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SQ pg 3403: They had 10 children: Otis, Earl, Lester, Mary, Susie,Debra, Dorothy, Bethel, and Arthur Sparks.

See SQ p. 2974:

"Chloe Sparks, youngest daughter of Joseph and Mary (McDaniel) Sparks,was born probably about 1770 in Maryland. She apparently nevermarried and became the head of the household after her father died in1809. She was co-executor of his estate, along with her brother,Joseph, and under the terms of her father's will, she inherited all ofhis property which was not specified in his will. If she had anyheirs, she could pass this property on to them, but if she diedwithout issue, the property was to be sold and the proceeds were to bedivided equally among the remaining heirs of her father.

"Chloe Sparks died in 1832 without a will. Joseph Sparks and JohnSparks, probably sons of her brother, Joseph, were appointed as heradministrators. The final settlement was made in 1847."

SQ p. 2921: She was buried in the Indian Springs Cemetery nearEverett, PA.

SQ pg 3905: He served in the U.S. Army in the Spanish-American Warand died in the Philippine Islands while in the service on May 3,1901.

SQ p. 751"

"Claire Lucille Sparks, daughter of Ernest S. and Marjorie E. (Tinker)Sparks, was born Nov. 19, 1919, at Parrish, Wisc. She mas married toHoward John Faultersack on March 9., 1943, at Merrill, Wisc. He wasborn August 24, 1919. Claire was formerly a beautician, now a lovingmother. Hovard works for Oscar Mayer at Madison, Wisc. They havethree children: (1) John Howard Faultersack " born Aug. 2. 1946, atMerrill, -Wise.; (2) Nanoy Lee Faultersack, born Jan. 6. 1951, atMadison, Wisc., and (3) Mark Allen Faultersack., born June 28, 1953,,at Madison.

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SQ 3867: Clarence Sparks was married to Nora Lewis.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY for December, 1993, Whole No. 164, p. 4236:

DEATH CLAIMS CLARICE (SPARKS) BURRIS

We regret to report the death of a most helpful member of theAssociation, Clarice (Sparks) Burris, who passed away on March 29,1993, at her home in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the age of eighty-four.

Clarice Sparks was born on September 11, 1908, at Sardis, Texas, andwas a daughter of Enoch Bonner and Ella (Reagan) Sparks. Her paternalgrand parents were Newell Crane and Laura (Fetzer) Sparks, and hergreat-grand father was Stephen Franklin Sparks, a pioneer settler ofTexas who fought there in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 in theTexas-Mexican War. Clarice was predeceased by her husband. She issurvived by a son, Ron A. Burns. We extend our deepest sympathy toher son and other family members.

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SQ pg 3470: They lived in or around the general area of Parker, P aloPinto, and Falls County, Texas. We have no further information a boutthem. (Her husband's sister, Martha A. Erskine, married Clarind a'sbrother William, RIN 7304.)

SQ 3864: Clarinda "Sis" Sparks was born on January 23, 1864. She wasmarried twice. Her first marriage was to Leander C. "Brud" Sparks onJuly 19, 1882, in Elliott County. He had been born about 1851 and wasa son of Nelson and Peggy (Mauk) Sparks. (See the June 1989 issue ofSQ, Whole No. 46, pg 3396, for further details about the family ofNancy and Peggy). Sis and Brud Sparks had two children, Jane andMargaret, before they divorced. Sis was married (2nd) to Benjamin P.Cox. [JS Note: Sis and Brud were second cousins, having the samegreat-grandfather, Thomas Sparks (536)].

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SQ pg 3905: They had at least three children: Diadema, Daniel andNora Wheeler.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY , March, 1966, Whole No. 53 pp. 958-9:

CLAUDE E. SPARKS

Editor and Publisher of The Franklin County Times

On the cover of this issue of the QUARTERLY we are privileged topublish the pictures of three distinguished gentlemen, one of whom isClaude E. Sparks, Editor and Publisher of The Franklin County Times inRusseilville, Alabama. On February 11, 1966, at a meeting of theAlabama Press Association in Birmingham, Fred LePell, Director of thePublic Relations Athninistration, of U.S. Steel, presented to ClaudeE. Sparks and Roswell Falkenberry (Editor and Publisher of The SelmaTimes-Journal) the "Journalist of the Year" Awards, This was thesecond time such awards had been given. Sparks and Falkenberry werepresented plaques in recognition of their outstanding service to theircommunities, the state, and the nation.

A native of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Claude E. Sparks is a graduate of theUniversity of Missouri School of Journalism. He came to Russellvillein 1953 after working for the Jonesboro (Arkansas) Evening Sun, theBlytheville (Arkansas) Courier-News, and the Marshall (Texas)News-Messenger.

Without knowing it at the time, when Mr. Sparks came to Russellvillein 1953 he was actually returning to the home of his ancestors. He hadknown that his greatgrandfather had been born near Florence, Alabama,but no one in his family had maintained a family record. In 1964, Mr.Sparks learned of the Sparks Family Association, joi.ned, and soondiscovered that he was actually living within five miles of the spotwhere his great-great- great-grandparents, John and Mollie Sparks,were buried. The photograph of the stone marking their graves in theSparks Family Cemetery near Russellville reproduced on page 962 wastaken recently by Mr. Sparks,

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as was also the stone of their son, William Sparks. (John and MollieSparks and their descendants are the subject of the article beginningon page 960 of this issue of the QUARTERLY.)

Mr. Sparks's great-grandfather, Isaac Newton Sparks (called Newt), wasborn on June 17, 1848. In early boyhood he left Alabama and moved withhis widowed mother and brothers and sisters to Hardin County,Tennessee. Then in 1860, with his mother and brothers John, Jim, Joe,and Bob, he moved to Arkansas by ox cart. Mr. Sparks has written asfollows regarding his great-grandfather:

"They stopped to live at Smithville in Lawrence County on CoopersCreek where they lived during the Civil War. All of the above-namedbrothers served in the Confederate Army except Isaac Newton, who wastoo young. Bob was killed at Shiloh and Joe was shot in the shoulderat Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He returned home, developed gangrene anddied at Smithville. He probably is buried at Old Bethel Cemetery nearDenton, Arkansas. John was a cook in the Confederate Army.

"Left behind in Hardin County, Tennessee, was a sister who married aman named Hulen. His first name is not known in my family, but it isreported that her descendants still live near Savannah, Tennessee.

"Isaac Newton Sparks was married to Mary Street and moved to SharpCounty, Arkansas, near Poughkeepsie. They had one daughter, Mary, wholater was married to John Justice and then to W. G. Lewsaw. She hadchildren by both marriages. Mary Street Sparks died at the birth ofher daughter. Isaac Newton Sparks then married Charity Victoria Goff,who is believed to have been one-quarter Indian. She and Isaac Newtonare buried in the church cemetery near their home place. Photographswere baked into the tombstones of both and the likeness is still goodtoday.

"To Isaac Newton and Charity Victoria Sparks was born Joseph ColumbusSparks on February 16, 1880. I was the first grandson of JosephColumbus and was born on his birthday, February 16, 1929. JosephColumbus was married to Etta Louella Miller, daughter of Henry ScottMiller of Sharp County. They moved across the field, built a house atthe community sometimes called ?Push,? and were quite active in thecommunity as farmers. He was a fine blacksmith and his shop was adelight to me in my childhood.

"At one time in this community, Joseph Columbus Sparks and my fatheroperated the only repair service for automobiles in the area, sold thegasoline, served as carpenters and builders and performed a number ofservices. My father served as barber, both on occasion served as ruralundertaker in time of emergency and my grandmother operated thecommunity?s 'central' telephone system. My grandfather was known topull teeth in this remote community, which was miles from a doctor ordentist during many periods of time. I have witnessed my grandfatherpull a tooth while I was a child. He bid the sufferer 'be seated' in acane-bottom chair by the fireplace, took his forceps from a smalltrunk and hauled out the aching tooth.

"This community is still very remote and the homeplace was sold whenJoseph Columbus died several years ago. He and my grandmother areburied next to Isaac Newton and Charity. My grandfather acquired somehill land and cattle, but was not a particu larly good farmer. Heliked saw mills and machinery. He lived his entire life in a house 500yards from his birthplace."

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SQ pg 4078: He was married to Linda Anderson.

SQ 2568:

"Clinton C. Sparks, son of Elijah Sparks, was born abou t 1820 atChurch HIll. He married Susan Nabb on November 18, 1847, in QueenAnnes County, Maryland. He died on May 4, 1901, and Susan died onSeptember 12, 1905. Clinton and Susan moved west to Indiana wherethey settled in Orange County. They had at least one child, a son,Charles R. Sparks, born about 1864. Clinton served in the 49thRegiment Indiana Infantry during the Civil War and received a pensionfor his service. See SQ pg 2056, Whole No. 104 for an abstract of hispension file." (Reproduced below)

SQ 2056:

"CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION OF CLINTON C. SPARKS

"CLINTON C. SPARKS, son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Davis) Sparks, wasborn about 1818. He died on May 4, 1901. He was married to Susan A.Nabb on November 18, 1847, in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Heserved in Co. G,཭th Regt. Indiana Infantry Volunteers. FileDesignation: Inv. Cert. No. 255,275 and Wid. Cert. No. 518,350.

