Gregory is a mechanical engineer for Dupont Industries. His spouse Juliais an elementary education teacher for learning disadvantages children.

SQ p. 2620:

"Guy Leo Sparks was born on November 22, 1867, in McDonough County,Illinois. He died on September 16, 1955, at Indianapolis, Indiana. He wasmarried to Clara R. Heitkam on September 4, 1889, in Arkansas City,Kansas. She was born on March 16, 1869, at Arkansas City and was
a member of the Roman Catholic Church. She and Guy had four children."

SQ pg 2635: He was a businessman. His obituary appeared on page 1419of the September, 1971 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 75 . It follows:

"We deeply regret to report the passing of Guy Sherman Sparks ofMuncie, Indiana, on September, 1971, following a long illness. Mr.Sparks had been a member of The Sparks Family Association for many years. His parents were John Sherman Sparks (1863-1917) and Mary (Loveless)Sparks (1860-1951); his grandparents were Allen and Nancy (Rogers )Sparks; his great-grandparents were James and Margaret (Ray) Sparks ; andhis great-great-grandparents were William and Martha (Moore) Sparks. Mr.Sparks was born in Flora, Indiana, on July 22, 1897. He was graduatedfrom Indiana University in 1922. He was a freshman in college when hisfather died and he worked his way through school by working in theIndiana University bookstore and by managing the bookstore at Ball StateUniversity in Muncie during the summers.

"Mr. Sparks was associated with Marshall Field and Company for 16years before coming to Muncie in 1938 to become personnel manager forMoore Co. and Hager Manufacturing Co. for the next 18 years. He spent 11years with the Indiana Employment Security Division as assistantmanager. He was a member and past president of the Foremans Club,Eastern Indiana Personnel and Industrial Relations Association and theExchange Club. He also served as president of the Visiting NurseAssociation Board for three years and served seven years as a boardmember. He was a 50 year member of the Flora Masonic Lodge 605, F&AM.

"Mr. Sparks is survived by his wife, Gertrude (Dietz) Sparks and byone daughter, Sara Jean Sparks Balch of Indianapolis, wife of CharlesGuthrie Balch. Their children are Susan Marie Balch, 11 years of age,and Sandra Ann Balch, who is 8 years old."

SQ 2776:

"Halcyon ("Hallie") sparks, daughter of Newell Crane and Laura(Fetzer) Sparks, was born on March 30, 1885. She married Alex Z.Harrison and they had four children: Leslie, Annie Laurie, Richard, and
Eugene. Hallie died on May 19, 1969."

SQ; p. 4729

Hallie ["Billie"] Marie Sparks was born on June 19, 1914, at Three Mile,West Virginia. She was married to Willard Carter Estep on September 12,1934, and they lived at Kimberly, West Virginia. After Billie's sister,Roetta (Sparks) White, died, Billie took care of her three children.

See The Sparks Quarterly, June, 1973, Whole No. 82, pg 1563:
"Hamlet Sparks, eldest child of Elijah and Elizabeth (Weaver) Sparks,was born about 1796 in Virginia according to the 1850 census of DearbornCounty, IN. He was married to Elizabeth Toplis Cheesman, or Chisman,about 1819. She, too, was a native of Virginia. Hamlet was a member ofthe early Methodist Church of Lawrenceburgh, Indiana. In 1819, he wascommissioned a captain of the 15th Indiana Regiment. In 1850, when thecensus was taken, he was living at Moores HIll, Indiana, and was listedas a farmer. It is believed that he died about 1876 at the home of hisson, illiam Palmer Sparks, at Grant City, Missouri. Hamlet and Elizabeth(Cheesman) Sparks are believed to have had nine children.

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, Whole No. 169, p. 4446 for the following censusrecord:

Dearborn County,Indiana -- 1860 Census

Township of Sparta (No post office recorded; probably also Sparta.)
Page 189. Census taken by James D. English on June 26, 1860
236-236

Last Name First name Age Sex Occupation Property values Born
Sparks Hamlett 64 (M) Farmer $300 - $100 VA
" E.Y. 63 (F) VA
" N.G. 22 (M) IN
C.B. 20 (M) IN
Wm. 17 (M) IN
L. 29 (F) IN
Americk 26 (F) IN

(Note: On the 1850 census of Dearborn County [see the QUARTERLY of March1985, Whole No. 129, page 2725] Hamlett's wife's name appears asElizabeth T.; the son named here as N . G. was given as Novel, i.e.,Norval In 1850; the son named as C.B. was given as Charles B.; thedaughter shown as L. Sparks was Liberty; and the daughter called"Americk" was shown as America.)

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1997, Whole No. 180, p 4906:
"Hamlet Sparks, born September 11, 1795. He died on January 30 1878;his obituary also appeared in the WESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, the text ofwhich begins here: (See her notes for the obituary of Hamlet's secondwife, Elizabeth L. (Chrisman) Sparks, who died in 1872.)

Hamlet Sparks (1795-1876)

` [Issue for Wednesday, February 16, 1876, p. 55, col. 3]

Hamlet Sparks, Esq., was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 11,1795, and died in Moore's Hill, Indiana, January 30, 1876. In 1806, heremoved to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and grew up amid the hardships incidentto early pioneer life, part of his time being spent in the blockhouse,with rifle in hand, assisting to repel the then frequent attacks of theIndians. In 1817, he united with the Church, and thenceforward lived astrictly religious life a period of about sixty years. In 1818, brotherSparks was united in marriage to Hanna Cobb, who shortly afterward died.In 1819, he was married to Elizabeth Chrisman, who is the widow of theLamented Rev. E. W. Burruss, of the Southeastern Indiana Conference. Whenthe summons came to him to cross the stream of death, he was "ready,"and, without a murmur, passed from his earthly to his heavenly home.
NO AUTHOR GIVEN

SQ 799:
"Hampton Sparks, son of William Sparks, was born about 1790 in RowanCounty, North Carolina, and died about 1865 in Oldham County, Kentucky.He married Sarah Blake in Stokes County, North Carolina, in 1809(marriage bond dated January 14, 1809). She was a daughter of John andMary Blake; she mas born about 1785 and died July 19, 1858, in OldhamCounty. When the estate of Hampton Sparks was settled in 1865, hisproperty was divided among his brothers and sisters, or their hairs.,indicating that he had no children.

SQ p. 5315:

Hampton Sparks, son of Joseph and Sabra (Demmit) Sparks, wasborn on August 30,1825, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He was a lad ofabout 7 years when he accompanied his parents in their move to Indiana.He was living with his parents in Kirkland Township, Adams County,Indiana, when the 1850 census was taken that spring. Like his brother,Ransom, Hampton Sparks purchased 40 acres of land from his parents onSeptember 10, 1851. The autumn before he had gone to Champaign County,Illinois, to be married on September 30, 1850, to Germima Ann Blue. Theceremony was conducted by a minister of the Gospel named Jesse Goddard.Jemima, as her name was usually spelled, was probably
related in some manner to the 18-year-old Benjamin Blue, a native ofOhio, who was living in the Sparks household when the 1850 census wastaken. Perhaps Hampton had known Jemima earlier in Adams County. Hamptonobviously brought his bride back to Adams County, but on February 1,1854, Hampton and "Jemima Ann his wife" sold to Jacob Steele the 40 acreshe had bought from his parents three years earlier.

Where Hampton and Jemima Sparks lived after 1854 is not known,but Jemima died in or about 1859 following the birth of her daughter,Nancy E. Sparks, who was born that year. Hampton was in Champaign County,Illinois, on October 12, 1860, when he was married there to his secondwife, Nancy C. Allison. We can conjecture that he had known Nancy earlierand that he was anxious to find a suitable stepmother for his children.

By 1865, Hampton Sparks was in Kosciusko County, Indiana. Arather unusual document was drawn up there on January 9, 1865, by whichHampton Sparks was appointed guardian of three of his children who weredescribed as "minor Heirs of Jemima Sparks, Decd." It seems
odd that Hampton should be appointed guardian of his own children, but wemay conjection that this was related to their inheritance of property oftheir mother. These three children were identified in this court documentas: "John D. Sparks, aged 11 years; William J. Sparks, aged 9 years; andNancy E. Sparks, aged 6 years." We believe that there was an olderdaughter, Ella Sparks, who was not named in this document. A bond was setat $200 by which Hampton Sparks was bound by the county court to thisappointment; Richard Ferguson signed as his security.

Hampton Sparks, age 52, appeared as head of his family inPrairie Township, Kosciusko County, on the 1880 census. This censusprovided for the relationship of each family member to the head. NancySparks, age 49, a native of Ohio, was identified as Hampton's wife. Theirsix children, all of whom had been born in Indiana, were listed as:Charles W. Sparks, 18; Jennie Sparks, 16; Dica Sparks, 14; Isa Sparks,12; Allie Sparks, 10; and Joseph Sparks, 13. None of the children ofHampton by his first wife appears on this census.

Hampton Sparks died on March 3, 1911, at Warsaw, Indiana,according to his deathcertificate on file there, the county seat ofKosciusko County . His date of birth is given on this record as August30, 1825, and his age as 85 years, 5 months, and 4 days. He was described as being married to Nancy Sparks and was a "retired farmer." His placeof birth was recorded incorrectly as in South Carolina--we know that hewas born in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He was buried in the PleasantView Cemetery in Prairie Township, Kosciusko County. Nancy Sparks, secondwife of Hampton, died on July 2, 1913, at the age of 81 years accordingto her gravestone in the same cemetery.

