See The Sparks Quarterly, June 1998, Whole No. 182, pps 5000-5001 fornotes taken by Alice Sparks of conversations she had with her grandaunt"Lizzie Sparks", daughter of Hardy Sparks, under whose notes Alice'scomments appear.

SQ pg 3409: They had five children: Paul, Terry, Roger, Edward , andKathy Frederick.

SQ pg 2633:

"She marjried Edward J. Moore and they had a son named Raymond Moorewho was living in Steger, Illinois, in 1953."

SQ pg 2522: "Alice Irene Sparks, daughter of George and Elizabeth(Morgan) Sparks, was born on April 30, 1857, in Georgia. On December 18,1879 , she was married to Marlin Wilder in Falls County, Texas. He wasborn in 1857 . Alice died in 1892; Marlin died in 1940. They had fivechildren:

(1) Bertha Wilder married Tyne W. Smith and they had six children :Alice, Violet, G. Cook, John, Tyne, Jr., and Birdie Ruth.

(2) Clarence R. Wilder married May --- and they had six children :Ceicle, Clarence, Annie, Lucilla, Thomas and Alice.

(3) Virgile H. (Jack) Wilder married Lennie Mayo and they had fivechildren: Marice, Mary F., Ruby, Buster, and Jackie Sue.

(4) Hebard Wilder

(5) Thurman Wilder married Birdie Reynolds (his first cousin, daughterof his mother's sister Birdie Sparks Reynolds)

A picture of Alice Irene (Sparks) Wilder appears on page 3312 of theQUARTERLY.

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SQ pg 4473: They had three children: Lynda, Barbara and Clinton Bennett.

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SQ pg 4472: She was married twice. Her first marriage was to Gaylord Harrison and they had two children, Alice "Allie" Mae Harrison a ndEdith Lyn Harrison. Alice (Sparks) Harrison and Gaylord Harriso n weredivorced, and she was married (2nd) to a man named Fawcett. T hey hadone child, Adelaine Rae Fawcett.

The descendants of Allie Sparks were taken from a home page of hisgrandson, Harold Elsworth Sparks, son of James Edgar Sparks. The webpage is http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/ sparks/alie/html

SQ 3797: He was married to Elizabeth Kozee in 1822.

SQ 3861:

"Allen Sparks, son of Thomas and Rebecca Sparks, was born about 1795in Surry County, NC, and was a grown man when he accompanied his fatherto Kentucky where they settled in that part of Floyd County which wouldbecome Lawrence County in 1821. It was there that Allen bought 50 acresof land on Big Blaine Creek on September 3, 1821, under a Kentucky LandWarrant which permitted vacant land to be purchased for $20 per 100acres. He bought an additional 100 acres on January 15, 1831, and 50acres on March 30, 1836.

"On June 27, 1822, Allen was married to Elizabeth Kozee in FloydCounty. She had been born about 1795 in Virginia and was a daughter ofRichard and Sallie Kozee. Allen and Elizabeth settled down tohousekeeping on Little Laurel Creek, quite near the Lawrence-JohnsonCounties boundary. There, they reared nine sons and one daughter. Sixof their sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Allen diedbetween 1860 and 1870. Elizabeth died sometime after 1870."

SQ pg 3797: We believe that this was Allen sparks who was married toBeersheeba ---. He died in 1849.

Note received from Diana Kay Nelson Smith of Atlanta, GA on February 18,2002 (smithk78@@bellsouth.net) under the name of Allen Sparks, Sr. asfollows:
"Allen Sparks, Sr.... was born 1798 and died 1849. He marriedBeersheba. She was born Abt. 1799, and died Unknown. Note: 1850 YancyCounty census lists a Beersheba Sparks, head of household, b. 1799 (51yrs old) with 4 children still living with her: George 19, Allen 17(could be Allen, Jr. d. 1854), Reuben 12, and Whitfield 7. Since Allen,Sr. died in 1849 could explain Beersheba Head of Household in 1850.Hardin is listed as living right next to her at age 31, as is James age21 (his children are listed, and his wife is listed as Jane age 23. Itappears Allen, Sr., and Beersheba had seven children. Either that orthey had children of other families living with them. All are listedwith the last name Sparks."

SQ pps 2631-2:

"Allen Sparks, son of James and Margaret (Ray) Sparks, was born onFebruary 14, 1814, according to the record made by Joseph Sparks (brotherof Allen) of the births of the children of James and Margaret (Ray)Sparks that was quoted on page 2589 of the March 1984 issue of The SparksQuarterly (Whole No. 125). In the obituary of Allen Sparks that is quotedbelow, his year of birth was given as 1813 rather than 1814. He was asmall boy when his parents moved to Richland County, Ohio, fromPennsylvania. There he learned the carpenter's trade, serving as anapprentice to Samuel Whiting for four years. When he was nineteen yearsold, he left his Ohio home and went to the newly-formed Clinton County inIndiana where he settled in the southwest part of the county nearpresent-day Colfax. He purchased 52 acres of land there on September 1,1833. Two years later, he was joined by his father and some of hisbrothers. When the 1840 census was taken, he was apparently living in thehousehold of his brother, Thomas Sparks. By this time, he had added 114acres of land to his farm.

