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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 and Edith Lyn Harrison. Alice (Sparks) Harrison and Gaylord Harriso nwere divorced, and she was married (2nd) to a man named Fawcett. They had one 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 hisfather to Kentucky where they settled in that part of Floyd Countywhich would become Lawrence County in 1821. It was there that Allenbought 50 acres of land on Big Blaine Creek on September 3, 1821,under a Kentucky Land Warrant which permitted vacant land to bepurchased for $20 per 100 acres. He bought an additional 100 acres onJanuary 15, 1831, and 50 acres 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 daughterof Richard 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.Six of their sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War.Allen died between 1860 and 1870. Elizabeth died sometime after1870."

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 February18, 2002 (smithk78@bellsouth.net) under the name of Allen Sparks, Sr.as follows:
"Allen Sparks, Sr.... was born 1798 and died 1849. He marriedBeersheba. She was born Abt. 1799, and died Unknown. Note: 1850Yancy County census lists a Beersheba Sparks, head of household, b.1799 (51 yrs 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 ofHousehold in 1850. Hardin is listed as living right next to her at age31, as is James age 21 (his children are listed, and his wife islisted as Jane age 23. It appears Allen, Sr., and Beersheba had sevenchildren. Either that or they had children of other families livingwith them. All are listed with 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(brother of Allen) of the births of the children of James and Margaret(Ray) Sparks that was quoted on page 2589 of the March 1984 issue ofThe Sparks Quarterly (Whole No. 125). In the obituary of Allen Sparksthat is quoted below, his year of birth was given as 1813 rather than1814. He was a small boy when his parents moved to Richland County,Ohio, from Pennsylvania. There he learned the carpenter's trade,serving as an apprentice to Samuel Whiting for four years. When he wasnineteen years old, he left his Ohio home and went to the newly-formedClinton County in Indiana where he settled in the southwest part ofthe county near present-day Colfax. He purchased 52 acres of landthere on September 1, 1833. Two years later, he was joined by hisfather and some of his brothers. When the 1840 census was taken, hewas apparently living in the household of his brother, Thomas Sparks.By this time, he had added 114 acres 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 logcabin which his father had built (or owned). It was still standing in1886, and it was there that the first sermon was preached in ClintonCounty by a Methodist 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, Elijah Sparks,passed away Monday
afternoon at the home of his son on east First street. He had not beensuffering 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. All lastsummer 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, Indiana wherehe married Miss
Nancy Rogers on Dec. 22, 1842, who died eleven years ago. To them wereborn 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 his sonand 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 with thefamily 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 meta most 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,sometime prior to 1837, for in November, 1837, he was married there toPolly Weaver (the marriage bond in Monroe County is dated November 17,1837, Book A, p. 157). She was born in North Carolina about 1822.She died between 1850 and 1859, and in December 1859, Allen Sparksmarried his second wife, Elizabeth Burton (Monroe County marriage bonddated December 14, 1859, Book 4, p. 20.) She was born in NorthCarolina 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, hewas a resident of Monroe County, Indiana. It is believed that hisfirst wife, Polly (Weaver) Sparks, was the mother of all of hischildren except his 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 hisproperty to his second wife, Elizabeth." (The article here namestheir five children.)

