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!NOTES:
Edmund Tyo was a butcher by trade and spend the last several years ofhis life in Long Beach, California.
The Social Security records for Edmund Tyo # 551-16-6424 show that hewas
born on February 8, 1899, and died in June, 1944. His card was issued but
no place of death is indicated.
There is also an entry for a Bernard Tyo who was born July 24, 1903and who
died in January 1987 in Long Beach, California, zip code 90813 where the
final social security benefit was paid. His SS #: 563-20-3438. It isvery
likely that he is a brother of Edmund's.

Only info on Gerald Tyo's death came from Christmas Card from HazelCoyne
sent Christmas 1977 advising of death from leukemia.
Social Security records for Gerald Tyo verify his birth date as 21Sep, 1922 and his death in November, 1977. His card was issued in CA andhe died in CA, zip code area 94960, Yolanda, Marin County, near SanRafael.
Gerald Tyo was a veteran of World War II and served in the UnitedStates Army in New Guinea and elsewhere. He was married and divorced andthe father of two children, both daughters. They were named Justa GayTyo and Justine Tyo.

Provided his address by Loretta Ann Sullivan as follows:
Kenneth Tyo
350 Robinson Street, Apt. 20
Sonoma, CA 95476
Tel: (707) 938-8078

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!NOTES:
SQ 3279: They had eight children: Mary, Sylvester, Sherman, Elizabeth,
James, Joseph, Martha and Nancy.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3279: They had nine children according to the book entitled
"Log Cabin Families of Stone Mountain, North Carolina" by Hardin and
Virginia Royall (private published in 1981). Daniel died in 1923. B oth
he and his wife were buried in the Old Roaring River Church Cemeter y at
Traphill.

On January 31, 2000, I recieved an email from Marlene Myers-Josephsohn(davidj01@@earthlink.net) as follows (in part):

"I too have Log Cabin Families of Stone Mtn and know my dear greatAunt Maggie (Margaret Oleava Vannoy) is quoted as saying that hergrandfather (wife Francis Fanny Sparks) William Vannoy died in Atlantaduring the Civil War, but I have not yet found when he enrolled and withwhat company. Aunt Maggie did like to embellish a story and my dad(Oliver Myers) doubted, for instance, that she really ever had a fiance.She remained what was then referred to as an "old maid" and stayed withus when I was born, making crazy quilts with my mother. She was veryloved. I did want to let you know that her sister and my grandmotherNancy Theodosia Vannoy (not middle P.) married Julius Sylvester Myers(not Meyers). He was called Vessie. Grandmother is unfortunately notburied at Roaring River, bit at Haymeadow beside my grandfather. She didask to be buried with her sisters and one brother..." (Also see notesfor William R. Vannoy b. 1877)

According to Marlene Myers-Josephsohn, a granddaughter, "Grandmother isunfortunately is not buried at Roaring River, but at Haymeadow beside mygrandfather. She did ask to be buried with her sisters and one brother."

From Marlene Meyers-Josephson, a family member, I received an email(davidj01@@earthlink.net) on January 31, 2000, stating that "Daniel andBetty's one boy was William R. Vannoy b. 1877 and he fell into the familyfireplace in his pre to early teens and died three days or so later. Mydad says none of the family ever really got over this...since he was thelast child and only boy."

Wills of Persons Named Sparks in Nicholas County, Kentucky, 1800-1896,abstracted by Paul E. Sparks:

Book C. Katherine Sparks, aged and infirm, to granddaughter, HonorSparks, one-third of the 36-acres farm where I live with my daughter,Elizabeth. Two-thirds of land to my granddaughter paying to the heirs ofMary Carter, $50 at the rate of $10 per year until paid. To grandson,Thomas Baker, my bed and bedding. Signed
6 January 1843, Witnesses: Joslin J. Hopkins and Andrew W. Shrout. Willprobated in August 1843 term of court.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, Dec 1958, Whole No. 24, pp 337-39:

DEATH TAKES GEORGE WILLIAM WAGNER

GREAT-GRANDSON OF ABEL SPARKS

"It is with deep regret that we report the death of George WilliamWagner, a devoted member of The Sparks Family Association since 1955. Mr.Wagner died of a heart attack at his home in Conrad, Montana, on August31, 1958. He was eighty-three years old at the time of his death.

"Born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, on September 18, 1874, Mr. Wagnermoved with his parents to a farm near Blue Earth, Minnesota, where heattended school. They later farmed near Guckeen, Minnesota. He marriedMinnie Gertrude Brownlee, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gordon)Brownlee, in December, 1902, and he and his wife came to Montana in 1910,homesteading twenty-eight miles east of Conrad. He lived there until heretired in 1942. Mrs. Wagner died in 1956. He is survived by fourdaughters: Mrs. George (Gertrude) Kovatch of Kellogg, Idaho; Mrs. OliveHarris of Conrad; Mrs. A. J. (Marian) Kovatch of Conrad; and Mrs. MaeBales of Tillamook, Oregon.

