.

!NOTES:
SQ p 967:
Samuel Magnus Sparks, son of Enoch Sparks, was born about 1818. A cc-
ording to a biographical sketch of one of his sons, he married Lucinda
Ramsey. However, on the 1850 census of Franklin County, Alabama, his
wife's name was given as Nancy S. Sparks. From various sources, we h ave
found the names of the following children of Samuel Magnus Sparks. T here
were probably others.
(a) James (or Jimmie) Roe Sparks born in 1843.
(b) Enoch Magnus Sparks born 1847.

SQ pp. 4568-9:

"Samuel Nathan ["S.N."] Sparks, a son of William and Sarah (Justiss)Sparks, was born on March 23, 1850, in Wilson County, Tennessee. (On the1850 census of Wilson County, he was listed as "Joseph S. Sparks.") Heaccompanied his parents as they moved to Arkansas, to Illinois, toKansas, and was a young man when the family finally settled in BrownCounty, Texas. It was there that he joined Company 4 of the TexasRangers in 1873.

"Company 4 of the Texas Rangers was authorized by the FederalGovernment and was under the command of Captain John W. Jones. Itconsisted of twenty men who elected their captain. Each man furnishedhis own horse, a Colt six-shooter, and a Needle gun. (A Needle gun was aGerman-made gun that used cartridges with paper caps that had to bepunctured by a firing pin, vernacularly called a "needle," in order to befired.)

"The duty of Company 4 was to patrol and protect the region ofColeman, Brown, Callahan, and Taylor Counties. Indians and cattlerustlers were the chief troublemakers, and the Rangers had to be ready totake to the field at an instant's notice. Tthe company was disbanded in1874, after its mission had been accomplished and it was no longer needed.

"Shortly after leaving the service of the Texas Rangers, S.N. Sparkswas married to Evalina ----- whose maiden name we have not learned. Shehad been born about 1851 in Tennessee. When the 1880 census was taken ofCallahan County, Texas, she and S.N. were enumerated there with twochildren, but about 1900 they moved to the Oklahoma Territory whereEvalina died, apparently sometime before 1908. She and S.N. Sparks hadsix children.

"On June 25, 1908, S.N. Sparks was married (second) to Mrs. Mary R.(Miles) Clemons at Tishomingo, Oklahoma. She had been born on March 23,1866, at Bonnieville, Kentucky. She and S.N. were married on Thurs-day,June 25th, and, according to a newspaper account, on the followingSaturday, they were "chivareed" by their friends and neighbors.

"[Editor's Note: For our younger readers, who may not know the meaningof "chivaree," Paul Sparks, who recalls that in 1933 he and his brideexperienced two chivarees, "one in the little village where I taught; theother at my boyhood home," has written the following explanation:

["The custom of giving a newly-married couple a "chivaree"l (or"charivari") has almost disappeared as a social custom, but it was quitepopular at the turn of the century, particularly in the rural areas ofour country. (Remember the musical, "Oklahoma!") Briefly stated, achivaree began at dusk when friends gathered quietly around the home ofthe newly-weds. Then, at a signal, they announced their presence byringing cowbells, beating on pans and kettles, and by firing guns. Afterseveral minutes of this clamor, the newly-weds would come to the door;the hideous noise would stop; and the crowd would be invited to enter.Inside, there would be candy, cakes, and other sweets, and localinstrumentalists would provide music by which to dance. After a while,the guests would wish the couple a long and happy marriage and disperseto their respective homes."]

S.N. and Mary (Miles) Sparks had one child born on March 8, 1910, namedBirdie. Mary died on May 14, 1932, and S.N. died on July 20, 1940. Hewas buried at Ardmore (not Ryan), Oklahoma.

In all, S.N. Sparks was the father of seven children by his two wives."

Dec 3, 1999, I received by email additional information on Samuel andhis descendants from his great-granddaughter, Connie (Chumley] Gotowala,daughter of Mildred Marie (Hamersley) Chumley and granddaughter of AdaMelvina (Sparks) Hamersley. Her note states in part, "My ancestor wasSamuel Nathan Sparks (1850-1940). He is buried in the Rose Hill Cemeteryin Ardmore, OK (not Ryan, OK). I believe that his mother's maiden namewas Sarah Rebecca Justin (not Justiss). She was born 16 Dec 1920. Sheis buried in the Springer Cemetery in present-day Carter County, OK. Hertombstone lists her as "Mrs. W. C. Sparks."

"His first wife was named Melvina McAnally (sp?). She died around1894 or 1895 and is buried on the old Turner Ranch in Southern Oklahoma.

"My grandmother was his youngest child by his first wife. Her namewas Ada Melvina Sparks Hamersly. She was born Nov. 1, 1889 in Eugene,Ore. The family had made a trip by wagon train to sell horses in theNorthwest. Ada died June 5, 1981, and is buried in Altus, OK. She wasmarried to Charles William Hamersley (spelling is with one "m" ) in 1907in Indian Territory, OK. I have a copy of the marriage licensesomewhere). He is buried in Clarita, OK.

"They had seven children:
1. William Hamersley currently living in Anchorage, AK;
2. Walter Hamersley buried in Eldorado, OK;
3. Josie Mae (Hamersley) Medlock buried in Altus, OK, born inMilburn, OK, married 6 April 1935, Eldorado OK.
4. Ellen B. (Hamersley) Clerico Speth lives in Seal Beach, CA;
5. Mildred Marie (Hamersley) Chumley (my mother) buried in Altus,OK;
6. Wayne Hamersley lives in Altus, OK.
7. Mary Bernice (Hamersley) Brake lives in Weatherford, TX

"The Thomas Sparks who died in 1919 was actually a son of Samuel andhis second wife whose name is unknown. He was younger than Ada and olderthan Birdie. Birdie Sparks was the only child of Samuel and his 3rdwife, Mary. Birdie is still living and lives near me in Oklahoma City,OK. She and her daughter Gayela Word Bynum Hannon, are both members ofthe D.A.R. with Matthew Sparks (1730-1793) listed as their revolutionaryancestor. A friend of Gayela's was instrumental in doing thedocumentation on the Sparks family line.

In regards to the other children of Samuel Sparks, I have thisinformation:
John William (1877-1939) is buried in Golden, CO.
Mary Idella Sparks was born ?. She had seven children. Her firsthusband was Clint Parker. (Here names them) After Clint Parker's death,she was married to Sam Stubblefield and they had one child.
Laura Sparks had no children. Her husband's name was Dal?
Nathan Michael Sparks was born 17 December, 1885 and died 21 May,1969. He is buried in the Orchard Mesa Cemetery in Grand Junction, CO."

!NOTES:
SQ pg 2923 states: "Samuel Russell Sparks was born on February 25 ,1880. He
married Sarah Belle Karns in December 1904. He died on October 10, 1950. He
and Sarah Belle had nine children: Frank S., Mary Lyda, Webster, Geo rgeC.,
Nellie L., Montford J., Clair, Leroy Elswood, and Gerald Lee.

SQ pg 4556:

"A few years after their marriage, they bought the " Jarne SparksHomestead," and Sammie began his highly successful career as a farmer andbusinessman. The story of his life's work was told in an articlepublished in the MCKENZIE [Tennessee] BANNER on Augus t 21, 1969. Itreads as follows:

'Seventy five years ago in 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sparks movedto their beautiful new home in the Macedonia community. Their farmconsisted of 1400 acres, several tenant houses and a house forthe men who worked on the farm. Timber was abundant so Mr. Sparks hadhis own sawmill and cut the logs into lumber and hauled it to lumbercompanies in McKenzie and Henry, Tennessee. Because of the badroads , oxen were used to pull the loads and, at one time, Mr.Sparks had as many as sixteen oxen.

'Farming, however, was his chief business and he raised cotton,corn, wheat, hay and all of the vegatables and fruit needed to feed theworkers and their families. Prize Jersey cows were Mr. Sparks's prideand joy and he raised some of the finest cattle in the South. He carriedthese cattle to show in fairs and cattle shows in McKenzie , Huntingdon,Jackson, Memphis, and as far away as Corinth and Jackson inMississippi.

'This beautiful land is still one of the show places in this partof the county and much of the original farm is still owned by theSparks family. The family is also mentioned in the earliest historyof the Shiloh Church and many of them are still members of this church .'

"Sammie Sparks was also quite active in the civic and religiousaffairs of the community. They had three children: Lorene, Lela andNorvell Sparks."

See the letter written in 1899 to Sammie by his aunt Elizabeth "Betty"C. Smith which appears on pp. 4574-75 of the SPARKS QUARTERLY, and whichare included in the notes for Betty C. Smith. A photo of Samuel withthree siblings appears on p. 4669.