"On December 22, 1842, Allen Sparks was married to Nancy Rogers inClinton County. She was born on December 7, 1825, in Boone County,Kentucky, and was a daughter of Elijah and Susannah A. (Brockman) Rogers.It is said that Allen and Nancy began housekeeping in the log cabin whichhis father had built (or owned). It was still standing in 1886, and itwas there that the first sermon was preached in Clinton County by aMethodist clergyman.

"Other interesting details in the life of Allen Sparks are containedin his obituary which appeared in the January 12, 1905, issue of TheWarren Review published in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana, whichfollows:

An Old Citizen Passes Away

Allen Sparks -- Aged 91, Goes to His Reward

Allen Sparks, the venerable father of Pension Attorney, ElijahSparks, passed away Monday
afternoon at the home of his son on east First street. He had notbeen suffering from any
particular malady, but had been growing weaker for some days from acomplication of
disorders incident to old age, since the cold weather set in. Alllast summer he was able to
be about the yard and on the streets and kept the garden at home ingood shape and was at
the polls on election day to vote a presidential ticket for thenineteenth time. His first vote
was for the Jackson ticket in 1832 and he continued to vote theDemocratic ticket until 1863
when he became a Republican, which ticket he has ardently supportedsince that time.

Allen, son of James and Margery Ray Sparks was born near Pittsburg,Penn. Feb. 14, 1813.
At the age of 7 years he emigrated with his parents to RichlandCounty, Ohio where he grew
up and where he attended Ashland Academy at which place he qualifiedhimself in civil
engineering. At the age of 21 he came to Clinton County, Indianawhere he married Miss
Nancy Rogers on Dec. 22, 1842, who died eleven years ago. To themwere born three sons
and one daughter. One of the sons is dead. The living are: Elijah ofWilliamsport, John of
Flora, and Mrs. Sarah Miller of Frankfort.

Mr. Sparks came to Williamsport in 1901 to make his home with hisson and here he died
on Jan. 9, 1905, aged 91 years 10 months and 25 days. He was aUniversalist in belief, firm
in his faith and had repeatedly said that he did not fear death butdreaded the pain of
separation. When he seemed to realize that his end was near, he wassuffering much pain
and he remarked that if that was death he wished it might be lesspainful. His wish was
ratified as the pain soon left him and he talked cheerfully withthe family until about an
hour before the end when he fell into a peaceful sleep and passedaway without awakening.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wm Wilmer at thePresbyterian Church at 10
o'clock Wednesday forenoon and burial was made at Highland Cemetery.

"As noted in the above obituary, Nancy (Rogers) Sparks preceded AllenSparks in death eleven years
earlier. About 1890, Allen and Nancy had moved to Carroll County,Indiana, and lived near Burlington,
probably close to their son, John Sparks. It was there that Nancy met amost tragic death in 1894. She
told her daughter-in-law, Mary Sparks, that she would get a bucket ofwater from the cistern. When she
failed to return within a reasonable time, Mary went to search for herand found that she had fallen into
the cistern and had drowned. She was buried at Manson, Indiana.

"Allen and Nancy (Rogers) Sparks were the parents of four children."

See the Sparks Quarterly, March 1969, Whole No. 65, pg 1205:
"Allen Sparks, son of Hardy and Susannah (Brown) Sparks, was born inNorth Carolina, about 1817. He came to Monroe County, Indiana, sometimeprior to 1837, for in November, 1837, he was married there to PollyWeaver (the marriage bond in Monroe County is dated November 17, 1837,Book A, p. 157). She was born in North Carolina about 1822. She diedbetween 1850 and 1859, and in December 1859, Allen Sparks married hissecond wife, Elizabeth Burton (Monroe County marriage bond dated December14, 1859, Book 4, p. 20.) She was born in North Carolina about 1821.
"According to the 1850 census, Allen Sparks was living in Beach CreekTownship, Greene County, Indiana, and in 1860 he was living in IndianCreek Township, near Harrodsburgh. When he died in 1882, however, he wasa resident of Monroe County, Indiana. It is believed that his firstwife, Polly (Weaver) Sparks, was the mother of all of his children excepthis youngest daughter, Nancy Jane Sparks.
"In his will dated March 20, 1882, and probated May 26, 1882, (MonroeCounty Will Book 4, p. 306), Allen Sparks left the bulk of his propertyto his second wife, Elizabeth." (The article here names their fivechildren.)