"On April 4, 1877, Clinton C. Sparks, age 58 years, a resident ofOrange County, Indiana, made application for an invalid pension. Hestated that he had enlisted in Company G, 49th Regiment Infantry underthe command of Capt. John A. Ritter on November 8, 1861, and hadserved until his discharge on November 29, 1864, at Indianapolis,Indiana. At the time of his enlistment he was 28 years of age; 5feet, 5 inches tall; and he had dark hair, a dark complexion, and blueeyes. He was a bridge-builder by occupation.

"Sparks said that in the latter part of December 1863 he washospitalized at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, forerysipelas which had left him permanently disabled so that he couldnot make a living as a farmer. Joseph Duncan and William A. J. Joneswitnessed his signature and John R. Simpson, Orange County CircuitCourt Clerk., certified the application.

"The Adjutant General's Office confirmed the military service ofClinton C. Sparks on May 15, 1877. He had enlisted at Jeffersonville,Indiana, on November 8, 1861, to serve for three years. He waspresent for duty until March 9, 1863, when he was hospitalized atMilliken's Bend. He remained in the hospital until February 29, 1864. He was mustered out with his company on November 29, 1864.

"Clinton C. Sparks was placed on the pension rolls. On November 4,1897, he was living at Huron, Lawrence County, Indiana, where heresponded to a questionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions as follows:He was married to Susan Nabb on November 18, 1847, at Centreville,Queen Anne's County, Maryland. They had no living children.

"On May 23, 1901, Susan A. Sparks, age 81 years, a resident ofMitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana, made application for a widow'spension. She said that she was the widow of Clinton C. Sparks, aCivil War veteran, who had died on May 4, 1901. Joseph Duncan andAlford T. McCoy, both residents of Mitchell, Indiana, attested to herstatements which were notarized by James H. Crawford.

"Susan A. Sparks was issued a pension under Widow's Certificate No.518,350. When she died on September 12, 1905, she was receiving $8.00per month."

SQ p 2869: He lived at Callihan, Texas.

Obituary Found online at Ancestry.com:

Debbie Dicken (View posts) Posted: 24 Jun 2006 4:33PM

Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Sparks, Holbrook, Coakley, Underwood
Dr. Clyde C. Sparks, 85, a longtime Ashland physician, died Saturday,Oct. 22, 1988, at Jo-Lin Health Care Center in Ironton, Ohio,following a long illness. He was born May 24, 1903, in Lawrence Countyto the late Dr. James C. and Nora Holbrook Sparks. He was a 1924graudate of Georgetown College and served as chairman of the scienceand mathematics department at Campbellsville College for four years.He received his M.D. degree from the University of Louisville andcompleted his surgical residency at Louisville City Hospital in 1935.Except for five years in the U.S. Navy, his entire practice ofmedicine and surgery was spent in the Ashland area. He was pastpresident of the Kentucky Medical Association, serving as chairman ofthe board of trustees and speaker of the house of delegates and as amember of the judicial council and president of the Kentucky SurgicalSociety. He was a founder of Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky, amember of the governor's advisory committee on indigent care,recipient of the distinguished service award from the KMA and atrustee of Georgetown College. After retirement, he was given anhonorary doctor of laws degree by Georgetown College. He was a memberof the First Baptist Church, Ashland. He is survived by his wife,Mabel Coakley Sparks, daughter of the late Walter and Mae Coakley,Campbellsville, and granddaughter of the late Rev. W. T. and SallyUnderwood, Campbellsville. Mrs. Underwood was a longtime teacher inTaylor County and Underwood, a pastor of several Baptist churches inTaylor County, was one of three founders of Campbellsville College.Sparks is also survived by a son, Dan Coakley Sparks, Appleton, Wis.;a brother, Chiles E. Sparks, Delaware, and three grandchildren. Thefuneral was at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Rose Hill CemeteryChapel with the Rev. Bill Messer officiating. Burial was at the RoseHill Burial Park. ~Obituaries of Taylor County, Kentucky, Volume III,compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 178

See SQ p.104: "Colby Sparks, son of John and Sarah (Shores) Sparks,was born about 1801, in Wilkes Co., N. C.; he died about 1869 inWilkes County. He went to Kentucky in the 1820's but returned toNorth Carolina. He was married in Wilkes County in 1822 (marriagebond dated Dec. 28, 1822 ) to Sarah Pruitt, daughter of John Pruitt;she was born about 1804 in North Carolina. Colby Sparks was a Baptistpreacher of local reputation.
Children of Colby and Sarah (Pruitt) Sparks:
a. Mahala ("Hulda") Sparks, born about 1824; married WillifordPrivett,
Jr. in 1848.
b. Irena R. ("Rena") Sparks, born about 1826; married James H.Billings
in 1860.
c. Christena Sparks; born about 1828.
d. Sarah ("Sallie") Sparks, born about 1830; married John Durhamin 1851.
e. Nancy Sparks, born about 1833.
f. Leah Sparks, born about 1836.
g. Ruth Sparks, born about 1839.
h. Julia Sparks, born about 1842.
i. Naomi Sparks, born about 1846.
There was a son who died young."

See SQ p. 607, Whole No. 36, for this family in the census of 1850 forWilkes County, N.C. at p. 329, number 1169-1169.

SQ p. 4754:

"Colby Sparks, son of George G. and Nancy (Short) Sparks, was bornabout 1842 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He is undoubtedly named forhis father's brother, Colby Sparks, who lived in Wilkes County, NorthCarolina. Young Colby was about sixteen years old when he wasaccidentally cut by an axe. The wound became infected, and he wastaken to a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died there on February27, 1858."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1996, Whole No. 176, p. 4729:

"Colby Sparks, son of Hugh and Nancy (Curnutte) Sparks, was born onSeptember 22, 1857, at Mount Savage, Kentucky. Many years later, hedictated an account of his boyhood, and from it most of what we knowabout him and his siblings has been learned. After his father failedto return home from the Civil War, he and his brothers and sister wentthrough the usual problems faced by orphaned children in that era.(See pp. 3849-3853 of the September 1991 issue of the Quarterly, WholeNo. 156, for references to his boyhood and also a photograph of himand his wife.) [JJS: For the article in its entirety, see notes forColby's father, Hugh S. Sparks, written by Colby's grandson, Paul E.Sparks, President of the Sparks Family Association.]

"Cobe," as he was called, was a young man when he was hired to carrythe mail between the villages of Cannonsburg and Blaine in LawrenceCounty, a distance of about 25 miles. One of his stops was atFallsburg, Kentucky, and this is probably where he met Martha Chaffin,a sixteen-year-old daughter of George Washington ["Wash"] and Margaret(Short) Chaffin. Martha had been born near Fallsburg on February 24,1862. She and Colby were married on March 16, 1879, by her uncle,Jimmy Short. Witnesses were George Short and Samuel Short, who werealso her uncles.

"Cobe and Martha lived most of their lives on the farm they owned onMorgans Creek in Lawrence County. A major exception was their move toTexas in 1887. (See pp. 1242-1245 of the June 1969 issue of theQuarterly, Whole No. 66, for an account of their trip from Texas backto Kentucky.) [JJS: See below] They were members of the MethodistChurch. Martha died on April 4, 1929, and Cobe died on June 3, 1951.They were buried in the family cemetery on Morgans Creek. They hadseven children.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1969, Whole No. 66, pp. 1242-45:

COLBY SPARKS'S JOURNEY BY COVERED WAGON IN 1890 FROM TEXAS TO KENTUCKY
AS HE REMEMBERED THE EVENTS FIFTY YEARS LATER

"Editor's Note: The following article appeared in 1939 in The BigSandy News, a weekly newspaper of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Itsauthor, Coby Sparks, grandfather of the President of The Sparks FamilyAssociation, Dr. Paul E. Sparks, died in 1951 at the age of 93. ColbySparks was named for a great uncle, the Rev. Colby Sparks', who was aBaptist preacher of Wilkes County, North Carolina. (See page 104 ofthe QUARTERLY, Vol. III, No. 4, Whole No. 12, December, 1955.)

"Colby Sparks and his father-in-law, G. W. Chaffin, and their familiesmoved from Lawrence County, Kentucky, to Forney, Texas, in 1887 tobecome cotton farmers. But the Texas climate caused Mrs. Sparks'shealth to fail, and this, coupled with two consecutive bad crop years,convinced Mr. Sparks that he should return to Kentucky. A trip fromTexas to Kentucky in 1890 was no novelty, but Mrs. Sparks's doctorswarned her husband that she was too weak to change climates bytrain--thus the decision to return by covered wagons drawn by Texasmules.

"In recounting the trip, Mr. Sparks made several geographical errors,but this is to be understood when we recall that he was rememberingevents at age 82 which had happened almost one-half century before.

"Only two members of the group of fourteen persons who made the tripalmost 80 years ago are now living. They are daughters of ColbySparks, Miss Rose Sparks and Mrs. Flora (Sparks) Williams. Othermembers of the cavalcade were: George Washington and Margaret (Short)Chaffin and children: Bill Jim, Charlie, Tennessee, Emma, and Minnie;Colby and Martha (Chaffin) Sparks and otler children, James and Nora;and Mr. Sparks's mother, Nancy (Curnutte) Sparks.