According to a descendant, Laurel Sparks (ednasporch@yahoo.com), whowrote June 27, 2005, "Allen Sparks and both wives and Eli Sparks andhis wife Rebecca (and some of their children) are buried in a familycemetery in Monroe County off Breeden Road and close to the GreeneCounty line....The last burial was in the 1940's." Laurel wroteagain on June 4, 2007 as follows: Allen died in 1882. He waslittle-known in the town of Bloomington (Indiana), but a few monthsafter his death a large crowd turned out for a memorial service (a"basket dinner" where the Rev. Martin Fulk preached Allen's funeralsermon.) I have much more data on this family." Researchers areencouraged to contact Laurel Sparks for this 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 wehave learned 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. PerhapsAllen Sparks went to Kansas when his father moved from Indiana toIowa. He married (second) Sarah A. Woodward on September 25., 1862,at National, Clayton County, Iowa. On May 20, 1861, he enrolled atMcGregor, Iowa, as a sergeant in Co. C., 3rd Regiment of Iowa Infantryand was honorably discharged for disability at Mound City, Illinois,on September 19, 1863. He was 5 feet, 10 inches tall at hisenlistment, with fair complexion, grey eyes and brown hair; byoccupation he was a farmer. According to his certificate ofdischarge, 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 theabdomen; he was engaged in the Siege of Vicksburg and during thebattle at Jackson, Mississippi, on July 12, 1862, he was wounded by amusket ball "carrying away the index finger of right hand." On hispension application, he stated that after leaving service he had livedat McGregor, Iowa., except for two years in Farmersburg, Iowa.According to his death certificate, Allen Sparks died on April 26,1907, from "old age" 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 April26, 1907 in Clayton County, Iowa, son of James and Elizabeth (Gilman)Sparks; married (1st) Martha Moore and (2nd) Sarah A. Woodward. Heserved in Company C, 3rd Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. NationalArchives File Designation: WC 637,531.

Sometime in 1879 Alien Sparks of Clayton County, Iowa, madeapplication for a Civil War pension. We do not have a copy of hisapplication, but on December 23, 1879, the Adjutant General?s Officeresponded to the Commissioner of Pensions regarding Allen Sparks'sservice. According to this report, Allen Sparks was enrolled, on June5, 1861, at Keokuk, Iowa, in Company C of the 3rd Regiment of IowaVolunteers to serve three years or during the War and that he wasmustered into service as a corporal on June 8, 1861. He was reportedas present for duty in his company in October 1861; in December he wasreported as "sick in Burton Barracks". His company was in action atthe Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., and at the Battle of Shilohwhere he was "slightly bruised in abdomen by spent ball" on April 2,1862. From August 18, 1862, until April 30, 1863, he was absent fromhis company "on recruiting service" but was back on duty thereafter.On July 12, 1863, he was wounded at the battle at Jackson,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 ofhis discharge, he held the rank of sergeant. According to hisdischarge certificate, he had been born in Lewis County, Kentucky, was39 years old, was 5 feet 10 inches tall, of fair complexion, with greyeyes and brown hair, and a farmer by occupation.

Allen Sparks was granted a pension for this service. On July 14, 1898,he responded to a questionnaire of the Pension Office, stating that hehad been married twice; that his first wife had been Martha Moore andthat she had died in Leavenworth, Kansas, in March 1857. He statedthat he had been married to Sarah C. Woodward (his second wife) onSeptember 25, 1862, at National, Clayton County, Iowa, by the Rev. S.Alger. He listed his children as follows: (the first four were by hisfirst 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 saidhe was 84 years old. He stated also that he had been born in LewisCounty, Kentucky, on June 1, 1822. He said he had lived in McGregorsince leaving the service in 1863 "except two years in Farmersburg,Iowa." He signed his name as Allen Sparks; Charles A. Jordan, whosaid he had known Allen Sparks for 20 years, and William R. Kinnainwho said he had known him for 30 years, signed as witnesses.

Allen Sparks died on April 26, 1907 "of old age." His deathcertificate is on file with the other documents and from this we learnthat his father's name had been James Sparks and his mother had beenElizabeth Gilman. 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, appliedfor a pension. She stated that it was her belief that the first wifeof Allen Sparks, whom she called "Marthy Sparks," had died in KansasCity, Missouri. She stated that her own maiden name had been Sarah A.Woodward and that she had been married to Allen Sparks on September25, 1862, by the Rev. Simon Alger.