!NOTES:
SQ 3867: Samuel T. Sparks, son of Peter and Alafair (Jordan) Spark s,was
born on August 7, 1869. He was married to Vianna O'Bryan in 1894 i nLawrence
County, Kentucky, and when the 1900 census was taken they were show nwith two
children, Amanda and Bessie.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3470: They had three daughters, Georgia Lee, Callie, and Ma my.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June, 1995, Whole No. 170, pp. 4459-60:
"Samuel "Sam" Wyatt Sparks, son of Millington and Rebecca (Brooks )Sparks, was born on July 7, 1803, probably in Queen Annes County,Maryland, and was just a baby when his parents moved to Wilkes County ,Georgia. It was there that his mother died on January 5, 1807, leavinghis father with four small children, the oldest one being just eightyears old. His father remarried the following year, and Samuel wasreared by his step-mother, Ann (Swanway) Sparks.
"Samuel had attained adulthood when he went westward with his fatherto Alabama, and it was there, in Tuscaloosa County, that he was marriedto Sarah Deal on January 29, 1829. The license was issued on January22nd. Sarah had been born on February 15, 1811, in the PendletonDistrict, South Carolina, and was a daughter of John and Frances Deal.The first child of Samuel and Sarah was born in Alabama on October 4,1830.
"Shortly after the birth of his first child, Samuel Sparks followedhis in-laws (the Deals) to Noxubee County, Mississippi. He settled withhis family near Cooksville. Here, two more children were born to him andSarah. They did not remain in Noxubee County for very long, however, andwhen the 1840 census was taken, Samuel Sparks and his household wereshown in Winston County, a few miles west of Noxubee County. Samuel andSarah Sparks then had five children.
"Samuel Sparks continued to move westward, according to descendants,and in 1844 he was in Arkansas where he stopped in that portion of DrewCounty that became a part of Ashley County in 1848. When the 1850 censuswas taken, he and his family were living near the village of FountainHill. Descendants say that he had been accompanied to Arkansas by hisbrother, William Andrew Sparks, who settled near him.
"Samuel Wyatt Sparks made his last move to the west in the summer of1857, settling at Sparks Crossing on Sulphur Creek in newly-formedLampasas County, Texas, on September 14th. When the 1860 census wastaken of Lampasas County, he was described thereon as a farmer with realestate valued at $6,000 and personal property valued at $3,300 . Hisfour sons were still at home, but his three oldest daughters weremarried. His youngest child, a daughter named Atelia, was now 14 yearsold and at home.
"Three sons of Samuel and Sarah Sparks, Van, Tom and John, served inthe Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Van and Tom weresergeants in Company D, 17th Regiment Texas Infantry, while John servedin a regiment of Texas Frontier Cavalry. The war took a toll fromSamuel's property, and in 1870 his real estate was valued at only $1,000,while his personal property was valued at only $1,200.
"According to a descendant, Mrs. Mary (Sparks) Matthews of Glendora,California, Samuel Sparks was killed on August 19, 1871, while blastingfor a well. He was buried in a cemetery on the Sparks farm, but notombstone can now be found to mark his grave. He and his famil y weremembers of the Baptist faith.
"Sarah (Deal) Sparks survived her husband for more than twenty-fiveyears, dying on November 20, 1897, at the age of 86 years. She andSamuel had nine children, eight of whom lived to adulthood with familiesof their own."

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY for September 1999, Whole No. 187 pp 5218-19 forthe 1860 census of Lampasas County, TX and other data:

Lampasas County,Texas --1860 Census
Post Office: Lampasas
Page 176. Census taken by Jas. Daughtrey on July 18, 1860.
79-79

Name Age Sex Occupation Born
Sparks, Samuel W. 56 M Farmer $6,000 - $3,300 MD
" Sarah 48 F SC
" Vanburon 23 M Farmer MS
" Samuel W. 21 M MS
" Thos. 19 M MS
" John 16 M MS
" Atelia 14 F AR

Note: Samuel W. Sparks was marked as unable to read and write. His threeyoungest children, Thos., John, and Atelia, were shown as attendingschool with in the year. Samuel W. Sparks owned two slaves in 1860, andone slave house.

Age Sex Color
1. 14 M B
2. 12 M B

Samuel W. Sparks's middle name was Wyatt; born July 7, 1803, he was a sonof Millington and Rebecca (Brooks) Sparks. While an infant, he had gonewith his parents to Wilkes County, Georgia, where his mother died in1807. As a young man, he accompanied his father to Tuscaloosa County,Alabama, where he was married to Sarah Deal in 1829. They followedSarah's parents to Noxubee County, Mississippi, but before 1840 they hadmoved to Ashley County, Arkansas, where their family was shown on the1850 census. (See the QUARTERLY of September 1978, Whole No. 103, page2027.) In 1857, they moved to Lampasas County, Texas. A biographicalsketch of Samuel Wyatt Sparks and his family is contained in an articleentitled "Millington Sparks, III (ca.1775-ca.1835), Sometimes CalledWilliam Millington Sparks, and Some of his Descendants," in the QUARTERLYof June 1995, Whole No. 170, pp.4454-4480. Their son, John Sparks(1843-1908), shown as 16 on the 1860 census, became Governor of Nevada in1903. His photograph appears on the cover of the issue of the QUARTERLYcited above. The son shown as "Vanburon Sparks" in 1860 was Martin VanBuren Sparks.

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!NOTES:
See SQ pps 1419 and 2635: Their children are Susan Marie Balch, b ornca 1960, and Sandra Ann Balch, born ca 1963.

!NOTES:
SQ 1702, 3231: Married ---Herbert before 1739.

!NOTES:
SQ 3231: Married John Offley Collins on 10 Feb, 1746/47. Children 'snames
unknown.
See Records of St. Luke's Parish, p. 53, Queen Annes County, MD wh ereher
husband is called "Collings, John Offley." See notes of brother Geor gefor
complete citation.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1992, Whole No. 160, pg 4036-4040:
7. Sarah Sparks, probable daughter of George and Mary (------)Sparks, was born about 1722. She was married to John Offley Collins onFebruary 10, 1746/47, in Queen Annes County.

SQ 3231: Married John Moore on 25 Jun 1746. Children unknown.

See MARYLAND MARRIAGES 1634-1777, Compiled by Robert Barnes,Baltimore, 1987, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. p. 125:

"Moor (sic), John, 20 Jan. 1757, Sarah Sparks 1 QA-62". Thecitation refers to p. 62, St. Luke's Parish records, Queen Annes County,copy made in 1904/5 at the Maryland Historical Society.

SQ p. 688:

Sarah Sparks. She was born about 1750; she married Alexander Walden, whowas born November 15, 1748, in Goochland County, Virginia; he was livingin Coweta County, Georgia, at the time of his death, soon after 1834. Hemade application for a Revolutionary War pension on September 3, 1834,and stated that he was living in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in 1776or 1777 when he was drafted and “guarded Scotch Prisoners which were sentto Staunton, Va.” He stated that he moved to the Pee Dee River section ofSouth Carolina on March 17, 1778, where he did guard duty and “was inmany skirmishes with the Tories.” He stated that after the war he movedto Carolina (i.e. North Carolina), later to Morgan County, Georgia, andfinally to Coweta County, Georgia. From a letter written to the PensionOffice by Alexander Walden, Jr., in 1854, it apppars that Sarah (Sparks)Walden was still living in 1834. From information appearing in theHistorical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters of theAmerican Revolution, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., published in 1902, which hasbeen supplied by Katherine Walton Booth and Beatrice Booth ofWatkinsville, Georgia, we know that Alexander and Sarah (Sparks) Waldenhad the following children:
(1) Charles Walden, moved to Mississippi and had a daughter, Elizabeth,who married John Butler of Griffin;
(2) James Walden, moved to Alabama;
(3) Alexander Walden, Jr., lived in Benton County, Alabama, in 1854;
(4) Samuel Walden;
(5) Tavener Walden;
(6) Elizabeth Walden, married a Mr. Threete and had a son, TavenerThreete;
(7) Nellie Walden;
(8) Nancy Walden, married Aaron Crow, and had a daughter Elizabeth Crowwho married Walton Harris Booth.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September, 1989, Whole No. 147, pps 3479-3481:

"Sarah Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Mary (McDaniel) Sparks, wasborn about 1768 in Frederick County, Maryland. Originally, we believedthat she was born about 1758, but in view of the five children born toher between 1800 and 1810, we have changed her probable year of birth to1768. These data are also in better agreement with the order by whichher father named his daughters in his will, and also with the censusrecords.

"Sarah grew to womanhood in the home of her parents, and it seemslikely that she accompanied her brother, Solomon Sparks, to BedfordCounty, Pennsylvania, about 1784. It was probably there that she met andmarried Peter O'Neal about 1784.

"Peter O'Neal was born about 1754, probably in Maryland, and was a sonof John and Margaret O'Neal (or O'Neil). (John O'Neil was born in AntrimCounty, Ireland, about 1719 and came to Maryland about 1749.) Peter wasin Bedford County, Pennsylvania, as early as 1780, and he served in thePennsylvania Continental Line during the American Revolution. He boughta 100-acre tract of land in Providence Township in Bedford County inAugust 1781 and paid taxes there as a single male in 1783 and 1784.

"The family of Peter and Sarah (Sparks) O'Neal was listed on the 1790,1800, and 1810 censuses of Bedford County, and from these records andfrom probate records, we know that they were the parents of twelvechildren, seven sons and five daughters. Peter died in the early fall of1832. Earlier that year, he had made his will on April llth. Asrecorded on page 20 of the Bedford County Will Book No. 3, here is thewill:

In the name of God, Amen. I, Peter O'Neal of Providence Township,Bedford County, being in sound mind, memory and understanding, do makeand publish this my last will and testament as follows:

Item. I desire after my decease that all my just debts be paid andmy body decently buried, and if my wife, Sarah, should survive me to haveall my estate, both real and personal, during her natural life.

Item. After the decease of myself and my wife, I give all my realestate to be equally divided among all my children, except SolomonO'Neal, my son, I give him nothing as he has been otherwise provided for.

Item. My son, Joseph O'Neal, I give an equal share with Ihe-rest ofthe children of the tract of land I live on and my personal estate, butany of my other lands, I give him no part.

Item. I give my two sons, David and Samuel O'Neal, fifty Dollarsmore than any of my other children and each of them as they havecontinued to live with me.

Item. I desire my executors hereafter mentioned to sell all my realestate to the best advantage as soon as convenient after myself and mywife's decease and convey the same, fee simple, and as I have sold atract of land to my son, William, if I should die before I convey thesame to him, I hereby empower my executors to convey the same to himagreeable to the agreement between us.

Item: I appoint my two sons, John and James O'Neal, executors ofthis my last will and testament to carry out the same in effect.

Witness my hand and seal the 11th day of April 1832.

Witnesses: Charles Ashcom, William Burton, Probated Oct 5, 1832."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1986, Whole No. 136. p. 2961:

Sarah Sparks, daughter of Solomon and Rachel Sparks, was born on January16, 1787 December 16, 1786. She apparently married a man named Latta,probably sometime between 1810 and 1820. They had at least two children:a son, William Latta, who was named in his grandfather's will in January1821 (see above) and a daughter, Indiana, who apparently married a mannamed Hugs (or Hays).

William Latta, son of Sarah (Sparks) Latta, apparently had two children:William Latta, born about 1841, and Jane Latta, born about 1843. Theywere living with their grandmother, Sarah Sparks, in the household oftheir great-uncle, Abraham Sparks, when the 1850 census was taken ofBedford County. Their father may have died prior to 1850 (or he and Sarahmay have been divorced for Sarah had resumed her maiden name according tothat census) .