According to a descendant, Laurel Sparks (ednasporch@@yahoo.com), whowrote June 27, 2005, "Allen Sparks and both wives and Eli Sparks and hiswife Rebecca (and some of their children) are buried in a family cemeteryin Monroe County off Breeden Road and close to the Greene Countyline....The last burial was in the 1940's." Laurel wrote again on June4, 2007 as follows: Allen died in 1882. He was little-known in the townof Bloomington (Indiana), but a few months after his death a large crowdturned out for a memorial service (a "basket dinner" where the Rev.Martin Fulk preached Allen's funeral sermon.) I have much more data onthis family." Researchers are encouraged to contact Laurel Sparks forthis additional information.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1970, Whole No. 70, pp. 1316-17:

"Allen Sparks, born June 1, 1822, died April 26, 1907. He received apension for his service in the Civil War and from those records we havelearned the following about him: He was born in Lewis County, Kentucky,on June 1, 1822. He was married twice. His first wife, Martha Moore,died in March 1857 in Leavenworth, Kansas. Perhaps Allen Sparks went toKansas when his father moved from Indiana to Iowa. He married (second)Sarah A. Woodward on September 25., 1862, at National, Clayton County,Iowa. On May 20, 1861, he enrolled at McGregor, Iowa, as a sergeant inCo. C., 3rd Regiment of Iowa Infantry and was honorably discharged fordisability at Mound City, Illinois, on September 19, 1863. He was 5 feet,10 inches tall at his enlistment, with fair complexion, grey eyes andbrown hair; by occupation he was a farmer. According to his certificateof discharge, he was in action at Blue Mills, Mo., on Sept. 17, 1861, andhe was at Shiloh on April 6, 1862, where he was wounded in the abdomen;he was engaged in the Siege of Vicksburg and during the battle atJackson, Mississippi, on July 12, 1862, he was wounded by a musket ball"carrying away the index finger of right hand." On his pensionapplication, he stated that after leaving service he had lived atMcGregor, Iowa., except for two years in Farmersburg, Iowa. According tohis death certificate, Allen Sparks died on April 26, 1907, from "oldage" and was buried in the Oakland Cemetery.

"By his first wife, Martha Moore, Allen Sparks had four children:"(see their individual sheets)

"By his second wife, Sarah A. Woodward, Allen Sparks had four morechildren:" (same)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1970, Whole No. 72, pp. 1366-67:

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION

ALLEN SPARKS, born Jun 1, 1832, in Lewis County, Kentucky, died April 26,1907 in Clayton County, Iowa, son of James and Elizabeth (Gilman) Sparks;married (1st) Martha Moore and (2nd) Sarah A. Woodward. He served inCompany C, 3rd Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. National ArchivesFile Designation: WC 637,531.

Sometime in 1879 Alien Sparks of Clayton County, Iowa, made applicationfor a Civil War pension. We do not have a copy of his application, buton December 23, 1879, the Adjutant General’s Office responded to theCommissioner of Pensions regarding Allen Sparks's service. According tothis report, Allen Sparks was enrolled, on June 5, 1861, at Keokuk, Iowa,in Company C of the 3rd Regiment of Iowa Volunteers to serve three yearsor during the War and that he was mustered into service as a corporal onJune 8, 1861. He was reported as present for duty in his company inOctober 1861; in December he was reported as "sick in Burton Barracks".His company was in action at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., andat the Battle of Shiloh where he was "slightly bruised in abdomen byspent ball" on April 2, 1862. From August 18, 1862, until April 30, 1863,he was absent from his company "on recruiting service" but was back onduty thereafter. On July 12, 1863, he was wounded at the battle atJackson, Mississippi. He lost his right index finger and also developed ahernia. On September 19, 1863, he was given a disability discharge, adocument which he apparently sent along with his application for it ispreserved among his papers at the National Archives. At the time of hisdischarge, he held the rank of sergeant. According to his dischargecertificate, he had been born in Lewis County, Kentucky, was 39 yearsold, was 5 feet 10 inches tall, of fair complexion, with grey eyes andbrown hair, and a farmer by occupation.

Allen Sparks was granted a pension for this service. On July 14, 1898, heresponded to a questionnaire of the Pension Office, stating that he hadbeen married twice; that his first wife had been Martha Moore and thatshe had died in Leavenworth, Kansas, in March 1857. He stated that he hadbeen married to Sarah C. Woodward (his second wife) on September 25,1862, at National, Clayton County, Iowa, by the Rev. S. Alger. He listedhis children as follows: (the first four were by his first wife)

Winfield Sparks, born 1852
Josephus Sparks, born 1854
Benjamin Sparks, born 1856
Henry Sparks, born 1857
Estella Sparks, born July 1, 1863
James K. Sparks, born August 24, 1867
Edward P. (or Edwin) Sparks, born January 20, 1871
Anna M. Sparks, born March 7, 1876

On February 26, 1907, Allen Sparks applied for an increase in hispension. He was a resident of McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa, and said hewas 84 years old. He stated also that he had been born in Lewis County,Kentucky, on June 1, 1822. He said he had lived in McGregor since leavingthe service in 1863 "except two years in Farmersburg, Iowa." He signedhis name as Allen Sparks; Charles A. Jordan, who said he had known AllenSparks for 20 years, and William R. Kinnain who said he had known him for30 years, signed as witnesses.

Allen Sparks died on April 26, 1907 "of old age." His death certificateis on file with the other documents and from this we learn that hisfather's name had been James Sparks and his mother had been ElizabethGilman. He was buried in the Oakland Cemetery near McGregor. His son,Edward Sparks of McGregor, supplied this information.

On May 21, 1907, the widow of Allen Sparks, Sarah A. Sparks, applied fora pension. She stated that it was her belief that the first wife of AllenSparks, whom she called "Marthy Sparks," had died in Kansas City,Missouri. She stated that her own maiden name had been Sarah A. Woodwardand that she had been married to Allen Sparks on September 25, 1862, bythe Rev. Simon Alger.

