SQ p. 4656:

"Albert L. Sparks was born on October 26, 1864, in Lawrence County,and it was there that he was married to Emily Ann Hay in 1883. She hadbeen born on August 16, 1860, and was a daughter of Thomas Hay. She andAlbert lived on Whites Creek. She died on March 24, 1906. Albert diedon May 26, 1945. They were buried in the Hay Cemetery. They had fourchildren when the 1900 census was taken of Elliott County, and there mayhave been other children born to them later. The children on the censuswere: Alvin Sparks, Alma Sparks, Eva Sparks, and Dewey Sparks"

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SQ 1358: "Albert Sidney Sparks, born Dec 18, 1871, died March 7, 1970, at Normandy, Tennessee. He married (1st) Sallie Summers on Jan. 5,187 5 (she was born in Aug. 2, 1856 and died Mar. 25, 1897). They hadone child, Foster Sparks, born Mar. 25, 1897, died Aug. 8, 1964. AlbertS. Sparks married (2nd) Sarah Crimpshire (no children); he married (3rd)---Donaldson, by who m he had three children: (1) Loma Sparks, born Mar.24, 1924; (2) Mabel Sparks , born Oct. 28, 1928; and (3) Herbert Sparks,born Dec. 7, 193O."

SQ pg 3470: Mike had seven children: Virginia, Albert, Lynn, Glen,Wayne, Judy, and James Richard Sparks.

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SQ pg 3411: They had eight children: Loretta, Jeanetta, Juanita ,Viola, Harold, Lillian, Beatrice, and Amaryllis Gilliam.

SQ pg 2594: Aletha Mae Sparks, daughter of William Francis and MaryAnn (Fishpaugh) Sparks, was born on May 29, 1890, at Buck Creek, Indiana. She married Charles Alberding and they have seven children :Olive, Wilbur, Irene, Ralph, Estella, Kenneth, and Ardella. EstellaAlberding married LeRoy Tetzloff.

See SQ p. 332 for birth information.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriage informationfrom Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822- 1865):
Alfred Sparks & Mary Ann Green, December 30, 1852. (Book II, p. 53) Heborn on head of Big Blane Creek; she in Scott County, Virginia. He 21years old; she 14 years old.

SQ pp. 4647-48:

"Alford Sparks, son of Calvin and Sally (Lyon) Sparks, was born onFebruary 22, 1831, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. His given name wasspelled Alford on early records; however, descendants gradually changedthe spelling to Alfred. He was married to Mary "Polly" Ann Green onDecember 30, 1852, in Lawrence County. According to the marriagelicense, he had been born "at the head of Blaine Creek" while she hadbeen born in Scott County, Virginia, on September 12, 1838. She was adaughter of William Wellington and Sally (Hutchison) Green.

"Alford and Polly Ann lived on the Little Fork of Little Sandy Riverdear the post office, Fielden, in that portion of Lawrence County thatbecame part of Elliott County in 1896. He served for a short period oftime in Company A, 68th Regiment Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War.He was the first coroner of Elliott County.

"Alford Sparks died on April 13, 1899. His wife, Polly (Green)Sparks, survived him nearly twenty-five years, dying on April 12, 1923.They were buried in the J. S. Sparks Cemetery on Little Fork Road. Theyhad nine children." [A photograph of Alford and Polly Ann (Green) Sparksappears on p. 4648, SQ.]

SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1984, No. 127; MATTHEW J. SPARKS (1759-
1841) & HIS DESCENDANTS; pg 2665:

"Alfred Sparks, son of John and Sarah (Brooks) Sparks was born onOctober 23, 1819. He died the following year on August 6th."

Alfred Sparks and his family are included in the 1860 census for GreenCounty, Indiana. See SQ p. 4450.

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SQ pg 4067: He was married to Zella Sexton and they had one child ,Josephine.

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SQ pg 4476: Alfred Sparks was married twice. His first marriag e wasto Barbara Jones. His second marriage was to Marjorie ---.

