See SQ p. 3910

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SQ pg 2628: They had eight children: Marie, John F., Mary E., Ve raL., Lena O., Nettie M., Glen A., and Curtis R. Crick.

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SQ pg 2628: They had three children: Lena, Lola, and Lance.

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SQ pg 2628: He was married to Maude M. Hinton on February 19, 190 3,in Clinton County and they had a daughter, Frances Crick.

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SQ pg 2628: They had a daughter, Alto White Crick.

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SQ pg 2627: They had five children: John, Opal, Letha, Merle, an dMildred.

SQ pg 2626:

"Martha Jane Crick was born on December 6, 1862. At the time of herbirth, her father was marching with the Union Army toward StonesRiver, Tennessee, where he was severely wounded on December 31, 1862.He was hospitalized for two years before he was sent home where he sawhis daughter for the first time. Martha Jane was married to Samuel H.Ramsey on March 25, 1886, in Clinton County. He was born on March 18,1860, and was a son of Thomas A. and Mary Jane (Gilmore) Ramsey.Martha Jane died on December 23, 1941. She and Samuel had sevenchildren."

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SQ pg 2628: They had five children: Ruby, Laura B., Harriet, Ra y andRoy.

Charles Curnutte is buried at the Burial Park, London, Canawha County,WV.

SQ pp. 4739-40:

"Emma Curnutte was born on October 5, 1879, near Irad, Kentucky. Shewas married to David Clark Hughes on December 2, 1900. He had beenborn on December 20, 1865, and was a son of Jarrett P. and Jemima(White) Hughes. This was his second marriage. He and Emma lived atBusseyville, Kentucky.

"Cora Jean Newman, a granddaughter of Dave and Emma Hughes, has sharedwith us a description of this couple. She wrote: "They were a veryhard-working, gentle people, spending most of their lives on theirfarm at Busseyville. Grandfather had crops planted on any availablespace on the farm. Grandmother seemed to always be busy with chores.She was an avid reader and loved to work crossword puzzles. Theyattended the Methodist Church and both were Democrats in theirpolitics."

"Dave Hughes died on February 10, 1950, and Emma died on May 2, 1964.They were the parents of ten children (here named)....Myrtle Hugheswas married to Bourbon E. Meek, and they were the parents of Cora Jean(Meeks) Newman of Ashland, Kentucky, who has furnished most of theinformation about this family."

They are buried in the Hughes Cemetery, Busseyville, Laurence County,KY.

Garnet Edward Curnutte was buried on 24 December, 1980, in the MemoryGardens Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1996, Whole No. 176, pp. 4737-8:

"Greenville Curnutte, son of Hugh Sparks and Elizabeth Curnutte, wasborn on August 2, 1854, in Carter County, Kentucky. When the 1860census was taken there, his mother, Elizabeth Curnutte, age 22, wasenumerated in the household of Hugh and Nancy (Curnutte) Sparks andwas described as "house girl." With her was six-year-old GreenvilleCurnutte.

"Very little is known about the boyhood of Greenville Curnutte. Manyyears later, his half-brother, Colby Sparks related some of the storyof the early life of Greenville (or "Green" as he was usually called)as he remembered it. Here are some of Colby's remembrances taken fromnotes made by a grandson in 1939.

"My grandparents on my mother's side were William and Polly (Berry)Curnutte. They lived in Carter County, Kentucky, where they hadeleven children. Grandma Curnutte died about 1850, and the familymore or less broke up. Their daughter (my mother, whom we called"Mall) was married to my father, Hugh Sparks, in 1852, and they hadtheir first child (a little girl) in the spring of 1853. Ma wasfeeling poorly and her younger sister, Elizabeth Curnutte, came tohelp her with the baby and take care of the house.

"Elizabeth (we called her "Aunt Bett") was about fifteen years old,and like a young girl she fell in love with my father (we called him"Pall) and she got pregnant. She had a baby in 1854 and named himGreenville. She and Greenville (we called him "Green") continued tolive with my parents until Green was a good-sized boy. Pa recordedhis birth in our family Bible as "Greenville Curnutte."