Sarah Sparks died sometime between September 12, 1860, (when she made herwill) and September 26, 1860, (when her will was probated). She named herson, William Latta; her daughter, Indiana Hugs (or Hays); and agranddaughter, Jane Latta.

See SPARKS QUARTERLY, pg 102: Sarah married William Alexander 1 8 Mar1820 in Wilkes Co. NC. He was born about 1798 in NC. The 185 0 census ofWilkes County, N.C., shows Hulda Alexander, aged 9, and N ancy Alexander,aged 7. These were probably either children or grand children. It isbelieved that this couple raised several children an d have manydescendants in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

SQ p. 2272: 8. Sarah Sparks, born about 1792; died after 1860; marriedWilliam Alexander on March 18, 1820; appeared on the 1850 and 1860censuses of Wilkes County,North Carolina.

For marriage information see the SPARKS QUARTERLY, P. 4290 citingPORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, 1898,published by the Chapman Publishing Co. Page 11 (No. 51). "She was bornnear Centerville, where her father, Rev. Robert Sparks, an earlyMethodist minister in this area, owned an estate."

SQ Whole No. 43, pg 764: JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, MARRIAGE BONDS(1780-1875)

Sarah Spark & Rowland Hampton, June 16, 1816. Bondsman: HenryStonestreet. Witness: Charles Dunn, Father: William Sparks, consent inwriting. Married by Benj’n Allen, (Note: Register and bond give JohnSparks as the father) (Book I, page 90)

(JS: The last comment refers to an apparent error as Sara is thedaughter of William Sparks (After 1760-1823).

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1990, Whole No. 149, p. 3533:

"Sarah ["Sally"] Sparks, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Jones)Sparks, was born on December 23, 1796, in Franklin County, Georgia. Shewas undoubtedly named for her paternal grandmother. On October 1, 1814,she was married to John Horner, Jr. in Hickman County, Tennessee. He hadbeen born on October 3, 1793, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and was ason of John and Elizabeth (Russell) Horner. He served in the War of 1812and was a landowner and farmer in Perry County, Tennessee. Sally Hornerdied on July 24, 1856, and John Horner died on July 18, 1878. They wereburied in the Pineview Cemetery on Toms Creek in Perry County. They hadeleven children. Four of their sons (Jesse, Russell, John, and James)married four of the daughters of Robert Carson and Malinda (Carson)Patterson; (Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, and Sarah)."

SQ 2968:

Sarah B. Sparks, daughter of William and Mary (Fielder) Sparks, was bornon January 1, 1798, in Georgia. She accompanied her parents toMississippi in 1811, and it was there that she married James McAnulty,probably about 1818. She died on February 22, 1881, in Bell County,Texas, and was buried in the Belton Cemetery. She and James had fivechildren.

SQ 2445-6:

"Sarah ("Sally") Sparks, daughter of Absalom and Lydia (Elsberry )Sparks, was probably born about 1799, since she needed her father'sconsent to marry in 1813. She was probably named for her paternalgrandmother, Sarah (Thompson) Sparks. On November 12, 1813, the Clerk ofGallatin County, Illinois, issued a license for Sally Sparks to marryLewis Boatright. Her father (unnamed) gave his consent to the marriagewhich was performed on November 19, 1813, by the Rev. Reeves Carmack, aMethodist minister.

"When the 1830 census was taken of Pope County, Arkansas, LewisBoatright was listed as the head of a household. By 1834, however, hewas in Texas. We are not certain whether he was accompanied by Sally,and she may have died. Lewis Boatright served in the Texas Army duringthe war with Mexico . In March, 1845, he married Mrs. LaviniaHoneycutt. He died about 1858. He and Sally
had nine children:

1. Lewis Boatright, probable son of Lewis and Sarah (Sparks)Boatright, may have been their eldest son, and if so, he was probablyborn about 1814. He may have been the Lewis Boatright who was listed onthe 1850 census of Panola County, Texas, and who was a single man at thattime.

2. Wlloughby Boatright was born about 1815 in Illinois. He marriedElizabeth --- and they had at least five children. In 1850, he wa sliving in Washington County, Texas.

3. William Boatright was born about 1817 in Illinois. He died in1882 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He married Nancy Lawrence and they had atleast four children. He was in Lavaca County, Texas, when the 1850census was taken.

4. Levi Boatright was born about 1819 in Arkansas. He married DiceyLawrence and they had at least five children. They were in LavacaCounty,Texas, in 1850.

5. Thomas Boatright was born about 1825 in Arkansas. He married MaryA. Lawrence and they had seven children. He was in Lavaca County ,Texas, when the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses were taken.

6. Lucy Boatright was born about 1827 in Arkansas. She marriedWarren F. Lyons and they had nine children. They were in Fayette County, Texas, when the 1850 and 1860 censuses were taken.

7. Mary Boatright, probable daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Sparks )Boatright, married Daniel Fritchett in Fayette County, Texas in 1853.

8. Margaret Boatright, probable daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Sparks)Boatright, acted as an agent for "C.C." Alexander and received asubstantial share of the estate of Lewis Boatright in 1871.

9. Henry Boatright was born about 1833 in Arkansas. He marriedAmanda Bridges on January 27, 1852, in Lavaca County, Texas. He diedprior to August 1872, probably in Johnson County, Texas. He had sixchildren."

SQ p. 2160:

Sarah ("Sally") Sparks, daughter of Josiah and Susannah (Phillips)Sparks, was born on June 11, 1802, probably in Union County, SouthCarolina. She accompanied her parents to Jefferson County, Tennessee, asa young girl, and it was there, on January 24, 1817, that she marriedWilliam Busby. Messick Govins acted as security for the groom and J.Hamilton was the witness. Sally and William went to Adair County wherethey appeared on the 1830 and 1840 censuses, but about 1844 they joinedSally's brother, Josiah Sparks, Jr., and moved to Missouri where theysettled in Lawrence County. It was on this trip that the Busby familyBible was lost while crossing a river.

From census data and information furnished by relatives, it appears thatSally and William Busby had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Adescendant, Mrs. Betty A. Langford, has furnished the names of thesechildren; however, she does not know their dates of birth. We have triedto arrange these in what ge believe to be their probable order of birth.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriageinformation from Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822-1865):Sarah Sparks & Henry Jayne, December 25, 1824. (Book I, p. 26) Marriedby James Wheeler, Jr., J.P.

See THE SPARKS FAMILY QUARTERLY, March 1992, Whole No. 157, p 3894:

"Sarah Sparks, daughter of Thomas and Dianah (Wilcox) Sparks, was bornon July 24, 1803, in Surry County, North Carolina. She accompanied herparents to Lawrence County, Kentucky, and it was there, on Christmas Day1824 , that she was married to Henry Jayne by James Wheeler, a justice ofthe peace. Henry had been born on October 5, 1803, in Washington County,Virginia, and was a son of William and Dorcas (Ramey or Remey) Jayne.

"(Three of the children of Thomas and Dianah (Wilcox) Sparks weremarried to three of the children of William and Dorcas (Ramey) Jayne.Thomas Sparks Jr. was married to Catherine Jayne; Sarah Sparks wasmarried to Henry Jayne; and Daniel Sparks was married to Sarah Jayne.Much of the information we have about these families has been obtainedfrom (1) A HISTORY OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, published by Mitchel Hallin 1928; and (2) THE EAST KENTUCKIAN, Vols. 14-19, Clayton Cox, editor.)

"Henry and Sarah (Sparks) Jayne settled down to housekeeping near thelittle village of Flat Gap, (Kentucky) and it was there that they spentthe rest of their lives. Henry died there on May 18, 1870, and Sarahdied on October 14, 1893. They were the parents of nine children."

SQ 3186: "Sarah Sparks, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rose) Sparkswas born probably about 1809 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It wasthere that she married Benjamin Hall in 1928. The marriage bond wasissued on January 16, 1828, with Daniel Brown as bondsman. Benjamin Hallwas born about 1806 in Wilkes County.

SQ p. 5372:

Sarah Sparks, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Elmore) Sparks, was born inSurry County, North Carolina, about 1812. She was married there in 1833to Allen Redding. The marriage bond was dated November 11, 1833, withWilliam Reading [sic] serving as bondsman. The Redding/Reading familylived over the county line in Wilkes County, having come there fromHalifax County, North Carolina. In the distribution of the uncommittedportion of her father's estate in 1856, Sarah Redding was among the heirswhom her brother, Richard Sparks, had responsibility for locating andconveying to each $14.29.

SQ 100:
"Sarah Sparks, born about 1814; married 1835, Tillman Craft."

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriage informationfrom Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822- 1865):
Sarah Sparks & Tilman Craft, March 18, 1835. (Book I, p. 131)

SQ p. 1502:

(2) Sarah Sparks, was born about 18114. She was called Sally Ann Sparkson her marriage bond, dated April 7, 1833, her husband being Noah Varner.He was born about 1810. It would appear from census records of NicholasCounty, Ky., that they had children named [See family group sheet.]

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SQ 3O83: "Sarah Sparks, daughter of Abel and Sarah (Cochran) Spark s,was
born on September 13, 1817, while the family was still living in Tennessee.
She married William Dennis. She was still living in 188O when she was
itentified in her brother (Solomon's) estate papers as Sarah Dennis .When the
186O census was taken of Grant County, Illinois, William and Sarah (Sparks)
Dennis were shown as having four children: Robert Dennis; Stephen Dennis; Mary
J. Dennis and John J. Dennis."

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 2001, Whole No. 196, p.5627:

"Sarah ["Sally"] Sparks, daughter of Isaac and Wilmoth (Noland) Sparks,was born about 1821. She was married on January 8Sparks, 1845, accordingto a Carroll County, Tennessee, marriage record, to Samuel Tyson. Theymoved to Henry County, Tennessee, where Samuel died on September 17,1846. As noted earlier, Sally and her son, Isaac S. Tyson, doubtlessnamed for Sarah's father, were living with her parents when both the 1850and 1860 censuses were taken. Isaac S. Tyson was apparently born onOctober 26, 1845; he died on July 16, 1878."

