Harry Spickler was born in Illinois.
On September 5, 1905 he married Mary Ellen Greb at Valley City. Mary Ellen (Nellie) Greb was born in Iowa on April 8, 1887. She was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Ellen Shannon Greb.
In 1907 the Spicklers moved to Seattle where Harry was engaged as a bookkeeper. Nellie was a seamstress.
After Mr. Spickler died Mrs. Spickler came back to McHenry to live with her sister, Mrs. Pearl Farnsworth. She lived in McHenry from 1972 until recently when she entered the Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 79B