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SQ 3797: She may have been married to -----Mauk.

SQ 3855: Hannah Sparks, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Sparks, wasborn about 1788 in Surry County, North Carolina. Relatives say that shewas married to a man named Mauk. We have no further information on her.

SQ pg 2961 states: "Hanna Sparks, daughter of Solomon and RachelSparks, was born about 1785. She married Solomon Hollar, apparentlysometime between 1810 and 1820. She died prior to November 1867. Theyhad at least five children: Philip, Susan, Rachel, Rebecca, and Hannah."

SQ pg 3349: "Hanna Sparks, daughter of Solomon and Rachel (Weimer)Sparks, was born on November 21, 1788, according to the Hollar Bible .Her birth was probably in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and it wasprobably there that she was married to Solomon Hollar about 1819. He wasborn on February 7, 1792, and was a son of Valentine and Susqanna (Ott)Hollar. He served in the War of 1812 in the 2nd Regiment of PensylvaniaRiflemen as a member of the company of Capt. Solomon Sparks, his futurefather-in-law. He was also one of the first elders of the EvangelicalLutheran Church at Everett, Pennsylvania, which he helped to organize in1842. He died on April 3, 1856. Hannah died two years later on May 28,1858. They were buried in the Everett Cemetary. They had sevenchildren, but apparently one child (unnamed) died in infancy. The birthrecords of the other six came from the Hollar family Bible.

[Names are above plus John Andrew Hollar. See SQ pgs 3349 and 3350 foradditional information.]

SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1984, No. 127; pg. 2668:

"Hannah Sparks, daughter of Matthew and Margaret (---) Sparks, wasborn about 1792 in South Carolina. She married a man named Arnett,probably a brother or close relative of the Nathan Arnett who marriedHannah's sister, Margaret Sparks. When the 1850 census was taken ofTwelve Mile Prairie Township, St. Clari County, Illinois, Hannah Arnettwas 58 years of age and living in the household of Nathan and Margaret(Sparks) Arnett. We have no further information about her."

We are grateful for additional information relating to the descendantsof ??? and Hanna (Sparks) Arnett provided via the internet by PollyanaKing Brown (pollyanab@@hotmail.com) in February, 2000. There was nosubstantiation provided however. Ms. Brown has Hanna as being born about1782.

SQ 3074:

"Hannah Sparks, daughter of Abel and Sarah (Cochran) Sparks, was bornMay 9, 18O2, probably in North Carolina before the family moved toTennessee. In the list of heirs of Solomon Sparks prepared in 1880, hissister, Hannah, was identified as being deceased, her married name havingbeen Glenn. (here lists 11 children: William Carroll Glen, George W.Glenn, Jonathan S. Glenn, Nancy J. (Glenn) Johnstone, Sarah E. (Glenn)Johnson, Julia Ann (Glenn) Harris, John B. E. Glenn, Martha A. (Glenn)Sullenger, James B. Glenn, Taylor Glenn, and Louisa Jane (Glenn) Harris.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3266: "Hannah Sparks, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Jeffreys )Sparks,
was born about 1821. She married John Felts and, according to relati ves,
they "went west.""

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1990, Whole No. 151, p. 3632:

"...They were buried in the Murphree Cemetery at Only, Tennessee."

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!NOTES:
SQ p 3184: Hannah Alice Sparks was born on March 9, 1879, in Boone
County, Iowa. On December 23, 1903, she was married to Albert Rineha rt.
He had been born on July 20, 1867, in Carroll County, Illinois. Albe rt
and Alice (as she was called) had eight children including two who di ed
in infancy. They were:
(a) Effie A. Rinehart was born on March 28, 1905.
(b) An unnamed child was born on June 7, 1906, and died two days later.
(c) Geneva Mae Rinehart was born on July 11, 1907. She was marrie d to
Forest Joy Shadle on September 5, 1928, at Waterloo, Iowa. H e was
born on September 11, 1901, in Boone County, Iowa, and was a s onof
Grant and Anna (McClain) Shadle. Geneva Mae Shadle has been m ost
helpful in the preparation of this article and has furnished t he
picture of the family of John and Nancy Sparks with their fami lyon
the cover of this [the March 1988, Whole No. 141] issue of the
QUARTERLY. She and Forrest have two children, Gary F. and Ron aldD.
(d) Forest O. Rinehart, son of Albert and Hannah Alice (Sparks) Ri ne-
hart, was born on June 12, 1909. He died on april 16, 1963.
(e) Wesley P. Rinehart, son of Albert and Hannah Alice (Sparks) Ri ne-
hart, was born on December 21, 1911. He died on December 12 ,1953.
(f) Doyle M. Rinehart, son of Albert and Hannah Alice (Sparks) Rin e-
hart, was born on August 11, 1913. He died on September 6, 1 963.
(g) Donald A. Rinehart, son of Albert and Hannah Alice (Sparks) Ri ne-
hart, was born on May 11, 1915. He died on April 14, 1961.
(h) An unnamed child was born to Albert and Hannah Alice (Sparks )Rine-
hert on June 12, 1917, and died the same day."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 2002, Whole No. 198, p. 5693:

Hardin J. Sparks (sometimes his name appears as Harden and even Hardy)was born about 1818, probably after his parents had moved from Surry toYancey County. He was married to Elizabeth Thomas, and they are believedto have
had ten children, the first three having been born in North Carolinabefore Hardin moved his family to Union County, Georgia, in the 1850s.Hardin served in the Confederate Army (23rd Regiment Georgia VolunteerInfantry). He died January 13, 1888. His and Elizabeth's children arebelieved to have been the following (according to a descendant, KennethPatterson)
(1) Nancy Maria Sparks, born in 1845, died 1900; was married to Jesse C.Dean;
(2) Stephen A. Sparks, born November 1, 1847; he was married to TelithaWise;
(3) Barshiba ["Basha"] M. Sparks, born in March 1850;
(4) Elmira (or Mary Elmira) [ "Polly" ] Sparks, born in 1853, she wasmarried to William Boyd Conley (born April 11, 1849, died July 18, 1889);
(5) Hulda Melissa Sparks, born July 18, 1855, died September 13, 1940,was married to Donithan Kinsey Cearley in Union County, Georgia, June 15,1871;
(6) Eliza Ann Sparks born in 1861; she was married to Dotry Lance;
(7) William A. Sparks born in 1864;
(8) Rosilla Dove Sparks was born February 27, 1867, and died December 7,1939, she was married on August 6, 1888, to James Alonzo Patterson (bornNovember 30, 1855, died December 5, 1940) a son of William H. Patterson;
(9) Jeremiah Sparks born 1868; and
(10) James Gracen Sparks was born December 8, 1872; he was married toAnna Belle Curtis.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1990, No. 152; pps 3687-3703:

HARDY SPARKS (ca.1782-1855) SON OF MATTHEW AND SARAH (THOMPSON)SPARKS

[Editor's Note: Matthew and Sarah (Thompson) Sparks of early Maryland, North Carolina, and Georgia, had eleven sons and two daughters .Articles about five of their sons (John, Absalom, Matthew, William , andJesse) have been published in earlier issues of the QUARTERLY . Here wepresent information about another son, Hardy Sparks, and some of hisdescendants. For further details regarding Matthew and Sa rah (Thompson)Sparks, Hardy's parents, see the June 1961 issue of the QUARTERLY, WholeNo. 34.]

"Hardy Sparks, probably the youngest of the thirteen children ofMatthew and Sarah (Thompson) Sparks, ws born about 1782 in Wilkes County,North Carolina. He was born just about the time that his parents leftWilkes County to move to the Oconee River Valley in northeast Georgiawhere they settled near the present-day town of Athens. He was probablycarried as a baby on that journey.

"After the death of his father in November 1793 (he was killed byhostile Indians), Hardy probably made his home with one of his brothers.He grew to manhood in Georgia, and it was probably there that he wasmarried to Mary --- about 1805. She was born about 1790 in NorthCarolina and was quite likely a daughter of Isaiah Hale, a RevolutionaryWar soldier and an early settler in Hickman County, Tennessee.

"Shortly after their marriage, Hardy and Mary, probably in the companyof his brothers Jesse Sparks, Isaac Sparks, Bailey Sparks, and NathanSparks, moved westward to middle Tennessee where the newly-married couplesettled on Boles Fork of Tumbling Creek, a tributary of Duck River inHickman County. It was there that their first child (a son) was bornabout 1806. They named him Isaiah Hale Sparks, probably for his maternalgrandfather.

"On January 27, 1814, Hardy Sparks bought a portion of a 640-acretract of land on Tumbling Creek which was owned by the heirs of JohnAtkins. (Tumbling Creek flows generally southwest from its source inDickson County, through a portion of Hickman County and then to its mouthin Humphreys County.) On November 9, 1824, Sparks was granted two tractsof land in Hickman County consisting of a total of 140 acres. Then, inthe fall of 1836, he was granted 300 acres of land located on Boles Forkof Tumbling Creek adjacent to land belonging to his brother, IsaacSparks, in Humphreys County. He also paid taxes on 100 acres of land inHenry County in 1828, but he sold this land in March 1834 to ZachariahNoel.

