See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1996, Whole No. 174, p. 4638:

"Levi J. Sparks, son of Garrett and Betsy (Boggs) Sparks, was born onFebruary 19, 1831, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was there that hewas married to Mary ["Polly"] Gambill on January 15, 1859. She had beenborn on October 26, 1837, and was a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth(Holbrook) Gambill. Levi was practicing medicine when he was musteredinto the Union Army in March 1863 as a hospital steward. His wife gavebirth to their third child a month later. Levi served in the army untilthe fall of 1865 when he was discharged. (See an abstract of his pensionfile beginning on page 4665 of this issue of the QUARTERLY.) [JS: Seebelow]

"After returning home from the military service, Levi Sparks continuedto practice medicine in Lawrence County. Polly died on April 4, 1887,and Levi was married (second) to Emily Boggs on July 26, 1890. He diedon January 14, 1897. He had eleven children, all by his first marriage."

"CIVIL WAR PENSIONAPPLICATION

LEVI J. SPARKS, son of Garrett (or Garred) and Elizabeth (Boggs) Sparks,was born on February 19, 1831, in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and hedied on January 14, 1897. He was married to (1) Mary Gambill on January15, 1859, and (2) to Emily Boggs on January 26, 1890. He served inCompany B, 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designations: Inv.Cert. No. 728,326; Wid. Cert. No. 853,898.

"Levi J. Sparks, aged 59, a resident of Martha, Kentucky, madeapplication for an invalid pension on September 1, 1890. He stated thathe had been enrolled on March 4, 1863, in Company B, 14th RegimentKentucky Infantry as a hospital steward and had served until he had beendischarged on September 15, 1865. He was now unable to support himselfby manual labor because of a "rupture of both sides and disease of leg."He appointed H. C. Osburn of Blaine, Kentucky, as his attorney. T. D.Johnston and Edburd Osburn attested to the declaration.

"The War Department confirmed Sparks's military service to the Bureauof Pensions on June 22, 1891. Sparks had been enrolled at Louisa,Kentucky, on March 4, 1863, in Company B 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantryand had been mustered out on September 15, 1865, at Louisville,Kentucky. He had also served in the Field & Staff of the 14th RegimentVeteran Infantry to which he had been transferred on February 28, 1865,as a hospital steward. The Bureau of Pensions issued Invalid CertificateNo. 728,326 to Sparks, and he was placed upon the pension rolls. When hedied on January 14, 1897, he was receiving a pension of $12.00 per month.

"Emily Sparks, widow of Levi, applied for a widow's pension under the1890 Act of Congress; her application was rejected, however, on May 17,1897, because she had not been married to Levi Sparks until after thepassage of the act.

"On January 18, 1917, Emily Sparks, now a resident of Kendall,Washington, re-applied for a widow's pension under the provisions of the1916 Act of Congress. She stated that she had been born on March 19,1853, at Louisa, Kentucky, and that she had been married to Levi Sparkson July 26, 1890, at Blaine, Kentucky, by David Sturgill. She had neverbeen married before, but her husband had been married to the former MaryGambill who had died in April 1887. Emily Sparks stated that she and herhusband had no children. Mrs. Ida Baxter and Miss Verna Boggs witnessedthe declaration, which was notarized by E. C. Baxter, a justice of thepeace.

"On November 8, 1918, the Bureau of Pensions issued Widow CertificateNo. 853,898 to Emily Sparks, and she was placed upon the pension rolls atthe rate of $25.00 per month. She died on July 13, 1939, at Bellingham,Washington. On September 11, 1939, Mrs. Adda Stark applied forreimbursement in the amount of $19.50 for expenses paid during Mrs.Sparks's last illness. Accompanying the request was a copy of the deathcertificate of Emily Sparks. She was 86 years of age at death, and hadbeen born in Lawrence County, Kentucky; she was a daughter of James andMatilda (Lyon) Boggs.

"On August 11, 1940, Florence M. Hardi, Los Angeles, California, arepresentative of the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War,asked the Veterans Administration for the military records of Levi J.Sparks, which would be used in admitting his granddaughters into thatorganization. The granddaughter who was interested in joining was adaughter of Dennis and Regina (Sparks) Lyon, of Fielden, Kentucky. TheVeterans Administration sent Mrs. Hardi a resume of Sparks's militaryservice on August 22, 1940.

"[Editor's Note: Levi J. Sparks was a son of Garrett and Elizabeth(Boggs) Sparks. See pp.4634-4647 of the present issue of the QUARTERLYfor additional information about him and his family.)

