1854“... they live on Dorchester Road, Buffalo, N.Y., and have an adopted daughter, Josephine, b. 23 May, 1916”

1855The death of Mrs. Spraker was announced to its subscribers in the Boone Scout of April 1964, page 131:

Page 131 MISCELLANEOUS April 1964

"NOT ONLY those interested in the Boones, but all who have had occasion to refer
to that outstanding reference "The Boone Family" compiled by Mrs. Hazel Atterbury
Spraker will have a feeling of personal loss in hearing of her death which occured
in the Buffalo General Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. on Christmas eve. Her health had
been precarious for several years due to a heart condition, and she had been in the
hospital frequently for periods of complete rest. Nevertheless, the end came as a
shock, as she was expected to enjoy another Christmas Day.

Despite her ill health, her interest in and devotion to the Boone Family Associa-
tion of Washington of which she was an Honorary Life Member never wavered. She had
even arranged with her husband that when the end came to forward to us all her notes
and material collected since 1962, when she sent us her "working papers and records"
gathered since the publication in 1922 of "The Boone Family". These covered a span
of exactly 40 years, supplying important material supplementing the original pub-
lication.

To be chosen as the beneficiary of such a legacy is the highest of genealogical
honors, which is humbly accepted with full appreciation of the ethical and actual
responsibilities involved. We shall discharge these obligations honestly, ever
mindful of the high ideals of the donor, her unswerving loyalty to the finest prin-
ciples of genealogical research, her tolerance and unselfishness. To this end we
pledge our best efforts. To do less would betray the trust of a loved friend and
benefactress. Would that we might do more."

1855These working papers and records are now part of the Boone Family Association materials in the Seattle Public Library. This link will show an inventory of this contribution of Mrs. Spraker. There is also a name list of the people who wrote to her, or that she wrote to. Both links are to searchable pdf files.
This notice appeared in the July 1964 edition of the Boone Scout:
page 137 MISCELLANEOUS July 1964

THE GIFT to the Boone Family Association of Washington of the papers of Franklin
M. Boone by his son Rogar* R. Boone of Chicago, is of great importance for by it,
the Association has acquired all available records of the three officers of the
first Boone Association, the president, William Boone Douglass, the historian, Mrs.
James R. Spraker, and now those of the treasurer, the office held by Mr. Boone at
the time of his death in Indiana in 1948. Thus it may be possible in time to com-
bine this collection into a helpful compilation of the correspondence, the meetings,
the speeches and achievements of that early organization, which though it passed out
of existence with its leaders, the contribution they made to the genealogy of the
Boone Family may be preserved in the Boone Research Center in the Seattle Public
Library as a source of information and inspiration to all Boone descendants and re-
searchers. The Association is deeply grateful for this gift.
* Corrected to Edgar in a subsequent issue.
Thus, the records of the Boone Family Association are collected and preserved in one location, the Seattle Public Library, where they are all available for study and research. I've prepared a list of the donated BFA materials at SPL. I think that the Washington association was chosen as the repository in large part due to the relationship between Mrs. Buchanan and Mrs. Spraker.

1854“... they live on Dorchester Road, Buffalo, N.Y., and have an adopted daughter, Josephine, b. 23 May, 1916”