(Editor's note: See the QUARTERLY of June 1970 (Vol. XVIII, No. 2, WholeNo. 70, pp. 1315-1316) for additional information on Allen Sparks and hisbranch of the Sparks family.)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1984, Whole No. 128, p. 2680:

"Allen Sparks, son of James and Elizabeth (Gilman) Sparks, was born onJune 1, 1822, in Lewis County, Kentucky. His biography was given on pages1315-1316 of the June 1970 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 70, and anabstract of his Civil War pension file was published on pages 1366-1367of the December 1970 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 72. [Copied above]In addition, we have received further information about two of hisyounger children. [See their sheets]

SQ 817: Marriage information.

SQ 3900:

"Allen Sparks, son of Matthew and Alsey (Osburn) Sparks , was bornabout 1833. He was married to Mary Hundley on March 9, 1877, in JohnsonCounty. (The license to marry was issued on March 7th; Allen was then 44years old, and it was his first marriage. Mary was 19 years old and itwas her first marriage.) Allen apparently died in the spring of 1897 .He had made a will on March 10, 1890, by which he left one dollar to hisdaughter, Sarah J. Sparks. He left the rest of his estate to hisbrother, Jesse Sparks. We have no further information about this family."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1991, Whole No. 156, p. 3853-3873 foran article on Thomas and Rebecca Sparks (and his second wife, DianahWilcox) and see page 3867 regarding Allen Sparks, a grandson:

"Allen Sparks, son of Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks , was bornabout 1840. He served in the 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry fromDecember 10, 1861, until his death in the General Hospital atChattanooga, Tennessee, caused by disease, on June 30, 1864. He wasmarried to Anna Gipson (sic) on October 1, 1863, in Lawrence County,Kentucky. They had no children.

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION:

SQ 1365:

ALLEN SPARKS, born about 1840, probably in Kentucky; he died in serviceon June 30, 1864 in Tennessee; he married Anna Gipson (sic) inLawrenceCounty, Kentucky, on October 1, 1863. File Designation at theNational Archives: Widow Pension File 45635.

"On July 19, 1864, Anna Sparks, widow of Allen Sparks, appeared beforea notary public in Lawrence County, Kentucky, to make application for awidow's pension. She stated that she was 22 years old and a resident ofPeach Orchard, Lawrence County, Kentucky. She stated that her husband,Allen Sparks , had been a private in Company G, commanded by Captain JohnC. Collins, in the 14th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers commanded by Col.G. W. Gallup, and that he had died at the General Hospital in(Chattanooga) Tennessee on June 30, 1864. She also stated that she hadbeen married to Allen Sparks at Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky, onOctober 1, 1863, and that her maiden name had been Anna Gipson (sic).She stated that she had no children.

With her application, Anna Sparks submitted a true copy of her marriagelicense from Lawrence County. Silvester B. Miller, a Baptist preacher,had performed the marriage. Anna Sparks also included with herapplication the following document signed by her husband’s commandingofficer:

"Station at Louisa, State of Kentucky, 28th day of November 1864, I, JohnC. Collins, Captain of Company G, Fourteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,certify that Allen Sparks was a private in my Company, that he wasmustered into the service of the United States on the 10th day ofDecember 1861 and that he died at General Hospital in the State ofTennessee on the 30th day of June 1864 of Disease contracted while in theservice of the United States.

Given und. My hand this the 28th day of

November 1864

John C. Collins Capt.

Co. G 14th Regt. Ky. Vol."
On March 23, 1865, the Adjutant General’s Office also supplied proof ofAllen Sparks's service and death, noting that he had been mustered intoservice on December 14, 1861, at Camp Wallace, Kentucky, to serve threeyears and that the muster roll of Company G of the 14th Regiment datedJanuary 30, 1865, carried the statement "Died in Gen'l Hosp'tChattanooga, Tenn., June 30th 1864 of chronic diarrhea."

A pension of $8.00 per month was approved for Anna Sparks commencing onJune 30, 1864. On October 22, 1865, Anna Sparks married as her secondhusband, Ellis Booth, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. On April 16, 1870,Anna Booth (formerly Anna Sparks) wrote to the pension office explainngthat she had been the widow of Allen Sparks and that the last payment ofher pension had been only through March 14, 1865, and that she wasentitled to payment between March 14, 1865, and her remarriage on October23, 1865. She appointed J. F. Steward of Paintsville, Kentucky, as herattorney to collect this "arrears." She signed her name by mark andstated that she resided on Sandy River in Johnson County, Kentucky.

On October 31, 1870, Anna Booth again applied for this arrearage andGeorge W. Pack and John B. Pack signed as witnesses. Whether she evercollected this is not known.

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SQ 3866: Allen "Bud" Sparks was born in March 1865. He was marr iedthree
times; however, we have not learned the names of his first two wives .His
first marriage was bout 1883 and his second was about 1893. By his second
marriage, he had three children: Amanda, Franklin and Charles. His t hird
marriage was to Laura Carlee Lemaster on January 17, 1899, in Johnso nCounty.
She had been born in February 1873 and was a daughter of Daniel and Phoebe
(Bayes) Lemaster. Bud died in 1918. He and Laura had seven children:
Ulysses, Phoebe, Rhoda, Eugene, William, Mary E. and Benjamin.