SQ p. 3908: "Alfred Daniel Sparks, son of Daniel and Ellender(Cordial) Sparks, was born in March 1860. According to relatives, he wasmarried to Mary Ann Green, and they had five children.
a. Elma Sparks was born in August 1880. She was married to Amos C.Caudill.
b. Rosa Sparks
c. Nelson Sparks was born in January 1884.
d. Mary Sparks
e. Jesse Sparks."

[JS Note: I am suspicious of the conclusion that Alfred Sparks wasmarried to Mary Ann Green. The following record appears in the SparksQuarterly: "See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriageinformation from Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822-1865):Alfred Sparks & Mary Ann Green, December 30, 1852. (Book II, p. 53)He born on head of Big Blane Creek; she in Scott County, Virginia. He 21years old; she 14 years old."
This record may have given rise to the assumption mentioned.However, this refers to Alford Sparks, son of Calvin and Sarah (Lyon)Sparks, who married Mary Ann Green. Note that the marriage recordstates that she was 14 years of age in 1852 which would have given her abirth year of about 1838. His age is given as 21 which would give him abirthdate of 1831, not 1860. Perhaps there were two Alfred and Mary Ann(Green] Sparkses, but it is not likely.]

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

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

SQ pg 2633:

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

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

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

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

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

(4) Hebard Wilder

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQ 3861:

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

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

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

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

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SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 2002, Whole No. 198, pp 5691-92:

Allen Sparks was born about 1798 in Surry County, North Carolina.Although we have found no specific document identifying Allen as a son ofBenjamin and Elizabeth (Yates) Sparks, we are convinced, based on circumstantial evidence, that he was their eldest son.

A great-grandson of Jeremiah Sparks, the younger brother of BenjaminSparks, named the Rev. John Yates Sparks with whom the present writercorresponded in 1952, remembered that his grandfather, Matthew Sparks(1813-1892), had been a close friend of Allen Sparks. John Yates Sparkshad been born in 1870 and had always lived in Mitchell County, NorthCarolina. He remembered that he had had numerous conversations with hisgrandfather and that he, Matthew Sparks, had often spoken of his closefriend and relative, Allen Sparks. Allen and Matthew Sparks were firstcousins, but there had been another family connection: Matthew's firstwife, Elizabeth Buchanan (1820-1877), had been an older sister of MaryBuchanan, the first wife of Allen's son, Wilson Sparks. John Yates Sparksremembered several of Allen's children.

When Allen Sparks made his will on January 19, 1849, he made provisionfor his wife whom he named as "Basheba Sparks." The spelling of her namewas actually Beersheba as shown on the 1850 census of Yancey County,North Carolina, where her age was given as 54 years (thus born about1796) and a native of North Carolina. Her household consisted of fouryoung men named Sparks, sons of her late husband: George Sparks, age 19;Allen Sparks [Jr.], age 17; Reuben Sparks, age 12; and Whitfield Sparks,age 7. We would assume the Beersheba was their mother, as well as themother of the older six children of Allen. However, when WhitfieldSparks, the youngest of Allen Sparks's children, died on December 4,1913, and a death certificate was prepared for him, a copy of which wasrecorded in Mitchell County's Probate Book 1, page 391, the mother ofWhitfield was given as Susan Buchanan. If this is true, Allen Sparks musthave been married to Beersheba quite late in life, and the four Sparksbrothers living with her in 1850 would have been step-sons.

Errors have been made in preparing death certificates on many occasionsbefore and since that for Whitfield Sparks, and this writer is inclinedto believe that Beersheba had been Allen's only wife and the mother ofall of his children. In support of this belief is that there is also anerror on Whitfield's death certificate regarding his date of birth, givenas August 10, 1840. His date of birth was given by Whitfield himselfbefore a notary public on May 28, 1812 in his application for a Civil Warpension, as April 29, 1842.

