Primary Name: Laughlin, Alice
Filed as: laughlin_alice
Also known as: Alice Adele Sprague Laughlin, Alice Sprague Laughlin
Occupation / Association: Bookkeeper; Charter Member and President (1922), Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6
Born: July 25, 1865, Iowa
Died: August 1, 1937, Seattle, Washington
Parents: Horace Edward Sprague; Nancy Emily Torrey Sprague
Spouse: Matthew M. Laughlin
Children: Addie Virginia Laughlin; Luella Irene Laughlin; Garnet Laughlin; Frederick Sprague Laughlin
Associated places: Iowa; North Dakota; Tacoma, Washington; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: Alice Laughlin, Alice Adele Sprague Laughlin, Alice Sprague Laughlin, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6, Reliable Transfer Company Juneau, Perseverance Rebekah Lodge, Treadwell Mining Company families
Biography
Alice Adele Sprague Laughlin was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6, and served as its President in 1922.
She was born in Iowa on July 25, 1865, the daughter of Horace Edward Sprague and Nancy Emily Torrey Sprague. She came to Alaska in 1891 with her husband, Matthew M. Laughlin.
The Laughlin family had four children. Their daughter, Addie Virginia Laughlin, was born in North Dakota on July 10, 1887; Luella Irene Laughlin was born in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, 1891; Garnet Laughlin was born in Juneau, Alaska, on January 10, 1896; and their son Frederick Sprague Laughlin was born in Juneau on August 3, 1898.
Matthew Laughlin worked as a master mechanic for the Treadwell Mining Company and was killed in a mining accident on February 28, 1901.
Alice Laughlin later worked in Juneau as a bookkeeper for the Reliable Transfer Company. She was active in civic and fraternal organizations in the community and was a charter member of the Perseverance Rebekah Lodge, I.O.O.F., and a member of the Past Noble Grand Club.
Alice Laughlin died in Seattle, Washington, on August 1, 1937. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau, Alaska.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska; Alaska Daily Empire, August 12, 1937