!NOTES:
See SQ pg 2567.

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriage informationfrom Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822-1865):
Mahala A. Sparks & James L. Wheeler, - - - - 1865. (Book 5, p. 83)

SQ p. 3908:
"Mahala ["Haley"] Angeline Sparks, daughter of Daniel and Sarah(Jayne) Sparks, was born on January 15, 1841. She was married to JamesLee Wheeler on January 4, 1865, in Lawrence County, [Kentucky]. He hadbeen born on Hood Creek on November 21, 1841, and was a son of John R.and Rachel (Lemasters) Wheeler. Haley died on October 17, 1877, andJames died on January 19, 1921. They had five children.
a. Ulysses Sherman Wheeler was born on February 23, 1866. He wasmarried twice. His first marriage was on July 6, 1891, to Frances Brown. His second marriage was to Lennie ---. He died on March 31,1921.
b. John Harrison Wheeler was born on June 16, 1868. He was marriedto May Fannin. He died on March 27, 1907.
c. Henry Washington Wheeler was born on April 27, 1870. He wasmarried twice. His first marriage was to Cora McGuire on October 30, 1890. His second marriage was to Susie Butcher. He died on August9, 1957.
d. Peter Taylor Wheeler was born on May 28, 1873. He was married toLeora Obra Aulick. He died on August 24, 1945.
e. Rachel Hilda Wheeler was born on April 25, 1875. She was marriedto George Gallion. She died in April, 1949."

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

SQ pg 3278: They had six children: James, George, Fred, Louise ,Jane, and Major Wilson Sparks.

SQ p. 1088: Malinda Sparks, believed to have been the fourth child ofJonas and Mary (Brown) Sparks, was born about 1824. She was married in1846 to Jacob Lyon (Wilkes County marriage bond dated June 6, 1846, withJames Durham as bondsman.)

SQ 3271: "Malinda Sparks, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Brown) Sparks,was born in January 1824 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She
married Jacob Lyon on June 6, 1846, in Wilkes County. He was born about1813. The last record we have found of this couple is their names on the1850 census of Wilkes County. At that time they had no children."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1997, Whole No. 180, for mention ofMalinda Sparks in the 1850 US Census Mortality Schedules. It states:
Indiana --Owen County
Malinda Sparks Died in January 1950, Age 2, Place of Birth,Indiana, Cause of death: Croup
Ill, three to five days.

"Editorial note: Malinda was a daughter of Solomon and Malinda(Caudill) Sparks who were living in Owen County, Indiana, when the 1850census was taken. (See the QUARTERLY of March 1960, Whole NO. 29, p.467.) An article about this branch of the Sparks family appeared in theQUARTERLY of March, 1988, Whole No. 141. Malinda is mentioned on p. 3192of that article."

Solomon and Malinda (Caudill) Sparks and family appear in the 1860census for Mercer County, Missouri, Harrison Township (Post Office:Goshen) enumerated July 6, 1860 at page 278: 1256-1256.

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

"Malinda Ann Sparks, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Elmore) Sparks, wasborn in Surry County, North Carolina, about 1831. She was not shown withher parents on the 1850 census of Cass County, Missouri, for she had beenmarried to Aaron Lynch on March 1, 1849. She was one of the eight heirsof her father for whom her brother, Richard Sparks, was responsible forlocating and conveying to them their equal shares of their father'suncommitted estate. Her age on the 1860 census of Yamhill County, Oregon,was given as 29. Her husband, Aaron Lynch, was 32 years of age, a nativeof Missouri, and a farmer. No children were then living in theirhousehold. Malinda's mother, Sarah Sparks, was living in her and Aaron'shousehold in 1860, as was, also, a Martin Lynch, age 22, a native ofMissouri, whose occupation was given as "Farm Work." (He was doubtlessthe Martin Lynch, born 1841, who was married to Elizabeth Holcomb in 1862in Yamhill County.) Also living in the household of Aaron and MalindaLynch in 1860 was 58-year- old Elizabeth Dickey, a native of Tennessee,who may have been a sister of Aaron.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1969, Whole No. 67, p. 1257:

"Malinda Sparks, daughter of David and Permelia (Medlock) Sparks, wasborn sometime between 1812 and 1820; she married Jesse Jackson Dempseywho was born about 1812. They were the parents of seven children: (herenames them.)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1992, Whole No. 160, pp. 4020-24:

"SOME DESCENDANTS OF MALINDA MINERVA (SPARKS) DEMPSEY

"The photograph appearing on the cover of this issue of THE SPARKSQUARTERLY, as well as those which follow, have been furnished byChristine Brannan Sundie, 8895 W. W. 116th St., Miami, FL 33176-4337. Weare pleased to be able to share these with our readers.