SQ pg 2614:

"Allen L. Sparks, son of Joseph and Sarah (DeFord) Sparks, was bornonJune 8, 1831, in Richland County, Ohio. On December 28, 1859, he wasmarried to Ann Jane ("Jennie") Johnson. She was born on November 11,1838,at Prairie City, Illinois. Allen was one of the most prominent menof his time in McDonough County. He was school treasurer of BushnellTownship, a justice of the peace, a township supervisor, and countyclerk. He was a member of the Methodist Church. He died at Bushnell,Illinois, on Septem ber 15, 1910. Jennie died on June 13, 1935. They wereburied in the Bushnell. Cemetery. They had two children."

See SQ p4854:
"Allen M. Sparks was born on July 3, 1874. He was married to MaryElizabeth Roseberry in 1901 in Lawrence County. She had been born onOctober 20, 1884, and was a daughter of Hyge and Regina Ann (Gambill)Roseberry. Allen and Mary Elizabeth lived near Mazie, Kentucky. Allendied on April 8, 1966, and Mary Elizabeth died on September 21, 1971.They had five children: John Rich Sparks, Minnie Sparks, Robert MartinSparks, Nancy Sparks, and August Sparks."

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SQ pg 3941: They had three children, Mitchell, Nova and Harry Sloan. There is a picture taken about 1900 of Allie and Milburn with Mitchell on page 3941 in the Sparks Quarterly.

SQ p. 1280: CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATIONS:

"A. W. SPARKS (born about 1841, his home was in Titus County, Texas.)

A. W. Sparks enrolled as a private in what was called Capt. Charles S.Stewart’s Company on October
14, 1861, the date on which this unit was accepted into the service ofthe Confederate States. His age
was given as 20 years; his horse was valued at $110 and his equipment at$15. The company was
organized at Camp Reeves in Grayson County, Texas. A. W. Sparks wascredited with having traveled
145 miles to rendezvous.

This company was successively designated as Captain Stewart's Company;Sims Regiment Texas Volunteers; Captain English’s Company, 4th RegimentTexas Cavalry; and Company I, 9th Regiment Texas Cavalry. The 9th (alsoknown as the 4th and as Sims') Regiment Texas Cavalry was accepted intothe service of the Confederate States October 14, 1861, for twelve monthsand was re-organized in May, 1862. A record dated February 28, 1862,states that A. W. Sparks was “on sick furlough, at home, Titus Co.,Texas,” where he seems to have remained until at least October 1862. Themuster roll for November and December 1862 lists him as "Absent ondetached service.” In March 1863 he was listed as "Present" but in Mayand June 1863 he was listed as "absent with leave” and on July 31, 1863,he was listed as “sick in camp.” In June 1864 he was listed as“Present.” On May 13, 1865, he was listed on a " Roll of Prisoners ofWar of the Ninth Regiment, Texas Cavalry, Company I, Confederate StatesArmy,
commanded by Lt, Col. J. C. Bates, surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama, byLt. Gen. R. Taylor, C.S.A.,
to Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby, U.S.A., May 4, 1865, and paroled at Jackson,Miss., May 13, 1865."

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SQ pg 2656:

"He was a young lad when his family moved (from Tallapoosa County,Alabama) to Titus County, Texas. Like his brother Butch Sparks, he, too,enlisted in a military company called the Titus Greys at the outbreak ofthe Civil War. This unit was later known as Company I, 9th RegimentTexas Cavalry, Confederate States Army. He served until the end of thewar . (See page 1280 of the December 1969 issue of the QUARTERLY, WholeNo. 68 , for an abstract of his military record.)

"After the war ended, Tuck Sparks returned to Titus County where hebecame a farmer, school teacher, and stock raiser. He also wrote a 394page book which gave vivid accounts of his Civil War experiences andwhich is still considered to be among the best books written by a Texasauthor about Texans. The book, entitled RECOLLECTIONS OF THE GREAT WAR,can be found in the historical
collections of some Texas libraries, including the Sulphur SpringsLibrary in Hopkins County.

"On June 20 1869, A. W. Sparks was married to Fanny Turner in HopkinsCounty. She was born on November 7, 1848, in Talbot County, Georgia.Tuck and Fanny moved to Clay County sometime prior to 1880, and they werelisted on that census for that year. Later, they returned to Hopkinscounty where they settled at Saltillo. Tuck Sparks died on November 7,1912, and was buried in the Cypress Cemetery in Franklin County. Fannydied on October 18, 1929, and was buried beside him. They were theparents of three children."