SQ 3869:

"Sarah Sparks was married to John Crain (or Crane) on April 19, 1851.He had been born on September 11, 1827, in Bedford County, Virginia, andwas a son of John and Mattie (White) Crain, natives of Virginia. JohnCrain served in the 14th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry during theCivil War. He died on February 23, 1913, on Hoods Fork in Boyd County,Kentucky . Sarah died there on July 30, 1916. They had nine children:

a. Trinvilla Crain was born on December 24, 1854. She was marriedtwice.
Her first marriage was to Gideon May about 1875. Her second marriage wasto
John Taylor Barber on April 2, 1882. He was a son of Reuben and FannieBarber.
Trinvilla was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for 71 years .She
died on April 2, 1939, and was buried near Summit, Kentucky. She and John
Barber had five children: Bertha, Addie, James, John Taylor Jr., andChris.

b. Christopher Crain was born in February 1857. He was never married.

c. James Crain was born in April 1859. He was married to Lizzie
Kirkpatrick on April 21, 1889, in Boyd County. She had been born inApril 1864
in Louisville, Kentucky. She and James had six children: Myrtle,William,
Samuel, John, Elizabeth, and James.

d. Thomas Crain was born in May 1861. He was married to MaryKirkpatrick
on October 4, 1890. She had been born about 1868. When the 1890 censuswas
taken of Boyd County, she and Thomas were shown with two children, Perlyand
Dewey.

e. Adeline Crain was born in July 1862. She was married to HenryPhillips
about 1884. He had been born in October 1862. He and Adeline had six
children: Sarah, Mary, George, Martha, Lonzo and Henry.

f. William Crain was born in July 1864. He was married to Elizabeth
Phillips about 1890. She had been born in August 1874. William died on
September 27, 1937. When the 1900 census was taken of Boyd County, he and
Elizabeth were shown with three children: Nellie, Thomas, and Della.

g. Margaret Ann Crain was born in January 1866. She was married toHenry
Fain on December 30, 1882, in Boyd County. He had been born in December1861.
When the 1900 census was taken of Boyd County, he and Margaret Ann wereshown
with four children: John, Elizabeth, Taylor and Sarah.

h. John Crain was born in 1870. He was never married.

i. Martha Crain was born in 1875. She was married to Thomas Barbouron
February 2, 1909, in Boyd County.

SQ pg 2615-6:

(See photograph on page 2615 and in scrapbook)

"Sarah Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (DeFord) Sparks, was bornon March 24, 1834, in Richland County, Ohio. She was married to David D.Pierce on February 10, 1853, in Fulton County, Illinois. He was born onJune 30, 1831, in Oneida County, New York, and was a son of Isaac andPedee Ann (Culver) Pierce. He had come west to Knox C ounty, Illinois,where he taught school in 1851. He and Sarah began housekeeping inKnoxville, Illinois, but moved to Bushnell, Illinois, a short timelater. There they lived for the rest of their lives . David Pierce,husband of Sarah (Sparks) Pierce, was a well-educated man for his times.He was a farmer, but also established a nursery which was unusual in thatday when mock oranges were used as fence rows. He was also a surveyorand laid out many roads in western Illinois. He was quite active in theMasonic Lodge and was Master of Pickett Lodge in Bushnell in 1875, 1876,and 1885. He was also a Knight Templar and 32nd Degree Mason.

"In the late 1870's, Sarah (Sparks) Pierce was taken to the RushMedical School Hospital in Chicago where she had breast surgeryperformed, an operation which was quite uncommon in those days. She waspersuaded to go there by her brothers, James Wilson Sparks and William M.Sparks, both of whom had been graduated from the Rush Medical School. Shewas bedfast for a long time after the surgery.

"Sarah (Sparks) Pierce died on April 27, 1883, and David died a fewyears later, on January 24, 1889. They were buried in the BushnellCemetery. They were the parents of three children."

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!NOTES:
SQ 3190: "Sarah Sparks, daughter of Solomon and Malinda (Caudill)
Sparks, was born on May 21, 1843, in North Carolina. She was marrie d to
David Van Vacter, Jr., on July 12, 1860, in Mercer County, Missouri . He
was born on January 1, 1832, in Indiana and was a son of David and Ma r-
garet (-----) Van Vacter. He served in Company C, 35th Regiment Miss ouri
Infantry during the Civil War and received a pension for his service.
Sarah died on October 28, 1892, and David died on January 8, 1898. T hey
were buried in the Sparks Cemetery in Mercer County which is locate d on
a part of the original farm purchased about 1855 by Solomon Sparks . They
had nine children. (See page 3191 for a photograph of David and Sarah
(Sparks) Van Vacter with daughter Ida and son Warren.)

See SQ p. 333 for birth information. Her birthdate there is given as 25Feb. 1853.

See SQ p. 333 for birth information.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2663: Sara Sparks, daughter of William and Mattie (Caldwell )Sparks,
was born about 1876. She may be the Sarah Sparks who married J. L. McKay on
August 14, 1898, in Franklin County, Texas.

SQ p. 4558:

"Lafayette Brigance was born about 1830 in Carroll County Tennessee,and was a son of William C. and Sarah A. (Sparks) Brigance. His fun namewas Melvin Lafayette Brigance. His mother, Sarah A. (Sparks) Brigance,was a daughter of Matthew and Margaret Sparks and was born about 1792,probably in North Carolina. She had been married to William C. Briganceon March 18, 1813, in St. Clair County, Illinois. Matthew Sparks, fatherof Sarah, was a son of Matthew and Sarah (Thompson) Sparks. See page2644 of the September 1983 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 127, forinformation about the family of Matthew and Margaret Sparks. When theaccount of that family was published, we had not learned that Matthew andMargaret Sparks had a daughter named Sarah A. Sparks. See, also, page3719 of the March 1991 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 153, for a queryabout the Sparks-Brigance relationship."

SQ p. 1337:

"Sarah A. Sparks, daughter of Robert Thomas and Mary Ann (Wallingford)Sparks., was born about 1842 in Kentucky; she was still living in 1925(see the letter written by Ed Fee). She was married to Henry Gil-breth,who was born in 1835 and died in 1906. When the 1880 census was taken,her father, Robert Thomas Sparks., was living with them. Following (seethe notes of Henry Gilbreth) is the obituary of Henry Gilbreth publishedin a Dallas City, Illinois, newspaper at the time of his death inFebruary, 1906. From this it appears that he and his wife, Sarah., wereseparated at the time of his death."

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3902: They had at least one child, Goldie Young.

!NOTES:
SQ 2571: "Sarah Ann Sparks, daughter of Levi Sparks. She was marr iedto
Archibald Williams on December 9, 1858, in Daviess County (IN). Sh edied on
September 27, 1863. She and Archibald had two children, George Willi amsand
Ida Williams."

SQ p 3186: "Sarah Ann Sparks was born on January 28, 1849. She wasmarried to Louis Phipps on December 20, 1869, in Boone County, Iowa . Shedied on July 28, 1931."

On July 20, 2000, I received from Kristina J. (Gardner) Schooler(Tina) via email (krysna@@notthedog.com) several pages of data concerningthe descendants of Sarah Ann (Sparks) Phipps. According to Tina, Sarahmade handmade quilts. She is buried in the Linwood Cemetery, in Boone,Iowa. Tina is a 3 great-grand-daughter of Sarah and is descended asfollows: Sarah Ann (Sparks) Phipps, Rosetta (Phipps) Adix, Dora I. (Adix)Haglund, Dorothy Eleanor (Haglund) Hunter, Dorothy Ilene (Hunter)Gardiner, Kristina Joy (Gardiner) Schooler.

I am extremely grateful for the data that she provided.

SQ pg 2634:

"Sarah Ann ("Sally") Sparks, daughter of Allen and Nancy (Rogers)Sparks, was born about 1855. She was married to Harry F. Kingsberry onJune 26, 1881. In her father's obituary (1905), she was referred to as"Mrs. Sarah Miller." She died in 1933; we have no further informationon her."

"Her death was recorded on page 2765 of the June 1985 issue of theQUARTERLY, Whole No. 130."

DEATH TAKES SALLIE BELLE (SPARKS) MABERRY

It is with regret that we record the death of Sallie Belle (Sparks)Maberry who died on February 13, 1985, at her home in Amarillo, Texas.She was 91 years of age.

Mrs. Maberry was born in Oklahoma and was a daughter of Nathan Robert andMargery Ellen (Maxwell) Sparks. Her grandparents were Jesse Hancock andSusan (Cornel) Sparks; her great-grandparents were Nathan and Nancy(Hancock) Sparks; and her great-great-grandparents were Matthew and Sarah(Thompson) Sparks. See the June 1961 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No.34, for futher details about this branch of the Sparks family.

Mrs. Maberry was preceded in death by her husband, Buell George Maberry,whom she married in 1921. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Margery AnnGilmor, of Waterloo, Iowa; a son, James W. Maberry, of Pierre, SouthDakota; a sister, Ina Madden, of San Antonio, Texas; and a brother,Robert D. Sparks, of Alamogordo, Texas. She was a member of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Amarillo for 64 years.

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SQ p. 4639:

"Sarah ["Sallie"] Catherine Sparks was born on September 8, 1869, inLawrence County, and it was there that she was married to Chilton HarveyBishop on September 2, 1887. He had been born on July 16, 1866, inLawrence County and was a son of David R. and Elizabeth (Coburn) Bishop.Chilt and Sallie lived on Collier Creek until about 1906, when they movedto Washington County, Ohio. They stayed there about two years and thenmoved to Oklahoma where they finally settled near Weatherford. It wasthere that Sallie became ill with cancer. She died on October 1, 1931,at McKinney, Texas, where she had been taken for treatment. She wasburied in the Plainview Cemetery at Weatherford. She and Chilt had eightchildren: Maude May Bishop, Dee L. Bishop, Henry Price Bishop, Della EmmaBishop, Mary Bishop, Annie Lee Bishop, Tabitha Bishop, and Belva LenaBishop. (see also Vols. 28 & 29, Nos. 4 & 2, respectively, of the EastKentuckian for further details about this family.)

!NOTES:
SQ pg 2922 states: "Sarah E. Sparks, daughter of John and Rebecc a(Wareham)
Sparks, was born on September 24, 1842. She married William Davis . Shedied
on February 4, 1878."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3423: They had one child. Sarah lives (1989) in Summerfiel d,Florida. Their daughter, Clara Gee, married Michael McDowell, a n ativeof the state of Washington, and they live in Florida. Michae l retiredafter a career in the United States Army.