"Mall's brothers were deeply angered by Pals treatment of their sisterand made severe threats against him, and as you can imagine, we werenever close to our Curnutte relatives as we grew up. When Pa didn'treturn from the War [the Civil War], it was generally thought that heleft the country to get away from the "Curnutte boys."

"We grew up with Green and always thought of him as a brother. Wevisited with him and his children all of their lives. Aunt Bett wasmarried twice. Her first marriage was to Levi Clevenger in 1866, andher second marriage was to Francis Wooten in 1877. I don't believeGreen lived with either of his step-fathers. Aunt Bett had nochildren by either marriage."

"Green Curnutte was married to Samantha Adams on January 14, 1879, inLawrence County. She had been born on January 27, 1859, at Irad,Kentucky, and was a daughter of Martin P. and Frances ["Fannie"](Derefield) Adams. Green and Samantha (Adams) Curnutte lived onIrish Creek in Lawrence County until about 1903 when they wereencouraged to move to Upshur, West Virginia, by Green's half-brother,Jim Sparks. They lived for a short time with Jim and his family,until a house was available. Green got a job working in the mines.All of Green and Samanthals children went with them except theirdaughter Emma, who had been married to Dave Hughes in 1900. Samanthadied at Holly Grove, West Virginia, on February 21, 1934, and Greendied there on October 11, 1936,. They had eight children, all of whomwere born in Lawrence County.

Buried in the Holly Grove Cemetery, Hudnall, Kanawha County, WV.

Jewel Jackson Curnutte was buried on February 28, 1985, in the MountHill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio.

She calls herself Maggie Curnutte Ahlberg and provided informationconcerning the descendants of Clyde Chester Curnutte, Jr. and certaindates relating to his father, this information was received via theinternet on November 27, 1999, and on November 28, 1999. Her emailaddress was Hm5@aol.com.
Some of her quotes: "My father was Clyde Chester Curnutte, Jr. andwent by the name "Duke." He was born May 10, 1928 in Columbus, Ohioand died on December 20 1992 in Sarasota, Florida. My dad was theonly child of Clyde Chester Curnutte, Sr. My grandfather was bornDecember 25, 1904 on Rich Creek in Ellen, Kentucky. that is inLawrence County. He died on June 18, 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. He hadone sister, Otha Lucille Curnutte Boggs. She was born on June 2,1911.

"My grandfather was the son of Leander Greenville Curnutte and Mollie(not Mary) Berry. Leander Greenville Curnutte went by the name"Jack". He was born on October 7, 1878 and died on June 13, 1954.Mollie Berry was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Berry ("AJ" or "Bud"]and Sydney Louvina Sparks. I have a platter that belonged to themwhich was handed down to Mollie Berry, then to my great aunt "LucilleCurnutte and then to me.

"I have several birth, death, and marriage certificates. I have proofthat my great grandmother's name was Mollie, not Mary, Berry (as perthe Sparks Quarterly). I have several letters from my great aunt,Otha "Lucillee" Curnutte Boggs; I have Mollie Berry's deathcertificate, her obituary, and the marjriage register from LawrenceCounty, Kentucky, listing her marriage to Leander Greenville "Jack"Curnutte. I have a letter from Mollie where she tells me the historyof the platter (above mentioned.)

"My grandfather had one sister, Otha "Lucille" Curnutte. She was bornon June 2, 1911. She married Rev. William Boggs on her birthday, June2, but I don't know the year. They lived in Columbus at one time butmoved to Dallas, Texas, a long time ago (the early 1950s] and bothdied in Dallas, Texas. He was an evangelist in the Church of theNazarene. They had no children. She gave me the platter which hadbeen passed down from her grandmother Sidney Louvina Sparks Berry, toher mother, Mollie Berry Curnutte, to herself Lucillee Curnutte Boggs,and to me Margaret Ann Curnutte Ahlberg."

Martin Curnutte is buried in the Burial Park, London, Kanwha County,WV.

Buried Hudnall, Kanawha Counta, WV in the Holly Grove Cemetery.

Violet Curnutte was buried on February 8, 1978, at the Walker Cemeteryin Paint Creek, WV.

