1884 - 1970

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• Birth	15 Aug 1884	Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Jun 1970	Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Died	3 Jun 1970	Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I58518	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	William Harrison SPICER, II, b. 8 Jul 1852, York State (Livingston County, New York, probably West Sparta)
  Mother	Arina Phylinda DAVIS, b. 11 Mar 1856, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
  Family ID	F25431	Group Sheet
  Family	Estella Mae O'CONNELL, b. 7 Dec 1891, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
  Married	3 Apr 1909	Faribault Township, Rice County, Minnesota   [1, 3, 4]
  Children	> 1. Cecil William SPICER, b. 10 Jan 1910, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota > 2. Thelma SPICER, b. 25 Aug 1911, Pine County, Minnesota   3. Baby boy SPICER, b. 1912, Pine County, Minnesota   4. Cora Igsli SPICER, b. 27 Oct 1913, Brook Park, Pine County, Minnesota > 5. Faith Oralie SPICER, b. 19 Oct 1914, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota > 6. Robert Claude SPICER, b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota   7. Baby boy SPICER, b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota > 8. Bryan Monroe SPICER > 9. Elaine SPICER   10. Baby boy SPICER, b. 29 Oct 1920, Pine Lake, Pine County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F25425	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Lanklyn Sylvester Spicer 1884 1970 Lanklyn Spicer was my great-great grandfather, and his name fit as he was a very tall lanky man and I am told he had a wonderful twinkle in his eyes. He lived up north on a farm in Bruno Minnesota. He grew beautiful roses and was quite proud of them. Lanklyn came from a large family, with nine brothers and sisters. As a young boy, Lanklyn’s family frequently moved by covered wagon back and forth from Nebraska, where he was born, to Minnesota. The reason for these frequent moves was due to the various Indian ‘uprisings.’ In 1895 on the family’s last journey back to Minnesota, Lanklyn’s younger brother Nathan contracted diphtheria and passed away near the city of Winnebago. Lanklyn’s family settled in Faribault, Minnesota before permanently setting in Sandstone, Minnesota. According to his sister Evelena, Lanklyn had a wonderful sense of humor and was quite a prankster. He and his siblings all learned to play various instruments, Lanklyn learned to play several instruments quite well, and the family often entertained themselves with 'concerts.' Lanklyn grew up on the family farm but had the Spicer wanderlust and eventually left home to see what life had to offer off the farm. He surprised his family when he returned to the farm in 1909 with a new bride, Estella Mae O‘Connell. In 1912 Lanklyn’s brother’s family came to visit Lanklyn’s growing young family including a son recently born. Joy turned to sorrow when it was discovered that the visiting relatives had brought ‘the fever’ with them. Lanklyn’s wife and new born son caught the fever and the child soon passed away. The local undertaker left a small white box out on the deserted street in front of Lanklyn’s home. After fetching the box, Lanklyn and Estella said their goodbyes and placed their infant inside. Securing the lid, Lanklyn then placed the box back out in the street to be picked up by the undertaker for burial. Life was hard at the turn of the century but Lanklyn managed to support and raise 8 children. As a farmer Lanklyn didn’t have modern conveniences such as tractors and reapers, the land was plowed while walking behind a horse or mule and water was ‘drawn’ from a well he had to dig. Wood had to be chopped for fuel to heat the house and cook meals. Vegetable gardens were essential and were hoed by hand. Meat was raised and hunted to feed the family. Lanklyn was a quiet man, at least in his later years, who enjoyed spending his evenings sitting in his easy chair reading his Bible and watching the small green tree frogs that would cling to the glass of the big picture window he sat beside.

• Sources

  [S754] William Harrison Spicer.GED. Date of Import: Jul 29, 2001 [S755] William Harrison Spicer.FTW. Date of Import: Jul 29, 2001 [S756] Spicer.FTW. Date of Import: Jul 30, 2001 [S65] Spicer Family File.FTW. Date of Import: Jul 30, 2001