Allen Sparks moved from Surry to Burke County after 1810 with his wifeand two small children, a boy and a girl, both of whom were marked on thecensus of 1810 in the "under 10" age category. Benjamin Sparks, whom weare certain was Allen's father, was still in Surry County when the 1820census was taken, but shortly thereafter he, with his wife, also moved toBurke County, North Carolina. He and Allen followed two of Benjamin'sbrothers in making this move: William Sparks, Jr. and Jeremiah Sparks.

Allen Sparks lived in that part of Burke County that became part ofYancey County in 1833, although he obtained a grant of 150 acres from thestate of North Carolina on December 28, 1836, that was actually in BurkeCounty, (Grant No. 5818). This tract of land was described in the grantas located "on a branch of Bear Creek." On this same date, however, AllenSparks also received two other grants from the state for land located inYancey County, each for 50 acres (Grants Nos. 103 and 108). One of thesewas

described as being on "the waters of Bare [Bear] Creek," and the other"on lower end of Old Road Ridge." From the location of these grants, itwould appear that Allen Sparks lived near what was then the dividing linebetween Burke and Yancey Counties; it would now be the line betweenYancey and Mitchell Counties. Mitchell County was created in 1861 fromBurke, Caldwell, McDowell, and Watauga Counties.

When the 1830 census of Burke County was taken, Allen Sparks was shownwith six children, three boys and three girls. We have not found him onthe 1840 census--he was apparently simply missed by the census taker orhe and his family were living in someone else's household.

By January 1849, Allen Sparks appears to have become seriously ill, andon January 19, 1849, he made his will. He died later the same year, butwe have not learned the month and the day. His tombstone in the BearCreek Baptist Church Cemetery at Ledger in Mitchell County gives only theyear, 1849. He thus died shortly before the death of his father in May1850.

His will reads as follows:

North Carolina, Yancey County, January 19th, 1849.

As it is appointed unto all men once to die, 1, Allen Sparks, in myproper senses at this time, but feeling myself bound to Eternity in a short time in hopes of a better world through what Jesus hasdone, I therefore leave the following as my last will and testament.

I therefore choose and appoint Harden Sparks and S. M. Collis asExecutors of my will. I design therefore that they shall sell asufficiency of my loose property to pay my just debts. Then I design thatthey shall pay my daughter, Nancy Patton, to the amount of fifteendollars in trade. Then the balance of my loose property and my tract ofland where I now live is vested in the hand of my Executors astheir right and property for the express purpose of maintaining my wife,Basheba Sparks, her life time, and also for schooling of my fouryoungest children. And when my youngest son, Whitfield, comes of age Idesign that my Executors shall sell the above mentioned tractof land and that the amount that it brings be equally divided between myfive youngest children, four sons and one daughter, the last to bepaid from the production of the land and also my tract of land where myson, James, now lives.

[signed] Allen Sparks

The two men whom Allen Sparks chose as executors were a son and ason-in-law. When the 1850 census of Yancey County was taken, AllenSparks's widow, Beersheba Sparks, was shown as age 54 and head of herhousehold, her husband having died in 1849. Four young men named Sparkswere living with her: George, Allen, Reuben, and Whitfield. As notedearlier, we believe that they were sons of Beersheba as well as of AllenSparks, although, as noted above, they could have been step-sons ofBeersheba.

While Allen Sparks did not name all of his children in his will, webelieve that we have a complete list based on census records, informationprovided by John Yates Sparks in 1952, and by two of Allen's descendants.

SQ pps 2631-2:

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

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

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

An Old Citizen Passes Away

Allen Sparks -- Aged 91, Goes to His Reward

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQ 817: Marriage information.