"The six individuals in the photograph on the cover were the childrenof Jesse Franklin and Elizabeth Manilla (Dempsey) Clark. ElizabethManilla Dempsey was a daughter of Jesse Jackson Dempsey and his wife,Malinda Minerva Sparks. Malinda Minerva Sparks was a daughter of Davidand Mermilla (Medlock) Sparks.

"David Sparks, a great-grandfather of these [the six Clark childrenshown in the photograph on the cover of the above issue] six Clarkchildren, was born on May 19, 1794, and died on November 10, 1862. AnAbstract of David Sparks's application for bounty land, based on hisservice in the war of 1812, appeared in the QUARTERLY of September 1960,(Whole No. 31) [see above]. These two children were (1) Malinda MinevaSparks, born in 1822; and (2) Abel Tomlin Sparks, born November 10, 1827,died January 20, 1896. Until Mrs. Sundie sent us the photograph ofMalinda Minerva's tombstone (seen on page 4021) we had been able only togures at the year of her birth. While her and her husband's stone isobviously newer than a stone of the 1860s, we assume that the familymembers who placed it on their graves were correct in giving her date ofbirth as 1822. From this and other family records, it appears thatMalinda Minerva Sparks was known by her middle name, Minerva.

".....Malinda Minerva Sparks, or Minerva Sparks as she was called, wasmarried to Jesse Jackson Dempsey, date not discovered. According to histombstone, he was born in 1817 and died in 1869. They were the parentsof seven children."

Marriage recorded in Carroll County, GA., Bk G, page 164. See also the1900 US Census for Carroll County, GA., vol 9, e.d. 8, sheet 7, line 8.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3695: They had fourteen children, including three sets of twins: Vida, Mahuel, Iva, Lue Edna, Huston, Jewel, Mack, George & Georgia (twins), Add & Addie (twins), Hub, and Elmer & Velma (twins).

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1996, Whole No. 173, pps. 4608-9:

"Note was mate earlier that we are certain that another son of Johnand Elizabeth Sparks, besides William and Absolom, was Malone Sparks. Hewas born in or about 1802. Our first record of Malone Sparks in BurkeCounty is that of his marriage on November 16, 1822, to Rachel Haney.The witness to this marriage was James Haney (he signed his name by mark;he may have been Rachel's father.)

"The record that convinces us that Malone Sparks was the son of Johnand Elizabeth Sparks is found in the surviving documents of the BurkeCounty court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions dated October 1828. Thereappears the following entry: "Malone Sparks to Elizabeth Hodge -- Billof Sale for various property therein mentioned dated September 30th,1828, proved in open court by the oath of Francis Hodge, a witnessthereto."

"There can be little doubt that the Elizabeth Hodge to whom Malonemade this sale of "various property," was his mother. The witness,Francis Hodge, wat the Francis Hodge mentioned earlier as a step-son ofElizabeth, he being a child of George Hodge by his first wife. Marriedwomen were rarely involved directly in the purchase or sale of propertyat this time in North Carolina, and we wonder whether this transactionmay have had someting to do with Malone's inheritance from his father.This bill of sale was probably recorded in full in a deed book in BurkeCounty, but all records of this nature were lost in the courthouse fireof 1865.

"Malone Sparks has not been found on the 1830 census of Burke County,the reason probably being that he moved away soon after making this saleof property to his mother, Elizabeth Hodge. We believe that he moved toHabersham County, Georgia, where he appeared on the 1840 census. (Wehave found him on no census in 1830, however.)

"From the enumeration of his household in 1840 in Habersham County, itappears that Malone Sparks was then between 30 and 40 years of age (thusborn after 1800). HIs household consisted of a female (doubtless hiswife) aged between 20 and 30, along with his three children, all girls;two of whom were between 5 and 10 years old, while the other was under 5years. From this and family data that will be noted below, it appearsthat, although he had been married to Rachel Haney in 1822 in BurkeCounty, he had had no children (at least none had survived) prior to1834. It is probable that Rachel had died without leaving survivingchildren, and that he had been married a second time about 1833.

"Also appearing on the 1840 census of Habersham County, Georgia, was aBarsheba Sparks, her age having been given as between 30 and 40. In herhousehold was a male, age 15 to 20 (thus born between 1820 and 1825), anda female between 5 and 10 (born between 1820 and 1825). Barsheba Sparkswas probably a widow; whether she was in any way related to MaloneSparks, we do not know.