SQ pg 2783:

"Sarah ("Sally") Elizabeth Sparks, daughter of Thomas and
Milly (Smith) Sparks, was born on August 12, 1858. She was married to
George Leonard Robertson in June 1874. He was born on June 5, 1852 , in
Clarke County, Alabama. He died on August 4, 1923, at Lindsay, Oklahoma.
Sally died on June 6, 1937, at Martha, Oklahoma. They were the parents of
eight children: (See pgs 2784-5 for details on each)

(1) John Ballard Robertson;
(2) Mary ("Mollie") Ann Robertson;
(3) Missouri ("Sudie") Robertson;
(4) William Florence Robertson;
(5) James Tucker Robertson;
(6) Lillie Mae Robertson;
(7) Norma Lee Robertson;
(8) Gladys Robertson."

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!NOTES: SQ pg 3691: John and Sarah had ten children: Homer, Bertha ,Loman, Harley, Bertie, Rufus, Boyd, Orla, Pearl, and Fernann. Rufu sRobinson married Nadine Gibbs.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3413: They had three sons: Delmas Johnson, Jr., Clyde, an dLarry Johnson.

See SQ p. 1487:

A correspondent has also reported that in Ripley County, Indiana, thereis a record in the courthouse of a Sarah S. Sparks who was born inScotland County, Missouri, on March 31, 1856, and died on April 23, 1902.She was married to Alfred Harris on May 21, 1877 (he died April 25,1899), It seems probable that this Sarah L Sparks was a daughter ofJoseph and
Isabella (Ellis) Sparks; on page 1417 of the QUARTLY we listed a daughternamed Sarah Isabel
Sparks with date of birth unknown.

SQ pg 3193: Sarah J. Sparks was born about 1866. She was probablythe Sarah J. Sparks who married William F. Vannoy about 1890. He wasborn in 1862 and was a son of Daniel and Betty (Edwards) Vannoy. Sarahdied on October 11, 1911, leaving her husband with several youngchildren. A ccording to "Log Cabin Families of Stone Mountain, NorthCarolina", she and Bill had
nine children.

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!NOTES:
SQ p 3180: Sarah J. ["Sade"] Sparks was born on December 19, 1854.
She was married to Benjamin Hayer in Boone County on November 9, 1871.

SQ pg 2777:

"Sarah Jane Sparks, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Cooper) Sparks,was born about 1820. She apparently died prior to 1848 for she was notmentioned in the settlement of her mother's estate in
Nacogdoches County."

SPARKS QUARTERLY September 1984, No. 127, pg. 2665:

"Sarah Jane Sparks, daughter of John and Sarah (Brooks) Sparks, wasborn on January 4, 1830, in Georgia. She accompanied her widowed motherto Texas and was living with her when the 1850 census was taken of TitusCounty. She was married to James Denny, probably in 1851, in TitusCounty. He was born about 1817 in Tennessee. He and Sarah Jane had fivechildren before his death, which apparently occurred about 1865. Afterhis death, Sarah Jane married (2d) John W. Hall on June 20, 1875, inFranklin County, Texas. They had no children.
a. James R. Denny was born on December 10, 1852. He died on May 14,1904.
b. John N. Denny was born about 1855.
c. William B. Denny was born about 1857. He married Lula MorrisonDecember 23, 1880.
d. Lela S. Denny was born about 1860.
e. George W. Denny was born about 1863."

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The following appears in the SPARKS QUARTERLY for September 1999, WholeNo. 187 pp. 5231-32 and relates to the 1860 Census of Titus County, Texas:

Post Office: Elly
Page 175. Census taken by Wm. M. S. Houghton on August 14, 1860.
501-501
Name Age Sex Occupation Born
Denny, James 33 (M) Farmer $600 - $895 TN
" Sarah J. 30 (F) GA
" James R. 7 (M) TX
" John H. 6 (M) TX
" William B. 4 (M) TX
" Adria A. 1 (F) TX
Sparks, Sarah 71 (F) GA

The Sarah Sparks, age 71, shown as a member of the James Denny household(page 5231) was Sarah (Brooks) Sparks, widow of John Sparks and mother ofJames Brooks Sparks. She was living with her daughter and son-in-law in1860. James Denny and Sarah Jane Sparks had been married in Titus Countyabout 1851. For a record of James and Sarah Jane (Sparks) Denny seepp.2665-66 of the QUARTERLY of September 1984, cited earlier.

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SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4276 states: Sara hJane Sparks, daughter of Jesse and Nancy Sparks, was born on Sept. 16,1839. She was married to Frederick M. Mauk, and they had ten children:Margaret , Andrew, Mary, Antha, John, Peter, Rebecca, Melvina, Sarah, andFrederick, Jr.

SQ p. 2681:

"Sarah Jane Sparks was born on October 6, 1858, in Indiana. She marriedSamuel Henry Welch. He was born on July 16, 1853. He served in Company K,335th Regiment Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. He died on July15, 1905, and Sarah Jane died on January 27, 1910. They were buried inthe Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Rice County, Kansas. They had eightchildren: Eugenia Welch, Ida B. Welch, Barton Welch, Lerenzo Dan Welch,Mary Etta Welch, Mattie Welch, Henry Edwin Welch, and Minnia May Welch.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1997, Whole No. 179, pp 4885-6:

"In the QUARTERLY of December 1990, Whole No. 152, page 3691, we gavebrief information regarding Sarah Jane Sparks, daughter of Hale and Sarah(Clayburn) Sparks. Hale Sparks's full name was Isaiah Hale Sparks (bornca. 1806), but he was called by his middle name, Hale. He was a son ofHardy Sparks (ca.1782-ca. 1855).

"We stated that Sarah Jane Sparks had been born about 1848 and that arelative had indicated that she had been married to Frank Casey, but wehad no further information. A great-great-granddaughter has now providedmore detailed information regarding Sarah Jane; she is Mary A. Graham of827 West 13th St., Ada, Oklahoma 74820. Mrs. Graham has also furnishedus with a print of the photograph of Sarah Jane and her husband appearingon page 4886.

"According to her death certificate at Oklahoma City, information forwhich had been provided by her son, George Washington Casey (1874-1941),Sarah Jane Sparks had been born on December 27, 1849, and she had died onDecember 2, 1930, at the age of 81 years, 11 months, and 2 days. (If herage had been calculated correctly, her year of birth was 1848 rather than1849.) Although her son had given her place of birth as Missouri for thedeath certificate, census records indicate it had been in Hickman County,Tennessee. (Relatives providing information for the preparation of deathcertificates often base that information on hasty memory and makemistakes.)

"Sarah Jane Sparks was married on January 23, 1868, to James FranklinCasey in Newton County, Arkansas. He was a son of Uriah C. and Mary JaneCasey, and was, by occupation, a blacksmith and cattle rancher. He diedon July 6, 1936, at Oakman in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was alsothere that Sarah Jane died in 1930.

"Mrs. Graham reports that James Franklin and Sarah Jane (Sparks) Caseywere the parents of the following children:

a. Nancy Casey was born in 1869 in Jasper, Newton County,Arkansas. She died about 1889 at Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming. Shewas married ca.1885 to Will Duncan.

b. George Washington Casey was born on October 5, 1874, at Paris,Lamar County, Texas, and died on April 14, 1941, in Pontotoc County,Oklahoma. He was married to Hattie ----- in 1899; she died on August 31,1900. He was married (second) to Willie Harden on February 25, 1903, and(third) to Maudie Kellogg on May 26, 1919.

c. Harmon Casey was born ca.1876 and died in 1888 at Buffalo,Johnson County, Wyoming, at age 13.

d. Alloma Margaret Casey was born on October 26, 1878, at WalnutFork, Arkansas. She died on August 27, 1964, at Dallas, Texas. She wasmarried (first)
to ----- Fuller; (second) to ----- Fretwell; and (third) to Walter Bandy.

e. Fannie Belle Casey was born on September 1, 1880, at Dardenell,Yell County, Arkansas. She died on October 17, 1970, in Pontotoc County,Oklahoma. She was married to George Andrew Smith.

f. Jimmy Casey was born ca.1882 and died ca.1888, at Buffalo,Johnson County, Wyoming.

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!NOTES:
SQ p 3184: Sarah Jane Sparks was born on November 12, 1877. She
married Wallace McCall and they lived in Kansas City, MO. She died
in 1946.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3906: They had five children: Robert, Ardella, Mary Jane ,Zona, and Thelma Roberts.

Marriage recorded in Carroll County, GA, Book K1, page 359.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3205: Sarah Kezirah Sparks, daughter of Daniel, Jr. and Margaret
(Fritts) Sparks, was born on March 24, 1900. She was named for her
maternal and paternal grandmothers. She was married to Oscar Swindell
on November 5, 1921. She died on September 20, 1984.

SQ 5316:

Sarah M. Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Sabra (Demmit) Sparks, was bornon May 5, 1830. She was married on February 21, 1847, in Adams County,Indiana, to Benoni High. The marriage was performed by a justice of thepeace named Samuel Adsit . (Book B, p.17) A descendant reported manyyears ago that about 1855 Sarah and Ben, as he was called, moved toMissouri .

SPARKS QUARTERLY, pg 3405: Sarah Margaret Sparks, daughter of Nelsonand Peggy (Mauk) Sparks, was born on May 8, 1849, in Carter County. Shemarried George W. Bair, probably about 1875. He was born about 1851 inKentucky. When the 1880 census was taken of Elliott County, they wereliving on Mauk Ridge. Also living in their household was a 12-year-oldboy whom we have been unable to identify. Sarah and George Bair had nochildren but reared a niece of Sarah, Ida Sparks, daughter of Leander andSusan (Holbrook) Sparks.

SQ 3795: She was married to Henry Bray in 1803.