SQ 3900:

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

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

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

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION:

SQ 1365:

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

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

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

"Station at Louisa, State of Kentucky, 28th day of November 1864, I, JohnC. Collins, Captain of Company G, Fourteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,certify that Allen Sparks was a private in my Company, that he wasmustered into the service of the United States on the 10th day ofDecember 1861 and that he died at General Hospital in the State ofTennessee on the 30th day of June 1864 of Disease contracted while in theservice of the United States.
Given und. My hand this the 28th day of
November 1864
John C. Collins Capt.
Co. G 14th Regt. Ky. Vol."
On March 23, 1865, the Adjutant General’s Office also supplied proof ofAllen Sparks's service and death, noting that he had been mustered intoservice on December 14, 1861, at Camp Wallace, Kentucky, to serve threeyears and that the muster roll of Company G of the 14th Regiment datedJanuary 30, 1865, carried the statement "Died in Gen'l Hosp'tChattanooga, Tenn., June 30th 1864 of chronic diarrhea."

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

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

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

SQ pg 2614:

(See photograph on page 2615 and in scrapbook.)

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

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

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

SQ p. 1280: CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATIONS:

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

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

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

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SQ pg 2656:

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

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

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

SQ p 5388:

Almeda Sparks, daughter of William D. Sparks, was born on December 16,1835, in Surry County, North Carolina. She was married to Mark C. Kellybefore 1860 as she and her husband were listed on the 1860 census ofCooper County, Missouri, in Clarks Fork Township. After 1860, they movedto California where Almeda died on June 22, 1878. Both she and herhusband were buried in the Sparks plot in the Manzanita Cemetery atLincoln, Placer County, California.

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

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

SQ p 2869: They lived at Westoff, Texas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SQ p. 4043:

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

!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 , inMorgan
County, Kentucky. She had been born about 1833 in Virginia. When th e1880
census was taken, they were living in Elliott County. Apparently the yhad no
children.

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

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

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

SQ 5694: "The Rev. J. Y. Sparks remembered that "Hunter Sparks went west."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY for September 1999 pp 5229-30, for the 1860Census of Rusk County, Texas. The "M.A. Anderson" is the widow of AndrewJackson Sparks, Mary Ann (Allen) Sparks. She died had married William M.Anderson the year before the census and died the year after. The fourSparks children are the issue of Andrew Jackson and Mary Ann (Allen)Sparks.

Post Office: Caledonia
Page 246. Census taken by H. D. E. Redwin on August 9, 1860.
1466-1484

Name Age Sex Occupation Born
Anderson W.M. 45 (M) Farmer $2,000 -$10,600 NC
" M.A. 26 (F) AL
" James 17 (M) F. Laborer AL
Sparks, Allen 8 (M) TX
William 6 (M) TX
Adelia 5 (F) TX
Benjamin 3 (M) TX
Anderson Laura 1 (F) TX

Note: James Anderson, Allen Sparks, and William Sparks were marked ashaving attended school within the year.

The identity of the four Sparks children living in the household of W. M. Anderson in Rusk County in 1860 is known from a statement recorded onpage 794 of Probate Book G in Rusk County, made by William Anderson inJune 1860. He described himself as a resident of Rusk County and thestepfather of Thomas Allen Sparks, William R. Sparks, Adelia Sparks, andBenjamin J. Sparks, whom he called heirs of A. J. Sparks."
A J. Sparks, father of these four children, was Andrew Jackson Sparks,born October 19, 1826, and a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Cooper)Sparks. He had been married in 1848 to Mary Ann Allen in NacogdochesCounty, Texas. He died there on August 6, 1857. See that portion of thearticle: "Descendants of William Sparks (1761-1848), Son of Matthew andSarah (Thompson) Sparks"devoted to Andrew Jackson Sparks and his family,including his photograph, in the QUARTERLY of September 1985, Whole No.131, pp.2777-81. Mary Ann (Allen) Sparks was married (second) in 1859 toWilliam Anderson. She died two years later, in 1861. Three of AndrewJackson Sparks's brothers, James H. Sparks, Stephen F. Sparks, and ThomasB. Sparks, were in McLennan County, Texas, when the 1860 census was taken(pages 5220 and 5221), while another brother, John M. Sparks, was inNacogdoches County in 1860 (page 5225).

