household.

BIRTH-NAME-MARRIAGE-CHILD: Notes from Bertha Rufley, Miles City MT;
1800-1995;;;Copied information in possession of Art Hawkinson, 1995.

"Logsleds to Snowmobiles, A Centennial History of Pine River, Minnesota,
1873-1973", published by the Pine River Centennial Committee, 1979, contains a
rather lengthy article on George Angus Barclay, founder of Pine River, and
husband of Amarilla Spracklin.

[Page 105] "On July 27, 1878 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brainerd, with
the Reverand Herbert Root officating, George Angus Barclay married Ammarilla
Spracklin. Barclay's new bride was the first permanent white woman settler on
the Pine River. She continued to hold the distinction for 15 years."

Events

Birth17 Nov 1858
Marriage27 Jul 1878Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota - George Angus Barclay
Death10 Aug 1942

Families

SpouseGeorge Angus Barclay
FatherDaniel Dair Spracklin (1830 - 1915)
MotherElizabeth Keller (1821 - 1859)
SiblingHenry Franklin Spracklin (1853 - 1893)
SiblingOliver Solomen Spracklin (1854 - 1855)
SiblingMary Ellen Spracklin (1856 - 1861)