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They had three children: Charles, Virginia, and Patsy.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3183: "Alpha Preston Sparks, son of David and Betsy (Bass) Spar ks
was born on June 27, 1866, in Boone County, Iowa, and it was there th at
he was married on December 22, 1886, to Minnie Ann Enfield. She ha d been
born on October 17, 1869, in Boone County and was a daughter of Willi amand
Mildred (Combs) Enfield. She died on December 12, 1922, at Jet, Oklahoma.
She and Alpha had four chidren: Corbet William, Manley, Edna and J. Manford.
After the death of his first wife, Alpha married (2nd) Mattie (Parker)
Replogle on May 15, 1927. He died on September 24, 1958, at Jet, Oklahoma.
As noted, his and Minnie's children were:
(a) Corbet William Sparks was born on March 1, 1894. He was marri edto
Neva Rebecca Sawyer on June 3, 1917, at Warrensburg, Missouri. She h ad
been born on March 18, 1897, in Lane County, Kansas, and was a daught erof
Joseph L. and Esther (Wolf) Sawyer. Neva died on October 18, 1957, a nd
Corbet died on October 29, 1964. They had five children: Byerl Louis e,
Myerl Leason, Charlotte, Beauford A., and Wendell C.
(b) Manley Sparks was born probably about 1897 and died quite youn g.
(c) Edna Sparks was born probably about 1900 and died when quite young.
(d) J. Manford Sparks was born on October 14, 1903. He married Frances
-----. He died in 1959. There were no children born to this marriag e."

SQ p 2869: They lived at Westoff, Texas.

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!NOTES: SQ pg 3691: They had two children, Ida and Nona.

See the following article found in THE SPARKS QUARTERLY for March, 1977,Whole No. 97, pp. 1878-9:
[Note: The first portion of this article is found in the notes forAmanda's father Joseph.]

"When we listed Amanda Sparks as the ninth child of Joseph and Isabella(Ellis) Sparks on page
1417 of the QUARTERLY, we could only speculate regarding her birth date.From family records
provided by Mr. Steeples and Mrs. Mowrer, we are now able to state thatshe was born on February
24, 1854, in Scotland County, Missouri, and died there on December 4,1894. Furthermore, her full
name was Amanda America Sparks. She was buried in the Black Oak Cemeteryin Johnson
Township, Scotland County. On October 12, 1876, she was married inScotland County to Benjamin
Franklin Steeples. He was born January 20, 1852, in Clark County,Illinois, the son of Henry and
Malinda (Bishop) Steeples. His mother died when he was five years old andwhen he was eleven
his father died as a soldier in the Union Army (January 10, 1863). He wasreared in the home of
Judge John Thomson. Benjamin Steeples, following the death of Amanda,married, as his second
wife, Hallie Jones in 1896. He died on May 17, 1919, and was also buriedin Black Oak Cemetery.
Benjamin F. and Amanda A. (Sparks) Steeples had three children:" [forwhich see their individual family group sheets.]

SQ pg 2771: "...was born bout 1839. She is said to have marriedtwice. Her first marriage was to J. O'Hair (or O'Hara) on August 9,1856, in McLennan County, Texas. He was born about 1826 in Illinois. Hedied about 1863. He and Amanda had two children, Alice and Clara. Afterhis death Amanda married a man named Rogers by whom she had one child, J.F. Rogers.

Children of Amanda Elizabeth Sparks:
(1) Alice O'Hair (or O'Hara) was born about 1860. She married T. W. Foster.
(2) Clara O'Hair (or O'Hara) was born on October 6, 1861. She diedon July 30, 1904. She married Euclid Madison Scott in 1881.
(3) J. F. Rogers was born in 1864."

Amanda is buried in the Carlton Cemetery, Carlton, Hamilton County,Texas, according to Mary Helen Walton Baxter of Rt. 2, Box 48-A,Lampasas, TX 76550, a great-great granddaughter of Amanda ElizabethSparks. She also provided information about the death of James F. Rogers.

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!NOTES:
Amanda E. Sparks was born about 1837. She married W. P. Henness y andwas
living in Houston, Texas, in 1900 when her father died.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3280: Amelia "Millie" Sparks, daughter of Reuben and Cassie (Buttery)
Sparks, was born about 1799 in Wilkes county, North Carolina, and i t wasthere
that she was married to Emanuel Bauguess in September, 1817, the marriage bond
being dated September 26, 1817. Joseph Spicer was the bondsman. Eman uel
Bauguess was born about 1797 in North Carolina and was a son of Richa rdand
Keziah (Rose) Bauguess. Both Millie and Emanuel were members of th e Old
Roaring River Baptist Church; she joined "by experience, Saturday, January 2,
1829." Emanuel died in the fall of 1861, while Millie apparently die din 1878.
They were the parents of seven children.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June, 1973, Whole No. 82, pps 1574-5:
America sparks, youngest daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Weaver)Sparks, was born about 1814-1815. On May 1, 1834, she was married toHosier J. Durbin, brother of William Sappington Durbin; thus the twoSparks sisters, America and Eliza Ann, married two Durban brothers,Hosier and William. (See Dearborn County, Indiana, Marrige Book 3, pg116)
A brief biography of Hozier J. Durbin is given in a book which is abiography of is brother, John Price Durbin. THE LIFE OF JOHN PRICEDURBIN was written by John A. Roche in 1889, and according to hisaccount, "John Price Durbin's youngest brother, Hozier J. Durbin, was amember of the Indiana (Methodist) Conference and at the time of his deathwas agent for the American Bible Society. Hosier J. Durbin was killed onAugust 11, 1851, when a tree limb fell on him during a storm. He hadbeen a member of the State Legislature of Indiana. He was a speaker ofpersuasive eloquence and a powerful preacher."

