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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. Both
he and his wife were buried in the Old Roaring River Church Cemeter yat
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 andwith what company. Aunt Maggie did like to embellish a story and mydad (Oliver Myers) doubted, for instance, that she really ever had afiance. She remained what was then referred to as an "old maid" andstayed with us when I was born, making crazy quilts with my mother.She was very loved. I did want to let you know that her sister and mygrandmother Nancy Theodosia Vannoy (not middle P.) married JuliusSylvester Myers (not Meyers). He was called Vessie. Grandmother isunfortunately not buried at Roaring River, bit at Haymeadow beside mygrandfather. She did ask to be buried with her sisters and onebrother..." (Also see notes for William R. Vannoy b. 1877)

According to Marlene Myers-Josephsohn, a granddaughter, "Grandmotheris unfortunately is not buried at Roaring River, but at Haymeadowbeside my grandfather. She did ask to be buried with her sisters andone 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 thefamily fireplace in his pre to early teens and died three days or solater. My dad says none of the family ever really got overthis...since he was the last 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 heirsof Mary Carter, $50 at the rate of $10 per year until paid. Tograndson, Thomas Baker, my bed and bedding. Signed
6 January 1843, Witnesses: Joslin J. Hopkins and Andrew W. Shrout.Will probated 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, onAugust 31, 1958. He was eighty-three years old at the time of hisdeath.

"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 in1910, homesteading twenty-eight miles east of Conrad. He lived thereuntil he retired in 1942. Mrs. Wagner died in 1956. He is survived byfour daughters: Mrs. George (Gertrude) Kovatch of Kellogg, Idaho; Mrs.Olive Harris of Conrad; Mrs. A. J. (Marian) Kovatch of Conrad; andMrs. Mae Bales 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 Solomonand Sarah Sparks of Surry County, North Carolina. [This is error. Hewas the son of Solomon's son Joseph. See notes for Abel] (See page 98of the December, 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. Shewas born while her parents were living in Tennessee, and died on May10, 1879, in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa. She was married twice,her first husband being Jacob Wagner, who was born in Palatine, NewYork, August 24, 1807. He was a farmer living in Grant County,Wisconsin, when, about 1844, he was killed by a neighbor who struckhim on the head with a fence post. It was winter and there was lots ofsnow; Jacob Wagner had taken down this man?s fence in order to take ashortcut home. The children of Jacob and Mary (Sparks) Wagner were asfollows:

(1) Elizabeth Wagner, born Jan. 22, 1832, died Mar. 17, 1923; marriedSamuel Wanamaker.
(2) George Wagner, born May 1, 1833, died Mar. 9, 1863; nevermarried.
(3) Sarah Jane Wagner, born May 22, 1834; married Jake Wire.
(4) Jesse William Wagner, born June 28, 1835; died June 1, 1922;never married.
(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; hemarried 2nd Mrs. Pricella Ice Ward. Solomon is buried at Stockton,California.
(7) Jasper Newton Wagner, born Nov. 4, 1839; never married; he waslost in 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; marriedCharles Humphrey.
(3) John Brown, born July 23, 1848; died Aug. 24, 1920; married MaryAnn Gullickson.
(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 anactive supporter 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 onpage 3081 with her four children and their spouses along with a numberof grandchildren. Sarah Jane is the elderly lady seated in the toprow, second from the right. The family members appearing in thephotograph at the bottom of page 3081 have been identified by DorothyCreely as follows: Top row, left to right, Frank Wire, CharlotteWire, Adria (Wire) Smith, Lucinda (Chryat) Wire, Sarah (Wagner) Wire,and Kenneth Smith; middle row, left to right, Ira L Wire, Dallas Wire,Charlie Wire, Lela Wire, Lola Wire, Marvel Wire, and Kenneth Smith;bottom row, left to right, Ira F. Wire, Harold Wire, Madge Wire, LelaCollins, Marie Wire, Musette Wire, John Collins, Blanch Collins, andVinette Wire."