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"It was the twenty-second day of November, 1890, when we started thelong trek back to Kentucky in covered wagons drawn by four Texasmules, with a lead horse, a dog and some good trusty firearms. Therewere two families of us, seven in each family, and a happier bigfamily could not have been found in all the west than we were when weleft the little town of Forney, with its cotton gins and flat toppedhouses behind.

"The first four days travel brought us to the border (or boundaryline) between Texas and the Indian Territory. We crossed Red River atColbert Ferry into the Chocktaw Nation which is now Oklahoma. Wecamped that night on the banks of Red River, and next morning I bidgoodby to the Lone Star State with my views of life greatly changedsince entering it. I was now willing to work hard for just thenecessities of life if God would spare my wife to go through life withme, and this He did, for we lived together fifty years before she leftme to go to her Eternal Home, where she is waiting for me today. Ihave traveled far along the uneven trail of life since that morningand like David of old, I have never once been forsaken, or had to begbread.

"We started next morning along dim trails, through deep forests of theIndian Territory, through which we traveled for thirteen days. Atnoon the following day we made camp, cooked our dinners, fed our teamsand rested. Soon we were happily on our way again. B. J. Chaffin (mybrother-in-law) and I decided we would walk awhile so we hit the trailand after walking for an hour or so we were quite a distance ahead ofthe team. I thought while we were waiting for the wagons to catch upwith us, I'd entertain B. J. by preaching him one of Reuben Powers'sermons. So I commenced, by text being: "We shall mount up as onwings of eagles. We shall run and not worry; walk and not faint."After soaring with this eagle through the blue ether until I hadlanded him safe in his home above, and had started to give his famousexhortation, I was rudely brought back to earth by a gruffy voice..saying "feeling pretty goods aren't you, boys?" We turned to face aman with two forty-fives buckled around his waist and a Winchester(rifle) laying across his lap. He said, "Where is your whiskey,boys." We told him we didn't have any, as the ferryman had told us wewere not to bring any whiskey into the Territory. He smiled, andsaid, "So long, boys." He was one of Uncle Sam's mounted patrolmanlooking for whiskey pedlers and other violaters of the law, but Inever preached so loud any more while I was in the Indian's land.

"Not far from here we crossed Big Blue River. It was the first riverwe had crossed since entering the Territory. It was a deep stream andthe water was as clear as crystal. We followed this river for manymiles, going through a dense "canebrake" where we saw some "razorbacked" hogs which looked like wild animals more than hogs. We thencame to Muddy Boggy River. Here I bought my first feed from theIndians. It was rather difficult to trade with them as we could notunderstand each others language., but I showed them my sack, pointingto their corn crib, then to our teams. They sold us the corn. Iasked what it was worth. They smiled and said "we, no savy!" So Itook a dollar bill and some change in my hand and offered it to them.They accepted the bill, but refused the change.

"We didn't travel many miles from this place until we made camp forthe night. Next morning we came to Pony River. The bridge across itwas made of round logs and was covered with water, which made it verydifficult to drive over. Two of my wagon's wheels ran off the bridgeand we had to get in water waist deep to lift it back to safety. Wesoon made camp and had a good lunch. With dry clothes and a fullstomach we were ready to face the unknown trail again.

"There were very few trees missing from the great forests throughwhich we were traveling. There was plenty of game, such as turkey,deer and bear in the unexplored forest and plenty of fish in the broaddeep streams and today, I can say, I do not blame the Indians forfighting to keep their land where they were born.

"We crossed the Caddo River and camped for the night, and next day wedrove through the country where the Little Missouri River flowed. Wecamped on the bank of the Little Missouri that night, and the next daywe drove to Atoka, an Indian village at that time.

"Here we saw the first railroad since leaving Texas. Atoka had onestore, a feed stable, a court house and a Government school building.Here we camped over the weekend. We had some repairs made on ourwagons and had our mules shod and Monday at noon we visited the schooland saw one hundred Indian children, who were cared for by theGovernment. Their court house was a small boxed building. We weregiven permission to camp in the court house yard and court was insession and all were Indians except two white men. Many of the Indianmen were wearing gold rings in their ears, while the women wore allkinds of beads and flashy Jewelry.

"Our faithful old dog became very sick at this place, and we thoughtthe Indians had poisoned him, but he soon recovered and lived to bevery old. We left this Indian camp Monday afternoon and stopped abouttwo miles from town. It was not long after dark when a band of Indianwomen came riding down the trail, and I had to lead their ponies pastour camp first, as they seemed to be afraid.

"We followed the old military trail to the town of Goodland. Here wecrossed the Kiamichi River and nearby stood the body of an oldchimney, the only sign of civilization except the dim trail we weretraveling. G. W. Chaffin remarked, "Here is where the old Indian waswhen he gave to the world that famous old fiddle tune 'the LostIndians'." A few miles from here, we came to where another dim trailcrossed the one we were traveling and where the trails crossed, therewas a large sign board. It looked to be very old, but carved in aneat hand, was the picture of two hands, one pointing upward, said "ToHeaven, five million miles." The other one pointed downward, said "ToHell, one half mile." That day we drove late wanting to get as faraway from the last named place as we could before we camped for thenight.

"The next day we left the Territory and entered Arkansas at a smalltown called Whitehouse. Here we crossed Cush River by ferry, thendriving through Forest Grove to Cloteka Bay, where the Government hada public ferry. From here we headed straight for Little Rock,Arkansas. After another hard day's driving we arrived in Little Rock.That night we camped in a livery stable. It was the first buildingthat had sheltered us since leaving Forney, Texas. Next morning weleft Little Rock for Memphis, Tenn.

"We crossed the Arkansas River by bridge, and drove all day throughbeautiful virgin forests and late in the evening we crossed theEntwine River and camped close to the cabin of one of the earlysettlers. The people were very friendly through this section of thecountry. They lived in little log cabins with small plots of landcleared for gardens and corn. They only needed enough corn for theirbread, as they had plenty of meat and all it cost them was ammunitionfor their guns.

"We came to the Ouachita River which was a broad stream and very muddyat that time. We crossed it on a lumberman' s bridge. VVhen we wereabout one-third the way across, we discovered the sign "condemned" andknowing we couldn't turn back we had all these folks to walk acrossand when they were safely over, we drivers led our teams, thinking ifthe bridge gave way, we would try to make it to safety ourselves andwhen we were safe across we must have felt like the Pilgrim Fathersdid when the Mayflower landed them on American soil. We drove throughthe rain most of the day and that evening we pitched our tents on thebanks of Lancer River and next morning to our dismay, our trail wasunder water. The Mississippi River had overflowed the lowlands. HereI got the greatest scare of my life. We crossed this river on awooden bridge, the butts of which at each end were very steep with noprotection on either side. It was still raining and the bridge wasvery slick. As I started on the bridge I set my brakes very light andthe wagon began to slip toward the edge. I saw that it was going overand there was only one thing for me to do, so I dropped my check linesand jumped to the bridge and picked up the hind carriage of the wagonand carried it back to safety, saving my family. That was the onetime I was proud of my strength!

"It was Christmas day, and we walked all morning in the water guidingthe wagons in the road and about eleven o'clock we landed in Windtown,Arkansas where the Missouri Pacific and B. Knob Railroads crossed.Here we camped in the center of the little railroad town and many bighearted Arkansans, both men and women, came to visit us that evening.The next morning high water was all in our way. I put the folks onthe train for Memphis, Tenn. It was a distance of forty miles. I hadto stay in Windtown until three o'clock that afternoon before I couldget a car in which to ship our wagons and mules, etc. I heard manybig "yarns" while standing around the camp fire after the folks hadleft. I noticed one man in his shirt sleeves who didn't have much tosay. I ask him if he would like to have a drink. He replied "Iwould." We walked into a saloon, I ask him what he'd have, he said,"Straight whiskey." We listened to a few more of their jokes and Iask the fellow what he would have next. "Straight whiskey," he said,so I bought a pint and told him if he would help me take the wagonsapart and put them in the box car he could have the pint. It didn'ttake long to load the car. When it was done, I gave him the pint andthe last I saw of him he was going toward the camp fire singing, 'MyHighland Mary."

"I rode the local (train) with our teams to the town of Hopefield,here I ferried the Mississippi 'River in the Tom Spurlock ferry boat.From here the shifter (local engine) ran me into Memphis, Tenn. Itwasn't long until we were all waiting at the wharfboat for theMissouri Packet, which would take us to Cincinnati. We were eight daysand nights by river reaching Cincinnati. Here we transferred to thesteamboat Boss Tony which brought us to Ashland, Ky. We camped in thesuburb of Ashland that night and next morning we drove over toCannonsburg. There we met John MeDyre, the first man we recognizedafter reaching Kentucky. We camped that night at the HazelSchoolhouse on East Fork and next day we reached Long Branch and atedinner with E. Dall, the first table we had set down to since leavingTexas. We came by the way of Fallsburg (Lawrence Co., Ky.) and landedat Hardin Hulette's on January 8th, 1891, after one month and twentydays of travel. This is a true story, as I remember and experiencedit forty-nine years ago.

"I am 82 years old this was in 1939, and in a short time I am going onanother trip where there are no dim trails or disappointments, butwhere my mansion home is already prepared, and a host of friendswaiting for me, and in all humility, I send my heartfelt thanks to Himwho made all this possible for me."