"When the 1820 census was taken, Hardy Sparks was shown as head of hishousehold in Hickman County. His family consisted of himself , his wife,three sons, and two daughters. The 1830 census found him in CarrollCounty, Tennessee. By this time, another son and two daughters had beenadded to his family.

"Other records left by Hardy Sparks in Hickman County include hisappointment as a captain in the Hickman County Militia in 1817. OnDecember 15, 1829, he was appointed as an overseer on the road fromHuntingdon to Paris. He was commissioned as a magistrate by the HickmanCounty Court in 1831.

"In September 1828, Hardy joined his mother, Sarah Sparks, and hisbrothers, Isaac Sparks and Bailey Sparks, in granting a power of attorneyto two other brothers, Jesse Sparks and Nathan Sparks, to ask thegovernment to reimburse them for the loss of certain property during theOconee War in Georgia during the period of 1784 to 1796. The account oftheir petition and the delays which caused it to drag out until 1835 wasgiven on pages 561-65 of the June 1961 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No.34.

"Hardy Sparks left his name on three documents as a witness. Thefirst of these was a deed, dated December 17, 1817, by which Isaiah Hale(probably his father-in-law) conveyed 400 acres of land, known as McCallsLand, to John May for $900. Hardy also witnessed two deeds on November5, 1829, which were made by his brother, Nathan Sparks. Nathan hadacquired a 100-acre tract of land in Carroll County in 1827 which he gaveto his sons, Isaac Sparks, Jr. and Martin Sparks . Isaac, Jr. received40 acres and Martin received 60 acres.

"A third document which Hardy Sparks witnessed was also a deed made byhis brother, Jesse Sparks, on February 18, 1833. Eady (Sparks ) Hale,daughter of Jesse, was newly-widowed, and the estate of her deceasedhusband, John Hale, was sold at auction. Jesse Sparks bought thehousehold furniture and two cows and returned them to his daughter.

"Hardy Sparks moved his family to Lafayette County, Mississippi, about 1835. By this time his older children had married or had lefthome. When the 1840 census was taken, his household consisted ofhimself, born 1780-1790; his wife, born 1790-1800; one son, born 1810-1820; one son and one daughter, both born 1820-1825; and one daughter, born1825-1830. He owned no slaves.

"Hardy did not remain in Mississippi for very long, and by 1850 he wasliving in Scott County, Arkansas. When the 1850 census was taken, he andhis wife, Mary, were the only members of his household in WashburnTownship. His age was given as 67 years, and Mary's as 61 . Both wereshown as having been born in North Carolina. His occupation was given ascabinet-maker. Living nearby was his son, William G. Sparks, with hisfamily.

"We have found no record of the deaths of Hardy Sparks and his wife,Mary, which probably occurred between 1850 and 1860 in Arkansas.Descendants have no knowledge of their buriel places. From censusrecords, it appears that they had eight children, four sons and fourdaughters. Thus far, we had succeeded in identifying by name only threeof them. (Can any of our readers identify others?)"

The SQ p. 3688 last located Hardy Sparks in Scott County, Arkansas in1850. According to the INDIANA SOURCE BOOK, Indiana Historical Society,Vol. 3 p. 308, the death of a Hardy Sparks in Aug 1865/Aug 1866 was "Recorded in the minutes of the White River Association of The PrimitiveBaptist Church, 1857-1878." He lived in either Monroe, Greene, Lawrenceor Owen Counties, Indiana. We have no way of telling if this was Hardy ,son of Matthew and Sarah (Thompson) Sparks though it is unlikely that hewould have moved east in his last years.

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 2001, Whole No. 196, pp 5605-5630, p.5610:

"Hardy Sparks, youngest child of Matthew and Sarah Sparks, was born onMay 23, 1783, in what was then Wilkes County, North Carolina, but is nowAshe County. He died between 1850 and 1860 in Arkansas, probably in ScottCounty, where he and his wife were living when the 1850 census was taken.He was a babe in arms when his parents moved to Georgia. He was marriedabout 1805 to Mary Hale (also spelled Hales and Hailes). We believe thatshe was a daughter of Isaiah Hale , for whom their first son was named;Isaiah Hale, born 1763/64, applied for a Revolutionary War pension fromHickman County, Tennessee, in 1832. Census records suggest that they werethe parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, but we havebeen able to identify only three sons . An article devoted to HardySparks and these three sons appeared in the QUARTERLY of December 1990,Whole No. 152, pp.3687-3703. (We did not have Hardy's date of birth whenthat article was written, and we were then under the impression that hewas one of eleven sons of Matthew and Sarah Sparks. We are quite certainto day that there were only 10 sons, and two daughters.)"

See Sparks Quarterly, September, 1955, Whole No. 11, pg. 86:

"The great-grandfather of William G. Sparks was Hardy Sparks who was anative of North Carolina. He moved to Indiana, settling in MonroeCounty, probably in the 1820's. It is believed that he was the HardySparks who married Susannah Brown in Wilkes County, N.C., in 1815(marriage bond dated Jan. 5, 1815) and who appears on the 1820 census ofWilkes county with two sons (under ten years), and himself (betweentwenty-six and forty-five years), and wife (between sixteen andtwenty-six years). He may also bave been the Hardy Sparks who obtained aland grant in Ashe County, N.C., in 1824. A grandson of Hardy Sparks(Thomas W. Sparks) stated in a volume published in 1884 (History ofMorgan, Monroe & Brown Counties, Indiana, Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., p.651) that his grandfather, Hardy Sparks, served in the War of 1812.According to records in the National Archives in Washington, the HardySparks from Wilkes County, N. C., did serve in that war."

See Sparks Quarterly, March, 1969, Whole No. 65, pg 1204:

"In the September 1955 issue of the Quarterly, we published some dataon this family, noting that the parents of Calvin Sparks were Hardy andSusannah (Brown) Sparks. Hardy Sparks was living in Wilkes County, NorthCarolina, when he was married to Susannah Brown in 1815 (the marriagebond was dated January 5, 1815, and they were probably married on thatday or one or two days later). Hardy Sparks was born about 1797 in NorthCarolina. He doubtless belonged to the branch of the Sparks family whichmoved from Frederick County, Maryland, to Wilkes County, North Carolina,in the 1760's, but we have not succeeded in proving his parentage asyet. Hardy Sparks served in the War of 1812 from Wilkes County.

"Hardy Sparks and his family were still living in Wilkes County, NorthCarolina, when the 1820 census was taken, by which time he had two sonslisted as under ten years of age. He may have been the Hardy Sparks whoobtained a land grant in Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1824. Hesettled in Monroe County, Indiana, probably in the 1830's, laterapparently moving over the line into Greene County.

"Hardy Sparks's first wife died in the 1830's and he married as hissecond wife Martha Motley. He was still living when the 1860 census wastaken in Green County, Indiana. Hardy Sparks was the father of sevenchildren by his first wife and eight by his second wife. The followingrecord of these children is based on information supplied by agreat-granddaughter. (Mrs. Jessie Sparks Conder of Stanford, Indiana, in1954) and supplemented from census and other official records: (herefollows information concerning the descendants for which see theirrecords here.)

See The Sparks Quarterly, June, 1998, Whole No. 182, pps. 5000-5002:
"Hardy Sparks, probable son of James Sparks, was born November 30,1796, in North Carolina. (see previous articles above).

"We have found no definite proof that Hardy Sparks was a son of JamesSparks; however, several bits of information tend to support thatrelationship. Because the given name of Hardy is a bit unusual, it isalso fairly easy to trace. We know, for example, that James Sparks had abrother named Hardy sparks, and it is easy to imagine that James named ason for his brother. In addition, as was pointed out above, James Sparksacted as bondsman for Hardy Sparks to obtain a marriage bond, or license,an action which would support a close relationship. Hardy Sparks, also,named a son James Sparks, perhaps for the baby's grandfather.

"The most compelling evidence of the lineage of Hardy Sparks, however,has been handed down by one of his granddaughters, Elizabeth ("Lizzie")Sparks, a daughter of Hardy's son, Calvin Sparks. Lizzie was born in1860 and was a six-year-old girl when her grandfather, Calvin Sparks,died. She was married to James A. Thompson in 1881, and they had sevenchildren. She lived to be 100 years old and apparently enjoyed tellingstories of the 'olden days.' Fortunately, she had a grandniece, AliceSparks, who made notes of her grandaunt's remembrances and handed themdown to other family members. Here is how her notes were recorded:

" 'My father, Guy Sparks, lived with Aunt Lizzie and Uncle JimThompson at different times in his life, from the age of ten years onwardto adulthood, and looked upon them as second parents. I remembervisiting with them many times as I was growing up. Dad (Guy Sparks)loved to hear Aunt Lizzie's stories about the "olden days." She spoke of"Granddaddy Matthew Sparks," referring to him as her grandfather'sgranddaddy and relating stories of his hard life 'in the south,' and hisexperiences with the howling "Cree" Indians who raided and stole anddestroyed. They'd only get things "put to rights" and here they'd comeagain. They felt lucky to save their skins, for those Indians wanted tostay where they were and didn't want any white neighbors shooting thegame and using the land.

