Maude Sparlin

Brief Life History of Maude

When Maude Sparlin was born in July 1880, in Whitebead, Pickens, Chickasaw Nation Reservation, Murray, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Andrew Sparlin Jr, was 32 and her mother, Margaret Sullivan, was 29. She married George Dennis on 1 December 1902, in Comanche, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Goldsby Township, McClain, Oklahoma, United States in 1940 and Goldsby, McClain, Oklahoma, United States in 1950. She died on 25 August 1961, in Blanchard, McClain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Washington, McClain, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Dennis
1880–1954
Maude Sparlin
1880–1961
Marriage: 1 December 1902
Ranford Dennis
1903–1984
Raymond Franklin Bud Dennis
1905–1992
George Wesley Dennis
1907–1986
Jinye Sue Dennis
1909–

Sources (9)

  • Maude Dennis, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Maude Sparlin, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Maude Sparlin Dennis, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1889

The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

South German (Spärlin): diminutive of Spar 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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