"Mr. Wagner was connected with the Sparks family through his paternalgrandmother, Mary (Sparks) Wagner, daughter of Abel and Sarah Sparks.Abel Sparks, Mr. Wagner's great-grandfather, was the son of Solomon andSarah Sparks of Surry County, North Carolina. [This is error. He wasthe son of Solomon's son Joseph. See notes for Abel] (See page 98 of theDecember, 1955, issue of The Sparks Quarterly.)

"Mr. Wagner owned the family Bible in which was recorded the birth ofAbel Sparks, along with that of his wife and children. Following is atranscription of this record:

Abel Sparks was born Jan. 8th, 1767
Sarah Sparks was born May, 1767
Children:
Geo. Sparks, born Oct. 14th, 1800
Hannah Sparks, born May 9th, 1802
Frances Sparkes, born Oct. 27th, 1803
Elizabeth Sparkes, born April 13th, 1805
Ann Sparkes, born June 7th, 1808
Martha Sparkes, born April 1st, 1811
Soloman Sparkes, born Sept. 5th, 1812
John Sparkes, born March 25th, 1814
Mary Sparks, born October 25th, 1815
Sarah Sparks, born Sept. 13th, 1817
Abraham Sparks, born July 27th, 1821
Rebecca Sparkes, born Dec. 27th, 1825
Jane Sparks, born July 19th, 1827

".....Mary Sparks, daughter of Abel, was Mr. Wagner's grandmother.She was born while her parents were living in Tennessee, and died on May10, 1879, in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa. She was married twice, herfirst husband being Jacob Wagner, who was born in Palatine, New York,August 24, 1807. He was a farmer living in Grant County, Wisconsin, when,about 1844, he was killed by a neighbor who struck him on the head with afence post. It was winter and there was lots of snow; Jacob Wagner hadtaken down this man’s fence in order to take a shortcut home. Thechildren of Jacob and Mary (Sparks) Wagner were as follows:

(1) Elizabeth Wagner, born Jan. 22, 1832, died Mar. 17, 1923; marriedSamuel Wanamaker.
(2) George Wagner, born May 1, 1833, died Mar. 9, 1863; never married.
(3) Sarah Jane Wagner, born May 22, 1834; married Jake Wire.
(4) Jesse William Wagner, born June 28, 1835; died June 1, 1922; nevermarried.
(5) Emdine Catherine Wagner, born Jan. 9, 1837, died Feb. 1, 1929;married Scott Vincent.
(6) Solomon Wagner, born Aug. 20, 1838, died Jan. 20, 1924; he wasmarried five times. His first wife's maiden name was Sullivan; he married 2nd Mrs. Pricella Ice Ward. Solomon is buried atStockton, California.
(7) Jasper Newton Wagner, born Nov. 4, 1839; never married; he was lostin a storm on a wagon train going West.
(8) Jacob Harrison Wagner, born Feb. 28, 1841; died Feb. 25, 1929;married Margaret Eirning.

"Mary (Sparks) Wagner married, as her second husband, Joseph Brown whowas born about 1810 and died about 1860. He was a Quaker, born inPennsylvania, but lived in Grant
Coutnty, Wisconsin. They had the following children:

(1) Apame Ann Brown, born March 25, 1845; died May, 1909; marriedBentley Wheeler.
(2) Minerva Brown, born Nov. 14, 1846; died June, 1921; married CharlesHumphrey.
(3) John Brown, born July 23, 1848; died Aug. 24, 1920; married Mary AnnGullickson.
(4) Dave Brown, born Aug. 20, 1850; died Feb., 1914; married EvelynMedley.
(5) Marques De Lafayette (Mark) Brown, born June 14, 1852; died Dec. 26,1899; marraed Agnes Nowell.
(6) Pheobe Brown, born July 9, 1854; died June 4, 1855.
(7) Mary Idell Brown, born Feb. 21, 1858; died Dec. 18, 1933; marriedDr. John Pride.

"The above information on Mary (Sparks) Wagner Brown has been suppliedby Mr. Wagner's daughter, Mrs. Olive M, W. Harris, who has been an activesupporter of the Association for the past several years.

"Should anyone have further information on Abel Sparks or hisdescendants, your editor would be very pleased to hear from him."

SQ p 3080: " ...A photograph of Sarah Jane (Wagner) Wire appears on page3081 with her four children and their spouses along with a number ofgrandchildren. Sarah Jane is the elderly lady seated in the top row,second from the right. The family members appearing in the photograph atthe bottom of page 3081 have been identified by Dorothy Creely asfollows: Top row, left to right, Frank Wire, Charlotte Wire, Adria(Wire) Smith, Lucinda (Chryat) Wire, Sarah (Wagner) Wire, and KennethSmith; middle row, left to right, Ira L Wire, Dallas Wire, Charlie Wire,Lela Wire, Lola Wire, Marvel Wire, and Kenneth Smith; bottom row, left toright, Ira F. Wire, Harold Wire, Madge Wire, Lela Collins, Marie Wire,Musette Wire, John Collins, Blanch Collins, and Vinette Wire."