" 'Aunt Lizzie spoke also of a "Granddaddy" James, saying that he hadthe same name as her father, Uncle Jim. I don't remember any hairraisingstories about him and the Indians, unless he was one of the "they" whoconsidered themselves lucky to save their skins! Aunt Lizzie referred toHardy Sparks as "Grandaddy" also, so evidently [she] called them all"Granddaddy," whether it was her grandfather or great-grandfather, orwhatever, when she was telling about the "old days."

" 'When she [aunt Lizzie] spoke of Matthew, she referred to SouthCarolinie and Georgie. All of the other Sparkses I ever knew had tishabit of adding and 'ie," thus my father's brother, Ira, was called"Irie," and his brother, Noah, was "Noahie," and Elizabeth was "Lizzie."

" 'Aunt Lizzie was an intelligent woman, very much a lady. She wasthe female counterpart of an "Uncle Billie," the person everyone came tofor advice and comfort, and lots of good food. She was slender andhandsome, with the dark hair and blue eyes typical of so many Sparks[es]'appearance, as my father [Guy Sparks] for instance.

" ' I visited Aunt Lizzie when she was in her nineties. I asked herif she remembered telling Dad [Guy Sparks] about her "granddaddies" andthe south and the Indians. She said, Yes. She said that Dad was the onewho always wanted to hear her tell about those old times. She said, andi quote: "Poor Grandaddy, the Indians finally killed him, after all hishard times."

" 'Aunt Lizzie's description of the Sparks clan as a whole was thatmost were fairly tall, dark-haired and blue eyed. She, herself, hadpiercing blue eyes and dark hair, and so did my Dad, my uncles and myaunts. I remember my Grandfather's (Joseph Hardy Sparks) blue eyes andbig mustache, but that's all that I can remember about him. (signed)Alice Sparks.'

"[Editor's note: The notes made by Alice Sparks from "Aunt Lizzie'sstories" appear to be quite authentic. (Lizzie's father was CalvinSparks, son of Hardy Sparks.) It is obvious that she had grown up withfamily members who knew about their ancestors and who were willing totalk about them. Her statement that "poor granddaddy, the Indiansfinally killed him," is quite correct regarding the fate of MatthewSparks, father of James; Matthew was killed by Indians in Georgia in1793. (See the Quarterly of June 1961, Whole No. 34, for an account ofMatthew Sparks's life and death, pp. 556-66.) It is interesting thatLizzie remembered no stories of James Sparks and the Indians. In fact,this was because James had not accompanied his parents and siblings toGeorgia.

"[We believe that these notes, quoted above, present strong evidencethat Hardy Sparks was a son of James Sparks and a grandson of Matthew andSarah (Thompson) Sparks.]

"We will not repeat here the information regarding the family of HardySparks that appeared in the Quarterly of March 1969 (see above), exceptto note that it was sometime in the 1830s that he moved his family fromNorth Carolina to Monroe County, Indiana. Later, he moved over the lineinto Greene County, Indiana. As noted above, he was married to SusannahBrown in 1815 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and Susannah was themother of seven children. Following her death about 1831, Hardy Sparkswas married (second) to Martha Motley in North Carolina about 1832.Martha had eight children. Hardy Sparks was thus the father of fifteenchildren and dozens of grandchildren. (here follows a brief lisiting ofthese children.)

SQ pps 2595-96:

"Harley Francis Sparks was born on March 27, 1901 . He married MayBlinn Herr in January 1922. He spent 38 years in Cuba working for theUnited States Fruit Company as a supervisor of their sugar canedivision. In 1958, he was kidnapped by the rebels led by Fidel Castro,and he was held until he was released in 1960. He and Mae live nearFrankfort, Indiana."

SQ pg 3413: They lived in Ashland, Kentucky, where they had fourchildren: Betty Irene, Janet Sue, William H., and Mary Ann Sparks.

SQ p. 688:

Harry Sparks. His real name was apparently Henry and he was born about1750. He also left Virginia and settled on the Pee Dee River in SouthCarolina where he was killed during the American Revolution by a group ofTories.

Copy of the death certificate in possession of James J. Sparks shows thefollowing (copy is difficult to read):

Place of death: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
Place of residence: 1401 Jefferson St., Paducah, Ky.
Social Security No: 406-20-1367
Name of Spouse: Lottie, age 41
Date of Birth: June 11, 1903
Age at death: 43 years 8 mos 27 days
Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Rodman for the Illinois Central RR Co.
Father's name: John A. Sparks
Place: Virginia
Mothers name: Angha Hancock
Birthplace: Canada
Place of removal: Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY(on the Tennessee border south of Henderson County, KY)
Date of death: March 9, 1947
Cause of death: Cancer of the stomach.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1996, Whole No. 176, pp. 4734-36:

"...Sam was a lineman for a telephone company and he and Elizabethlived in Oliver Springs, Tennessee. They had a son, William GeraldHines, who had been born on February 10, 1924, in Knox County, Tennessee,and Elizabeth was expecting another child in the summer of 1925.

"Elizabeth's first marriage ended tragically. On March 18, 1925, sheand her baby son met her husband at the railroad station in Knoxville,Tennessee. After the usual greetings, Sam went to get a taxi to take hislittle family to his room and stepped on a high tension wire that hadbeen blown down by high winds, and he was killed. After the funeral,Elizabeth went to the home of her brother, Robert Lawrence Sparks, atWilliamsburg, Kentucky, and it was there that her second son, SamuelKenneth Hines, was born posthumously on July 12, 1925.

"Elizabeth scarecely knew which way to turn, according to adescendant. She was without any means of support although Sam had anarmy insurance policy that would give her nearly $1,600. She did notreceive the money, however, until a year after his death. She then wentto Knoxville, Tennessee, where she worked as a maid in a "baby home."There she was bilked out of the insurance money by a man who had promisedto marry her. She fled north in an effort to find him, leaving her twosons in the children's home in Knoxville.

"Elizabeth met her second husband, Milburn Roscoe Bayless, inCincinnati, Ohio, and they were married in Campbell County, Kentucky, onOctober 17, 1927. She then returned to Knoxville, Tennessee, for hersons, but she found that the younger of the two, Samuel Kenneth Hines,had been placed in a foster home. She was unable to find him.Ultimately, he was adopted by his foster parents. (See below.)

"Elizabeth and Milburn Bayless had three children, Ralph Bayless,Mildred Delores Bayless, and Clarence Roy Bayless.

"Elizabeth's third marriage was to William S. Leggett, and her fourthmarriage was to William Grater. She died on October 25, 1989, inPinellas County, Florida.

"(The story of the finding of Samuel Kenneth Hines, and theidentification of his biological parents, is a most interesting one. Toldbriefly, it is as follows: After his death in 1990, his daughter, KathyBrown, knowing only that her father's surname had been Hines and that hehad been adopted, began a search for his original name and the names ofhis biological parents. She persuaded the Knox County [Tennessee]Juvenile Count to open her father's adoption file. She found theinformation therein to be badly garbled. According to the records in hisfile, her father had been placed in the Tennessee Children's Home FindingSociety under his middle name, Kenneth Heins, on July 29, 1927. Thereason given was that his father was dead and that his mother could notbe found. He had been placed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W.Anderson for adoption.

"(In 1942, Kenneth Anderson had needed a birth certificate formilitary purposes, and his foster parents had requested one from theOffice of Vital Records of Tennessee. On January 27, 1943, a"Certificate of Live Birth" had been issued by the Tennessee Departmentof Health. [A "delayed" or "live birth certificate" is one that Isprepared, in the absence of an original birth certificate, based oninformation provided by parents or other relatives.] This Certificate ofLive Birth gave the child's name as "Paul Kenneth Anderson," born onOctober 19, 1924, at Knoxville, Tennessee. His father's name appeared asJohn William Anderson and his mother's maiden name as Annie Mary Lanier.The document had obviously been fabricated.

"(As noted above, Mrs. Brown, when she began her search for herfather's biological parents following his death in 1990, had tried tofind his original birth certificate, knowing only that his surname hadbeen Hines, not Anderson, and that he had been born, apparently, in orsomewhere near Knox County, Tennessee. Furthermore, Hines is spelled inmany ways: Heins, Hains, etc. After exhausting her search in Tennessee,she contacted the Kentucky Department of Health and was sent a"Certificate of Birth" for Samuel Kenneth Hines, which proved to be herfather's true name. The certificate had been filed on January 7, 1926,by Dr. J. D. Adkins who certified that he had attended the birth ofSamuel Kenneth Hines on July 12, 1925, at Williamsburg, Kentucky. Thiswas, of course, the town of residence of Robert Lawrence Sparks, brotherof Elizabeth (Sparks) Hines, where she had gone following her husband'sdeath. The birth certificate identified the father of Samuel KennethHines as Samuel P. Hines, age 27, and his mother's maiden name asElizabeth Sparks, age 20. It also indicated that Samuel Kenneth Hineshad been her second child.

"(Mrs. Brown continued her search by sending letters to nearly onehundred persons named Sparks in the general area of Tennessee andKentucky. One of the recipients of her letters suggested that Mrs. Browncontact the Sparks Family Association. She did so, and her search wasthen over.