(Editor's note: See the QUARTERLY of June 1970 (Vol. XVIII, No. 2,Whole No. 70, pp. 1315-1316) for additional information on AllenSparks and his branch 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 onpages 1315-1316 of the June 1970 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 70,and an abstract of his Civil War pension file was published on pages1366-1367 of the December 1970 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 72.[Copied above] In addition, we have received further information abouttwo of his younger 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, inJohnson County. (The license to marry was issued on March 7th; Allenwas then 44 years old, and it was his first marriage. Mary was 19years old and it was her first marriage.) Allen apparently died inthe spring of 1897 . He had made a will on March 10, 1890, by which heleft one dollar to his daughter, Sarah J. Sparks. He left the rest ofhis estate to his brother, Jesse Sparks. We have no furtherinformation about this family."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1991, Whole No. 156, p. 3853-3873for an article on Thomas and Rebecca Sparks (and his second wife,Dianah Wilcox) 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 inservice on 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 fora widow's pension. She stated that she was 22 years old and aresident of Peach Orchard, Lawrence County, Kentucky. She stated thather husband, Allen Sparks , had been a private in Company G, commandedby Captain John C. Collins, in the 14th Regiment of InfantryVolunteers commanded by Col. G. W. Gallup, and that he had died at theGeneral Hospital in (Chattanooga) Tennessee on June 30, 1864. Shealso stated that she had been married to Allen Sparks at Louisa,Lawrence County, Kentucky, on October 1, 1863, and that her maidenname had been Anna Gipson (sic). She stated that she had no children.

With her application, Anna Sparks submitted a true copy of hermarriage license from Lawrence County. Silvester B. Miller, a Baptistpreacher, had performed the marriage. Anna Sparks also included withher application the following document signed by her husband?scommanding officer:

"Station at Louisa, State of Kentucky, 28th day of November 1864, I,John C. Collins, Captain of Company G, Fourteenth Kentucky VolunteerInfantry, certify that Allen Sparks was a private in my Company, thathe was mustered into the service of the United States on the 10th dayof December 1861 and that he died at General Hospital in the State ofTennessee on the 30th day of June 1864 of Disease contracted while inthe service 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 proofof Allen Sparks's service and death, noting that he had been musteredinto service on December 14, 1861, at Camp Wallace, Kentucky, to servethree years and that the muster roll of Company G of the 14th Regimentdated January 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 commencingon June 30, 1864. On October 22, 1865, Anna Sparks married as hersecond husband, Ellis Booth, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. On April16, 1870, Anna Booth (formerly Anna Sparks) wrote to the pensionoffice explainng that she had been the widow of Allen Sparks and thatthe last payment of her pension had been only through March 14, 1865,and that she was entitled to payment between March 14, 1865, and herremarriage on October 23, 1865. She appointed J. F. Steward ofPaintsville, Kentucky, as her attorney to collect this "arrears." Shesigned her name by mark and stated that she resided on Sandy River inJohnson 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 third
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 prominentmen of his time in McDonough County. He was school treasurer ofBushnell Township, a justice of the peace, a township supervisor, andcounty clerk. He was a member of the Methodist Church. He died atBushnell, Illinois, on Septem ber 15, 1910. Jennie died on June 13,1935. They were buried in the Bushnell. Cemetery. They had twochildren."

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.Allen died on April 8, 1966, and Mary Elizabeth died on September 21,1971. They had five children: John Rich Sparks, Minnie Sparks, RobertMartin Sparks, Nancy Sparks, and August Sparks."

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SQ pg 3941: They had three children, Mitchell, Nova and Harry Slo an. 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 equipmentat $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, 4thRegiment Texas Cavalry; and Company I, 9th Regiment Texas Cavalry. The9th (also known as the 4th and as Sims') Regiment Texas Cavalry wasaccepted into the service of the Confederate States October 14, 1861,for twelve months and was re-organized in May, 1862. A record datedFebruary 28, 1862, states that A. W. Sparks was ?on sick furlough, athome, Titus Co., Texas,? where he seems to have remained until atleast October 1862. The muster roll for November and December 1862lists him as "Absent on detached service.? In March 1863 he was listedas "Present" but in May and June 1863 he was listed as "absent withleave? and on July 31, 1863, he was listed as ?sick in camp.? InJune 1864 he was listed as ?Present.? On May 13, 1865, he was listedon a " Roll of Prisoners of War of the Ninth Regiment, Texas Cavalry,Company I, Confederate States Army,
commanded by Lt, Col. J. C. Bates, surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama,by Lt. Gen. R. Taylor, C.S.A.,
to Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby, U.S.A., May 4, 1865, and paroled atJackson, Miss., May 13, 1865."