For reasons of space limitation, the notes of John Sparks arecontinued here:

"Cornelia Sparks presented the inventory of the estate of her latehusband to the Queen Annes County court on August 24, 1737. Asexecutrix, cornelia had been required to call to the attention of themen taking the inventory (John Earle and Edward Brown) all of her latehusband's property. The signatures (by mark) of two of John's son sindicated their satisfaction of the correctness of the list and thevalue assigned to each item. Augustine Thompson and Solomon Clayton,as creditors, also indicated their satisfaction by signing theirnames.

"Sometime between August 1737 and February 1738, Cornelia Sparks ,widow of John Sparks, died without having completed her job asexecutrix of her late husband's estate. Her son, George Sparks, wasappointed as administrator of her estate (she did not leave a will),and he was now required to present an inventory of his mother'spersona l belongings. This inventory was taken by James Brown and JohnColli n[s] on February 14, 1738. Again, John Sparks [Jr.] andMillington Sparks witnessed the document as nearest of kin. AugustineThompson , acting as the factor for John Buck, Esquire, and also forhimself , attested as principal creditor[s] to the correctness of theinventory, which was presented to the court on April 10, 1738. Thisdocument reads as follows:

Queen Annes County. A true & perfect Inventory of the Goods and Chattels which were of Cornelia Sparks late of said County deceased taken & Appraised the 14th day of February Anno Domini 1738 By us whos ehands are hereunto affixt-- [Inventory Book 23, page 284]
. £ S d
To wearing apparrell
To 1 Gown & Petticoat & Dungars 1 15 0
To 1 Quilted Coat & 1 old check apron 0 10 0
To 1 Crape Gown & 1 Dowlass Shift 0 16 0
To 1 pr of old bootes & 3 old capps & 1 black Hood 0 7 0
To paper Money 2 4 0
To 1 plush sidesadle & bridle & saddle cloths 30 0
To 1 country cloth blanket 0 9 0
To 3 pds of Tallow 0 2 0
To 1 pr of Wool cards 0 3 0
To 3 small Slater hides 0 4 0
To 1 large Earthern Jug 0 1 6
To 16 Barrells of Indian Corn 9 8 0
To 5 1/2 Bushells of Whest Sowed & Plowing of it in 2 12 0
To 10 Shotes ---(several) Months old 2 10 0
To 7 piggs 2 months old 0 7 0
To 3 old case knives & 5 forks 0 1 6
To 15 Geese 0 15 0
To 19 pounds of Dried Beef 0 5 0
To 1 lamb 0 2 0
To 3 yards of Country Cloth 0 7 6
To 1 small Deer Skinn 0 4 0
To 1/2 Bushell of Salt 0 1 6
To 2 Poplar Bowles 0 1 0
[Total] 2 6 6 2
Jas Brown )
John Collin ) appraisers
his )
Jno. I Sparkes )
mark ) nearest
his ) of
Millington M Sparkes ) kin
mark
Augt Thompson )
factor for John Buck Esq. ) a creditor
for himself )
April 10th 1738. Then came George Sparks before me the SubscriberDeputy Commissary of Queen Anns County and made oath on the HolyEvangells that the within is a just & perfect Inventory of all &singular the Goods and Chattels of the Deceased that came into hishands at the time of Making thereof & that since or shall hereaftercome to his possession he will return in an Additional Inventory thathe knows of no concealment of any part or parcel thereof by any personwhatso- ever & that if he shall discover any concealment or suspectany to be he will acquaint the Commisary Generall for the time beingor his Deputy with such discovery or Cause of Suspicion that it may beenquired into & he shall well & truly give an account of all & everypart of the Deceaseds personall Estate that shall come to his handspossession or knowledge.
Sworn to before me Jam Earle

"The death of Cornelia Sparks left the estate of John Sparks withoutan executor or administrator, and on April 13, 1738, the Queen AnnesCounty Court appointed George Sparks to be the administrator of thatpart of his father's estate "Unadministered by Cornelia Sparks,widow." George gave the court his bond in the amount of 200 Poundswith John Earle and Richard Collins as his securities. The bond wasrecorded as follows: George Sparkes, John Earle and Richard Collins all of Queen Annes county bound to the Lord Proprietary in the sum of200 Pounds on the 13th of April 1738 for George Sparkes to be the administrator of John Sparks decd unadministered by Cornelia Sparks Widowand Executrix and to make an exhibit into the Prerogative Court atAnnapolis on or before 13th July next of John Sparkes unadministeredestate to pay all unpaid debts.
Witnesses: Jams Earle George Sparks
Michl Earle Jno Earle
Richard Collins