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

SPARKS QUARTERLY for March 2000, Whole No. 189, pp 5307-5309:

Andrew Jackson Sparks was the last child born to Solomon and Isabella(Swaim) Sparks. We believe that he was born in 1833. His gravestone inthe Sparks Cemetery in Wells County, Indiana, gives his age as 40 when hedied on April 28, 1873. On the 1840 census of Wells County, he was themale enumerated as between 5 and 10 years of age in the household of hisfather. His age was given as 18 on the 1850 census of Rock Creek Townshipin Wells County; as 26 in 1860; and as 36 in 1870. His father, in hiswill dated April 14, 1854, provided for him as follows:

I give and bequeath to my son Andrew Jackson Sparks one hundred (100)acres of land, the same to be taken from the west side of my farmincluding my farm buildings, in case he will keep and maintain my belovedwife in good, comfortable and respectable way during her natural life.
Solomon also bequeathed to Andrew "a certain forty (40) acre lot of landin Huntington County, being the same that Nathan W. Rogers was inpossession of at the time of his first wife's death." The first wife ofNathan Rogers had been Solomon's daughter, Jane (see pp.5296-97). Inbequeathing this 40-acre lot to Andrew, however, his father directed"that in consideration of the above bequest the said Andrew J. Sparkswill pay to the heirs of my daughter Jane Rogers, deceased, the sum of$300." The three Rogers grandchildren living in 1854 were James CulverRogers, Leroy Rogers, and Philo B. Rogers.

It appears that Andrew was farming his father's land at the time ofSolomon's death, which occurred on April 28, 1854, only a few days afterhe had made his will. Solomon's "beloved wife" to whom he left "the wholeof my household furniture...and all of my personal property of every kindwhatsoever except such articles as are specifically bequeathed to myother heirs," was his second wife, Susannah (Shibeley) Eikenberry, thewidow of Joseph Eikenberry. A record of Solomon's marriage to Susannahhas not been found, but it had occurred sometime after the death of hisfirst wife, Isabella Swaim, on May 25, 1852.

We may assume that with her entry into the Sparks family, where AndrewJackson Sparks was living and farming for his father, Susannah broughtalong her unmarried daughter, Mary Eikenberry, then 15 or 16 years old.On June 22, 1854, less than two months following the death of his father,Andrew was married to Mary Eikenberry (also spelled Eikenbury andEikenbery). (See Wells County Marriage Book 2, p.165.) Thus, Andrew'sstep mother now became his mother-in-law, and we trust that he acceptedthe condition his father had set for him to inherit his hundred acres andthe farm buildings. On June 13, 1857, Andrew and Mary sold to Mary'smother for $800 the 80 acres in Huntington County that his father hadleft him (Deed Book M, p.84).

We are indebted to the late Denton N. Sparks of Chicago, Illinois, agrandson of Andrew Jackson Sparks, for the Eikenberry family informationgiven above. In a letter to your editor dated November 18, 1960, DentonSparks referred to "the old German Bible that I have." He also quotedfrom an account written by his father, Jasper R. Sparks, who had been ason of Andrew Jackson and Mary (Eikenbery) Sparks, as follows:
My Mother's people came originally from some place in Germany and settledin Pennsylvania about the time of the American Revolution. My Father'speople (the Sparkses] came from England before the Revolution andpossibly settled in Maryland and moved later to North Carolina whereGrandfather Sparks [Samuel Sparks] was born. He later moved to Kentuckyfor a short time and then went on to Indiana, finally settling in WellsCounty in 1836 where he reared his family.

All the children were married and settled near the home place, my Fathergetting the home place where I was born and lived until I was 22 yars ofage. Father died at the age of 39 when I was but 8 years of age. AfterMother's widowhood of 12 years, she married Ned Raffe near Hagerstown,Indiana. After his death Mother continued to live in Hagerstown until herdeath in 1921.