SQ pg 2569:

"Levi Sparks, Jr., son of Levi Sparks, was born on November 21, 1814at Church Hill, Maryland. He accompanied his father to Daviess County,Indiana, in 1836, but a year later, he went to Clark County, Indiana ,where he settled in Jeffersonville and became a merchant. On January 17,1843 , he was
married to Mary Heiskell in Clark County. She had been born about 1823in Virginia and was a daughter of Isaac Heiskell. Levi and Mary had twochildren, George Sparks, who died in infancy, and Mary Matilda Sparks,born about 1847. She married Edwin E. Ennis on October 26, 1867.

After the death of his father, Levi Sparks, Sr., in 1850, Levi Sparks,Jr., brought his brothers, Thomas and Nathan and his sister, Mary Jane,to live with him and Mary. His brothers eventually became partners withhim in the mercantile business.

Levi Sparks, Jr. was a successful businessman and a most civic-mindedcitizen. For twenty-one years, he was connected with the city governmentof Jeffersonville. He was appointed postmaster there by PresidentFranklin Pierce and was elected mayor in 1869 and again in 1871. He wascommonly referred to as "General Sparks," but as far as we can determine,he held no military rank. He died on March 26, 1875. His wife had diedearlier, on May 10, 1862."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1986, Whole No. 134, pp. 2888-9:

"Levi N. Sparks, son of William and Mary (Fielder) Sparks, was born inMissisippi probably about 1812. (The "N" in his name may have been for"Nathan.") He went with his brother, Richard Sparks, to NacogdochesCounty, Texas, in 1834, and he was listed on the 1835 census of thatcounty. He participated in the war between Texas and Mexico, serving asa private in the Nacogdoches Volunteers commanded by Capt. J. Smith. Hewas with his nephew, Stephen F. Sparks, at the Battle of San Antonio.(See Item 4 beginning on page 2768 of the September 1985 issue of theQUARTERLY.)

"After his military service ended, Levi returned to Nacogdoches Countywhere he married Louisa R. Tipps on June 5, 1838. She had been bornabout 1821 in Tennessee. When the 1840 census was taken of the Republicof Texas, Levi and Louisa were living in Liberty County, but by 1846 theywere in Limestone County where Levi paid a poll tax. He apparently diedin late 1847, and when the 1850 census was taken, Louisa was listed ashead of her household in Rusk County, Texas. She was aged 28 years.Living with her was Elizabeth Wood, aged 40 and born in South Carolina;Elizabeth may have been her sister. Levi and Louisa had no children,this according to a written statement by his nephew, Stephen F. Sparks.

The settlement of the estate of Levi Sparks was fairly complicatedbecause of his scattered land holdings. The administrator of his estatein Rusk County was George W. S. Tipps, probably of relative of Levi'swidow. At its January 1848 term, the Rusk County Court ordered Tipps tomake a final settlement of the estate. Settlement of the estate in othercounties, however, tookmuch longer. On March 28,1853, Levi's estate wasa matter of probate in Denton County, Texas. His widow receivedtwo-thirds of a League & Labor of land while his other heirs, JohnSparks, Edy Simmons, and Sarah McAnulty, received the other one-third. Afew months later, on August 1, 1853, land which Sparks had been granted"for storming of Bexar" was sold in Clay County, Texas. In anothersettlement of his estate in Cooke County, Texas, his heirs (James Simmonsand his wife, et al) sold land to William Howeth and William C. Twitty.

SQ p. 2568)

" Levin Davis Sparks, son of Elijah Sparks, was born about 1822. Hemarried Christiana Righter on July 9, 1846 in Delaware County, PA. Theyhad at least one child, a daughter, Julia E. Sparks, born on August 11,1849. Levin Sparks served in the 66th Regiment Indiana Infantry duringthe Civil War and died in the Andersonville (Georgia) Prison on July 7,1864. Christiana received a Widow's Pension. She died on April 18,1893. See SQ pg 2579 for an abstract of this pension file."

SQ p. 2579:

"CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION OF LEVIN DAVISSPARKS

LEVIN DAVIS SPARKS, son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Davis) Sparks, was bornabout 1820. He died on June 7, 1864, in the Andersonville (Ga.) Prison.He married Christiana Righter on July 9, 1846.
He served in Company D, 66th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designation:Wid. Cert. No. 82,308.

"On July 20, 1865, Christiana Sparks, age 56, a resident ofWilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, made an application for awidow's pension under the 1862 Act of Congress. She stated that she wasthe widow of Levin Davis Sparks who had been a private in Company D, 66thRegiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Payne and whohad died a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, about June 5,1864. She said she had been married to Sparks on July 9, 1846, at MarcusHook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Joshua Humphrey. Shestated that she had remained a widow and that the deceased had left onlyone child under the age of sixteen years, namely, Julia Arm Sparks, bornon August 11, 1850. Christiana Sparks signed the application by makingher mark which was attested to by W. Y. McAllister and Agness A. Youngwho stated that they had known her for 25 years. G. W. Kelly,Prothonotary of the District Court, acknowledged the deposition.