"(A final note: Mrs. Brown's father, Samuel Kenneth Hines, was asecond cousin of the Association's president, Paul E. Sparks.)"

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SQ pg 4068: She was married to Jack Franklin Bundy, and they had three children: Jack Jr., Billie Jo, and Patricia.

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SQ pg 3404: They had seven children: Eva, Collin, Gary, Pamela ,Lois, Michael, and Branda Phillips.

SQ 4734: Hazel Bird Sparks was born on July 29, 1897, In Knox County,Kentucky. She was married to Thomas C. Donaldson on March 21, 1913, atSt. Louis, Missouri. He had been born on April 9, 1884, at London,Kentucky, and was a son of James Thomas Donaldson. Tom and HazelDonaldson lived at Herrin, Illinois, where Tom died on July 1, 1965.Hazel died on December 11, 1981. They had four children:
Homer A. Donaldson, Edward A. Donaldson, George R. Donaldson, and LilaJane Donaldson.

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SQ pg 4469: She was married to Bolin W. Stephens on June 17, 1919.

See SQ, pg 1972:
"Helen (or Lucy) Sparks, born about 1845. While descendants of herbrothers recall her name as Helen, it was given as Lucy on the 1850census. A nephew stated a number of years ago that his Aunt Helen hadbeen a teacher and had moved to Chicago soon after 1870. When the 1870census of Buchanan Township, Berrien County was taken, she was againlisted as Lucy Sparks, age 25, with the occupation of "Teacher" andliving in the family of Joseph Sparks. She did not marry. A photographof her has been preserved in the family of her brother, Allen Sparks."
(See photo on page 1972.)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March, 1978, Whole No. 101, pp. 1976-7:

"Helen Sparks, born March 24, 1893, in Valentine, Nebraska. She waseducated at the University of Nebraska, Colorado State Teachers College,Greeley Teachers College in Colorado, and Columbia University in New YorkCity. She taught for many years, in Cherry County," in the ValentineCity Schools, in Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, and in Winnetka,Illinois. During World War I, she worked at Camp Cody in New Mexico inthe YWCA Canteen and in New York City with the Salvation Army, on thedocks meeting returning service men and serving the famous Salvation Armydoughnuts to welcome the men home. After her mother's death, she movedto Los Angeles and worked for the Los Angeles Board of Education untilher retirement. Then she worked for the Los Angeles County Court forabout two years. In 1967 she moved to La Jolla, Calif., a suburb of SanDiego. Since her retirement, she has done a great deal of volunteerwork. Ms. Sparks has been most generous not only in her continuedsupport of the SPARKS FAMILY ASSOCIATION, but she has supplied much ofthe data for this article and a number of the photographs."

See also her photograph and the following additional article in theQUARTERLY on p. 4073 on the occasion of her 100th birthday:

HELEN SPARKS CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY

(View photograph)

Helen Sparks was born to Levi Carlton and Bertha Crum (Ludwig) Sparks onMarch 24, 1893, at Valentine, Nebraska. She was educated at theUniversity of Nebraska, Colorado State Teachers College, and ColumbiaUniversity. She taught for many years in the Valentine City Schools andin the Winnetka (Illinois) City Schools. She also taught in the states ofVirginia, Colorado, and New Mexico.

During World War I, Helen worked in the YWCA Canteen at Camp Cody, NewMexico, and then went to New York City where she worked for the SalvationArmy on the docks. There, she was a part of the welcoming group to thereturning service men and served them the famous Salvation Army doughnuts.

After the death of her mother, Helen moved to Los Angeles and worked forthe Los Angeles Board of Education until her retirement. She then turnedto the Los Angeles County Court where she worked for two years. In 1967,she moved to La Jolla, California, where she became well-known for hervolunteer work. Currently, she fives at Victoria Special Care Center, 654South Anza Street, El Cajon, California, 92020. Helen Sparks has been amember of the Sparks Family Association almost from its founding (shejoined in 1954), and she has been one of its most ardent supporters.

Her branch of the Sparks farnily has been the subject of several articlesin the Quarterly, including major
articles in the issues of March 1964, Whole No. 45, pp. 790-807 ("JonasSparks, Died 1805, of Rowan County, North Carolina, and His Descendants")and March 1978, Whole No. 101, pp. 1965 -1984 ("Ancestors and Descendantsof Cornelius Sparks, 1789 -1862").

Many happy returns of the day, Helen!

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1995, Whole No. 171, pg 4513:

DEATH TAKES HELEN SPARKS AT AGE 101

It is with a degree of personal sadness that we report the death of oneof our Association's charter members, Helen Sparks, who passed away onFebruary 11, 1995, at the Victoria Special Care Home in El Cajon,California. She was 101 years of age! Her survivors include a nephew,James Sparks, and a niece, Helen Stutzman.

Helen was born on March 24, 1893, in Valentine, Nebraska. She was adaughter of Levi Carlton and Bertha C . (Ludwig) Sparks and agranddaughter of Joseph and Caroline (Flanegin) Sparks .Great-grandparents were Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens) Sparks, pioneersettlers of Berrien County, Michigan. (See the March 1964 and March 1978issues of the QUARTERLY, Nos. 45 and 101, respectively, for furtherdetails of thIs branch of the Sparks family.) A special article andphotograph appeared In the March 1993 issue of the QUARTERLY on Helen's100th birthday.

We extend our sympathy to Helen's nephew and niece and to other membersof her family.

SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1962, Whole No. 40, p. 682:

HENRY SPARKS

Henry Sparks, probably a son of James Sparks who died in 1736, firstappeared on the Spotsylvania County Court records on November 6, 1728,when he and James Sparks were co-defendants in a suit brought by JamesHorsnail, which was described on page 681, above. On August 3, 1731,Henry Sparks was appointed a constable by the Spotsylvania County Courtin place of John Parks who had asked to be discharged. The Court orderedHenry Sparks to "be sworn as the law directs to view the several fieldsof tobacco in his precinct, which is from the Parish line down theRappahannock River and to the end of the County for the preventing thetending [?] of second slips arid suckers, etc." (See Order Book1730-1738, page 57.) On April 6, 1736, Henry Sparks and John Curtissigned as witnesses a deed by which Vincent Tapp sold 175 acres of landin Spotsylvania County to John Elison; this land once belonged to Francisand Anthony Thornton and was probably near the tract which James Sparksleased from the Thorntons in 1723. (See Deed Book C, 1734-42, page 141.)On June 6, 1749, Henry Sparks witnessed another deed by which Thomas andRachel Cartwright sold 80 acres of land to Joseph Holloday. The otherwitnesses were John Crettenden Webb and William Gholeston.

In a law suit involving Henry Sparks and Moses Bledsoe in 1743, Henry,the plaintiff, won the verdict and Bledsoe was required to pay 5 pounds,1 shilling, plus costs. This court action took place on March 6, 1743.(See Order Book 1738-1749, page 254.) On April 3, 1750, Henry Sparks wasallowed 25 pounds of tobacco for one day's attendance in court to giveevidence for Betty Head against Mosely Battaley, Gent. (See Order Book,1749-1755, page 54.) On December 4, 1751, Henry Sparks was "allowed forsix days attendance" at court as a witness for Joseph Morris at the suitof Thomas Morris. (See Order Book 1749-1755, page 146.)

Our last record of Henry Sparks in Spotsylvania County is dated February6, 1752. On this date, the County Court dismissed a suit which JamesSparks brought against Henry Sparks. An agreement had been reachedoutside court. (See Order Book 1749-1755, page 168.)

What became of Henry Sparks after 1752 is not known. It seems probablethat he moved out of the county.

SQ p. 5376:

"Henry Sparks, son of Matthew and Sarah (Elmore) Sparks, was born inSurry County, North Carolina, about 1826. He was shown in his parents'household in Cass County, Missouri, when the 1850 census was taken; hisage was given then as 24. He signed a receipt for his share of hisfather's estate in 1856, indicating that he was living in Oregon,probably in or near Polk County. We have no further information abouthim."

See the Sparks Quarterly, March 1969, Whole No. 65, p. 1308:
"Henry Sparks, son of Hardy and Susannah (Brown) Sparks, was born onApril 19, 1829, in North Carolina, and died in Monroe County, Indiana, onOctober 10, 1905. According to Geroge Blanchard's history of THECOUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE, AND BROWN, INDIANA, published in 1884, hesettled in Greene County, Indiana, in 1842. When the 1850 census ofGreene County was taken he was listed as living with his brother AllenSparks. Henry Sparks married Sarah J. Holder in Greene County, Indiana,in March, 1851 (marriage bond dated March 10, 1851, Book E. p. 247). Shewas born in 1833 and died on August 21, 1911. They had (5) children.

Henry Sparks is the great-granduncle of James Joseph Sparks.

THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, page 4273: "HenrySparks, son of Solomon and Susan Sparks, was born about 1833 in NorthCarolina. We have no further information about him."