As noted earlier, the age of Andrew Jackson Sparks at the time of hisdeath is given on his gravestone as 40, whereas Jasper R. Sparksremembered as 39. Perhaps he died in his 40th year.

In his account, Jasper R. Sparks, who had been born in 1865, was quitecorrect in stating that his Sparks ancestors had come from England beforethe Revolution, settling in Maryland, and then, in later generations,moving to North Carolina. We have found no other source, however,suggesting that Solomon Sparks, father of Andrew Jackson Sparks, hadspent any time in Kentucky, although we know that one of his brotherswent there from North Carolina.

Denton Sparks further quoted in his 1960 letter from his father's accountof the family written on December 21, 1928, identifying the children ofAndrew J. and Mary Sparks, but he did not provide dates, nor did heinclude in his list, the two children who had died as infants who wereburied in the Sparks Cemetery in Wells County. In listing Andrew J. andMary's children below, we have incorporated Jasper R. Sparks's notes withother sources.

SQ 2782:

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

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

Taken from the 1900 Census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma):

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

SPARKS, Andrew R. W M stock-raiser Mar. 1858 42 Texas
" Ida F wife Sept. 1867 32 "
" Lee M son Jan. 1891 9 Indian Terr.
" 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 11 years;parents born in Texas. Wife, Ida, mother of six children; parents, bornin Texas. This census record is in error, however. The father of AndrewR. Sparks, William Sparks, was born in Georgia, and his 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, in Georgia; his parents were John andSarah (Brooks) Sparks, his grandparents were Matthew Jr. and MargaretSparks, and his great-grandparents were Matthew and Sarah Sparks aboutwhom we published an article in theQUARTERLY 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 to IdaRandolph, probably about 1889. She was born in Texas in September 1867.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 about 1733.She was married to David Reed on October 10, 1750, in Queen AnnesCounty. She attested (as the nearest of kin) the account of her brother,Arthur Sparks, in 1766.

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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 born inor about 1766. We have no
further knowledge of her beyond Bettie C. Smith's listing her in the 1899letter as one of the two daughters of Matthew and Sarah Sparks.

SQ p. 3553: She never married and made her home with her brother, JesseSparks, 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, was bornin Carroll County,
Tennessee, about 1824/5. She was shown on the 1850 and 1860 censuses ofCarroll County as living in her parents' household; age 24 in 1850 and 35in 1860. Her name has not been found on either the 1870 or 1880 censusesof Carroll County, nor do we have any record of her being married."

SQ 3O77: "Ann Sparks, daughter of Abel and Sarah (Cochran) Sparks ,was born on June 7, 18O8, probably in Tennessee. She was called Nancy inthe estate papers of her brother, Solomon Sparks, in 188O. She marriedIsaac W. McReynolds who moved to Freeborn County, Minnesota, settling ona farm west of Albert Lea in 1856. She was referred to as "NancyMcReynolds" in her brother's estate papers. Isaac W. McReynolds had beenborn in North Carolina in 18O6. We have no record of 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 (now WestVirginia). (See The Sparks Quarterly of June, 1963, Vol. XI, No. 2, WholeNo. 42, page 734.) She was a sister of Solomon Sparks (1787-1860) whoseapplications for bounty land based on his service in the War of 1812appear in this issue of the Quarterly, pages 757-58.

Anna Sparks was born on January 10, 1800, in wbat is now Taylor County,West Virginia, and died on June 27, 1873. She was married on April 27,1817, in Virginia to Adam Snyder who was born in Frederick County,Maryland, November 2, 1795, and died May 18, 1847. He served in the Warof 1812 and later enlisted in the Army of the Northwest under GeneralHarrison. He participated in the lattle of the Thames.

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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 di edon July
13, 1883. We have no record of any children."