"The Adjutant General's Office verified the military service of LevinD. Sparks on May 17, 1866. He had enlisted in Company D, 66th RegimentIndiana Infantry Volunteers on August 19, 1862, at New Albany, Indiana,to serve for three years He died on June 7, 1864, while he was aPrisoner of War at Andersonville, Georgia, from "exposure and sufferingincident to prison life."

"On September 26, 1865, the Rev. Joshua Humphreys, a Methodistminister, living in Somerset County, Maryland, confirmed the marriage ofLevin Davis Sparks and Christiana Righter at Marcus Hook, DelawareCounty, Pennsylvania, on July 9, 1846. Christiana Sparks was issuedWidow's Certificate No. 82,308 and placed upon the pension rolls.

"On July 17, 1891, John H. Righter, a resident of Talleyville, NewCastle County, Delaware, made an application for a pension as the trusteeof a minor child of a Civil War veteran. He stated that he was trusteeof a child of Levin D. Sparks named Julia E. Sparks, born August 11,1849, who was deformed and mentally feeble at birth. He said the reasonno pension had been claimed for her at the time her mother's pension wasapproved was that she was so near the age of sixteen years that a minor'spension was not considered worth the application. Robert C. Framm andIsaac A. Righter witnessed the application and also stated that themother of Julia E. Sparks was still living aged about 80 years.

"There is nothing in the pension file provided by the NationalArchives to determine what action was taken on the application for apension for Julia E. Sparks. The last record in the file is a report todrop Christiana Sparks from the pension rolls because of her death onApril 18, 1893.

(Editor's Note: See page 2568 of the present issue of THE SPARKSQUARTERLY for a record of the Sparks family to which Levin Davis Sparksbelonged.)"

SQ pp. 4655-56:

"Lewis Floyd Sparks was born on April 11, 1862, in Lawrence County,andit was there that he was married to Melvina Skaggs on February 15, 1883.She had been born on January 22, 1864, and was a daughter of Walter andMartha Johnson (Diles/Dials) Skaggs. Melvina and Lewis Floyd went tohousekeeping near Martha, Kentucky, but about 1900 they moved to ElliottCounty, Kentucky, where they settled on Whites Creek. It was there thatthey lived for the rest of their lives.

"Emmitt Ratliff, a grandson of Lewis Floyd and Melvina (Skaggs)Sparks, has given us a glimpse of the lives of his grandparents. Hewrote: "I can remember visiting the farm of my grandfather where he livedwith his youngest son, Kenneth, and Kenneth's wife, Virgie. The oldhouse was a Lincoln-log design and was a two-story structure. It had akitchen on one end and a combination living room and bedroom on theother. A front porch extended the full length of the house. A hand-dugwell, lined with native stones, was in the front yard, and, in additionto the drinking water, it was also used to keep the milk cool in thesummer by lowering it into the well. It was here that family reunionswere held for many years, and I didn't know just how many relatives I haduntil they all showed up for the delicious food. Not only the relatives,but friends for miles around were also in attendance!"

"Melvina Sparks died on Whites Creek on October 15, 1928. Lewis Floyddied there on September 28, 1949. They were buried in the Hay Cemeteryon Little Fork. They had eleven children: Stella Sparks, Nelson TateSparks, Meredith C. Sparks, Logan Monroe Sparks, Rose Frances Sparks,Ervan Roscoe Sparks, Walter Emory Sparks, Bertha Mae Sparks, Esta Sparks,Glenn Ray Sparks, and Kenneth Sparks. (Nelson Tate Sparks is a member ofthe cover picture. Esta Sparks was married to Paul Ratliff and they werethe parents of Emmitt Ratliff who had furnished information and picturesfor this article.)

See SQ p. 333 for birth information.

SQ 3862:

" Lewis Sinclair Sparks, son of Samuel and Nancy (Skaggs ) Sparks, wasborn on August 28, 1857. He was married three times. His first marriagewas to Mary Ross on June 12, 1884, in Lawrence County. She was adaughter of Edford Ross. She and Lewis had four children before herdeath, which occurred about 1894. They were: Laura, Allen T., Martha A.,and John Houston Sparks.