***************

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 theoutbreak of the Civil War. This unit was later known as Company I,9th Regiment Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army. He served untilthe end of the war . (See page 1280 of the December 1969 issue of theQUARTERLY, Whole No. 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 a394 page book which gave vivid accounts of his Civil War experiencesand which is still considered to be among the best books written by aTexas author about Texans. The book, entitled RECOLLECTIONS OF THEGREAT 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 theywere listed on that census for that year. Later, they returned toHopkins county where they settled at Saltillo. Tuck Sparks died onNovember 7, 1912, and was buried in the Cypress Cemetery in FranklinCounty. Fanny died on October 18, 1929, and was buried beside him.They were the parents of three children."

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

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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 that
he was married on December 22, 1886, to Minnie Ann Enfield. She ha dbeen
born on October 17, 1869, in Boone County and was a daughter of William and
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 had
been born on March 18, 1897, in Lane County, Kansas, and was a daughter of
Joseph L. and Esther (Wolf) Sawyer. Neva died on October 18, 1957, and
Corbet died on October 29, 1964. They had five children: Byerl Louise,
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 marriage."

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 andIsabella (Ellis) Sparks on page
1417 of the QUARTERLY, we could only speculate regarding her birthdate. From family records
provided by Mr. Steeples and Mrs. Mowrer, we are now able to statethat she 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 OakCemetery in 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 oldand when he was eleven
his father died as a soldier in the Union Army (January 10, 1863). Hewas reared 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 alsoburied in 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.He died about 1863. He and Amanda had two children, Alice and Clara.After his death Amanda married a man named Rogers by whom she had onechild, 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 died onJuly 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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SQ 3280: Amelia "Millie" Sparks, daughter of Reuben and Cassie (Buttery)
Sparks, was born about 1799 in Wilkes county, North Carolina, and i twas there
that she was married to Emanuel Bauguess in September, 1817, the marriage bond
being dated September 26, 1817. Joseph Spicer was the bondsman. Emanuel
Bauguess was born about 1797 in North Carolina and was a son of Richard and
Keziah (Rose) Bauguess. Both Millie and Emanuel were members of th eOld
Roaring River Baptist Church; she joined "by experience, Saturday, January 2,
1829." Emanuel died in the fall of 1861, while Millie apparently died in 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, wasa member of the Indiana (Methodist) Conference and at the time of hisdeath was agent for the American Bible Society. Hosier J. Durbin waskilled on August 11, 1851, when a tree limb fell on him during astorm. He had been a member of the State Legislature of Indiana. Hewas a speaker of persuasive 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 erof William 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, page 352)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."

!NOTES:
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 ,in Morgan
County, Kentucky. She had been born about 1833 in Virginia. When the 1880
census was taken, they were living in Elliott County. Apparently they had 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 onMarch 6, 1863. He had been married to Elizabeth Owen a number ofyears before enlisting.