The following death notice appeared in The Sparks Quarterly for June,1966, Whole No. 54, at page 985:

DEATH TAKES COLBY SPARKS OF GATES, KENTUCKY

We regret to report that the Rev. Colby Sparks, a Baptist preacher whowas born in
Elliott County, Kentucky, died at the age of 89 on August 15, 1965. Ason of Levi
H. and Nancy (Lawson) Sparks, Colby Sparks was born on February 23,1876. His
father, Levi H. Sparks, had been born on May 31, 1834, and had died onMay 20, 1911.
(For a record of the Sparks ancestry of Colby Sparks, see theQUARTERLY of
December, 1955, Vol. III, No. 4, Whole No. 12, pp. 97-102.)

Colby Sparks was married twice, first, on September 26, 1898, to NancyBelle Braum,
and, second, on July 1, 1905, to Julia Mauk who survives him. Inaddition to his wife,
Colby Sparks left four sons and five daughters to mourn his passing:William Sparks of
Wheelersburg, Ohio; Levi Sparks and Andrew Sparks of Olive Hill,Kentucky, Ivan Sparks,
of Warner Robins, Georgia; Mrs. Lola Power of Morehead, Kentucky; Mrs.Opal Gregory
of El Paso, Texas; Mrs. Bonnie Oney, of Hammond, Indiana; Mrs. EvaOney, of Soldier,
Kentucky; and Mrs. Susan Sturgill, of Heath, Ohio. He also left 27grandchildren and 56
great-grandchildren. Nancy Jane (Sparks) Skaggs, sister of ColbySparks, died this
summer.

SQ p. 4747:
"...He was a farmer, a miner, and a Baptist preacher. He was crippledin a mining accident in West Virginia and walked with a noticeablelimp.....Colby Sparks died on August 15, 1965, at Gates, Kentucky, andwas buried in the New Sill Cemetery in Rowan County, Kentucky."

SQ p. 4727:

"Colby Jacob Sparks was born on October 15, 1878. He was a miner. Hewas described by a relative as a fiddler, dancer, and a good mixer.The only information we have about him has come from his obituary. Hedied at the home of a daughter, Merlie King, in 1973. He was survivedby his daughter and three sons, Cecil Sparks, Dewey Sparks, and ClydeSparks."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 4068: She was married to Leon P. Smith on July 21, 1950, a tAnderson, Indiana. He had been born on July 1, 1921, and was a so nof Earnest and Fannie (Miller) Smith. They had six children: Susie ,Ronald, Larry, Timothy, Darrell, and Cheryl. Susie Smith has bee nmost helpful in the preparation of this article.

Marriage recorded in Carroll County, GA., Bk 1, page 516.

See 1900 US Census for Carroll Co., GA vol 9, e.d. 8, sheet 8, line30.

SQ p. 4635:

"Cordelia Sparks was born on October 27, 1858, in Lawrence County. Shewas married there in 1880 to Fleming Rice. They went to Saskatchewan,Canada, where Flem (as he was called) practiced medi-cine. Cordeliadied there in 1937. She and Flem had seven children: Chester A. Rice,Mary Rice, Lilla Rice, Arba Rice, Homer Rice, Earl Rice, and ErnestRice.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3470: They had five children: Arthur, Bernice, Clifford, E ulaMae, and Von.

!NOTES:
SQ 1702, 3230: Married Peter Alley prior to 1739; at least two children.

See SQ p. 807: This could be Cornelius. She (or he) married aThornton.

SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1964, Whole No. 45, pp 790-807 commencing at803:

"Cornelius Sparks, eldest son of David and Mary (Little) Sparks, wasborn in Rowan County, North Carolina, June 11, 1789; he died inBerrien County, Michigan, in August, 1862. He married in December,1812, to Suzannah Stephens, in North Carolina, probably in RowanCounty. [Yes, the marriage bond is on file in Salisbury, Rowan Countydated Dec. 14, 1812] She was born Oct ober 28, 1794, and died in 1861. Apparently Cornelius Sparks did not accompany his parents toTennessee; it appears that even before their departure from RowanCounty that he and his wife and infant son had moved to Wayne County ,Indiana, in the autumn of 1814. Thus it was that Cornelius Sparksjoined the great migration to the Northwest Territory from whence hadcome glowing reports of vast, rich farm lands waiting for the plow.

"There is a family tradition that Cornelius Sparks came north at leastin part because of his opposition to slavery. One version of thestory was recorded by a descendant, Mrs. Mary Park Wille, in 1938:"His father was angered at a young slave boy who had grown up with himand been his constant companion. He had the boy tied up by his thumbsand wipped to death. " Since even the most cruel slave owner, andthere were not many of this type , would scarcely kill a young slavevalued at several hundred dollars, a much more plausible version waswritten in 1903 when a Buchanan, Michigan, news paper published anarticle on the family: " 'Members of this family relate that it wasthe brutal acts of slaveholders that was chiefly responsible for theremoval of the pioneers from Rowan County, North Carolina, forty-sixyears prior to the secession of the state from the union. CorneliusSparks was an accidental witness to the act of a member of his uncle'sfamily. A colored woman had reared a family of white children, aftertheir own mother had died. She was cruelly knocked down with the buttof a whip because she was unable to suppress her grief at the sale ofher own son. That was the spark that set the abolition spirit ofCornelius Sparks aflame. He had known of the service of the negrowoman to the unfortunate white children, and he resolved to leave thecountry that harbored such an institution.'

"According to this account written in 1903, which was copied for us byHelen Sparks of Los Angeles, a descendant of Cornelius, he and hisfamily made the journey to Indiana by ox team, camping in a tent atnight and driving their stock with them. Joseph Sparks, Cornelius'oldest son, was a nine-month-old baby at the time (he was born January24, 1814). According to this 1903 record: "On the way they stoppedunder the roof that sheltered five generations of the babe's mother'sfamily..."

"Cornelius Sparks remained in Wayne County, Indiana, until 1828, whenhe moved with his family to Berrien County, Michigan. There he andhis wife lived the rest of their lives."

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See also the SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1978, Whole No. 101, ANCESTORSAND DESCENDANTS OF CORNELIUS SPARKS, 1789-1862, pps 1965-1984. (JS:This article is more detailed and somewhat more up to date than theabove.)

"The eldest child of David and Mary (Little) Sparks was namedCornelius Sparks; he was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, on June11, 1789, and died in Berrien Springs, Michigan, in August 1862. Hewas married in December 1812 to Susannah Stevens. The marriage bondis on file in Salisbury, Rowan County, and is dated December 14, 1812. Abraham March was the bondsman while John March, Sr., was thewitness. We may assume that the marriage took place within a few daysof the date of the bond. Hannah Stevens was born October 28, 1794, anddied in 1861. Her father was named Spencer Stevens while her mother'smaiden name was Elizabeth Rupert or Robard. Spencer Stevens was a sonof Sampson Stevens (or Stephens) of the Dutchman's Creek area of RowanCounty. The spelling of the name differed among different members ofthe family, but Spencer Stevens seems to have settled on the spellingStevens for himself and his children, while his brother, William, usedthe spelling Stephens.

"Cornelius Sparks left North Carolina in 1814, a year prior to hisparent's departure. He, with is wife and infant son, moved withSusannah's parents, Spencer and Elizabeth Stevens, to Wayne County,Indiana. It is believed that several of Suzannah's brothers andsisters accompanied them. According to an account of the Sparks familythat appeared in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE on March 29, 19O3, which wasbased on an interview with Mary (Sparks) Park, eldest daughter ofCornelius and Susannah, ...Joseph Sparks, eldest child of Corneliusand Susannah had been born on January 24, 1814, in North Carolina.According to family tradition, little Joseph was nine months old whenthe family moved to Indiana, which would mean that that made thejourney in the autumn of 1814. [Not copied is a repeat of some of theforegoing information concerning the reasons Cornelius left NorthCarolina and the move to Michigan. Article continues in middle ofpage 1969.]

"In October 1828, Cornelius Sparks moved with his family to the areawhich he had explored, settling in what would become Niles Township,Berrien County, "on the bend of the river near [Stephen] Salee onSection 15." Whether all nine of the explorers of the previous Augustalso returned as settlers is not known. Joseph Stephens, who hadmarried his cousin, Arma Stevens,sister of Susannah, in 1822 is knownto have followed Cornelius with his family in 1829.

"When the land on which Cornelius Sparks settled was surveyed in 1831,it was found that he had chosen what was designated as a "schoolsection" which meant that he could not obtain a legal deed. He movedacross the line from Niles Township to Buchanan Township where helived for the rest of his life. His brother-in-law, Joseph Stephens,who brought his family to Michigan Territory the following year (1829)settled on Section 7 of Niles Township, adjoining the land owned byCornelius Sparks.

"On April 19, 1830, Susannah (Stevens) Sparks bore her 9th child,Wilson Sparks; he was the second white child born in Berrien County.(Berrien County was not actually created until 1831; when CorneliusSparks settled there in 1828 it was part of Lenawee County.) In abiographical sketch of Levi Sparks, who was the 6th child of Corneliusand Susannah, it was stated in 1878 that there were only three or fourwhite families in that section of Michigan when the Sparks familyarrived in 1828.