"An additional inventory of all & Singular ye goods Chattels rightsand Credits of John Sparks laite of Queen Anns County desedunadministered by Cornelia Spark widow & Exctrx of said John decesdwhich sa id Cornelia is likewise Since Dead so far forth as was Shewenand pro duced to us the Subscribers Appraisers legally Qualified (byGeorge S parks Junr Administrator De bonis non of Said John Sparksunadministered as a fore sed by the aforesed Cornelia Sparks) Witnessour hand s & seals this 1st day of July Anno Domny 1738.
To two gold rings at 2 10 0
To Sixteen & a half bushels of Wheat 3 6 0
To 4 reap hooks old 0 2 0
To 1 old cow bell 0 1 0
Total 5 19 0
his )
Jno I Sparkes ) nearest
mark ) of
his ) kin
Millington M Sparkes )
mark )
Augst Thompson as Atty in fact )
for Jno. Buck Esq ) Creditors
Dowdall Thompson )
Proved 10th July 1738 by Geo. Sparks

"July 10 1738. then came before me James Earle Dty Comiser of QueenAnne County George Sparks Adm Debonis non of John sparksunadministered by Cornelia Sparks the widow of said John wch SameCornelia is also dead and the said George Administ as afd which madeoath on the Holy Evangells that the within is a just and perfectInventory of all the Goods and Chattells of said John unadministeredby the afd Cornelia that came to his hands or possession at the timeof the making thereof that what hath since or shall hereafter come tohis hands and possession he will return in an addl inventory that heknows of no concealment or suspicion of any part or parcells of sd Jnopersonal estate by any person whatever unadministered as afd that ifhereafter he discovers any concealment or suspects any he willacquaint the Commr Genl for the time being or his Deputy therewiththat it may be inquired into and lastly that he will well and trulygive an account of all and every part of said John deceased personalEstate unadministered as afd Shall come hereafter to his handspossession and knowledge---
Sworn to before me James Earle

"During the period from July 1738 and January 1739, a few items werefound which belonged to the estate of Cornelia Sparks, and these itemswere described for the Queen Annes County Court on January 9, 1739.(See Inventory Book 24, page 21.) These items were: "2973 LbsTobacco at 20 shillings per hundred" valued at 29 pounds, 14shillings, and 7 pense; "cash" in the amount of 10 shillings; "3 yardsof hair cloth at 2s6 per yard" valued at 7 shillings and 6 pense; anda " pair of old shoes" worth 2 shillings 6 pense. In all, these itemswere valued at 30 pounds 14 shillings and 7 pense. James Brown andJohn Collins signed their names on this document as having taken thisadditional inventory. On this occasion, Millington Sparks and CalebSparks signed as "nearest of kin," Millington signing by mark, whileCaleb wrote his name. Augustine Thompson signed as a creditor onbehalf of John Buck; Dowell Thompson signed as the other creditor.

"The estates of John Sparks and his wife, Cornelia Sparks, were bothsettled on the same day by their son, George Sparks. He was joined inthe settlement by his brothers, John Sparks, Millington Sparks ,Absalom Sparks, and Caleb Sparks, and by his sisters, Sarah Herbert ,Mary Ruth, and Cornelia Alley. (Note that the married names of thesethree sisters are thus revealed.) His sister, Rachel, who had beenmarried to Robert Hawkins, did not sign the account, so we mayprobably assume that she had died sometime between 1731 and 1739.(Thes e accounts were recorded on pages 383-86 of Account Book 17 onDecember 14, 1739.) [There continues on pages 3843-44 the balance ofthe accounts receivable to and payable from the Estate of John andCornelia (Curtis) Sparks.]

John Sparks is the 3 great-grandfather of John Sparks Governor ofNevada , after whom Sparks City, Nevada was named. The lineage: John(416) , Millington (408), Millington (663), William Millington (5606),Samuel (5648), John (5854). See notes under Millington (663).