"Lewis was married (2nd) to Lucy Ramey DeBord, probably about 1895 ,and they had five children: Alma, Nancy, Carrie, Lena and Lydia. Lewiswas married (3rd) to Dicey A. Hay on September 13, 1935, in ElliottCounty, Kentucky. He died in 1940.

SQ pg 1972: Liddy N. Sparks, born about 1841. She apparently diedyoung, sometime after 1850. She was listed as nine years old on the 1850census.

A note appears in the SPARKS QUARTERLY entitled Additional SparksMarriages in Kentucky, p. 1553 Carter County Marriage Bonds (1838-1910)which mentions the marriage of Everett Sparks and Hattie Haywood, July30, 1910 (Book 14, page 335).

Both Lilbourn Everett Sparks and his wife Mattie (Sparks) Haywood areburied in the Garvin Ridge Cemetery, Olive Hill, KY. See notes of SarahRebecca Gray for basis of the inclusion of these people.

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SQ pg 2633: She was married to Carl Smith and they had a daughte rnamed Helen Geneva Smith, born in April 1903.

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Baptised at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Morganfield, Kentucky. Married Arnold M. Fornachon, born 9 Mar 1890 in Missouri, died 10 Aug 1 984in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA. Children Dorothy Drotar, An nBeghtol, William A. Fornachon and Mary Jo Sebastian. Arnold Fornac hon'sfather, Arnold, and his mother Anna Aegerter were born in Switz erland.
The Social Security records under her # 553-12-8099 confirm he rbirth and death dates and that her card was issued in California an dthat her last known residence was in California, zip 94087, Los Alt os.

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SQ pg 3944: She had three children as a result of her marriage t oParis Salyers: Pauline, Gaylord, and Merle Salyers. She had no children from her other marriages.

SQ pg 3326: "Lillie Pearl Sparks was born in 1892 [sic] in Oklahoma(Indian Territory). She died there while an infant." The erroneousbirth date followed that of her brother, Robert Earl Sparks, born in1929. Perhaps she was born in 1932.

On November 21, 2000, by email I received from Robert M. Burns(rmburns@@fit.edu] birth and death dates for Herbert Alfred, Lilly Pearl,Ernest Taylor, James Franklin, and Robert Earl Sparks. His note stated,"These are my grandmother's (Lilly Pearl) siblings. I can not addinformation for the other two girls." Robert lives at 3151 S. Babcock#73, Melbourne, Florida 32901.

SQ p. 4742:

"Lille (Susan) Sparks was born on September 4, 1884. She was marriedto Lee Roy Day on December 19, 1900. He had been born on March 8, 1881.He and Susan lived at Haldeman, Kentucky, where they attended the BaptistChurch. Lee died on November 13, 1947, and Susan died on November 7,1973. They were buried in the Dawson Cemetery in Rowan County,Kentucky. They had at least two children: Ivan Day and Bertha Day."

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SQ 4067: She was married to Beldon Jones, and they had two childr en,Betty Jo and Edward.

SQ 3862:

"Lincoln Sparks, son of Samuel and Nancy (Skaggs) Sparks , was born onFebruary 20, 1865. He was married twice. His first marriage was toNancy Sparks about 1886. She had been born in May 1867 and was adaughter of Thomas and Dianna (Sparks) Sparks. (Lincoln and Nancy werefirst cousins. See ancestry traced below.) She died about 1900. She andLincoln had eight children: Harlan, Perlina, Alger, William, Harry,Samuel, Lula and Thomas.
Lincoln Sparks was married (2nd) to Sarah Jane Hale in February 1901in Lawrence County. She had been born on June 22, 1877, in Floyd County,Kentucky. She and Lincoln had eight children: Mary, Martha, Lucy,Minnie, John Henry, Eugene, Russell, and Virgil. Lincoln died on May 27,1942, and Jane died on August 2, 1958.

[The ancestry of Nancy's father is: William IV (199), James (189), Jesse (196), Thomas (212).
[The ancestry of Nancy's mother is: William IV (199), Thomas (536) ,Allen (541), Diana (958).
[The ancestry of Lincoln's father is: William IV (199), Thomas (536) ,Allen (541), Samuel (955).
[Nancy's mother (Diana) and Lincoln's father (Samuel) are brother &sister.]

On Thursday, 2 December, 1999, I received an email from Linda Sue(Sparks) Sokoloski (at soski@@email.msn.com) who provided me with theinformation relating to the descendants of Colby Crawford Sparks.