"Susannah's parents, Spencer and Elizabeth Stevens, remained in WayneCounty, Indiana, and it was there that Spencer Stevens died in 1839.His will, dated November 8, 1839, is recorded in Wayne County (WillBook 2, pp. 200-01). In this will, the name is spelled Stevensthroughout. One of the provisions made by Spencer Stevens was thatthree of his sons, Isam, Sampson, and Robert, who were to receive allof his property when their mother, Elizabeth, died, were directed to"pay to Susan Sparks, wife of Cornelius Sparks, one hundred and twentyfive dollars" at such time as her mother might die.

"Mrs. Mary Park Vogel, mentioned earlier as a great-granddaughter ofCornelius and Susannah (Stevens) Sparks, owns two articles thatoriginally belonged to her greatgrandmother. One is a "bride'skettle" -- a small iron kettle which Susannah's mother gave her whenshe was married to Cornelius. It was called a "bride's kettle"because it was too small to serve a family. The other article is alarge sugar bowl in which Susannah's mother sent her some geraniumslips when Cornelius visited her. He made the journey by horsebackand the sugar bowl, the top of which had been broken, was tied to hissaddle horn. We do not know when it was the Cornelius made thejourney.

"Mrs. Vogel also has a chest of drawers which Cornelius had made forhis daughter, Mary, when she was married in 1837. She also owns theoriginal daguerrotype from which the photograph of Cornelius Sparkswas taken that appears above. She also has one of Susannah,apparently taken at the same time, but it has faded to the point thather features can no longer be seen with any degree of clarity.

"Susannah, wife of Cornelius Sparks, died in 1861, month and day notknown. Cornelius died on August 17, 1862. An obituary has been foundthat was published in a religious magazine called the Christian Recordin 1862. [Another reprint of this obituary is found in the QUARTERLYfor March, 1968, Whole No. 61, p. 1134] It reads as follows:

"Died at the residence of his son Levi, Aug. 17, 1862, Bro. CorneliusSparks, age 73 years. When over fifty years of age, under the laborsof Eld. John Martindale, Bro. Sparks embraced the Christian faith,and for twenty years he was a faithful servant of our adorableRedeemer. He met death with composure, and closed his eyes upon thescenes of earth with a well grounded hope of a blissful immortalitybeyond the grave. His body rests in the narrow house appointed forall the living, but his spirit in the bosom of God. Bro. Sparks leftnine children and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. Weconfidently expect to meet and greet our departed brother in the fairclimes of immortal day, where the smart of separation shall be feltand feared no more forever.
(signed) William M. Roe, Buchanan, Mich., Aug. 26, 1862.

"Cornelius Sparks was buried beside his wife in a family cemetery onhis home farm in Berrien County, near the town of Buchanan, Michigan.In 1968, Loretta B. Bingham of Battle Creek talked to the presentowners of the land, known now as the Chamberlin farm, and visited the"overgrown plot." She found Cornelius' grave stone, but it was lyingflat and broken in half. The owners of the land stated that theycould recall Susannah's stone that had stood beside that of Cornelius,but Mrs. Bingham could not find it. The name of Cornelius Sparksbelow the words "Our Father" is clearly visible in a photograph whichMrs. Bingham took.

Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens) Sparks were the parents of elevenchildren:

1. Joseph Sparks, born January 24, 1814.
2. Spencer Sparks, born December 9. 1815.
3. David Sparks, born August 14, 1817.
4. Mary Sparks, born July 7, 1819.
5. Elizabeth Sparks, born July 26, 1821.
6. Levi Sparks, born October 3, 1823.
7. Anna Sparks, born September 30, 1825.
8. Ira Sparks, born October 30, 1827.
9. Wilson Sparks, born April 19, 1830.
10. Susannah Sparks (called Susan), born August 1, 1832.
11. Cynthia Sparks, born August 27, 1834.

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 2002, Whole No. 195, pp. 5563-65:

THE GRAVESTONES OF CORNELIUS AND SUSANNAH SPARKS

[Here appear two photographs, beside which is the following caption:]

Photographs of the gravestones of
Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens) Sparks
in a burial plot on land once owned by them in
Buchanan Township, Berrien County, Michigan.

In the SPARKS QUARTERLY of March 1978, Whole No.101, we published anarticle devoted to Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens) Sparks and theireleven children. Cornelius Sparks was born on June 11, 1789, theeldest child of David and Mary (Little) Sparks, in Rowan County, NorthCarolina. The marriage bond for Cornelius and Susannah was issued inRowan County on December 14, 1812, and we can be sure that they weremarried either on that day or soon thereafter. Susannah, who had beenborn in Rowan County on October 28, 1794, was a daughter of SpencerStevens (sometimes spelled Stephens) and his wife, Elizabeth Robard(also spelled Rupert) . David Sparks, father of Cornelius, had beenborn about 1768, a son of Jonas and Elizabeth Sparks. Jonas Sparks, ason of Joseph and Mary Sparks of Frederick County, Maryland, hadmigrated with other Sparks relatives to the Forks of the Yadkin inNorth Carolina in 1754. Jonas was a grandson of the English immigrantwho died in Queen Annes County, Maryland, in 1709.

Cornelius and Susannah Sparks left North Carolina by ox-cart inOctober 1814 with their first child, nine-month-old Joseph Sparks, andaccompanied by Susannah'sparents and other Stevens family members.According to family tradition, the reason for Cornelius'migrationnorth was his objection to slavery . In 1828, by which time he andSusannah had eight children, they moved again, this time to MichiganTerritory, settling in what would become Niles Township in BerrienCounty . When Susannah bore her ninth child, Wilson Sparks, on April19, 1830, he was only the second white child born in Berrien County.

Unfortunately, the tract of land on which Cornelius "squatted," withthe expectation that later he. could purchase It from the U. S.Government, proved to be part of a section designated as "schoolland," and he had to move over the line into Buchanan Township, in1831. It was there that he and Susannah spent the remainder of theirlives .

They were the parents of eleven children, all of whom grew toadulthood, and five lived to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.They were:

1. Joseph Sparks, born January 24, 1814.
2. Spencer Sparks, born December 9, 1815.
3. David Sparks, born August 14, 1817.
4. Mary Sparks, born July 7, 1819.
5. Elizabeth Sparks, born July 26, 1821.
6. Levi Sparks, born October 3, 1823.
7. Anna Sparks, born September 30, 1825.
8. Ira Sparks, born October 30, 1827.
9. Wilson Sparks, born April 19, 1830.
10. Susannah Sparks (called Susan), born August 1, 1832.
11. Cynthia Sparks, born August 27, 1834.

Susannah (Stevens) Sparks died in 1861. A great-great-granddaughter,Jean E. Sparks Ducey, has shared with us a short obituary of Susannahpreserved as a clipping from a local newspaper:

DIED, Mrs. Susanna Sparks, consort of Cornelius Sparks of thisVillage, on Thursday morning the
25th inst. The deceased was 67 years old and had lived with herhusband for almost fifty years. She
united with the Christian Church about twenty years since, of whichshe was a faithful member until
her death . She left a husband, nine children, and a large number offriends to mourn her loss. She
died with a well formed hope of blessed immortality beyond the grave .

Cornelius Sparks died on August 17, 1862. Both he and Susannah wereburied in a plot on their farm in Berrien County, near the town ofBuchanan, Michigan.

As noted in the QUARTERLY of March 1978, cited above, Loretta B .Bingham of Battle Creek, Michigan, then a member of our Association,recalled that she had sought and had located the burial plot ofCornelius and Susannah on what was then called the Chamberlin Farm.She described it as overgrown and neglected, but that. she had foundthe gravestone of Cornelius "lying flat and broken in half." Althbughthe owners of the farm In 1968 could recall once seeing Susannah'sstone beside that of Cqrnelius, Ms. Blngham did not find it. A numberof years later, she shared with us a somewhat blurred photograph shehad taken of Cornelius' stone, which we have reproduced on theprevious page. The inscription reads:

Our Father
Cornelius Sparks
Died
Aug. 17, 1862

Jean E. Sparks Ducey, whose great-grandfather was Levi Sparks(1823-1900), the sixth child of Cornelius and Susannah Sparks,recently located the Sparks burial plot as had Ms . Bingham somethirty years earlier . While unable to find the stone for Cornelius,as Ms. Bingham had done In 1968, Mrs. Ducey found that of Susannah andhas provided us with the photograph on page 5563. Part of theinscription on Susannah's stone remains legible, as follows:

Our Mother
Sussanna Sparks
Wife of
Cornelius Sparks

Account by Jean E. Sparks Ducey

Thirty years ago, my husband and I set out to find the graves ofCornelius and
Susannah Sparks. I knew they were near a hill, perhaps behind a largefarm
house.
We saw a field in such a location, planted, except for a stand oftrees . We
asked at a nearby farm if there were graves within those trees. Theywere
pleased to find that someone in the family was interested .

We walked back and found that the iron fence my grandmother, Mrs.Edwin
Sparks, (born January 21, 1867), had had erected was missing. Thestone
for Cornelius was erect, but that of Susannah was broken and leaningagainst
his . Unfortunately, we had no camera with us. We intended to return,but
never did.