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See The Sparks Quarterly, June 2000, Whole No. 190, pp. 5359-63:

"Sarah Sparks,the third daughter of Matthew and Eunice Sparks, Wasborn about 1781. Our earliest record of her is the Surry County, NorthCarolina, marriage bond for her marriage to Henry Bray dated May 14,1803. We can assume that the marriage took place within a few days of theposting of the bond. We are fortunate that a member of our Associationwho descends from Henry and Sarah (Sparks) Bray has shared with us herextensive research on this couple. She is Carolee M. Schrader, P.O. Box132, Howard, Colorado, 31233.

Henry Bray who was married to Sarah Sparks was actually Henry Bray,Jr. although Jr. was not added to his name in the marriage bond. He had:been born in Orange County, North Carolina, on February 18, 1782. Itmust be noted, how ever, that at the time of his birth, Orange Countyincluded Alamance County, which was not cut off from Orange until1849. Henry Bray, Jr.'s parents were Henry Bray, Sr. who had been born onAugust 29, 1755, in Virginia, and Keziah (Jones) Bray who had been bornon March 18, 1761, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvana. The reason we have thesebirth records is that Henry, Sr. and Keziah were Quakers (members of theSociety of Freinds), an organization that has a long history of carefullyrecording and preserving marriages and births in their Monthly Meetings.(The name Keziah is sometimes spelled "Kezia" in these records.)

As the reader doubtless knows, Quakers do not use the names of themonths in their records because several are derived from the names ofpagan gods; they use numbers instead. Here we have converted thesenumbers to the names of the months in common usage.

Henry Bray, Sr. had been a member of the Cane Creek Monthly Meetingin Orange County, North Carolina, prior to his marriage, and on January3, 1778, he had been given permission by this Monthly Meeting to travelto New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina, to bemarried to Keziah Jones. Their marriage on February 2, 1778, took placethere, after which Keziah returned to Cane Creek with her husband whereshe became a member of that Monthly Meeting.

Research in Quaker genealogy has been greatly enhanced through theefforts of William Wade Hinshaw who set out in the 1930s to locate, thenabstract and publish, Quaker records wherever he could find them. In1936, he published Vol.1 of his Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogydevoted to Monthly Meeting records he had found in North Carolina. It isthrough this 1183- page volume that one is able to trace the frequentmoves made by Henry and Keziah in North Carolina until early in the1800s. A certificate was issued to a Quaker when he or she requestedpermission to move to the jurisdiction of a different Monthly Meeting,and a record was then made of the receipt of the certificate in the newMonthly Meeting, of which he or she then became a member.

Henry, Sr. and Keziah moved to Guilford County after a year or two,and it was there that their first two children were born, Jemima onNovember 30, 1778, and John on May 8, 1780. They were then members of theDeep River Monthly Meeting, but early in 1781 they returned to thejurisdiction of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, and it was there thattheir third child, Henry, Jr., was born. There were other moves (wewonder whether Henry Bray, Sr. was a land speculator), but on May 18,1799, the Bray family transferred to the Westfield Monthly Meeting inSurry County, North Carolina. They may actually have lived over the linein Virginia at that time, but on June 5, 1802, Henry, Sr. and Keziah,with children named Henry, Edward, Richard, Joseph, Obijah, Sarah, Mary,and Kezia, Jr.; became members of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting in thatpart of Surry County south of the Yadkin River hat is now Yadkin County.The members of this Monthly Meeting included settlers not only on DeepCreek, but also on Hunting Creek, Swan Creek, and Forbush Creek.

The earliest record of Henry Bray, Sr. purchasing land in SurryCounty is found in a deed dated February 2, 1802 (Book L, p.171). For 100pounds, he purchased a tract of 199 acres from William Wallace "on theRockey Branch, a draft of Hunting Creek;" Shortly thereafter, on February26, 1802, he bought, also from William Wallace for 40 pounds a tract of944 acres on Rockey Branch. (Book K, p.242) Then, on October 18, 1802,Henry Bray, Sr. purchased from Henry Speer 300 acres "on the waters ofDeep Creek and Hunting Creek." (Book I, p.522)

There is no record of Henry Bray, Jr. acquiring land in Surry County,but on February 26, 1802, he did sign his name as "Henry Bray, Junr." asa witness (with Charity Jacks who signed by mark) a deed from WilliamWallace to Careless Judkins for 100 acres on the Rockey Branch (Book I,p.513). It was also "Henry Bray, Junr." who appeared before the CountyCourt in November 1803 to swear that he had been a witness to the signingof this deed.

When the County Court met in November 1802, Henry Bray, Sr. was oneof 17 men listed who should be available to lay out "a road from theRockford Road near Meshack Gentry's Mill to the Salisbury Road."

There can be little doubt that it was with the Bray family's movingto the Hunting Creek area of what is now Yadkin County in 1802 that HenryBray, Jr. became acquainted with Sarah Sparks. He reached his 21stbirthday on February 18, 1803, and it was on May 14, 1803, that the SurryCounty Court issued him a license to marry Sarah Sparks. His marriagebond required for the license indicates that Stephen Mankins served ashis bondsman. Mankins was a land owner and near neighbor of the Brayfamily on Hunting Creek, and his name appeared beside that of Henry Bray,Sr. among the men appointed in November 1802 from among whom a dozenwould be chosen to lay out the road noted earlier. He was not a Quaker.In fact, no one named Sparks appeared on the Quaker records abstracted byHinshaw in North Carolina.

The Quakers were very strict in following their belief that marriagemust be with in the Quaker Society for both the groom and the bride. Itwas not unusual for the non-Quaker to request and, with religiousinstruction, be accepted into the Society in order to be married inaccordance with Quaker doctrine. It is apparent that Sarah Sparks wasunwilling to make such a commitment, and on March 3, 1804, some ninemonths after the marriage, Henry Bray, Jr. was "disowned for marrying outof unity" by the membership of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting. The lastSurry County official record we have of him is his signature as a witnessto a deed (Book K, p.286) dated October 13, 1803, from Henry Speer toRichard Messick for 200 acres "on the Waters of the north Fork of HuntingCreek." The other witness to this deed was Samuel Speer.

It is a Bray family tradition that Henry, Jr. and Sarah (Sparks) Braymoved to Kentucky after their marriage, perhaps to Madison County whereit is known that other members of the Bray family lived. In abiographical sketch of George W. MeCloud, husband of their daughter,Eunice Bray, appearing in a history of Hendricks County, Indiana, it wasstated that Eunice had been born in Kentucky. Eunice Bray was born about1814.

Henry Bray, Sr. and his wife, Keziah, the parents of Henry, Jr.,appear to have moved from Surry County to Ohio in 1805. According tothe minutes of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting of December 7, 1805, HenryBray, Sr. "and family of Hunting Creek [were] granted certificate toMiami Monthly Meeting in Ohio." Surry County deeds reveal that Henry, Sr.sold most of his land there in 1803.

By 1820, Henry, Jr. and Sarah (Sparks) Bray were living in OrangeCounty, Indiana. Carolee
Schrader has written:

Henry and Sarah Bray are listed in the 1820 census for OrangeCounty, Indiana. They
reside next door to Aaron and Mary Chamness. Mary was Henry'ssister. In addition,
Edward Bray, Abijah Bray, and John Bray (brothers of Henry,Jr.) are also located in
Orange County. Henry's parents, Henry, Sr. and Keziah Bray,both aged over 45 and
three female children yet at home, are also located in thearea. The 1820 census for
Orange County, Indiana, indicates that at that time Henry, Jr.and Sarah were the parents
of nine children--three males and six females. The 1830 censusof Hendricks County,
Indiana, indicates that another female child had been bornbefore Sarah's death. By
1830, two more brothers, Richard Bray and Joseph Bray, havejoined the Bray families
in Indiana. This expansion upon prior census findings indicatesthat those children of
Henry, Sr. and Keziah who did not remain active in the Societyof Friends did, however,
remain near the family during its west ward migration toIndiana. By 1840, the family had
spread out and settled in three neighboring counties, inHendricks, Hamilton, and
Morgan. Keziah Bray died in 1836 and Henry, Sr. in 1838. Bothare buried in White
Licks Friends Cemetery near the Hendricks/Morgan County line,south of Plainfield,
Indiana.

Ms. Schrader has reported also that Sarah (Sparks) Bray had diedprior to 1830 and that Henry Bray, Jr. had remarried in 1832. The 1840census records show that a daughter had been born by then to this secondmarriage.

There is an interesting Surry County, North Carolina, document datedDecember 13, 1833, pertaining to Henry Bray, Jr. recorded in Book U,p.468. It is both a bond and a sale record. From this document, we knowthat following Sarah's death and his remarriage, Henry had becomeconcerned about his and Sarah's children's inheritance from theirGrandfather Sparks. Sarah's mother, Eunice Sparks, was still living in1833 and, under the will of Matthew Sparks, his estate could not besettled and divided among his designated heirs until his widow's death.He may also have learned that Sarah's youngest brother, John Sparks, hadsold his share of his inheritance for $200 some years earlier.Accompanied by his eldest son, John A. Bray, then about 27 years old,Henry had gone from Indiana to Surry County seeking assurance thatSarah's children would not be forgotten when the time came to divide theestate. We may assume that, perhaps for the first time, Eunice hadopportunity to see her grandson, John A. Bray.

So it was that on December 13, 1833, Matthew Sparks, Jr. purchasedfor $200 from his former
brother-in-law acting as the representative of his and Sarah's children,these children's share of their mother's inheritance (one seventh part)of Matthew Sparks's estate. Shrewd man that Matthew Sparks, Jr. appearsto have been, being concerned that at a future date these heirs ofSarah's share might renounce their father's agreement, he required thatHenry and his son exeecute a bond for twice the amount of the sale. Thefull document was recorded as follows:

Know all men by these presents, that we, Henry Bray and John A.Bray, are held and
firmly bound unto Mathew Sparks [Jr.] his heirs and assigns inthe sum of four hundred
dollars, the payment will and truly to be made, we bindourselves, our heirs,
administrators & executors forever.

The condition of the above bond is such that whereas the saidMathew Sparks hath this day
purchased of the said Henry Bray, at two hundred dollars hisinterest as the representative of the
heirs, by right of his wife Sarah Bray, formerly Sarah Sparksin the estate, both real & personal of the late MathewSparks, and of Eunice Sparks, now if the said Mathew Sparks should get &peaceably enjoy the said estate, more or less, and not be molested in thesame forever, by the legal heirs of the said Sarah, then theabove obligation to be void and non effect, Otherwise to remain in fullforce & virtue: given under our hands & Seals this the 13th day of Dec.1833.