SQ p. 4654:

"Lindsey Sparks, son of Wiley and Cynthia Ann (Holbrook) Sparks, wasborn on May 27, 1839, in Lawrence County. It was there that he wasmarried to Catherine ("Katie") Ann Skaggs on January 29, 1860. She hadbeen born on July 25, 1834, in Kentucky. She and Lindsey lived atSkaggs, Kentucky, in the southwest part of Lawrence County. When the1900 census was taken of Lawrence County, they were living in thehousehold of their son, Lewis Floyd Sparks. Katie died on December 10,1904, and Lindsey died on January 4, 1912. They had six children."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4275:
On August 3, 1892, Linzy D. Sparks, age 29, a resident of Skaggs,Lawrence County, Kentucky, completed an application for a pension forminor children of a deceased soldier. He stated that he was a son ofSolomon Sparks who had enlisted at Oak Hill, Ohio, as a private inCompany I, 22nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, in the spring of 1862 andwho had died after his discharge from the service as a result of adisability brought on by military service. Solomon had died in ElliottCounty, Ky., on August 2, 1873, leaving seven minor children. The maidenname of the children's mother had been Helen Birchfield; she had diedprior to the death of her husband, Solomon Sparks. The children's namesand dates of birth were:
Amanda Sparks, born April 4, 1859
Linzy D. Sparks, born October 5, 1862
John J. Sparks, born July 9, 1864
Solomon Sparks, born October 14, 1866
Rosa M. Sparks, born May 30, 1868
Ulysses G. Sparks, born January 12, 1870
William F. Sparks, born August 18, 1872

The last child listed above, William F. Sparks, who was under the ageof sixteen at the time of the soldier's death, had died in January 1890.

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SQ pg 3407: They had one child, Betty Jean Sparks.

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SQ pps 4464-5: "Lloyd R. Sparks, son of Van and Susie (Bull) Spar ks,was born on April 1, 1866, in San Saba, Texas, where his father w asteaching school, and he was a little boy when his parents returne d toLampasas. There he grew to maturity, and by the age of twenty-t wo hehad a book and stationery store. He was visiting his uncle, Jo hnSparks, in Georgetown, Texas, when he met Lucy Belle Eubank, a cou sin ofthe wives of John Sparks. She had been born on December 8, 18 66, andwas a daughter of Cyrus and Caroline (Knight) Eubank. She an d Lloydwere married in the Georgetown Baptist Church on November 19 , 1890, bythe Rev. Isaac Sellars.
"In 1893, Lloyd sparks moved his family to Waco, Texas, where he w asa bookkeeper for the Baptist State Mission Board for a period of t imeand then went to the Baptist Standard in the same capacity. Whe n theBaptist offices were moved to Dallas, he and his family lived t here forabout one year. In 1899, he bought a half interest in his f ather's HomeInsurance Company, and he moved his family back to Lampa sas. He waselected mayor of Lampasas in 1914 and served until 1919.
"Lucy Belle (Eubank) Sparks died on January 12, 1925. Two years later, Lloyd was married to Pearl "Sally" Bolding. He died from complications involving a ruptured gall bladder on September 12, 1934, i nTemple, Texas. He was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery beside Luc yBelle. Lloyd R. and Lucy Belle (Eubank) Sparks were the parents o f fourchildren."

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See SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 392: "DICEY SPARKS, daughter of George a nd
Delila Sparks, married Richard Vernon.
See SQ p. 3706.

SQ pg 4557: They had three children: George, Margaret, and Arthur L.Sparks. Arthur lives in Martin, Tennessee. See SQ p. 4669 for a photoof Lonnie and three siblings.

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SQ 2524: "Lora Lee Sparks, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Morgan )Sparks,
was born on December 29, 1880, in Texas. She married Carlos Murphy a ndthey
had at least five children: Charles, Fred, Joseph, Bobbie and James."
A picture of Lora Lee (Sparks) Murphy appears on p 3312 of the QUARTERLY.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1989, Whole No. 147, p 3462:
DEATH TAKES LORENE (SPARKS) DAY

"It is with deep regret that we record the death of Lorene (Sparks)Day who passed away on October 8, 1988, at her home in Morehead,Kentucky, at the age of 82 years. Her husband, Robert B. Day, died justtwo months earlier in August, 1988. She is survived by a nephew, RichardSkaggs, of Morehead, to whom we extend our sympathy.

"Lorene (Sparks) Day was born in 1906 in Boyd County, Kentucky, toUlysses and Mary (Thompson) Sparks, natives of Elliott County, Kentucky.Her grandparents were George W. and Louisa (Creech) Sparks, and hergreat-grandparents were William and Mary (Lyon) Sparks. See page 101 ofthe December 1955 issue of THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, Whole No. 12, forfurther details of this branch of the Sparks family."

SQ pg 3409: They had a daughter named Karl. Lottie lived for a whilein Clarks, Louisiana, and died in Ellsinore, Missouri, in 1966.