See The Sparks Quarterly, September 1971, Whole No. 75, pps 1429-30for the 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 widowmarried (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 ofpapers provided by the National Archives. A later record reveals thatthe pension was approved in 1873 in the amount of $8.00 per month,beginning on September 15, 1873.
"The earliest document provided by the National Archives from thispension file is an application made by Elizabeth Sparks on November28, 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 inthe War of the Rebellion"; that he was a private in Company F, 77thRegiment of Illinois Infantry. She stated that her maiden name hadbeen Elizabeth Owen and that her marriage certificate was already onfile at the Pension Office. (This certificate states that AndrewSparks and Elizabeth Owen had een married on February 17, 1859, by O.A. Burgess, a minister of the Gospel, in Woodford County, Illinois.)She gave her two sons' names as John W. Sparks, born February 17,1860, and Daniel Sparks, born February 12, 1862. she stated that JohnW. Sparks was living in Humbolt, Allan County, Kansas, and DanielSparks was living in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. Both signedthis 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, widowof Andrew 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.Dreyden of 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." Thisreport quotes the company record book as follows: "Charges ofDesertion of Jany. 18th and 29th 1863, are removed. He was capturedon or about January 29, 1863, near Napoleon, Ark., and died atJackson, MIss., March 6, 1863, while a prisoner of war --- cause ofdeath 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 hadreceived a pension until her marriage to Joseph McKinsey, but shestated that her second husband had died on June 24, 1873, and asked tobe restored to the pension rolls. She gave her post office address asElsmore, Kansas. Her two sons signed as witnesses, signing theirnames as J. W. Sparks and D. P. Sparks, both being residents ofElsmore, 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 Stateof Kansas of the first part, and Nancy E. Fisher of the second part,"by which 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 givenas Erie, 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, butthe War Department could find no record of such service. Filedesignation: 1,387,585.

On December 10, 1909, Andrew J. Sparks, a resident of Viands, WilkesCounty, North Carolina, made application to the Bureau of Pensions foran invalid pension. He stated that he was 57 years old (thus bornabout 1852) and that he had been enrolled at Trap Hill, NorthCarolina, in June 1870 as a private in, according to his own words, ?Ithink Co. D, Kirk?s Regiment and was released at Raleigh, Sept. 1870,?He
stated that he had been 18 years old at the time of his enlistment,had been 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with a fair complexion, dark hair andblue eyes. He stated that while he was on duty at Raleigh, NorthCarolina, in September 1870, one of his fingers was broken and that hereceived this injury' while putting up tents by a fall of the ridgepole," and that he "was in the Hospital about one week in Raleigh,N.C." He stated that he had not been employed in military or navalservice prior to June 1870 nor after September 1870. He signed hisname by mark (A. J. Sparks). His witnesses were C. E. Durham and V. B.Blackburn.

On January 27, 1910, the Commissioner of Pensions, J. L. Davenport,wrote to 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 anorganization as Co. D, Kirk's Regiment, was in the service of theUnited States, nor do the records of the War Department show that aperson named Andrew J. Sparks enlisted in the U.S. Army during theyear 1870."

Andrew J. Sparks returned this letter to the Bureau of Pensions withthe following note: "I volunteered under J. Q. A. Bryan at Traphill &was attached to Kirk's Regiment at Raleigh, N.C. I am not rightcertain about the 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 fora U.S. pension for service in the Union Army. If he served in the unithe claimed, this must have been a unit assigned to North Carolinaduring the Reconstruction period. One wonders whether records of suchservice were deliberately not kept by the U.S. Government at thattime.)

(Andrew J. Sparks was a son of Joel and Charlotte (Durham) Sparks anda grandson of Joel Sparks, Jr., and his wife, Nancy (Blackburn)Sparks. His great-grandfather was John Sparks (born February 25, 1753)who served in the American Revolution. For a record of this family,see the QUARTERLY of December 1955, Vol. III, No. 14, Whole No. 12,pp. 97-104. Andrew J. Sparks?s father, Joel Sparks, was born about1826 - - he was a brother of the Robert Sparks who was the subject ofa sketch in the QUARTERLY of September 1970, Vol. XVIII, No, 3, WholeNo, 71, pp. 1346-1490 Joel Sparks married Charlotte Durham in WilkesCounty, N.C., the marriage bond being dated June 21, 1846. From censusrecords, it appears that Joel and Charlotte (Durham) Sparks were theparents of the following children:

(1) Caroline Sparks, born about 1846
(2) George W. Sparks, born about 1848
(3) Nancy Sparks, born about 1850
(4) Andrew J. Sparks, born about 1852 (the applicant for a pension)
(5) Julia Sparks, born about 1853
(6) Martha Sparks, born about 1854
(7) Dovia (or Dovey) Sparks, born about 1855
(8) Joel Sparks, born about 1857
(9) Mary J. Sparks, born about 1859
(10) William Sparks, born about 1862
(Charlotte, wife of Joel Sparks and mother of the applicant for apension, died prior to 1870, at least she was not listed with thefamily when the 1870 census was taken. We have no record of Andrew J.Sparks having married.)