[signed] Henry Bray (seal)
[signed] John A. Bray (seal)

Atest:
[signed] J. Cowles
Surry County May term 1834

The execution of the within bond, was duly proven in openCourt, by the oath of J. Cowles & ordered to beregistered.

[signed] Test. F. K. Armstrong, Clk.

The children of Henry, Jr. and Sarah (Sparks) Bray have beenidentified by Carolee Schrader as
follows:

a. Nancy Bray was born about 1805. She was married on August18, 1825, in Hendricks County,
Indiana, to Amos Embry (or Embree). His name has also beencopied by some as "Eustice." Henry
Bray, Jr. was not only Nancy's father, he was also the justiceof the peace who performed the
marriage.

b. John A. Bray was born about 1806. He was married on December1, 1836, in Hendricks County,
Indiana, to Martha Fox.

C. Sarah Bray was born about 1808. She was married on January19, 1828, in Hendricks County,
Indiana, to Moorman Johnson.

d. Henry Bray was born about 1809. He was married on November16, 1837, to Hannah Haworth.

e [Third son born about 1811; name not discovered.]

f. [Third daughter born about 1813; name not discovered,although when the 1850 census was taken of Franklin Township, HendricksCounty, Indiana, Elizabeth Bray, age 37, thus born about 1813, was livingwith George and Eunice (Bray) McCloud.]

g. Eunice Bray was born about 1814 in Kentucky; she died about1851 in Hendricks County,
Indiana. She was married on April 14, 1834, in Hendricks Countyto George McCloud; he had been
born on December 27, 1811 in Lee County, Virginia, and died onJune 8, 1892, in Amo, Indiana, a
son of John and Elizabeth (Page) McCloud.

h. [Fifth daughter born about 1817; name not discovered.]

i [Sixth daughter born about 1820; name not discovered.]

j. [Seventh daughter born about 1822 in Indiana; name notdiscovered.]

End of Article

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1985, Whole No. 130, pp 2759-60 for thefollowing:

QUERY: SARAH (SPARKS) ARNOLD (1799-1884)

"Mildred Maddus (Mrs. William D.) of 107 Redland, Palestine, Texas(75801), a new member of the Association, is seeking informationregarding her great-great-grandmother, SARAH SPARKS, who was born onFebruary 1, 1799, in North Carolina. Her nick-name was Sally. She wasmarried about 1819 to Moses Arnold, son of Zachariah and Charlotte(Tarver) Arnold. Moses Arnold was born on May 24, 1800, in OglethorpeCounty, Georgia, and died on May 17, 1874, in Lincoln County, Tennessee.Sarah (Sparks) Arnold died on July 30, 1884, in Lincoln County,Tennessee. Both were buried in the Arnold Cemetery #2 Huntland Quad nearSmithland, Tennessee. Moses owned land in the vicinity of Georges Storeand
Sheltons Creek in Lincoln County where they are believed to have livedthroughout their married life. They were the parents of the followingchildren:

1. Acquilla ("Quilla") Arnold, born November 19, 1820; he marriedElmira Langston.

2. James M. Arnold, born about 1822; he married Elizabeth Walker.

3. Mary ("Polly" or "Pop") Arnold, born about 1823; she marriedIsham J. Walker.

4. Zachariah J. ("Zack") Arnold, born about 1824; he married SarahCatherine Hunt.

5. Malissa Arnold, born about 1826; she married (1st) Oliver DealTankersley, divorced; and (2nd) Levi Michael.

6. William L. Arnold, born about 1828; he married Julia Boatright.

7. Sarah Ann Arnold, born about 1830; she married Wilson BrownTaylor.

8. John C. Arnold, born about 1831; he married Martha Jane Taylor.

9. David C. Arnold, born about 1833.

10. Thomas Porter Arnold, born July 20, 1835; he married (1st) MariaStanley; (2nd) Mandana Stubblefield; and (3rd) Winnie Foster.

11. Charlotte J. Arnold, born about 1837; she married John W.Cashion.

12. Martha Arnold, born about 1839; she married (1st) Willis Whitewho was killed in the Civil War; and (2nd) George W. Arnold.

(Editor's Note: Circumstantial evidence suggests that Sarah ("Sally")Sparks, born February 1, 1799, the subject of this query, may have been adaughter of David and Mary (Little) Sparks. David Sparks was a son ofJonas Sparks (died 1805) of Rowan County, North Carolina. [See theQUARTERLY of March 1964, Whole No. 45, for an article entitled"JonasSparks (died 1805) of Rowan County, North Carolina, and HisDescendants."]` David Sparks married Mary Little, daughter of CaptainDaniel Little and his wife Mary ------. After the death of Daniel Littlein 1775, his widow, Mary, married as her second husband Jacob Eakle, whothen died and in 1786 she was married to her third husband, Jonas Sparks,father of David by his first wife, Elizabeth ------. David Sparks thusmarried his step-mother's daughter. David and Mary (Little) Sparks werethe parents of twelve children. [See pages 803-07 in the QUARTERLY citedabove for a record of these children.]

"It is known that among the twelve children of David and Mary (Little)Sparks there was a daughter named Sarah who was called Sally. DavidSparks, accompanied by his wife and all except the two oldest children,moved from Rowan County, North Carolina, to Tennessee
after selling his land in Rowan County in 1815. When the 1820 census wastaken, he was living with his family in Lincoln County, Tennessee, thesame county where Sally Sparks and her husband, Moses Arnold, spent most,if not all,of their married life. (By 1830, David Sparks was living inMadison County, Tennessee, and by 1840 he was in Hardeman County, wherehe was still living in 1850, aged 82 years.)

"Does any reader have information that would either prove or disprovethe editor's conclusion that Sarah (Sparks) Arnold was a daughter ofDavid and Mary (Little) Sparks?)"

.
!NOTES:
See SQ 392: Sarah (Sally) Sparks, daughter of Geroge and Delila Sparks,
was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, about 1813. She married J ames
Johnson in Randolph County, Indiana, on March 8, 1832. The ceremon y was
performed by Elijah Arnold, a justice of the peace of West River Township.
See SQ 3706.

.

!NOTES:
SQ pg 2457: Sarah (or Susan) Ann Sparks, daughter of William and R hoda
(Pennington) Sparks, was born about 1833 in Tennessee. She was livin gwith her
parents when the 1850 census was taken in White County, Tennessee, bu twhen the
1870 census was taken she was living in the household of her sister ,Margaret
(Sparks) Bumbalough. Apparently she never married.
See also THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4272.

See SQ p4854:
"Serilda ["Rilda"] Sparks, daughter of Wes and Nancy (Kozee) Sparks,was born about 1849. She was married to Caney Stephens on January 1,1870, in Elliott County. It was there that Rilda died on April 22, 1877,of consumption. She and Caney had one child, Sarah A. Stephens, born onNovember 4, 1874."

See SQ p. 332 for birth information. In this record, her name is givenas Levitha Sparks. The name Servilda J. Sparks was mentioned in thearticle in SQ at page 3951.

SQ 3272:

"Shadrach "Shade" Sparks, son of Jonas and Mary (Brown) Sparks, wasborn about 1828. He is known to have married and to have had at leastone son and one daughter; this is the extent of our information."

Shannon Nicole Sparks was born on May 16, 1994, in the El CaminoHospital, Mountain View, California.

The following information concerning Sherman Sparks was received by emailfrom Daryll Sparks dsparky@@insightbb.com on July 23, 2004. I have noother source for this data.

Sherman Sparks
June 7, 1888 - June 16, 1944
Sherman Sparks, son of John and Sarah Sparks was born in Elliot CountyKY. Sherman was a man of many talents and skills and was probably bestknown for his wood working skills. Most of the tools he used were basichand tools and he made everything from furniture to caskets, he evendabbled in making moonshine in his early days. Times were very hard andhe worked several jobs to support his family and in 1929 he ran for localsheriff and lost. He also worked on railroads, streetcars, farmed and forseveral years he worked in the coalmines. Working conditions in the mineswhere unsafe, hard and dangerous, his job was using dynamite to blast outcoal. This motivated him to get involved with leading the workers toorganize as a union; he traveled the local area speaking with fellowworkers. He was married twice, I don't know much about his first wife;they had two girls and I'm not sure how many years they were married. Hejoined the Coast Artillery in 1914 and served two years and some timeafterwards, he married his second wife Edith Waugh. They had a total ofseven children between the years of 1920 - 1937, three of which childrendied at birth or lived just a couple days. Sherman had two brothersEverett and Eddie and three sisters Lucy, Viola, Jane and he also hadseveral half brothers and a sister. According to Mearl Logan (Everett'sdaughter) Sherman and Everett were very close most of the time, "When youseen one you'd see the other". Everett worked at the General brickyard inCarter County for 43 years and was a pastor of a local Pentecostalchurch. In his later years, Sherman would sometimes substitute preach atlocal churches and taught Sunday School. Mearl talked about how Shermanloved to wear a blue suit and white shirt and would polish his shoesuntil you could see your refection in them. Mearl described Sherman as atall, well built man, around six foot tall and weighting 180lbs, withdark curly hair. She laughed and said, "He was a very pretty man; helooked like a movie star". Some time around 1943, Sherman was badly hurtin a mining accident that crushed his right leg; he spent most of a yearin the hospital. Once he got out of the hospital he started looking forwork. He went to Louisville, KY to interview for a job as a railroaddetective. While staying with his sister-in-law (Recie Waugh Braden) hebecame ill and decided to take a train home, however by the time he gotback to West Virginia he was dragging his leg. Edith called St. Josephs'Hospital in Buckhannon, W. Virginia. His son Marshall, had to shave himbecause his so weak and several days later he died at the hospital. Foryears we believed Sherman died from an infection in his leg causinggangrene. In my research I was lucky enough to locate a copy of his deathrecords and discovered he had actually died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Edith (Waugh) Sparks
July 15, 1900 - July 20, 1953
Her Parents
Hyghire (Paul) Waugh 6/7/1877 - 3/36/37, Ella (Patton) Waugh 8/19/1882 -12/15/1960.