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SQ pg 3411: They had three children: William, Dorothy, and Joa n LoyHale.

SQ 100:
"Sinay Sparks, born about 1812; married 1833, Ira Ison."

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriageinformation from Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822- 1865):Sinay Sparks & Iray Isam, September 5, 1833. Bondsman: Calvin Sparks.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1996, Whole No. 174, p. 4659:

"Loucina ["Sina"] Sparks, daughter of Levi and Sarah (Lyon) Sparks,was born about 1812 in North Carolina. Her given name was seldom writtenor spoken of as Loucina, but was usually written as Sinay, Cena, Sina,etc. She grew to maturity in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and was marriedthere to Ira Ison in September 1833. Calvin Sparks, brother of Loucina,was Ison's bondsman. The bond was dated September 5, 1833, and thecouple was probably married a day or two later. Ira had been born about1810 in Virginia and was a son of Archibald and Mary (Gilliam) Ison.

"Ira and Sina lived on Newcombe Creek in that portion of Morgan Countythat became a part of Elliott County in 1869. They were enumerated onthe 1850 and 1860 censuses of Morgan County, but were in Elliott Countywhen the 1870 and 1880 censuses were taken. They died in Elliott Countysometime after the 1880 census was taken. They had ten children, sevenof whom lived to maturity.

SQ p 743: Elliott County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds, (Loucina) E. Sparks& Robert M. Green, July 24, 1880 (Book 1, page 60) Witnesses: A. J.Sparks and Isaac Sparks.

See the Sparks Quarterly March 1958, Whole No 21 at page 289 under RECORDOF BIRTHS IN KENTUCKY, 1852-1862 for Carter County. It lists an Eliza J.Sparks, (sic) daughter of Nelson and Margaret Mauk Sparks born January22, 1857. Also see ELLIOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY, MARRIAGE BONDS (1869-1912)in the Quarterly for June 1963, Whole No. 42, p 743. The bond is datedNovember 10, 1881. They were married at the home of Louisa's sister,Martha Sparks.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriage informationfrom Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822-1865):
Seana Sparks & George Stephen, - - - - 1865. (Box 3)

See SQ p4854:
"Lousina ["Sena"] Sparks, daughter of Wes and Nancy (Kozee) Sparks,was born about 1847. She was married to George Stephens in 1865 inLawrence County. He had been born about 1844 and was a son of GeorgeStephens. Sena was buried in an unmarked grave in the Stephens Cemeteryon Wallowhole Creek. She and George had six children."

SQ p. 4749: "They lived at Morehead, Kentucky."

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SQ pg 4073: She was married to Burrell Large, and they had two children, James and William.

SQ p. 4717:
"Lucinda Sparks, daughter of George G. and ----- (Mainer ?) Sparks,was born on March 21, 1816, in Georgia. Apparently her mother diedshortly after her birth, and she was carried by her Uncle Reuben Sparksas an infant to the home of her grandparents in Wilkes County, NorthCarolina. There she re-mained until her marriage on January 13, 1838, toJames C. Hanks. A story handed down to her descendants relates that whenher father came to take her to Kentucky when she was ten years old, shedid not recognize him and refused to go with him.

"James C. Hanks had been born on July 4, 1813, in Wilkes County andwas a son of William and ----- (Lyon) Hanks. He died sometime between1870 and 1880. Lucinda died on March 2, 1907. She and James had ninechildren."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 2000, Whole No. 190, p. 5377:

"Lucinda Sparks, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Elmore) Sparks, was bornin Surry County, North Carolina, about 1832/33. She was shown on the 1850census in her parents' household, age 15. We can be certain that sheaccompanied her parents to Oregon in 1851. Her father, in his will datedMarch 26, 1853, bequeathed half of his Oregon land grant of 160 acres "tomy daughter Lucinda Sparks." He left the other half to his wife duringher lifetime, after which her share was to be divided between Lucinda andCatherine, his two youngest daughters. We have no clue why he left halfof his land to Lucinda, unless it was agreed that she would care for hermother in her old age. She was living with Lucinda when the 1870 censuswas taken, but it was in the home of her daughter, Eliza, that she diedin 1880. Lucinda also received an equal share of her father's uncommittedestate ($14.29) for which she signed a receipt in 1856.

"January 25, 1855, Lucinda Sparks was married in Polk County, Oregon, toDavid A. Lynch. An Oregon land claim document gives David's year of birthas 1833, in Cass County, Missouri. He was doubtless a close relative ofAaron Lynch, husband of Malinda Ann Sparks; they may have been brothers.