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SQ pg 2774: "America E. Sparks, daughter of Stephen and Emily (Whitaker)
Sparks, was born about 1846. She was married to J. H. Dawson on February 12,
1866, in McLennan County."

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SQ pg 3694: "Her first marriage was to Charles Holland by whom sh ehad two sons, Charles, Jr., and Elmer. Charles Holland was a broth er ofWilliam George Holland who was married to Fannie Sparks, siste r ofAmerica Jane. After the death of her first husband, America wa smarried, second, to a man named Kennedy by whom she had two childre n,Clifford and Molena. She died in August 1942."

SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1963, Whole No. 42, pg 743: ELLIOTT COUNTY,KENTUCKY, MARRIAGE BONDS (1869-1912):

America V. Sparks & Harvey Gray, February 23, 1888, (Book 2, page352) Married at home of Joel D. Sparks.

SQ p. 3553: Ammah died at the birth of "Buddy" and he was adopted byJames and Polly Sparks, his grandparents.

See SQ p 4873: "They were buried in the Land O'Lakes [Wisconson]Cemetery. We have not learned whether they had any children."

SQ p. 4043:

"Amey (or Amy) Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kelley)Sparks, was born on July 28, 1753. We have learned nothing more abouther."

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SQ 3866: Andrew Sparks, son of Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks ,was born
about 1833. He was married to Elizabeth Conn on September 21, 1854 , inMorgan
County, Kentucky. She had been born about 1833 in Virginia. When th e1880
census was taken, they were living in Elliott County. Apparently the yhad no
children.

See The Sparks Quarterly, June 1998, Whole No. 182, pg. 5002:
"Andrew Sparks, born about 1835. He was a Union Soldier in the CivilWar, and, while he was a prisoner of war in Mississippi, he died on March6, 1863. He had been married to Elizabeth Owen a number of years beforeenlisting.

See The Sparks Quarterly, September 1971, Whole No. 75, pps 1429-30 forthe following abstract of his widow's pension application:
"ANDREW SPARKS, a private in Company F, 77th Regiment (Infantry) ofIllinois Volunteers, died a prisoner of war in Mississippi on March 6,1863; he married Elizabeth Owen in Woodford County, Illinois, on Feb. 17,1859; sons John W. Sparks and Daniel P. Sparks. His widow married(second) Joseph McKenzie. File Designation: Minor Certif. 247,826."
"Elizabeth Sparks, widow of Andrew Sparks, applied for a pension priorto 1873. A copy of that application was not sent in the file of papersprovided by the National Archives. A later record reveals that thepension was approved in 1873 in the amount of $8.00 per month, beginningon September 15, 1873.
"The earliest document provided by the National Archives from thispension file is an application made by Elizabeth Sparks on November 28,1887, for a pension for her two sons by Andrew Sparks. In thisapplication, she stated that she was a resident of Jasper County,Missouri, and was 46 years old. She stated that her husband, AndrewSparks, "was killed or disappeared at Guntown fight, Miss. in 1863 in theWar of the Rebellion"; that he was a private in Company F, 77th Regimentof Illinois Infantry. She stated that her maiden name had been ElizabethOwen and that her marriage certificate was already on file at the PensionOffice. (This certificate states that Andrew Sparks and Elizabeth Owenhad een married on February 17, 1859, by O. A. Burgess, a minister of theGospel, in Woodford County, Illinois.) She gave her two sons' names asJohn W. Sparks, born February 17, 1860, and Daniel Sparks, born February12, 1862. she stated that John W. Sparks was living in Humbolt, AllanCounty, Kansas, and Daniel Sparks was living in Carthage, Jasper County,Missouri. Both signed this application.
"In this application, Ellizabeth Sparks stated that she hadremarried--that her name was now McKinsey. (A marriage certificate onfile among these documents reveals that Elizabeth (Owen) Sparks, widow ofAndrew Sparks, married as her second husband Joseph McKinsey at theresidence of John W. Bradshaw, Justice of the Peace, in Jasper County,Missouri, on September 14, 1873.) The witnesses to her application in1887 were George W. Cunningham of Carthage, Missouri, and J. W. Dreydenof Brest, Missouri. She signed the application by mark.
"A report by the War Department dated November 13, 1886, regarding therecords on file for Andrew Sparks indicates that he was a private inCompany F of the 77th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers and that thecompany records indicated that he was mistakenly listed as havingdeserted "at Mouth of White River, Ark., January 18, 1863." This reportquotes the company record book as follows: "Charges of Desertion ofJany. 18th and 29th 1863, are removed. He was captured on or aboutJanuary 29, 1863, near Napoleon, Ark., and died at Jackson, MIss., March6, 1863, while a prisoner of war --- cause of death unknown."
"A pension of $2.00 per month for each of her sons until they reachedthe age of 16 was granted on September 15, 1873.
"On September 11, 1901, Elizabeth McKinsey applied for a renewal ofher pension, stating that as the widow of Andrew Sparks she had receiveda pension until her marriage to Joseph McKinsey, but she stated that hersecond husband had died on June 24, 1873, and asked to be restored to thepension rolls. She gave her post office address as Elsmore, Kansas. Hertwo sons signed as witnesses, signing their names as J. W. Sparks and D.P. Sparks, both being residents of Elsmore, Kansas.
"Also included in the documents sent by the National Archives fromthis file is a copy of a mortgage dated September 26, 1899, "betweenElizabeth Sparks (widow) of Elsmore in the County of Allen and State ofKansas of the first part, and Nancy E. Fisher of the second part," bywhich Elizabeth Sparks mortgaged for $600 six lots in the town ofElsmore, Kansas. This document was probably submitted to prove thatElizabeth Sparks was in need of a pension. It is interesting that sheresumed the name "Sparks" after her second husband died.
"Her pension was restored at the rate of $30.00 per month. The lastrecord in the file indicates that Elizabeth Sparks, widow of AndrewSparks, died on May 12, 1922, at which time her last address was given asErie, Kansas."