This past summer, when my sons were visiting, they were determined tohelp
me find the graves again . We saw a straggly bunch of trees, but I wascertain
this could not be the same lovely spot that I remembered. The boysinsisted
that we go back, and we found the stone for Cornelius was now missing;only
that of Susannah remained, leaning against a tree trunk.

The large house nearby had belonged to Burton Jarvis, husband ofElizabeth
Sparks, daughter of Cornelius and Susannah, married on January 2,1840.
This is likely why those graves were behind the Jarvis home, on thehill, on
land once owned by Cornelius Sparks.

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On September 27, 2004, I received an email from Daundra Baker(Budblossum@aol.com) as follows:
"Dear James,
I am Daundra Baker, not in the Sparks line but an interested partybecause of my relationship to David Sparks (1816-1861), son ofCornelius (1789-1862) and Susannah ( Stevens) Sparks (1794-1861). Hemarried Harried Webster (1825-1897), daughter of Luke and Catherine(Hawkins) Webster, Nov. 23, 1843, here in Barrien County. This iswhere our family comes in. Also I am the "cemetery lady" here and itis my mission to record as many of the local cemeteries and burialsites as I can. Also am a local history nut!
To the data I have for you: We visited the site of Cornelius andSusannah (Stevens) Sparks buriels this last weekend. Sad to say it isstill in a sad state. The present owners of the property are morethan willing to have famiy go in and clean the little patch. Thecounty had told them to "just plow it up" because they have no recordsof the burials. The present property owners ask that we not publishtheir name or the site of the burials. With a little detective workyou could find out for yourself. Susannah's marker is leaning againsta rotting stump. The engraving is still clear. "Our Mother, Susannah,wife of Cornelius Sparks, died Oct. 25, 1861, age 66 years, 11 mo. 27days. " We did not locate Cornelius' marker. The area was soovergrown. I took pictures and will send them to you if you wish. Ifyou would like more information on David and Harriet (Webster) Sparkslet me know."

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See The SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1978, Whole No. 101, p. 1979:

"Cornelius Sparks, born September 23, 1846, in Niles, Berrien County,Michigan; died on August 16, 1919, in California. He married MelissaEllen Easton on April 18, 1872 in Niles, Mich.; she died May 4, 1912.He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, enlisting at Nileson Feb. 8, 1864, in Company A, 7th Michigan Cavalry, the same unitin which his half-brother, Spencer Newton Sparks, served. On March10, 1866, he was transferred to Company B of the lst Regiment,Michigan Veterans Cavalry, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He resided inMarin County, California, for four years after his discharge, thenreturned to Berrien County, Mich., where he remained until 1902; thenhe moved to Lodi, California. Cornelius and Melissa Ellen(Easton) Sparks had two children:
(a) Lora May Sparks, born Sept. 15, 1873; she married ----- Waddel;and
(b) Cora Bell Sparks, born Sept. 3, 1876; she married ----- Linn.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1992, Whole No. 157, pp. 3933-34:

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION OF CORNELUIS SPARKS;

CORNELIUS SPARKS, was born on September 23, 1846, at Niles, BerrienCounty, Michigan, and died on August 16, 1919, in California. Hewas married to Melissa Ellen Easton on April 18, 1872. He servedin Company A, 7th Regiment Michigan Cavalry. FileDesignation: Inv. Cert. No. 441,767.

"On July 31, 1888, Cornelius Sparks, aged 42, a resident of BerrienCounty, Michigan, applied for an invalid pension. He said that he hadbeen enrolled on February 8, 1864, in Company A, 7th Regiment MichiganCavalry commanded by Capt. Fisher, and that he had been discharged atSalt Lake City, Utah, on March 10, 1866. He said that he was then 5feet, 9 inches tall; he had a light complexion, light hair, and blueeyes; and he was a farmer. In August 1864, near Shepardsville, WestVirginia, he contracted a disease of the stomach and bowels brought onby exposure to the rough army life. He had been treated at PattersonPark, Maryland, at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and at Camp Stone,Washington, D.C., but that he still suffered from the effects of thedisease. He appointed English, Bliss, and Chapman, St. Johns, Ohio,as his attorneys. W. P. Harmon and Stephen Crane witnessed hissignature.

"The War Department confirmed Sparks's military service on November30, 1888. He had been enrolled on February 13, 1864, at Niles,Michigan, in Company A, 7th Regiment Michigan Cavalry for three years. He had been present for duty until April 3, 1864, when he had beenadmitted to the hospital. He had been reported as "absent-sick" inWashington, D.C., in August 1864; as "absent-sick" in November 1864 atMower Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; and as "absent-sick" in thehospital at Washington, D.C., in January 1865.

"The Bureau of Pensions issued Invalid Certificate No. 441,767 toSparks, and he was placed upon the pension roll. On August 9, 1889,he applied for an increase in his pension benefits, claiming that hehad suffered an increase in his disability. He said he was sufferingfrom a disease of the stomach with a resulting dyspepsia. Heappointed W. R. Bliss, St. Johns, Ohio, as his attorney. S. L.Randell and H. E. Trowbridge, both residents of Benton Harbor,Michigan, witnessed his signature.

"On November 2, 1897, Sparks again applied for an increase in hispension and asked for a physical examination. He was supported in therequest by William G. Graham, aged 45, a resident of Buchanan,Michigan. Graham said that he had been a duty sergeant of Company A,7th Regiment Michigan Cavalry and was well acquaint- ed with Sparks.Sometime in August 1864, while stationed near Shepherdstown, WestVirginia, Sparks had become so ill that he had had to be hospitalizedfor a considerable period of time, and when he returned to duty, hehad been so disabled that he had "not been mounted" during the rest ofthe war.

"On June 4, 1898, Sparks responded to a questionnaire from the Bureauof Pensions. He said that he had been married to Melissa Ellen Eastonon April 18, 1872, at Niles, Michigan, by the Rev. D. H. Ritter. Ithad been the first marriage for both. They had two children: Lora MaySparks, born September 15, 1873, and Cora Bell Sparks, born September3, 1876.

"Sparks applied for increased pension benefits again on May 21, 1912.He was now 65 years of age and a resident of Lodi, California. Hestated that he had been born on September 23, 1846, at Niles,Michigan. Since leaving the service, he had lived in Marin County,California, from 1866 to 1870; in Berrien County, Michigan, from 1870to 1901; and since 1901 he had lived at Lodi. S. W. Hopkins and M. W.Whittaker witnessed his signature. Sparks answered anotherquestionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions on March 22, 1915. He saidhis wife had died on May 4, 1912. His two daughters were now married.Lora May was now Mrs. Waddel, and Cora Bell was now Mrs. Linn. WhenCornelius Sparks died on August 16, 1919, he was receiving a pensionof $40.00 per month.

"[Editor's Note: Cornelius Sparks was a son of David and Harriet(Webster) Sparks and a grandson of Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens)Sparks. For further details about this family, see the March 1978issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 101, page 1979."

SQ p. 4725:

"Cynthia Sparks, daughter of George and Nancy (Short) Sparks, was bornon July 16, 1827, in Lawrence County (KY). She was never married andlived with her parents until their deaths; she then made her homewith her brother, Levi Sparks, until her death, which occurred onSeptember 9, 1889. She was buried in the Lawson-Sparks Cemetery nearher parents."

!NOTES:
SQ 1984: "Cynthia Sparks, daughter of Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens)
Sparks, was born in Berrien County, Michigan, on August 27, 1834, anddied on
September 10, 1898. She never married. Her obituary appeared in theBuchanan
(Michigan) Record of September 15, 1898, and indicated that, followingthe
death of her parents, she had lived with her sister, Elizabeth(Sparks)
Jarvis."

SQ p. 4723:

"Cynthia A. Sparks, daughter of John W. and Almeda (Green) Sparks, wasborn aout 1849 in Carter County, Kentucky. It was there that she wasmarried to Arthur Prince on February 2, 1869, by David Maggard, aBaptist minister. Arthur had been born about 1846 in Carter Countyand was a son of Thomas and Hannah (Terry) Prince. He was a veteranof the Civil War, and at his death, his children received a pensionbased on his service. When the 1880 census was taken of ElliottCounty, Cynthia Prince had died just a few years earlier, leavingArthur with three children.

"Cynthia Anne Sparks was born on February 4, 1865. She was married toRobert Franklin Goodman in 1889 in Arkansas. He had been born in 1851in Illinois and was a son of Joseph Goodman. Robert died on April 16,1917, at Bethany City, Texas. Cynthia died on May 17, 1941, atBrawley, California. They had eight children: Vergie Goodman, RuthDell Goodman, Mary Goodman, Adelaide Goodman, Bexar Goodman, LoraGoodman, Marydean Goodman, and Roberta Goodman. Lora Goodman wasmarried to Otto J. Madsen, and they were the parents of Dr. PaulMadsen who has been an important contributor to this compilation."

Damon Pythias Sparks was born on March 27, 1908. He was killed in amining accident on July 13, 1927.