"When the 1870 census of Yamhill County, Oregon, was taken, Sarah Sparks,age 82, Lucinda's mother, as noted above, was living with her and herhusband. Lucinda's age was given as 37 and David's as 36. The Mary Lynch,age 14, in their household was doubtless their daughter. There was also a10-year-old boy named Frank Reed."

SQ p. 1338:

"Lucretia Sparks, daughter of Robert Thomas and Mary Ann (Wallingford)Sparks, was born about 1834. She was listed on the 1850 census as 16years old. No further record."

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 2002, pp. 5557-5559:

"The exact date of birth of Lucretia Jane Sparks, second daughter ofRobert Thomas and Mary Ann Sparks, has not been found. In the September1970 article cited above, Mrs. Prince, who descended from Ephraim WilsonSparks (born November 8, 1846, died November 5, 1926, in Brady, Texas),brother of Catherine and Lucretia, was quoted as knowing only thatLucretla had been 16 in 1850, as recorded in the census of that year. Agreat-great-granddaugher of Lucretia, Barbara Helm Smith, has found, arecord of Lucretia's marriage to Stephen Riggs in Adams County, Illinois,dated November 18, 1848. Stephen Riggs was a son of Nathaniel and Rachel(Weldon) Riggs. (We noted above that Stephen's brother, Samuel Riggs, wasmarried to Mary Elizabeth Dayton.) Ms. Smith has found, also, thatLucretia and her husband were living in Monroe County, Missouri, when the1850 census was taken, being members of Stephen Riggs's mother'shousehold, as follows:

"District No. 29 being the County of Monroe, State of Missouri,"
enumerated "on the 29th of Oct. 1850 [by] Joel Maragin [?]" asfollows:

Riggs, Rachel 53 F RealEstate $1,000 Born in Kentucky
" Elizabeth 19 F " " Missouri
" Rebecca 16 F " " Missouri
" Mary A. 13 F " " Missouri
" Stephen 21 M " " Kentucky
" Lucretia 16 F " " Missouri

As noted earlier, Lucretia's age had been given also as 16 in theenumeration of her father's family
on the 1850 census of Henderson County, Illinois, although, asnoted, both she and her sister
Catherine were no longer living with their parents at that time . Onthe above census, both Rachel
Riggs and her son, Stephen Riggs, were shown as unable to read orwrite, although in later years
Stephen signed his name on legal documents . Elizabeth, Mary A., andLucretia (Sparks) Riggs
were shown as having attended school at sometime during the previousyear.

A brother of Stephen Riggs, named Leonard Riggs, was shown on the 1850census of Monroe County,
Missouri, as heading a household immediately following that of RachelRiggs; he was 17 years old, born In Missouri, with wife Malicia A. Riggs,age 16, a native of Kentucky; they had been married within the year.Living with Leonard and Malicia was 8-year-old, David Baker, born inMissouri.

Looking at a map showing the location of the counties of Kentucky,Illinois, and Missouri with which Robert Thomas Sparks had or becameassociated, one may speculate that when he moved west with his familyfrom Kentucky, they probably traveled on, or along, the Ohio River to Itsmouth where it joins the Mississippi River, then north on, or along, theMississippi. Whether the family's destination had been Henderson Countyin Illinois on the Mississippi, or whether it was there that theyhappened to settle, in either case they would have passed, perhaps pausedfor a while, along the river in Adams County where Lucretia Sparks wasmarried to Stephen Riggs and her sister, Catherine ["Kitty Ann"], to NoelDatin (Dayton) just nine days apart, in 1848. (Hancock County liesbetween Adams and Henderson Counties.) Monroe County, Missouri, whereLucretia Sparks was living with her husband in 1850 in the Rachel Riggshousehold, is in the second tier of Missouri counties, southwest of AdamsCounty, Illinois.

As noted earlier, it is Barbara Helm Smith who has traced Lucretia to the1850 census of Monroe County,
Missouri, thus proving that neither Lucretia nor her sister, Catherine,were actually living with their parents in Henderson County, Illinois, in1850, even though the census so indicated.......

It was shortly after the birth in 1851 of Stephen and Lucretia (Sparks)Riggs's first child, named Martha E. Riggs, that Stephen and Lucretiamoved with their baby to Bell County, Texas . Stephen was among those whosigned a petition dated November 29, 1853, to create a new county from aportion of Bell County. In 1854, a new county was, indeed, cut off fromBell County and called Coryell County, and it was there, in Plum CreekBeat, that Stephen and Lucretia spent the rest of their lives . Leonvillewas their post office address .

