Clara May Spracher

Female16 June 1906–8 February 1995

Brief Life History of Clara May

When Clara May Spracher was born on 16 June 1906, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States, her father, John Peter Spracher, was 38 and her mother, Clara May Miller, was 32. She married Claude Ervin Bell on 20 May 1932, in West Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Pin Hook, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 8 February 1995, at the age of 88, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claude Ervin Bell
1908–1980
Clara May Spracher
1906–1995
Marriage: 20 May 1932

Sources (10)

  • Claire M Bell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Clara May Spracher, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
  • Clara Spracher Bell, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 May 1932West Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1907 · Not for profit elections

    Age 1

    The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

    1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility

    Age 11

    Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War  the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.

    1931

    Age 25

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    Name Meaning

    German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of German and Middle High German sprechen ‘to speak’, an occupational name for a poet, a reciter, a supporter in legal trial, or a public announcer. Compare Spraker .

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

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