!NOTES:
SQ 804: "Daniel Sparks, son of David and Mary (Little) Sparks, wasborn about 18O2 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He accompanied hisparents to
Tennessee and his name appears on the tax lists of Madison County,Tennessee,
for 1824, 1825, and 1826. He was married in Madison County,Tennessee, on
September 17, 1827, to Mary (or Polly) Tull, the same day on which hisbrother,
David Sparks, Jr. (801) was married. He was listed on the 183O censusof
Madison County and had one daughter prior to 183O. By 185O he wasliving in
Henderson County, Tennessee, where his occupation was given as"miller"; his
wife's age was given as 43 in 185O (born about 18O7) and herbirthplace was
Tennessee. By 1860, he was living in Hardeman County, Tennessee.From these
two census records, it appears that Daniel and Mary (Tull) Sparks werethe
parents of the following children:" [here lists]

SQ pg 2927:

"Daniel Sparks, son of James and Nancy (Rogers) Sparks, was born onSeptember 10, 1806. He married Catherine ------ probably about 1845,and when the 1850 census was taken of Bedford County, Pennsylvania,they were listed in the West Providence Township. He was listed as 38years of age and Catherine as 34 years of age. When the 1870 censuswas taken, they were living at Bloody Run, Pennsylvania. With themwere three Baughman children: Barbara, 30; John, 19; and James, 14.

"Daniel Sparks died on May 30, 1877, and his will was proven on June8, 1877. He specified that he was to be buried on the farm of PhilipSparks (his nephew) according to the rites of the Lutheran Church. Heleft his estate to his wife, Catherine, and to four Baughman childrenwhom he had reared. He did not specify his relationship to them.Catherine died on May 5, 1889. She, too, requested in her willthat she be buried beside her husband in the graveyard recently ownedby Philip Sparks. Mentioned in her will were: Barbara Baughman; JaneBaughman, who married Charles Karns; and Simon Karns, her son; alsoher nieces, Mary Pee and Eliza Zembower, who married Josiah Zembower.

SQ pg 3360: "Daniel sparks, probable son of William Sparks, was born
about 1816 in Tennessee according to the 1850 census of NatchitochesParish,
Louisiana. Much of the information about him has been given to us bya
grandson, Oscar Sparks, who lives in Provencal, Louisiana. He wrotethe
following in 1985:
"I know very little about my father's people. I was told that myGrandfather Sparks came from Tennessee. Rode horseback from there.His first name was Daniel and his job was overseeing a plantationworked by Negro slaves, approximately four miles north of where I nowlive on Kisatchie Creek . He married a girl whose last name wasJustice and they had five children , two girls, Frances and Melissa,and three boys, Tom, Jake, and Wesley. His first wife died and hemarried someone whose name I don't know and they had three children,two girls, Luwie and Julia, and one boy, Hardy, my father."

"Uncle Tom had three sons, Ellic, Craf, and Math. Last two lived inand around Anacoco and Many, Louisiana, who did drift into east Texas. I never did know Craf or Math, just heard of them. I was also toldthat when Grandpa Sparks left Tennessee, he had a brother who alsoleft Tennessee and settled
near Nacogdoches or San Augustine, Texas. Several years back, I metone of the Sparks boys from other there and from what he said, I feelsure our grandpas were brothers."

"My father and mother had eight children, three sons and five girls.All are dead now except me. I was the youngest, born in 1904. We alllived near Natchitoches County all our lives."

This letter from Oscar Sparks, together with census records, helps usto form a family for Daniel Sparks. He was married twice. His firstmarriage was to Julia Justice about 1842. She was born about 1825 inlouisiana, and she died probably about 1853. Daniel's second marriagewas to a woman whose name we have not learned. Daniel is said to havedied in the late 1800s . He had eight children.

SQ 3202: "Daniel Sparks, son of John and Elizabeth (Rose) Sparks , wasborn about 1822 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He married KizziahHolloway, probably about 1841. She had been born on June 17, 1822,and was a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Woodruff) Holloway. (On hertombstone, the year of her birth appears as 1824.) On the 1850census, Daniel and Kizziah were listed as residents of Wilkes County.

"Descendants say that Daniel and Kizziah went to Missouri about 1853,probably to join the family of Daniel's brother, Solomon Sparks, inMercer County. It was there that Daniel died, apparently about 1855,and Kizziah returned to North Carolina. There she married Joel Brown,Probably about 1858. He was a widower with a large family ofchildren.

"Joel and Kizziah Brown were listed on the 1860 census of YadkinCounty, North Carolina. They had two children of their own beforeJoel died in 1866 at the age of 52. When the 1870 census was taken ofYadkin County, Kizziah was living in the household of her son, WilliamSparks, and his wife Mary. With her were her two children by JoelBrown: Joel Brown, Jr., and Binam Brown.

"About 1871, Kizzah went to Texas to join the family of her daughter,Frances. It was there that she died on May 9, 1892, in CommancheCounty. She was buried in the DeLeon Cemetary. She and Daniel Sparkshad five children, all of whom were born in Wilkes County, NorthCarolina.

SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4276: Daniel Sparks,son of Jesse and Nancy Sparks, was born about 1828. We have nofurther information about him.

"Daniel Sparks, son of Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks , was bornon January 13, 1829. He was married to Elizabeth Sparks (217) on June15, 1852, in Carter County, Kentucky. She was born in April 1833 andwas a daughter of Jesse (196) and Nancy (584) Sparks and a sister ofThomas Sparks (212 ) who was married to Dianna Sparks (958). [i.e.William IV's great-grandchildren through James and Jesse, i.e. Thomasand Elizabeth, brother and sister, married William IV'sgreat-grandchildren through Thomas and Allen, Dianna and Daniel,sister and brother]. In 1863, Daniel enlisted in the 40th RegimentKentucky Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army. (See an abstract ofthis pension file beginning on page 3873 of the present issue of theSPARKS QUARTERLY, reproduced below.)

"Daniel and Elizabeth (Sparks) Sparks had a family of ten children--six sons and four daughters. Four of the sons enjoyed a localreputation as songwriters and singers, according to a contemporary whohas given this account of their talents. "Their names were Eli,Doodle, Bruce and Jay. They could make songs and sing them as theywent. They could make poems as well as they made songs. Anytimethere was an event in the community or some hardship , they would makea song or a poem about it. It is said that they could not read orwrite, but they were extremely smart and could do about everything."

"Daniel Sparks died on November 1, 1904, and Elizabeth died onNovember 12, 1918. They were buried in the Daniel Sparks Cemetery onGarris Road on Mauk Ridge in Elliott County, Kentucky."

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION

DANIEL SPARKS, son of Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks, was born 13January, 1829 in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and died on November 1,1904. He was married to elizabeth Sparks on June 15, 1852. Heserved in Company E, 40th Regiment Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. FileDesignation: Inv. Cert. No. 566,794, and Wid. Cert. No. 587,903.

"On June 2, 1876, Daniel Sparks, age 48 years, a resident of ElliottCounty, Kentucky, made application for an invalid pension. He statedthat he had been
enrolled as a private in Company E, 40th Regiment Kentucky MountedInfantry Volunteers, commanded by Col. C. J. True, on August 31,1863, and had been discharged at Catlettsburg, Kentucky, on December30, 1864. He said that he was 6 feet, 3 inches tall; he had a darkcomplexion, brown hair, and hazel eyes at the time of his service. Hewas a farmer and had lived in Carter and Elliott Counties, Kentucky,all of his life.

"Sparks said that on June 7, 1863, he had been hospitalized at Mt.Sterling, Kentucky, with a fever caused by measles and mumps, andbefore he had fully recovered, he had been taken as a prisoner byGeneral John Morgan and forced to march barefooted for six dayscausing these diseases to settle to his legs and rendering him totallydisabled and incapable of doing any manual labor. He said that he hadbeen hospitalized during June, July, and August 1863 at Paris and Mt.Sterling, Kentucky. He had been hospitalized again in the fall of1863 and 1864, but the dates were not remembered positively. Heappointed Samuel V. Niles, Washington, D.C., as his attorney. He gavehis post office as Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Joel Sparks and John J. Parkwitnessed him make his mark.

"A record of the military service of Daniel Sparks was sent to theBureau of Pensions by the Adjutant Generalls Office on July 20, 1876.Daniel Sparks, according to this record, had been enrolled on August20, 1863, at Grayson, Kentucky, in Company E, 40th Regiment KentuckyInfantry Volunteers for a term of one year. He had been mustered outon December 30, 1864. He had no record of disability. He was sick atOlive Hill, Kentucky, on December 26, 1863, and a similar report wasmade for January 1864. He was reported absent without leave in Juneand July 1864.

"The Adjutant Generalls Office made a supplemental report on theservice of Daniel Sparks on February 20, 1877. This report confirmedthe information contained in the earlier one, but added a note: "SaidCompany was not in service in June 1863.11 The Bureau of Pensions thenrequested that Prisoner of War records be searched to find thewhereabouts of Sparks from May to August 1864 and received the reply:"Prisoner of War records furnish no information."

"Daniel Sparks was granted a pension under Invalid Certificate No.566,794.