"Some thirty-five years ago, a great-granddaughter of Malone Sparks,Margaret (Sparks) Singletary of Blakely, Georgia, wrote that Malone'ssecond wife was Irene (or Irena) Branch, and that she and Malone had beenmarried in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in 1823. She could not be sure ofthe date or place of the marriage, however. While it is true that MaloneSparks, age 48, appeared on the 1850 census of Lumplin County, Georgia(in the Dahlonega District), with a wife named Irene, her age was givenas 38 and her place of birth as North Carolina. If her age was reportedcorrectly in 1850, this would mean that she had been born in or about1812 and would thus have been only 11 years old in 1823, the year Mrs.Singletary thought she and Malone had been married. We think it moreprobable that they were married in or about 1833.

"From the listing of the children in his household on the censuses of1850 and 1860, it appears that Malone Sparks probably did not havechildren by his first wife, Rachel Haney. The oldest of his apparentchildren by his secone wife, Irene Branch, was Rachel, who was shown as16 on the 1850 census, thus born about 1834, in North Carolina. It seemsprobable that she was named for Malone's first wife. This was a frequentway of paying tribute to a first wife in those days.

"Malone Sparks's occupation in 1850 was given by the census as a"miner." There had been a "gold rush" to the part of George whereHabersham and Lumpkin Counties are located, which is probably whatattracted him there.

"Malone was still in Lumpkin County, a farmer, when the 1860 censuswas taken. His age was given then as 58, while his wife's age appearedas 48 -- thus each was 10 years older than they had shown in 1850. Hername, however, was given as "Julia W. Sparks" in 1860. We believe thatthis must have been an error made by the census taker, because IreneSparks did not die until 1895.

"According to Margaret Sparks Singletary, writing in 1958, MaloneSparks died in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in 1863. Shortly before he died,he had received a letter (preserved later in his family Bible) informinghim that his oldest son, Archibald Wimpey Sparks, had been killed inaction as a soldier in the Confederate Army. He had enlisted unter hismiddle name Wimpey Sparks, on March 4, 1862, in Company E of the InfantryBattalion known as Phillips' Georgia Legion. A document compiled byLillian Henderson, Director of Confederate Pension and Record Department,entitled "Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia," states that theunit in which "A. W. Sparks" of Lumpkin County served was knownofficially as "Co. D, 52nd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army ofTennessee, C.S.A." Beside his name in this official record appears:"Private, March 4, 1862; Missing at Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864."(Page 483 of Vol. 5). Another Confederate soldier who served in the sameregiment and company from Lumpkin County has the entry: "Sparks, J. -Private, January, 1863. Sick at Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1865." This"J. Sparks" may have been Archibald Wimpey Sparks's brother, Joseph W.Sparks, who was born about 1852 according to the 1860 census.

"The letter informing Malone Sparks of his son's death indicated thatWimpey Sparks had enlisted at Dahlonega, the county seat of LumpkinCounty, Georgia, which was near where Malone Sparks lived. In 1958, Mrs.Singletary owned this letter which informed Malone Sparks that no one hadmade a claim for the amount of wages that had been due Wimpey Sparks whenhe was killed. His company commander had been a Captain Hamilton. Theletter also mentioned the fact that Wimpey Sparks had been killed inaction in an engagement on the Rappahanock River in Virginia.

"Based largely on census records, it appears that Malone and Irene(Branch) Sparks were the parents of the following children: (here thearticle lists nine children for which see their information.)

!NOTES:
SQ 3796: Margaret Sparks, daughter of William and Ann Sparks, wa sborn ca.
1764. She was married to William Gibson in 1782. There is reason t obelieve
that she died young and possibly left a son who may have been reare d byher
parents.

SQ 3680: "Margaret Sparks, daughter of Charles and Margaret Sparks,signed the deed by which the heirs of Charles Sparks sold the land thatthey had inherited. Margaret signed by mark as "Margret Newell." JamesNewell's name also appears on the deed as an heir, so there can be nodoubt that he and Margaret had been married prior to 1786. We have foundno further information regarding them."

SQ 3795: She was married to William West in 1799.

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SQ pp. 5356-59:

Sparks, whose nickname was "Peggy", the second daughterof Matthew and Eunice
Sparks, was born about 1779, although her age was given as 67 on the1850 census. She was
married to William West in 1799. Their marriage bond in SurryCounty, North Carolina, was dated
January 4, 1799, so we may assume that the marriage took place soonthereafter. The bondsman
was Joseph Smith who was probably a brother to Alexander Smith,husband of Margaret's sister,
Nancy. Joseph Smith had been married to Elizabeth West in SurryCounty in 1791. Perhaps
Elizabeth West was a sister to Joseph and Alexander Smith. When the1850 census was taken of
the southern portion of Surry County below the Yadkin River (itwould become Yadkin County shortly
after the census was taken), William West's age was given as 70,placing his birth in or about 1780;
he was shown as being a native of North Carolina, as was his wife,Margaret.