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERY, December, 1971, Whole No. 76, p. 1453 for thefollowing Pension Application filed by Andrew J. Sparks:

ANDREW J. SPARKS, born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, about 1852;claimed to have served in Company C of Kirk’s Regiment, in 1870, but theWar Department could find no record of such service. File designation:1,387,585.

On December 10, 1909, Andrew J. Sparks, a resident of Viands, WilkesCounty, North Carolina, made application to the Bureau of Pensions for aninvalid pension. He stated that he was 57 years old (thus born about1852) and that he had been enrolled at Trap Hill, North Carolina, in June1870 as a private in, according to his own words, “I think Co. D, Kirk’sRegiment and was released at Raleigh, Sept. 1870,” He
stated that he had been 18 years old at the time of his enlistment, hadbeen 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with a fair complexion, dark hair and blueeyes. He stated that while he was on duty at Raleigh, North Carolina, inSeptember 1870, one of his fingers was broken and that he received thisinjury' while putting up tents by a fall of the ridge pole," and that he"was in the Hospital about one week in Raleigh, N.C." He stated that hehad not been employed in military or naval service prior to June 1870 norafter September 1870. He signed his name by mark (A. J. Sparks). Hiswitnesses were C. E. Durham and V. B. Blackburn.

On January 27, 1910, the Commissioner of Pensions, J. L. Davenport, wroteto Andrew J. Sparks as follows:

"Sir: Your above-cited claim for pension under the general law isrejected on the ground that it does not appear that such an organizationas Co. D, Kirk’s Regiment, was in the service of the United States, nordo the records of the War Department show that a person named
Andrew J. Sparks enlisted in the U.S. Army during the year 1870."

Andrew J. Sparks returned this letter to the Bureau of Pensions with thefollowing note: "“ volunteered under J. Q. A. Bryan at Traphill & wasattached to Kirk’s Regiment at Raleigh, N.C. I am not right certain aboutthe name of the Co. but think it was Co. C."

From the records furnished by the National Archives from this file, itdoes not appear that Andrew J. Sparks was ever granted a pension.

(Editor’s Note: It is curious that a Southerner would have applied for aU.S. pension for service in the Union Army. If he served in the unit heclaimed, this must have been a unit assigned to North Carolina during theReconstruction period. One wonders whether records of such service weredeliberately not kept by the U.S. Government at that time.)

THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1985, Whole No. 131; DESCENDANTS OFWILLIAM SPARKS, (1761-1848), pg 2777:
"Andrew Jackson Sparks, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Cooper) Sparks,was born on October 19, 1826. On August 24, 1848, he was married to MaryAnn Allen in Nacogdoches County, Texas, by the Rev. John M. Beckton, aPresbyterian minister. She had been born on December 28, 1830, inTennessee and was a daughter of Elijah and Asenith Tonisa (Hollingsworth)Allen.

Andrew Jackson Sparks (see photo on pg 2778) died on August 6, 1857,at the untimely age of 30 years, just a few months following the birth ofhis youngest child. His widow, Mary Ann, married (2nd) William Andersonon February 18, 1859, in Nacogdoches County. She died two years later,on August 1, 1861. Andrew Jackson and Mary Ann (Allen) Sparks had fivechildren.

SQ 400 article on marriage to Mary Eikenburg on 22 June 1854 and birthof four children Josiah, Lydia, Andrew J. and Ephram.

SQ 2782:

"Andrew Jackson ("Jack") Sparks, son of Thomas and MIlly (Smith)Sparks, was born on April 6, 1853. He married Mary Haseltine ("MollyHassy") Robertson (see photo on page 2782) on November 14, 18 72. She wasborn on November 14, 1853, in Alabama. Jack died on January 27, 1941, atGholson, Texas. They had nine children, all of them born at Patrick,Texas."

The following information from the 1900 Census of the Indian Territory(Oklahoma) appeared in the QUARTERLY FOR September, 1980, Whole No. 111,at page 2233:

E.D. 153, sheet 1, Vol. 9. City of Chickasha, 12 Street.
Name Race Sex Relationship Date of Birth Age Place of Birth

SPARKS, Andrew R. W M stock-raiser Mar. 1858 42 Texas
" Ida F wifeSept. 1867 32 "
" Lee M sonJan. 1891 9 Indian Terr.
" Mable F