"On March 3, 1898, Daniel Sparks, now living at Gimlet, Kentucky,responded to a questionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions as follows:He had been married on June 15, 1852, to Elizabeth Sparks in CarterCounty, Kentucky, by Rufus Humphrey. It was the first marriage forboth. The living children of this marriage and their dates of birthwere:

A. J. Sparks February 20, 1853 Eli Sparks June 6, 1863
N. J. Sparks April 22, 1855 S. E. Sparks June 23, 1865
R. B. Sparks April 14, 1857 J. H. Sparks June 30, 1867
R. M. Sparks August 15, 1861 H. S. Sparks March 25, 1869

"On November 4, 1904, Elizabeth Sparks, age 71 years, a resident ofGimlet, Kentucky, made application for a widow's pension. Shedeclared that she was a widow of Daniel Sparks who had enlisted onAugust 31, 1863, in Company E, 40th Regiment Kentucky Infantry and hadbeen discharged on December 30, 1864. She stated that Daniel had diedon November 1, 1904. She and Sparks had been married on June 15,1851, by Rufus Humphrey at Jesse Sparks's under her maiden name ofElizabeth Sparks. She appointed W. W. Dudley, Washington, D.C., asher attorney. H. S. Sparks and Minta Sparks, both of Gimlet, Kentucky,witnessed her make her mark, and the application was notarized by J.E. Sparks, a notary public of Elliott County, Kentucky. (JS: They aresecond cousins: He descends through William IV's son James [He is my2nd cousin thrice removed] and she descends through William IV's sonThomas.)

"The application was accompanied by a copy of the marriage certificatewhich verified the marriage of Daniel and Elizabeth on June 15, 1852,by R. Humphreys in the presence of John Sparks and Solomon Sparks.

"The application of Elizabeth Sparks was approved, and she was placedon the pension rolls. When she died on November 12, 1918, she wasreceiving a pension of $25.00 per month."

[JS Note:] The following was taken from the US Census for theTownship of Moccasin in Elliott County, Kentucky in 1870. Livingnearby are many Sparks families including several kin of Daniel, i.e.:Daniel (213), Jesse (218), Eli Alexander (220), and John (211). Thecensus also confirms the approximate birthdate of Daniel and reads asfollows:

#85 Sparks, Daniel 43 KY
Elizabeth 37 KY
Allen 17 KY
Nancy 15 KY
Robert 13 KY
Rachel 8 KY
Ely 6 KY
Sarah 4 KY
James 2 KY

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1992, Whole No. 157, p 3902:

"Daniel Sparks, son of Matthew and Alsey (Osburn) Sparks, was born inJune 1847. He was married to Rebecca Susan Horton about 1871 . Shehad been born in November 1851 and was a daughter of Reece Duff andSusan (Cox) Horton. Daniel and Rebecca were in Elliott County whenthe 1880 census was taken, but by 1900 they had moved to KentonCounty, Kentucky. Daniel died in 1929 and Rebecca died on May 2, 1930. They had nine children.
a. John H. Sparks was born about 1872. He was married to MollieOsburn.
He died in 1899.
b. Reece Duff Sparks was born about 1875. He was married toElizabeth
["Lizzie"] Elkins.
c. Jesse M. Sparks was born on March 6, 1876. He was married to Nola
Gambill. He was a street-car motorman in Covington, Kentucky , in1900.
d. William Flanery Sparks was born on August 5, 1879. He was livingin
a boarding house in Ashland Kentucky, when the 1900 census was taken.
He was married to Goldie Lee Bowling sometime later. He died in 1970.
e. James N. Sparks was born in October 1881. He was a street-ca rmotor-
man in Covington, Kentucky, when the 1900 census was taken.
f. Susan Alsey Sparks was born in July 1883. She was married toThomas
Baker, and they moved to Tacoma, Washington. She is said to have had
no children.
g. Martha E. Sparks was born September 1886. She was married t oThomas Purdey, and they moved to the state of Washington.
h. Eliza S. Sparks was born in August 1889. She died when she wasonly
eighteen years old.
i. Virginia Sparks was born in November 1891. She was married twice. Her first marriage was to Bernard Rankin in Spokane, Washington .Her second marriage was to Thomas Purdy. She died in 1918. Afterher death,
Thomas was married to her sister, Martha E. Sparks. (see above)"

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1997, Whole No. 180, p 4891:

"Daniel Sparks, son of Matthew and Alsey (Osburn) Sparks, was born onJune 11, 1846. He was married to Rebecca Susan Horton about 1871,probably in Johnson County, Kentucky. She had been born in November1851 in Carter County, Kentucky, and was a daughter of Reece Duff andSusan (Cox) HOrton. The first four children of Daniel and RebeccaSparks were born in Johnson County but when the 1880 census was taken,the family was in Elliott County, Kentucky. Sometime between 1880 and1900, Daniel Sparks moved his family to Kenton County, Kentucky, wherethey were enumerated in the 1900 census.
"Apparently, some members of Daniel's family became chronically ill.Having heard of some healing waters at Soap Lake in the state ofWashington, Daniel moved from Kentucky to Washington about 1907. Hedied at Wenatchee, Washington, on December 8, 1927, and was buried inthe Baird Cemetery, now known as the Highland Cemetery, located aboutsix miles west of Coulee City, Washington. Rebecca died at Wenatcheeon May 2, 1930. They had nine children. " (Here article providesinformation about each child for which see their files.)

SQ 3204: "Daniel Sparks, Jr., son of Daniel and Kizziah (Holloway)Sparks, was born February 5, 1852, in North Carolina. He left home when he was still a young man. A descendant states that Daniel usedthe money ($25.00) which he inherited from his grandfather, JohnSparks, in 1868 and went to the Dakota Territories. He was listedthere on the 1880 census in what is now Lawrence County, South Dakota. He remained there unti l he was bout 45 years of age when he went toTexas, probably at the death of his mother.

"It was in Texas that Daniel Sparks met and courted Margaret Louis a(Fritts) Henson. She had been born on February 21, 1863, in Texas andwas a daughter of Claborn and Sarah (Lawson) Fritts. She was also thewidow of Z. T. Henson who had died in 1891 leaving her with one child.Daniel and Margaret were married on August 17, 1897. Daniel's cousin,John A. Bauguess, was his best man, and Margaret's sister, Savilla Mae(Fritts) Roberson, was her attendant . (See SQ p 3205 for thephotograph taken at their wedding.)

"Daniel Sparks died on June 5, 1914, in Stephens County, Texas.Margaret died on February 14, 1938, in Comanche County, Texas. Theyhad three children."

See SQ pp 4852-3:
"Daniel Sparks was born on October 9, 1865. He was married to MaryEllen Sparks about 1884. She had been born in March 1870 and was adaughter of Francis Marion and Almedia Frances (Wells) Sparks, thusshe and Daniel were second cousins. (See Item C, 7, a, below.)According to relatives and census records, they lived on WallowholeCreek where they reared eight children to maturity. They were: CecilR. Sparks, Francis Marion Sparks, Martin B. Sparks, Beverly Sparks,Stella Sparks, Pearlie Sparks, Sarah Sparks, and Alice Sparks.

See SQ p 4857:
Daniel "Dan" Reuben Sparks was born on November 4, 1898. He was shotand killed on June 21, 1921, near his home at Sarah, Kentucky. His14-year-old sister, Mary J. Sparks, was also killed at the same time.As handed down to relatives, the incident was described as follows:
"Dan Sparks had had some part in the destruction of a moonshine still that was operating near his home. A few days later, he and hissister were part of a crowd returning home from a church servicewhen he was shot by James Barker, probably the owner of the still.Mary was also shot, apparently by a relative of Barker. Bothdied on the spot.

"The passage of the 18th Amendment to the Federal Constitution mayhave played a part in this tragic incident. (Enforcement of theamendment, the prohibition of the making or using of alcohol, began in1921, and many small, but licensed, distilleries were dismantled ordestroyed. Before the amendment was repealed in 1933, many personslost their lives in trying to enforce this unpopular law.)

SQ 3205: Daniel Francis "Frank" Sparks, son of Daniel Jr. andMargaret (Fritts) Sparks, was born on January 29, 1905. He wasmarried to Velma Fern Williams on Septermber 3, 1941. He died onDecember 21, 1963.

SQ pp. 3550-1:
"He served in the 48th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Confederate StatesArmy. Daniel built a log house for his bride which is still standing(as of 1990) and is occupied by a grandson, Will Sparks Stringer, whohas made a restoration of the structure.
"Rebecca (Blackwell) Sparks died during a typhoid fever epidemic in1877. Three of her daughters also died at the same time."

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, pg 1977:
"Daniel Ludwig Sparks, son of Levi Carlton Sparks and Bertha C.(Ludwig) Sparks, was born in Valentine, Nebraska; he died in 1969. Hewas married in 1935 to Mary Jane Morris and they had two children:James Morris Sparks and Helen Margaret Sparks. The latter marriedBruce Kabella in 1968 and they had a son named David Wayne Kabella."

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SQ 3280: Daniel W. Sparks, son of William russell and Sarah (Wilcoxson)
Sparks, was born about 1825. He married Mary L. Walker in February 1843, in
Wilkes County, North Carolina, with his brother-in-law, William Vannoy, as his
bondsman. (The marriage bond was dated February 16, 1843, and we ca nassume
the marriage took place shortly thereafter.) Daniel died four month slater, on
June 11, 1843, at the untimely age of eighteen years.

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SQ pg 3901: When the 1900 census was taken of Magoffin County, Minnie and Daniel were shown with three children; it is quite likely that they had other children born to them later. These three childre nwere: Virgil, Ida, and Adam Sparks.