Harriet Spraker Carman d. 1922

SPRAKER, CARMAN, SIMMONS, HAMILTON

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 7/8/2007 at 07:25:31

Davenport Democrat and Leader; Davenport, Scott, Iowa; Tuesday, January 24, 1922 pg 13

Carman

Mrs. Harriet Spraker Carman, wife of the late George L. Carman, passed away Friday, Jan. 20, after several months' illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank A. Simmons, in Wilmette, Ill.

Mrs. Carman was the daughter of the late John G. Spraker, a well-known pioneer business man of Davenport and a sister of the late Mrs. E.S. Hamilton of this city. She came to Davenport with her family in 1853 and was married here to Mr. Carman in 1860, Davenport continuing to be their home until 1881, when they removed to Chicago. They resided in Englewood until a short time before Mr. Carman's death eight years ago.

Three children survive: John S. Carman of Los Angeles, Cal., George L. Carman of Kansas City, and Mrs. Frank A. Summons of Wilmette. Mrs. Carman has lived with her daughter since her husband's death, and altho her years had passed the allotted span of three score and ten, she retained all her facilities and the ambitions of a younger woman until her last sickness.

It has been only during the past six months that illness has left its mark.

Services were held in Wilmette Monday, after which the remains were brought to Davenport, where they await the coming of John S. Carman from California.

Interment will be in the Carman family lot at Oakdale.