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 toMary Ann Allen in Nacogdoches County, Texas, by the Rev. John M.Beckton, a Presbyterian minister. She had been born on December 28,1830, in Tennessee 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 birthof his youngest child. His widow, Mary Ann, married (2nd) WilliamAnderson on February 18, 1859, in Nacogdoches County. She died twoyears later, on August 1, 1861. Andrew Jackson and Mary Ann (Allen)Sparks had five children.

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. Shewas born on November 14, 1853, in Alabama. Jack died on January 27,1941, at Gholson, Texas. They had nine children, all of them born atPatrick, 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 ofBirth Age Place of Birth

SPARKS, Andrew R. W M stock-raiser Mar. 185842 Texas
" Ida F wife Sept. 1867 32 "
" Lee M son Jan. 1891 9 IndianTerr.
" Mable F dau. June 1892 7 " "
" Dot F dau. Feb. 1894 6" "
" Gertrude F dau. Mar. 1896 4 " "
" Earl M son Feb. 1897 3 " "
" Brownie F dau Mar. 1899 1 " "

(Added information from the census: Andrew R. Sparks married 11years; parents born in Texas.
Wife, Ida, mother of six children; parents, born in Texas. Thiscensus record is in error, however. The
father of Andrew R. Sparks, William Sparks, was born in Georgia, andhis mother, Hanna (Weeks)
Sparks, was born in Illinois. Andrew R. Sparks was born in TitusCounty, Texas (we believe.) William
J. Sparks, father of Andrew R. Sparks, was born January 24, 1807, inGeorgia; his parents were John
and Sarah (Brooks) Sparks, his grandparents were Matthew Jr. andMargaret Sparks, and his
great-grandparents were Matthew and Sarah Sparks about whom wepublished an article in the
QUARTERLY of June 1961, Vol. IX, No. 2, Whole No. 34.)

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SQ pg 2652: He was a cattle raiser in Oklahoma. He was married toIda Randolph, probably about 1889. She was born in Texas in September1867. When the 1900 census was taken of the Chickasha Nation, OklahomaTerritory, Andrew and Ida lived in the City of Chickasha, not too farfrom the ranch of his brother, Buck Sparks. They had at least sevenchildren.

See SQ p. 232 for birth information. I names her father as Martin,probably in error.

SQ pg 3905: They reared three children in Beaver, Ohio: William ,Selse, and John Chandler.

SQ p. 4041:

"Ann Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kelley) Sparks, wasprobably the eldest child, and we place her year of birth as about1733. She was married to David Reed on October 10, 1750, in QueenAnnes County. She attested (as the nearest of kin) the account of herbrother, Arthur Sparks, in 1766.

See MARYLAND MARRIAGES 1634-1777, Compiled by Robert Barnes,Baltimore, 1987, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. p. 168.

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 2001, Whole No. 196, pp 5605-5630,p. 5608:

"Ann Sparks, daughter of Matthew and Sarah Sparks, was probably bornin or about 1766. We have no
further knowledge of her beyond Bettie C. Smith's listing her in the1899 letter as one of the two daughters of Matthew and Sarah Sparks.

SQ p. 3553: She never married and made her home with her brother,Jesse Sparks, Jr. She died in 1890.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 2001, Whole No. 196, p.5628"

"Ann J. Sparks, daughter of Isaac and Wilmoth (Noland) Sparks, wasborn in Carroll County,
Tennessee, about 1824/5. She was shown on the 1850 and 1860 censusesof Carroll County as living in her parents' household; age 24 in 1850and 35 in 1860. Her name has not been found on either the 1870 or 1880censuses of Carroll County, nor do we have any record of her beingmarried."