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THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1999, Whole No. 187, page 5218, the 1960census for Lamar County, Texas:

Lamar County, Texas --1860 Texas
Post Office: Paris
Page 94. Census taken by Wm. Fletcher Logan on October 4, 1860.
494-498

Name Age Sex Occupation Born
Sparks, Henry 28 (M) Farm Laborer - $175 VA
" Mary Ann 23 (F) VA
" James 6 (M) TX
" Wm. 21 (M) Farm Laborer VA

Note: All three of the adults appearing in this household were marked asbeing unable to read and write. Henry Sparks was a son of Solomon Sparkswhose household was shown on the 1850 census of Washington County,Virginia. On that census, Henry was still living at home; his age wasgiven then as 17. The Wm . Sparks, age 21 in 1860, was Henry's youngerbrother. (See page 2940 of the QUARTERLY of September 1986, Whole No. 135for this 1850 census record.) Solomon Sparks was a son of James Sparksabout whom, with a record of his descendants, appeared in an article inthe QUARTERLY of March 1994, Whole No. 165, pp.4265-76; this article isentitled: "James Sparks (ca.1762-ca.1727) of North Carolina, Virginia,and Kentucky, Doubtless a Son of William Sparks, ca. 1725-1801/02."

(JS: Henry's line is: William I (d.1709); William II (d. 1735); WilliamSample (d. 1764); James (d. 1826); Solomon (d.1860); Henry .)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1984, Whole NO. 128, p. 2682:

"Henry Sparks, son of James and Elizabeth (Oilman) Sparks, was bornabout 1836 in Lewis County, Kentucky. He served in Company C, 3rdRogiment Iowa Infantry and died on June 10, 1863, from acute bronchitus,which he contracted during his military service and for which he receiveda medicaJ discharge. (See pages 2695 -2696 of this issue of the QUARTERLY[copied below] for an abstract of the pension file by which his motherreceived a Mother’s Pension.)

UNION SOLDIERS NAMED SPARKS WHO APPLIED FOR, OR WHOSEHEIRS APPLIED FOR

PENSIONS FOR SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR

(Editor’s Note: For a number of years we have been publishing abstractsof the pension files of Union soldiers who served in the Civil War.Readers are referred to page 2110 of the June 1979 issue of theQUARTERLY, Whole No. 106, for a detailed explanation of these abstracts.It should be noted that they are not based on an examination of the totalfile of papers preserved in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.,for each of the pensioners (or their heirs) concerned, but rather onthose documents judged by a researcher at the Archives to havegenealogical significance. Xerox copies supplied by the Archives of theseselected papers have been the basis of the abstracts given here.

HENRY SPARKS, son of James and Nancy Elizabeth (Gilman) Sparks, was bornabout 1836 in Lewis County, Kentucky. He died on June 10, 1863,in Clayton County, Iowa. He served in Company C, 3rd Regt. IowaInfantry. File Designation: Mother’s Certificate No. 198,691.

Henry Sparks received a Certificate of Disability for Discharge on April27, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee. He had enlisted on May 28, 1861, atMcGregor, Iowa, in Capt. S. R. Sladden’s Company C of the 3rd RegimentIowa Volunteer Infantry to serve for three years. Henry Sparks was bornin Lewis County, Kentucky; he was 25 years of age at the time of hisenlistment and was 5 feet, 10 inches tall. He had a dark complexion, blueeyes and brown hair; and he was a farmer. He became ill on October 7,1861, and was hospitalized at Quincey, Illinois, but was sent to thehospital at St. Louis on November 20, 1861. He rejoined his company onMarch 6. 1862. He was left sick on board a transport at PittsburgLanding, Tennessee, on March 20, 1862, and was sent to Evansville,Indiana; he rejoined his regiment on June 8, 1862. He was hospitalized atMemphis, Tennessee, on March 8, 1863; was returned to his regiment onApril 2, 1863; but went back to the Memphis Regimental Hospital with asevere cough and severe pain in his right side. Surgeon B. F. Keablescertified that Sparks had chronic bronchitis caused by exposure, andstated that if his life was to be prolonged, he should be discharged. Thecertificate was signed by Col. Aaron Brown, Commanding Officer.

Henry Sparks returned to his home at Farmersburg, Iowa, where he died ashort time later, on June 10, 1863, of acute pneumonia.

On August 15, 1878, Nancy Sparks, aged 75, a resident of Pleasant Grove,Minnesota, applied for a Mother’s Pension. She said she was the widow ofJames Sparks, and the mother of Henry Sparks who had served in Company C,3rd Regiment Iowa Infantry. Her son had died on June 10, 1863, fromdisease incurred while in the service. She had been dependent upon himfor support. She had been married to James Sparks on March 3, 1820, andhe had died on March 6, 1852, leaving her dependent upon her son, Henry.She appointed William E. Preston, Cleveland, Ohio, as her attorney. J. D.Parks and John Collins witnessed her make her mark.

John Collins and Ellinor Burgan, residents of Pleasant Grove, Minnesota,testified on November 26, 1878, that they had been present when JamesSparks, late husband of Nancy Sparks, had died at Giard, Iowa, in 1852.Nancy Sparks had moved to Minnesota in 1868. She had remained a widow. Onthe same day, John Sparks and Mary Stowe, both residents of OlmstedCounty, Minnesota, testified that Henry Sparks, late son of Nancy Sparks,had contributed to her support after she became a widow and that while hewas in the service, he had sent money to her by fellow soldiers who wereon furlough.

On February 13, 1879, the War Department confirmed Sparks’s militaryservice just as it was stated on his Certificate of Discharge.

On June 15, 1880, J. M. Leach, Auditor of Clayton County, Iowa, certifiedthat between 1863 and 1865, Elizabeth Sparks, widow of James Sparks, hadsold land in Clayton County for $769. (it is apparent that NancyElizabeth Sparks was sometimes called Elizabeth.)

Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Sparks returned to Clayton County, Iowa, in 1881where she settled at McGregor. She was now 80 years old. On May 2, 1882,she made an affidavit to support her claim for a pension Here arepertinent portions from the affidavit:

"I, Elizabeth Sparks, will here testify that I am the mother of HenrySparks who was a member of Co. C, 3rd Iowa Infantry. I have been a widowfor 30 years. My actual residence in 1863 was Parmersburg, Iowa. I soldmy little place in 1866 and moved to Olmsted, Minnesota. I remained thereuntil a year ago, when I came back to Iowa. My post office since myreturn has been McGregor. I had at the time of my son Henry’s death 12children.

"My oldest daughter' s name is Mrs. Patsey Yates. Her age in 1863 was 43years. My next young one was Allen Sparks who was married at that time.His age in 1863 was 41 years. He was a member of Co. C, 3rd Iowa Vols.The next one is Barton Sparks. He was also married. His age was 39 in1863. James H. Sparks is next. He was a member of an Indiana regiment.Next is Cyrus Sparks. His age in 1863 was 33 years. He was married. Thenext one was Joseph Sparks, who was also married. In 1863, his age was 31years. He was a member of a Minnesota regiment. He died while in theservice at Helena, Arkansas in the year 1863. Next who died in the year1856 was Mrs. Rebecca Moore. Her age in 1863 would have been 29 years.

"The next in order was Henry Sparks who was a member of Co. C, Third IowaInfantry Vols. His age when his death occurred in the year 1863 was 27years. He was not married. Next is William Sparks whose age in 1863 was25 years. He was not married. He was an invalid. He was afflicted withthe white swelling in one leg which rendered him almost helpless. Thenext is Mrs. Mary Stowe. Her age in 1863 was 23 years. Next is Mrs.Elizabeth Kirk. Her age in 1863 was 21 years. Next is John Sparks whoseage in 1863 was 19 years. He was an invalid also. He had white swellingin his ankle which made him almost helpless. He is my youngest child.

"I further state that no person has been legally bound to support mesince the death of my son, Henry Sparks. He was my main support for hewas the only able-bodied son, unmarried. I sold my little piece of landin 1866 to Horace Bagley. I received $500 for it. That small amount wasused up in a short time."

"Mrs. Sparks signed the affidavit as "Elizabeth Sparks" and her mark waswitnessed by Isaac Matthews and Estella Sparks.

"On April 21, 1882, Dr. Elias Hollingsworth, aged 53, and a resident ofClayton County, Iowa, testified that Henry Sparks had died of quickconsumption.

"Mother's Certificate No. 198,391 was issued to Nancy Elizabeth Sparks,and she was placed upon the pension roll.

(Editor's Note: The reader is referred to page 2679 of this issue of theQUARTERLY for further information on the family of James and NancyElizabeth (Gilman) Sparks. Specific reference to Henry Sparks, for whoseservice his mother received a pension, is made on page 2682. Additionalinformation on this family has appeared in the following previous issuesof the QUARTERLY:
December 1957, Whole No. 20-----Family of Albert Cyrus Sparks(1830-1915)
December 1959, Whole No. 28-----Picture of James Sparks(ca.l798-1852)
June 1970, Whole No. 70 -----------Joseph Sparks (ea.1777-l838) ofLewis County, Kentucky.
December 1970, Whole No. 72-----Pension file of Allen Sparks(1822-1907)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, Mar 1992, Whole No. 157, p. 3900:

"Henry Sparks, son of Matthew and Alsey (Osburn) Sparks , was bornabout 1837. He was married twice. His first marriage was to Mary Conleyon November 2, 1857, in Johnson County. [See SQ p. 817.] He was 22 yearsof age and Mary was age 16. She had been born about 1841 and was agranddaughter of Edmund and Lydia (Jaynes) Conley, pioneer settlers ofJohnson County.