Brothers: Her Sisters:
Floyd - 1907 Rcie -
Claudie - 1909 Birdie-1906
Earnest - 1913 Leora - 1915
Archie - 1918 Maudi (infant died)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1987, Whole No. 139, p. 3123, for aphotograph of Sherwood E. Sparks and the following commentary:

"We are always pleased to learn of the success of a member of theSparks Family Association, but it is particularly gratifying when thatindividual is also an ardent supporter of our activities. Such a personis Sherwood E. Sparks, a charter member and our most enthusiasticsupporter for the past thirty-flve years.

"Sherwood E. Sparks was born on July 25, 1909, at Chatteroy, WestVirginia, a coal-mining village on the West Virginia-Kentucky border. Hewas reared by his grandparents, Colby and Martha (Chaffin) Sparks, atYatesville, Kentucky, but when he attained manhood, he returned to hisnative state where he began a successful career in mining. Starting asan apprentice coal miner, he rose rapidly to the positions of foreman andthen superintendent. In 1961 he formed his own company, the Royal SparksMining Company, located near Beckley, West Virginia. Several yearslater, after success in this highly competitive industry, he sold hiscompany to the A. T. Massey Coal Company, a giant among the coalcorporations of America.

"Mr. Sparks is a member of the Board of Trustees of Beckley Collegeand a Director Emeritus of the Raleigh County [West Virginia] NationalBank. He is a Methodist, a Mason, a Shriner, and an Elk. He and hiswife, the former Martha Belle Short, reside at their home in Beckley. Weare pleased to share this story of their success with our readers and tosend congratulations to them. (For information regarding the branch ofthe family to which Sherwood belongs, see the December 1955 and the June1969 issues of the QUARTERLY, Whole Nos. 12 and 66, respectively.)"

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY for December, 1993, Whole No. 164, p. 4235:

DEATH TAKES SHERWOOD E. SPARKS

It is with a great personal sadness that we record the death of one ofthe Association's charter members, Sherwood E. Sparks, who passed away onNovember 10, 1993, at Beckley, West Virginia. He was among our mostloyal and generous members and was always ready to support theAssociation's projects.

Sherwood E. Sparks was born on July 25, 1909, at Chatteroy, WestVirginia, and was a grandson of Colby and Martha (Chaffin) Sparks. Hewas a most successful coal owner and operator in a highly competitiveindustry, rising from a miner to the top of the profession. He was alsoquite generous with his good fortune and shared it with many worthycauses.

He is survived by his wife of fifty-five years, the former Martha BelleShort, and by a sister, Freda Burchette. We extend our sympathy to themand to other members of their families.

[Editor's Note: For further details about this branch of the Sparksfamily, see the December 1955, No. 12; June 1969, No. 66; September 1987,No. 139; and the December 1991, No. 156, issues of the QUARTERLY.

SQ 100:

"Sidney Sparks (daughter), born about 18O4; died young in NorthCarolina."

SQ 4647:

"Sidney Sparks , daughter of Levi and --- (Walsh) Sparks, was bornabout 1804 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and she was a baby when hermother died. She was cared for by her mother's family and continued tolive with them after she was grown. She did not go to Kentucky with herfather. Apparently she did not marry. We have no further informationabout her."

SQ p. 4646:

"Sidney Lovina Sparks, daugher of Garrett and Betsy (Boggs) Sparks,was born on April 9, 1848. She was married to Alfred Jackson "Bud" Berryabout 1868. He had been born on October 4, 1847, and was a son of Isaacand Jane (Lambert) Berry. Bud and Sidney lived at Ellen, Kentucky.Sidney died there on February 15, 1912, and Bud died on January 21,1823. They had four children, according to a booklet, THE BERRY FAMILYIN LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, compiled by Dr. David V. Agricola in 1978."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1986, Whole No. 136, pp 2972-73:

"Silas H. Sparks was born about 1840. He served in Company K, 133rdRegiment Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. (See the September1896 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole NO. 135, for an abstract of hispension file. According to this file, Silas had only one child, Mary L.Sparks, born on July 11, 1872.)

"Silas married Julia K. Kerr on March 19, 1868, in Everett,Pennsylvania. She was born about 1834 in Pennsylvania. When the 1870census was taken of Bedford County, Silas and Julia Sparks lived in WestProvidence Township. Living in their household were: John Kerr, 46, afarm laborer; Magie V. Akers, 15, a domestic servant; Ruth Wertz, 10;Edward L. Feaster, 4; and S. Edward Sparks, aged 1 year. Four yearslater, Silas Sparks and his family moved to Cowley County, Kansas. Silasdied at Winfield, Kansas, on January 9, 1910; Julia died on June 20,1922."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1986, Whole No. 135, pp. 2949-50:

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION:

SILAS H. SPARKS, son of Solomon and Susan (Black) Sparks, was bornabout 1840 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He married Julia K. Kerr onMarch 19, 1868, at Everett, Pennsylvania. He died on January 9, 1910, atWinfield, Kansas. He served in Co. K, 133rd Regt. PennsylvaniaInfantry and Co. G, 186th Regt. Pennsylvania Infantry. FileDesignations: Inv. Cert. No. 784,888; Wid. Cert. No. 697,173.

"Silas H. Sparks made a declaration for an invalid pension on June 4,1889. He was 49 and a resident of Winfield, Kansas. He stated that hehad enlisted in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, on March 14, 1864, inCompany G, 186th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, commanded by D. P.Billington, and was mustered out with his company at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, on August 15, 1865. He was 6 feet, 1 inch in height; hehad a dark complexion, light hair and blue eyes; and he was a farmer atthe time of his enlistment. During the summer of 1864, he had contractedchronic rheumatism and sciatica because of exposure to the rough life ofa soldier. He had been hospitalized for a few days in the RegimentalHospital near Philadelphia. He also stated that he had served in CompanyK, 133rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry. He appointed O. E. Howe,Winfield, Kansas, as his attorney. S. Cure and H. R. Branson witnessedhis signature, and the application was sworn to before Ed Pate, Clerk ofthe District Court.

"On August 22, 1889, the War Department sent a record of Sparks'smilitary service to the Bureau of Pensions. He had enlisted on August 6,1862, at Bloody Run, Pennsylvania, in Company K, 133rd RegimentPennsylvania infantry to serve for nine months. He was mustered out withhis company on May 26, 1863, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He re-enlistedin Company G, 186th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry on March 14, 1864, atPhiladelphia to serve for three years. He was mustered out with hiscompany on August 18, 1865, at Philadelphia. He was reported sick inNovember 1864 and in December 1864.

"Apparently, Sparks's application was not approved, for during thesummer of 1895 three affidavits were made testifying to his physicaldisability. On July 6th, E. R. Feaster, 28, of Winfield, Kansas, statedthat Sparks was unable to do manual labor for any extended period oftime. George M. D. Von Stein, 51, and Emma R. Von Stein, 49, both ofNewkirk, Oklahoma Territory, gave similar testimony in an affidavit theymade on July 27, 1895.

"Invalid Certificate No. 784,888 was issued to Silas H. Sparks, and hewas placed upon the pension roll. On July 9, 1898, he answered aquestionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions. He said that he had beenmarried to Julia K. Kerr on March 19, 1868, at Everett, Pennsylvania, bythe Rev. Watson Case, M.G. It had been his first marriage. They had oneliving child, Mary L. Sparks, born on July 11, 1872.

"Silas H. Sparks died on January 9, 1910, at his home in Winfield,Kansas, and on January 22, 1910, his widow, Julia K. Sparks, aged 76,applied for a widow's pension. She said she and Sparks had been marriednear Everett, Pennsylvania, on March 19, 1868, by the Rev. Watson Case.She had been married under her maiden name of Julia K. Kerr. Sheappointed L. L. Bell, Winfield, as her attorney. W. J. Kennard and J. N.Shackelton witnessed her signature.

"Two affidavits accompanied the application of Julia Sparks. OnJanuary 26, 1910, Margaret A. Riddle, 55, Great Bend, Kansas, swore thatshe had known Silas Sparks and Julia Sparks, his wife, before and aftertheir marriage and that they were never divorced or separated. OnJanuary 31st, Wilson McDaniel, 79, of Everett, Pennsylvania, gave similartestimony.

"Widow's Certificate No. 697,173 was issued to Julia K. Sparks, andshe was placed upon the pension roll; when she died on June 20, 1922, shewas receiving a pension of $30 per month.

"(Editor's Note: Silas H. Sparks was a son of Solomon and Susan(Black) Sparks of Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was listed in hisparents' household when the 1850 census was taken of that county. He wasthen 10 years old. Silas H. and Julia K. (Kerr) Sparks appeared on the1870 census of Bedford County, Pennsylvania. They had one childaccording to that census, S. Edward Sparks age I year. Silas Sparks'sage was given as 32 and Julia's as 38.)

The following information and data concerning their children was receivedon March 25, 2000 by email from Jean Feaster, (blujean@@southwind.net) ofAugusta, Kansas, a descendant Rudolph Feaster, who was raised by Silasand Julia (Kerr) Sparks, for which information we are grateful:

The following Obituary Notice appeared in the Winfield (Cowley County,Kansas) Courier in January, 1910:
S. H.Sparks Dead
"S. H. Sparks died at his home in Pleasant Valley township about noon,Sunday, January 9, 1910, of Bright's disease, from which he had been asufferer for several years. His final sickness came on Saturday, in anattack of stomach trouble, in which his heart weakened by the old maladybefore he would be relieved.
"The funeral will be from the home at half past ten o'clock theforenoon of Wednesday, buriel in Union Cemetery. Rev. E. C. Beach,officiating.
"Mr. Sparks was an early settler in Pleasant Valley, where he livedfor many years, one of the prosperous and progressive farmers of thecommunity owning town as well as country property. At the time of hisdeath he was seventy-one years old.
Additional facts: Burial: January 12, 1910, Union-Graham Cemetery,Winfield, Cowley, Kansas.
Cause of Death: Colorectal disease(Bright's Disease)
"S. H. Sparks died at his home in Pleasant Valley township about noon,Sunday, January 9, 1910