SQ 3O77: "Ann Sparks, daughter of Abel and Sarah (Cochran) Sparks ,was born on June 7, 18O8, probably in Tennessee. She was called Nancyin the estate papers of her brother, Solomon Sparks, in 188O. Shemarried Isaac W. McReynolds who moved to Freeborn County, Minnesota,settling on a farm west of Albert Lea in 1856. She was referred to as"Nancy McReynolds" in her brother's estate papers. Isaac W.McReynolds had been born in North Carolina in 18O6. We have no recordof their children."

SQ, Whole No. 43, pg. 859:

Anna Sparks was a daughter of George and Rachel (Norris) Sparks ofWashington County, Penna., and later of Taylor County, Virginia (nowWest Virginia). (See The Sparks Quarterly of June, 1963, Vol. XI, No.2, Whole No. 42, page 734.) She was a sister of Solomon Sparks(1787-1860) whose applications for bounty land based on his service inthe War of 1812 appear in this issue of the Quarterly, pages 757-58.

Anna Sparks was born on January 10, 1800, in wbat is now TaylorCounty, West Virginia, and died on June 27, 1873. She was married onApril 27, 1817, in Virginia to Adam Snyder who was born in FrederickCounty, Maryland, November 2, 1795, and died May 18, 1847. He servedin the War of 1812 and later enlisted in the Army of the Northwestunder General Harrison. He participated in the lattle of the Thames.

!NOTES:
SQ 1983: "Anna Sparks, daughter of Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens )Sparks,
was born in Wayne County, Indiana, on September 3O, 1825, and died o nOctober
7, 1845. She was married on December 5, 1844, to Ezra Wilson. He died on July
13, 1883. We have no record of any children."

SQ 3872:

"Anna Laura Sparks was married to a man named Chenault about 1890, andthey moved to Arizona where Anna is said to have died when their sonWilliam, was born. The child was brought to Lewis County, Kentucky ,where he was reared by his maternal grandparents."

The SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 3357-8, lists the children of Fred andArabella (Sparks) Gentz as follows:
"1. Helen Clara Gentz was born about 1871. She was married to HelmerCourt on June 13, 1894, in Jefferson County. (see Item I, A, 6,above.)
2. Arthur Gentz was born about 1873.
3. Wallace Gentz was born about 1875.
4. Stanley Gentz.
5. Earl Gentz."

However, on February 13, 2000, I received an email from Sherry Sharpof Beaumont, Texas (Lumoto@aol.com). She is a grandaughter of LillianFrances Courts who is a grandniece of Arabella Sparks. Sheemphatically advised that the 5 people named above were not thechildren of Fred and Arabella (Sparks) Gentz. She supplied the namesand dates of the six children whom, she advises, were shown as theirchildren according to census records. They have been included ratherthan those named by the QUARTERLY.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1996, Whole No. 173, pg. 4609:

"According to Margaret Sparks Singletary, writing in 1958, MaloneSparks died in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in 1863. Shortly before hedied, he had received a letter (preserved later in his family Bible)informing him that his oldest son, Archibald Wimpey Sparks, had beenkilled in action as a soldier in the Confederate Army. He hadenlisted unter his middle name Wimpey Sparks, on March 4, 1862, inCompany E of the Infantry Battalion known as Phillips' Georgia Legion. A document compiled by Lillian Henderson, Director of ConfederatePension and Record Department, entitled "Roster of the ConfederateSoldiers of Georgia," states that the unit in which "A. W. Sparks" ofLumpkin County served was known officially as "Co. D, 52nd Regiment,Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A." Beside hisname in this official record appears: "Private, March 4, 1862; Missingat Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864." (Page 483 of Vol. 5). AnotherConfederate soldier who served in the same regiment and company fromLumpkin County has the entry: "Sparks, J. - Private, January, 1863.Sick at Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1865." This "J. Sparks" may havebeen Archibald Wimpey Sparks's brother, Joseph W. Sparks, who was bornabout 1852 according to the 1860 census.