"(Much of the information that we have about this couple has beenobtained from THE CONLEY CLAN OF EASTERN KENTUCKY, published in 1984 bythe Magoffin County (Kentucky) Historical Society. We are grateful tothe Society for permission to use this material.)

"After the death of his first wife, Mary (Conley) Sparks, Henry Sparkswas married (2nd) to Sarah A. Calvin on October 24, 1884, in JohnsonCounty. He was 48 years old, and it was his second marriage; she wasaged 35 and it was her first marriage. Henry died sometime before the1900 census was taken of Magoffin County. Sarah was listed on thatcensus with her two sons : Rufus Sparks, aged 15, and John Sparks, aged12.

"Following is a record of the children of Henry Sparks; the first ninewere by his first wife, Mary Conley; the last two were by his secondwife, Sarah A. Calvin:
"a. Dicey A. Sparks was born on January 27, 1859. She wasmarried to John Jackson on December 7, 1879, and they had
seven children: Haywood, Larkin, Mary, Virgie, Nancy, Clarence,and Cynthia.

"b. James E. Sparks was born in May 1861. He was a farmer inMagoffin County. He was married to Nucarious Salyer about
1884. She had been born in August 1859 and was a daughter ofJohn and Anna Salyer . Nucarious and James had
five children when the 1900 c ensus was taken of MagoffinCounty. They were: Cora, Angie , Jessie, Earl, and Daniel.

"c. Ritta Elizabeth ["Liddie"] Sparks was born about 1862. Shewas married twice. Her first marriage was to Jacob B. Jackson
on October 4, 1882, and they had ten children. Jacob died in1918, and Liddie was married (2nd) to James Honaker .
She died in 1944. Children by her first marriage were : James,Mahala, Elizabeth, Henry, Laura, John, Larkin, Allen ,
Polly, and Robert.

"d. Jesse H. Sparks was born about 1865.

"e. Mary A. Sparks was born about 1867. She was married to JackShaver.

"f. Daniel W. Sparks was born in December 1870. He was a coalminer. He was married to Minnie L. Crace on May 29, 1890.
She had been born in February 1872. When the 1900 census wastaken of Magoffin County, she and Daniel were
shown with three children; it is quite likely that they hadother children born to them later. These three children were:
Virgil, Ida, and Adam.

"g. Matthew L. Sparks was born in March 1873. He was marriedtwice. His first marriage was to George Ann May on March 31,
1893. She had been born in January 1877. She and Matthew hadeight children before her death, which occurred in
1913. Matthew was married (2nd) to Cindy Lemaster, and theyhad two children. Matthew died in 1926. Children by his
first marriage were Marsha ["Minnie"], Edward, Ellis, Kelly,Bunis, Bertha, Elizabeth, and Dicey. By his second m
arriage, Matthew had children named Virgil and Dona.

"h. Sarah Elizabeth Sparks was born about 1875.

"i. Josephine Sparks was born about 1878. She was married toJackson Shaver, and they had two children, Frank and James.

"j. Rufus Sparks, son of Henry and Sarah (Calvin) Sparks, wasborn in January, 1885.

"k. John E. Sparks was born in June, 1887."

SQ 393: "Henry Sparks, born November 25, 1841. He married Elizabeth---and died in April, 1882

SQ p. 408 and 5295;

"Henry Sparks, brother of William R. and Emerson Sparks,, who wasmentioned frequently in William's letters, was born November 25, 1841. Hemarried Elizabeth E. Grant in Wells County, Indiana, on August 22, 1867.They are known to have had at least one child, Oscar W. Sparks, born in1869. Henry Sparks died in April, 1882.

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SQ pg 3692: He was married to Floy Dobbs, and they had at least n inechildren; however, we have learned the name of only one of them , Opal.

SQ p. 2624:

" Henry Sparks lived in Salina, Kansas. He is said to have had foursons. Isaac Sparks became a most successful businessman in Smithfield,Illinois. He was president of the telephone company, chairman of theBoaxd of Education, and mayor of the town. His photograph appears on thefollowing page."

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See Sparks Quarterly, March 1996, Whole No. 173, p. 4594:
"Henry Augustine Franklin Sparks was born in February 1869; he die d in
March 1957. He was married to Olive Stone. Their children were named
Dillard, Verta, Erastus, and Ann D."

See note under his father, Ephriam (228), concerning a phone callreceived by Paul Sparks from Lewis Pembrook Sparks who was Henry ClaySparks's son.

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SQ 3872: Henry H. Sparks was married to Jennie Crance on Decembe r24, 1896,
in Lawrence County, Ohio. She had been born in March 1872 and wa s adaughter
of Jacob and Elizabeth Crance. Henry Sparks died on May 2, 1900, an dJennie
died on October 17, 1905. They had two children, Boyd and Henry Monr oe.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1984, Whole No. 127, p. 2674:

"DEATH TAKES HENRY HATCIL SPARKS"

"We regret to report the death of Henry Hatcil Sparks who was agenerous
supporter of The Sparks Family Association for several years. He died onJanuary 17, 1984, in the Hickman County (Tennessee) Hospital. He issurvived by a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Stephenson of Centerville,Tennessee.
"Hatcil Sparks was born on January 21, 1902, and was a son of James J.and Julia (Kelly) Sparks. James J. Sparks was a son of Jesse andElizabeth (Jones) Sparks, and a grandson of Matthew and Sarah (Thompson)Sparks." (JS: This statement is not correct. Hatcil Sparks was a sonof James J. and Julia (Kelly) Sparks, Jr. James J. Sparks, Jr. was a sonof James J. and Rhoda (Murphree) Sparks. James Senior was a son of Jesseand Elizabeth (Jones) Sparks. Jesse was a son of Matthew and Sarah(Thompson) Sparks.)
"See the following issues of the QUARTERLY for further details ofthis family: September 1958, Whole No. 23; June 1961, Whole No. 34;September 1966, Whole No. 55; and June 1968, Whole No. 62."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1990, Whole No. 149, for a majorarticle on the descendants of Jesse and Elizabeth (Jones) Sparks and onp. 3552 for mention of Henry Hatcil Sparks stating "Henry was a highlysuccessful farmer and cattle-raiser in the Only, Tennessee, community."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1991, Whole No. 156, p. 3871:

"Henry J. Sparks was married to Elizabeth Rouse on September 26, 1861,in Boyd County, Kentucky. She had been born in September 1836 in GreenupCounty, Kentucky, and was a daughter of Samuel and Mary "Polly" (Payne)Rouse. Henry served in the 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry during theCivil War. (See an abstract of his pension file on page 3877 of thepresent issue of the QUARTERLY [reproduced below]). He died on August27, 1905, in Lewis County, Kentucky, and Elizabeth died there on May 13,1917. They had eight children."

CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION

HENRY SPARKS, son of Thomas and Catherine (Jayne) Sparks, was born inMarch 1839 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He was married to ElizabethRouse on September 26, 1861, in Boyd County, Kentucky. He served inCompany A, 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designation: Inv.Cert. No. 237,155. Wid. Cert. No. 606,330.

"Henry Sparks apparently made application for an invalid pension inthe early part of 1878, for on September 21st of that year, the WarDepartment confirmed his military service to the Bureau of Pensions.Sparks had been enrolled in Company A, 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry,asa private on April 22, 1863, at Louisa, Kentucky, for a period of threeyears. He had been present for duty until July 1863 when he had beenreported sick and in the hospital at Ashland, Kentucky. He had remainedabsent until December 31, 1863 when he had rejoined his company. He hadbeen present for duty until March 1864 when he had been hospitalizedagain at Ashland. He had rejoined his unit in December 1864 and had beenmustered out with the company at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on July 10, 1865.

"The original application of Henry Sparks is apparently missing fromhis pension file, but he was issued a pension in 1878 under InvalidCertificate No. 237,155. Then, in October 1891, Sparks, age 51, and aresident of Crum, Lewis County, Kentucky, again made application forpension benefits. He said that at the time of his enlistment he had been23 years of age; he was 6 feet, 1 inch tall, and he had a lightcomplexion with dark eyes and hair. He said that because of the exposureto the cold and weather during the march from Louisa, Kentucky, toVirginia in February 1864, he had been stricken with a heavy cold whichsettled in his lungs and also affected his liver. He had been treated atAshland, Kentucky, by Dr. McMillin during the summer of 1864, but thedisease had not cleared up and he was now totally disabled and unable toearn his living as a farmer. Since leaving the service, he had lived inBoyd and Lewis Counties, Kentucky. He was receiving a pension of $16.00per month. E. D. Sparks and G. M. Sparks witnessed his signature. Thereis nothing among the selected papers sent from his pension file by theNational Archives to indicate the action taken by the Bureau of Pensionson this application for increased benefits.

