Primary Name: Mackie, Leota G.

Filed as: Mackie, Leota G.

Also known as: Leota G. Jaques; Leota Jaques Mackie

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6

Associated places: Treadwell, Alaska; Douglas Island, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Washington Territory; Chillicothe, Iowa; Seattle, Washington

Keywords: Leota G Mackie Juneau Alaska, Leota Jaques Mackie, Mackie family Treadwell Alaska, William Albert Mackie miner Alaska, Treadwell pioneer families, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Women's Auxiliary charter members

Biography

Leota G. Mackie was a Charter Member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Women’s Auxiliary No. 6.

She was born Leota G. Jaques on October 29, 1868, in Chillicothe, Iowa, to Clarissa R. Jaques and Wicker John Hudson Jaques.

Leota married William Albert Mackie in either 1886 or 1887 in Washington Territory. The couple later lived in San Francisco, California, where their first two children were born: Pearl L. Mackie in December 1889 and Eddie V. Mackie in September 1892.

In 1898, the Mackie family moved from San Francisco to Treadwell on Douglas Island, Alaska, during the early development of the mining community associated with the Treadwell mines.

Leota G. Mackie died near Seattle, Washington, on February 25, 1940.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Treadwell, Alaska.

Washington Death Certificate.