"The letter informing Malone Sparks of his son's death indicated thatWimpey Sparks had enlisted at Dahlonega, the county seat of LumpkinCounty, Georgia, which was near where Malone Sparks lived. In 1958,Mrs. Singletary owned this letter which informed Malone Sparks that noone had made a claim for the amount of wages that had been due WimpeySparks when he was killed. His company commander had been a CaptainHamilton. The letter also mentioned the fact that Wimpey Sparks hadbeen killed in action in an engagement on the Rappahanock River inVirginia.

See SQ 5073-74 for a notice of his death.

SQ pg 3944: They had six children: Hoadley, Austin, Nola, Laura ,Forest, and Albert Sparks.

SQ pg 3722:

DEATH CLAIMS DEWEY COCHRAN, JR.

"It is with regret that we record the death of Dewey Cochran, Jr. whopassed away on June 12, 1990, at the Kings Daughters Hospital inAshland, Kentucky, following a sudden illness. He is survived by hiswife, Betty; a daughter, Susan; a step-daughter, Mary Beth; and threesisters, Catherine, Charlene, and Anna Belle. We extend our sympathyto the members of his family.

"Dewey Cochrane was born on May 29, 1933, in Boyd County, Kentucky,and was a son of Dewie and Laura (see above) Belle (McKenzie)Cochrane. His maternal grandparents were Sargent Newton and Arizona(Sparks) McKenzie and his great-grandparents were Tillman and Susie E.(Murray) Sparks of Johnson County, Kentucky. Hisgreat-great-grandparents were Elisha and Susanna (Pridemore) Sparks,and his great-great-great-grandparents were Thomas and Diana (Wilcox)Sparks who came from Surry County, North Carolina, to Lawrence County,Kentucky, about 1821.

See also on the same page as her brother obituary notice (SQ pg 3722)is the following:

DEATH TAKES CATHERINE (COCHRAN) BROOKS

"It is with regret that we record the death of Catherine (Cochran)(see above) Brooks who died on November 25, 1990 , at Catlettsburg,Kentucky. She is survived by her two sisters, Anna Belle (Cochrane)Dowdy and Charlene (Cochran) Salyers. Her husband , Charles E.Brooks, died in 1988. Catherine Cochran Brooks was born on August 27,1921, in Boyd County, Kentucky, and was a daughter of Dewie and LauraBelle (McKenzie) Cochran."

SQ pg 3404: Arlie and Juanita lived at Marlette, Michigan. He workedfor the Ford Motor Company. He and Juanita had two children: Carolineand Connie Sparks.

SQ pp. 4042-43:

"Arthur Sparks, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kelley) Sparks, was bornon February 17, 1743. He witnessed the inventories of the estates ofhis father and of his brother, David. He was married, apparentlyabout 1763, to a woman named Ruth ------ and they had one child,Hester Sparks, born about 1764. Hester died prior to 1769. ArthurSparks died in the early part of 1766, and his wife, Ruth Sparks, wasappointed as his administrator. She presented an inventory of hisestate to the Queen Annes County Court on June 13, 1766. The estatewas appraised by William Gould and Abner Dudley, and the total valuewas a little over fourteen pounds. Elizabeth Russell and Ann Reed,sisters of Arthur Sparks, attested to the appraisal of his estate asthe "nearest of kin."

"Ruth Sparks, widow of Arthur, gave a final accounting of herhusband's estate to the Queen Annes County Court on April 6, 1769. Bythis time, she had remarried, and her husband, Absalom Sparks, was herco-administrator. Representatives of Arthur Sparks were his widow,Ruth Sparks, and their child, Hester, under age and now (1766)deceased. Thomas Graves and David Reed were sureties for Ruth andAbsalom Sparks. (Absalom Sparks, who married Ruth Sparks, the widow ofArthur Sparks, was, in all probability, a first cousin of JosephSparks, father of Arthur. For further details of Absalom Sparks andhis family, see the December 1974 issue of THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, WholeNo. 88.)"