"On September 7, 1897, Henry Sparks responded to a questionnaire fromthe Bureau of Pensions. He stated that he had been married to ElizabethRouse in Boyd County, Kentucky, on September 26, 1861, by the Rev. JohnCrooks. It had been the first marriage for both. To this marriage,eight children had been born, all of whom were living in 1897. They were:

Samuel T. Sparks, born 1862 Everett D. Sparks, born 1870
Mary C. Sparks, born 1865 Anna Laura Sparks, born 1872
Jennie E. Sparks, born 1867 Henry Sparks, born 1874
George M. Sparks, born 1868 James D. Sparks, born 1876

"When Henry Sparks died on August 27, 1905, he was receiving a pensionof $30.00 per month. His widow, Elizabeth Sparks, made application for awidow's pension on September 23, 1905. She said she was 69 years of ageand lived at Valley, Lewis County, Kentucky. She stated that she waswithout any means to support herself. She appointed S. G. Hillis ofVanceburg, Kentucky, as her attorney. T. M. Bowman and J. M. Leewitnessed her make her mark and the application was notarized by 0. P.Pollitt, Lewis County Clerk. Ellis E. Laurance, Boyd County, Kentucky,Clerk, sent a copy of the marriage record of Henry Sparks and ElizabethRouse. They had been married on September 26, 1861, at the home ofSamuel Rouse in the presence of William Craft and Richard Rouse by theRev. John C. Crooks.

"Elizabeth Sparks was issued a widow's pension under Widow CertificateNo. 606,330. When she died on May 13, 1917, she was receiving $60 permonth.
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SQ pg.1551:Sparks Marriages in Boyd County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds(1860-1905):

Henry Sparks and Elizabeth Rouse, September 26, 1861. (Book 1a, page(124) He single, age 23, born Lawrence County, Ky., father born in NorthCarolina. She single, age 23, born Greenup County, Ky., permissionproved by Saml. Rouse. W. W. Craft, bondsman.

SQ 3865: Henry S. "Doodle" Sparks was born in March 1873. He was marriedtwice. His first marriage was to Coot Kinser. His second marriage wasto Mrs. Lula (---) Adkins.

SQ p. 4751:

"Henry Thomas and Sara lived in Olive Hill, Kentucky, where hepracticed medicine for many years. He died on April 4, 1937. Prior totheir divorce, he and Sara had three children. They were: HarmonSparks, Clarence Sparks, and Henry Thomas Sparks, Jr. Sara was married,second, to William C. Daniel. She died about 1965. (See page 3864 ofthe December 1991 issue of THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, Whole No. 156, forfurther details of the ancestry of Henry Thomas Sparks.)

SQ p. 4639:

"Henry Wadsworth Sparks was born on August 12, 1861. He became aphysician. He was married to Sarah Ellen Boggs in 1885 in LawrenceCounty. She had been born in March 1869 and was a daughter of Hendersonand Mary (Fields) Boggs. Henry began the practice of medicine at Denton,Kentucky, but about 1901, he moved to Ashland, Kentucky. He died there ashort time later on February 26, 1902. Sarah Ellen died in 1909. Theyhad three children: Belva Sparks, Mary Evelyn Sparks, and Sophia LucilleSparks."

SQ p 3904:

"Henry Wilcox Sparks, son of Daniel and Sarah (Jayne ) Sparks, wasborn on November 11, 1836, on Hood Creek in Lawrence County, and this iswhere he spent the rest of his life. He was a most successful farmer andowned a grist mill, sawmill, and a tannery. He was also a justice of thepeace. He was married to Diadema Bentley on August 30, 18 67, in LetcherCounty, Kentucky.

"She had been born in Letcher County on February 10, 1848. HenrySparks brought his bride to Lawrence County where they reared twelvechildren. Diadema died on July 19, 1914, and Henry died on april 27,1923. They were buried in the family cemetery on Hood Creek.

a. Emma Cornelia Sparks was born on March 22, 1868. She wasmarried twice. Her first marriage was to Elijah Brown by whomshe had at least one child, McGuire Brown. Her secondmarriage was to John A. White.

b. Rachel Alafair Sparks was born on September 10, 1869. She wasmarried three times.

Her first marriage was to John C. B. Barker on February 17,1887. He had been born on October 16, 1858, and was a son of Peter andMarina (Fairchild) Barker. John and Rachel had seven children:Ida, William, Henry, George, Stella, Eli, and Benjamin.

Rachel's second marriage was to George A. Bayes, and theyhad four children: John, Gusta, Frank, and Carl.

Rachel was married (3rd) to Henry Lemaster; they had nochildren. Rachel died on March 15 , 1943.

c. Daniel J. Sparks was born on September 23, 1871. He moved toArizona
where he died at Sefford. He had no children.

d. Peter William Sparks was born on September 22, 1872. He wasmarried to Jenny Hayes on February 13, 1896. She hadbeen born on April 22, 1877, and was a daughter ofMilton and Jane (Cordle) Hayes. According to relatives,Peter and Jenny had four children: James, Nora, Goldie, and Milton.Jennie died February 12, 1912, and Peter died May 29,1941.

e. Clarinda ["Rinda"] Sparks was born on March 9, 1874. Shewas married
to Jack ["Dock"] Wheeler about 1895, and they had at leastthree children: Diadema, Daniel, and Nora. They livedat Minford, Ohio.

f. John Henry Sparks was born on September 7, 1875. He was marriedto
Bertha B. Pack in 1908 in Lawrence County. She had beenborn on May
18, 1887, and was a daughter of Lee and Essie Pack. JohnHenry remained on his grandfather's home placewhere he became a most successful farmer under theguidance of his father. He and Bertha had fourchildren: William, Marjorie , Marvin, and Jewell.

(William D. Sparks, eldest child of John Henry and Bertha(Pack) Sparks, was a highly successful educator and attorney ineastern Kentucky. He was elected Lawrence CountyAttorney while still in the army in Europe during World War II .Subsequently, he was elected as Commonswealth's Attorney (StateAttorney General?). In 1955, he was elected as judge of the 24thJudicial District of Kentucky, a position he held until hisretirement in 1976. He and his wife, the former Mary Lou Branham,had four children: Martha, William, Janie, and Daniel. He died onOctober 16, 1988. His photograph appears in the QUARTERLY at the top ofpage 3906.)

g. Angeline Mahala ["Haley"] Sparks was born on June 26,1877. She was married to Joshua Chambers Chandler on July 18,1893. He had been born in October 1874. He and Haley lived atBeaver, Ohio, where they reared three children: William,Selse, and John.

h. Christopher Columbus ["Lum"] Sparks was born on Septermber20, 1878. 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.

i. Benjamin Franklin Sparks was born on March 28, 1881. Hewent to Arizona where he died on April 26, 1941. Hehad no children.

j. Della Sparks was born on October 14, 1882. She went toArizona where she was a successful business woman. Shedied at Sefford, Arizona, on February 1, 1955. She wasnever married. A photograph of Della Sparks appears in theQUARTERLY on page 3907.

k. Stella Sparks was born on October 14, 1882, and was a twinsister of
Della Sparks. She was married to Stanton B. Nickell in1901 in Law-
rence County, and they had at least one child, a son namedOrie Nickell.

l. Sarah Jane Sparks was born March 8, 1885. She was marriedto Burnham Roberts in 1903. He had been born about 1880and was a son of Reed and Mary Jayne (Smith) Roberts. He and SarahJane had five children: Robert, Ardella, Mary Jane, Zona, andThelma. Sarah Jane died on September 19, 1942."

Herbert Blackman Sparks, Jr. emailed to me the names of the descendantsof Albert Sidney Sparks and the correct name of Herbert's Grandmother.(Junior's address was (11/99) hspa@@mcgriff.com]

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SQ pg 3944: He was married twice. We have not learned the name o fhis first wife, who is said to have died in a fire. They had tw ochildren, Chester and Virginia. Herbert married (2nd) Sarah Sloas , andthey had four children: Marion, Donald, David, and Jenny Sparks.

SQ pg 2633:

"His mother died when he was less than four weeks old and he wasreared by Ensly and Sadie Cory (dear friends of his older sister, Nol aMay Sparks) as their child. He was never adopted, however, but carriedthe Cory name. He did not know that his original name was Sparks untilhe was 14 years old when the long-held secret was revealed to himaccidentally. Ensly Cory was a farmer and the family lived near Colfax,Indiana. Herschel Floyd Cory (i.e. Herschel Floyd Sparks ) was marriedto Lena J. Hutchison on August 22, 1906. She was the daughter of IraIsiah and Easter (Dunbar) Hutchison. Floyd Cory, as he was better known,was a rural letter carrier out of Colfax, Indiana , for many years. Thefamily owned and operated the Cory Greenhouse until their retirement andsubsequent move to Frankfort, Indiana."

SQ p 4878: "Hiram Sparks, son of Reuben and Margaret (Pruitt) Sparks,was born in Kentucky about 1847. He was still living with his parents(he was then aged 22), when the 1870 census was taken of Crawford County,Kansas, but by 1880 he had been married, although he was shown as afarmer living very near his parents in Sheridan Township, CrawfordCounty. His wife's name was given as Catherine on the 1880 census, andthey had a two-year-old son named John W. Sparks."

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SQ pg 3413: They had a son, Homer Gene Sparks.

SQ p. 1502:
Honora (or Honor) Sparks, was born about 1817, Her grandmother, KatharineSparks, left one-third of her
farm to her while her mother also left property to her in her will of1867. She apparently never married. She was
listed as living alone on both the 1870 and 1880 censuses of NicholasCounty. She gave Kentucky as the birth
place of both of her parents on the 1880 census.

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SQ pg 3363: She was married twice, first to --- Delano and secon d to
--- Huddleston.