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SQ pg 3474: They had at least four children: Claude, Margie, Dorothy, and Donna.

SQ pg 3474: They had two children, Ramon J. Irwin and Virginia M .Irwin.

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!NOTES: SQ pg 3475: His wife's name was Nellie. They had at leas t twochildren: Flossie and Evelyn.

SQ pg 3474: They had 7 children, all daughters: Charlotte;Genevieve; Margarete; Kathleen Elaine born in 1916, died on March 20,1917 ; twins named Elaine and Pauline; and Barbara. A four-generationphotograph was taken about 1910 of Susan (Sparks) Irwin (1832-1917), herson William Horatio Irwin (1852-1940), his son John J. Irwin (1884-1949), and the latter's eldest daughter, Charlotte, born May 13, 1908 .See page 3475.

See SQ p. 3474 for a photograph of William and his brother James as boys.The following appears on page 3473:

"William Horatio Irwin was born on May 3, 1852, in Berrien County,Michigan. He married
Rebecca Snyder sometime after 1880. She was a daughter of Jacob andAnna (Miller) Snyder. She
died on August 9, 1906. He died on December 30, 1940. They wereburied in Cleon Township
Cemetery. They had three children:"

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See SQ p. 4009 for information concerning the three children of WilliamH. and Rebecca (Snyder) Irwin, particularly concerning Bert James Irwinand his children.

See SQ p 4859:
Alonzo C. Ison, who was born in 1893, was a casualty of World War I; aphotograph of his tombstone is reproduced on page 4860.

SQ p. 4659:

"Argalus Ison, son of Ira and Sina (Sparks) Ison, was born about1836. He died from typhoid fever when he was quite young."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 2943:

DEATH TAKES IRA PAULUS ISON

"It is with deep regret that we report the death of a charter memberof the Association, Ira Paulus Ison, who passed away on August 7, 1986,at his home at Stephens, Kentucky. He was born on December 13, 1885, inElliott County Kentucky, and was a son of Andrew Jackson and Hannah(Creech) Ison. He was a retired school teacher and farmer. His wife,Nancy, preceeded hinm in death.

"Mr. Ison is survived by five daughters, Vesta White, Jackson, Ohio;Pauline Bentley and Claudia Mitchell, both of Columbus, Ohio; LoreneRiggs, Zanesville, Ohio; and Madeline Johnson, Stephens; two sons:Wendell Ison, Columbus, Ohio, and Milo Ison, Stephens. Four sons: GlenIson, Waldo Ison, Quenton Ison, and Berdine Ison preceded him in death.

"Ira Ison was a most capable amateur genealogist and local historian.When the Sparks Family Association was founded in 1953, he was theauthority to whom we turned to unravel the tangled relationships of allof the Sparkses who had come from North Carolina to north-easternKentucky about 1821. He will be remembered for his keen memory andgenealogical knowldege. We extend our sympathy to his family."

SQ p. 4659:

"Nelson Ison, son of Ira and Sina (Sparks) Ison, was born about 1838.He was probably named for his mother's brother, Nelson Sparks. He was 21years old when he was enumerated with his parents when the 1860 censuswas taken of Morgan County, Kentucky. We have found no other record ofhim."

1. Sarah Ison, daughter of Ira and Sina (Sparks) Ison, was born about1835 in Lawrence County, and it was there that she was married toBraxston W. Adldns about 1854. He had been born about 1834 and was a sonof Howard Adldns. Brack and Sarah lived on the Right Fork of NewcombeCreek where they reared seven children. [Braxston is also spelledBrackston.]

a. Owen Adkins was born about 1855.
b. Emmaline Adldns was born about 1858.
c. Howard J. Adkins was born about 1862.
d. Leander Martin Adldns was born about 1867.
e. David A. Adldns was born in August 1869.
f. Mary L. Adkins wag born about 1873.
g. Sarah L. Adkins was born about 1877.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1991, Whole No. 156, p. 3872:

"John Wilbur Sparks, son of Thomas and Catherine (Jayne) Sparks, wasborn on March 18 1846, in Johnson County (KY). He was married to NancyJane Jackson on June 5, 1870 in Boyd County. She had been born on April7, 1847, and was a daughter of ----- and Elizabeth (Thompson) Jackson.According to a descendant, John Wilbur and his brother, Henry, bought 400acres of timberland in Lewis County and moved there about 1870. NancyJane died there on March 31, 1905; John Wilbur died sometime after 1900.They had six children."

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!NOTES: SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Francis Barnum Culver, Vol II, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1940,19 97pg. 360:
"JARBOE, John --- 1674 (Md.) Lieutenant, St. Mary's County, Md. ,Militia, 1658; Lieut.-Colonel, 1660. Burgess for St. Mary's County ,1674-྇. [Justice, St. Mary's County, 1663-ཽ High Sheriff, 1667 -ྀ,1670-྄]."
He built "Long Lane Farm" before 1674. For pictures and a floorpla nof Long Lane Farm see Early Manor and Plantation Houses of Marylan d byH. Chandlee forman, Bodine & Associates, Inc., Baltmore 1982. T he textfollows: "The house at the end of the long lane was origin ally of tworooms downstairs, with brick ends and clapboarded sides . It had archedfireplaces and a brick terrace in front.
"The present porch and the two rooms at the rear are later, thoug hold. In spite of romance the pent has no cellar-way or trap door a ndwas not used in Indian attacks. The oldest brick walls are only n ineinches thick.
"`Long Lane' was built by Lt. Col. John Jarboe of Dijon who died i n1674. He was the Lord High Sheriff of St. Mary's County. The hous e waslater owned by the Carrolls." The dimensions were Overall 30 ' 10" by30' 4". Grade to floor, 39. Floor to cornice, 7' 3". Ceil ing, 9' 5".Sill, 2' 0". Panes 8" by 10". Wall, 9'."