Lucretia bore five additional children after moving to Texas, the lastbeing a son, Stephen B . Riggs, born
February 23, 1863. Both Stephen and Lucretia had died by March 1863.According to Barbara Helm Smith, one family source indicates that bothStephen and Lucretia died of typhoid fever. On the other hand, theirdaughter, Lucretia Jane ("Jennie") Riggs, is reported as having stated:"Papa went off to war and never came back."

Lucretia Jane was Ms. Smith's great-grandmother; her great-grandfatherwas James Gwinn Helm . Ms . Smith, however, has found no record, ofStephen Riggs serving in the Civil War. It is from the papers in thesettlement of the estate of Stephen Riggs in Coryell County, Texas, inMarch 1863, that we know that both he and Lucretia were deceased by thatdate .

On March 30, 1863, the justices of the Coryell County, Texas, Courtappointed Thomas Bertrong as "guardian of the person and property of theminor heirs of Stephen Riggs, Deceased, to wit Martha E., Mary A., JohnW., Rachel, Jane and Stephen Riggs [Jr.], All minors under the age ofFourteen years old..." [From p.274 of Coryell County Probate Record.]

The following information regarding the children of Stephen and Lucretia(Sparks) Riggs has been provided by Barbara Helm Smith, mentioned above.Her address is 5115 Bowman Rd., Kennedale, Texas, 76060. Ms. Smith wouldwelcome any further information regarding Lucretia and her children thata reader might provide . (Information regarding the children is foundin their individual sheets.)

SQ p. 3682:

"Lucy Sparks, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Dials) Sparks, wasborn on June 22, 1850. On December 20, 1869, the Lawrence County Courtappointed Alexander Diles as her guardian. It seems likely that she wasthe Lucy Sparks, aged 35, born in Johnson County, Kentucky, who wasmarried to Squire Bryant, aged 60, born in Alabama, in Carter County,Kentucky, on January 14 , 1886."

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!NOTES:
SQ pps 3698-9: Lucy Sparks was married twice. Two photos of he rappear on page 3698. Her first marriage was to James D. Nunneley a bout1871. He had been born on March 4, 1837, and was considerably o lderthan Lucy. Two documents have been preserved which give some in sightinto the life of James Nunneley.
The first document is a letter which tells of Nunneley's appointme ntas the postmaster of a village called Harrisville located in Bel lCounty, Texas. (This village no longer exists.) The appointment wa smade on February 22, 1865, and he was to receive compensation of $1 2.00per year until it could be determined what amount of business th e officewould have.
The second document is a letter that James D. Nunneley wrote to hi sbrother, Jackson Baldwin Nunneley, on November 4, 1872, from his ho menear Pleasant Hill, Texas. Here is the text of the letter just a s itwas written over a century ago.
"Dear Brother and Sister. I take this opportunity of writing to l etyou know where I am and to tell you some of my misfortunes as wel l as mygood luck. I am settled in this county. I think I have boug ht a placehere and if nothing happens I will stay here. I owe a lit tle for myplace and that is troubling me no little. I have a smal l stock ofgroceries about three hundred dollars and if I could pay t he ballance onmy liand and have my stock to go on, I would be all ri ght. I am in agood place to sell goods but I am not able to buy goo ds. My place has50 acres open land a good orcherd apples peaches pl ums & pears. Goodbuildings and a storehouse in a good settlement, b ut I must raise theballance of the money two hundred & fifty dollar s by the first ofDecember and I fear that I will lack a little thoug h it maybee I canborrow it. I deal for cash strickly and am doing w ell for such a smallcapital. It took all of my money to make the fi rst payment. My placeis worth two thousand dollars. There is 237 a cres of land in a healthycountry. Misfortunes continued, my father- in-law Dr. Sparks departedthis life on the 30th of October of pneumo nia. He died at my house. Wehad two doctors with him but all usele ss. He was taken on Friday anddied on Wednesday. At present I mus t close. I will write again soon.Your affectionate brother
J. N. Nunneley."
James and Lucy (Sparks) Nunneley had three children before misfort unehit them again. In 1873, Nunneley died, leaving Lucy with thes e threechildren while they were still very young. She was married , second, toRobert D. Cochran about 1875. He had been born in Augus t 1856 inTexas. According to the 1900 census of Titus County, he an d Lucy hadfive children. We have found no death record for Bob Coch ran, but Lucydied in 1936 at Huntington Beach, California. She an d Bob were buriedat Santa Ana according to relatives.

SQ p. 3948: They lived at Circleville, OH.

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SQ 1358: "Lucy Sparks, born Dec. 24, 19OO; married J. J. Crownover ,born
1894, died 1966; they had one child, Peggie Crownover, born Nov 28, 1931, who
married --- Jackson."