We have not been in touch with any descendant of William andMargaret (Sparks) West; our only
knowledge of them is through official sources, such as censusrecords, deeds for land, and Surry
County Court records. Our earliest record pertaining to William Westin Surry County is found in a
deed dated November 19, 1805, by which he purchased from WilliamJeffery for 125 pounds a tract
of 200 acres (Deed Book L, p.296). From later records pertaining tothis land, we know that it was
located near the land of Matthew Sparks on the waters of NorthHunting Creek. Jeffery had
purchased it in three different parts in 1804/05 from Benjamin andWilliam Hicks. Matthew Sparks
had been a witness to the signing of one of these deeds. A yearafter West purchased this 200-acre
tract from Jeffery, he sold it to his father-in-law, Matthew Sparks,on November 3, 1806, for 200
pounds, an amount considerably larger than the 125 pounds West hadpaid for it in 1805. (Book L,
p.240)

On February 20, 1808, William West served as the bondsman for hiswife's brother, Matthew
Sparks, Jr., to obtain a marriage bond and license to be wed toSarah Elmore, daughter of
Athenatious and Susannah (Pinnix) Elmore, near neighbors to West andto members of the Sparks
family.

On July 6, 1810, which was four years after William West had soldhis 200-acre farm to his
father-in-law, Matthew Sparks sold back to him 170 acres of thissame land for $204. (Book N, p.80)
The 30 acres of the original 200 that Matthew did not sell back toWest bordered Matthew's own
land on the south side. It would appear that Matthew Sparks did hisson-in-law a service in
purchasing the 200-acre tract in 1806 and then selling most of itback to West in 1810.

It was also in 1810, on October 29th, that William West purchasedfrom an extensive landowner in
Surry County named Jesse Lester a 200-acre tract for $150 located onthe waters of Deep Creek
near Piney Knob. Seven months later, however. on May 10, 1811, westsold this land to his wife's
brother, Joel Sparks, for the same amount. The witnesses to thisdeed were Matthew Sparks and
Matthew's. brother, William Sparks. For some reason, this deed wasnot proven for registration in
the County Court until February 1832, William West then appearing toacknowledge its validity.
(Book U, p.170)

When the Surry County Court met in February 1811, Matthew Sparksappeared as a defendant
facing a charge by the State for an unspecified wrongful act. Therewas a jury trial and Matthew was
found to be innocent. A witness for the State, oddly enough, wasWilliam West, and was paid
expenses by the Court for his testimony for "1 day & 36 miles."

On May 16, 1811, there was a trial involving "Trespass" brought bythe State against William West,
after which he, also, was found to be innocent by a jury. Fourwitnesses who had testified for his
defense were then paid expenses as follows:

Athenatious Elmore 1 day & 18 miles
Anny Elmore 1 day & 36 miles
Matthew Sparks 1 day & 38 miles
Benjamin Johnson 1 day & 38 miles

Athenatious Elmore, whose nickname was "Atha," was the father of SarahElmore who had been married to Matthew Sparks, Jr. in 1808. When AthaElmore made his will on October 8, 1821, William West was a witness(along with Overton Penix, and Ambrose Chappel). The Matthew Sparks whoserved as a witness in this 1811 case, may have been Matthew, Jr.

A possible clue regarding West family relationships in Surry County iscontained in a reference to a County Court case noted in the minutes ofthe Court on February 14, 1815. William West, Isaiah West, and NathanielWest were defendants in a case brought against them by Thomas Moody andJames Shepard. No details of the case were recorded except there was ajury trial with a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of 55pounds. Two years later, in the Court's minutes of May 15, 1817, note wasmade that William West, Isaiah West, and Nathaniel West again weredefendants in another case brought against them by Thomas Moody andRichard S. Cook. As in 1815, the jury found in favor of the plaintiffs inthe amount of $272.62.

Nathaniel West's name is found among various Surry County records andwhen the 1850 census was taken he and his household were living in thesame vicinity as were William and Margaret West. Nathaniel was then 63;his wife, Charlotta, was 54; he was a farmer and a native of NorthCarolina, while Charlotta had been born in Maryland according to thecensus. We wonder whether William and Nathaniel might have been brothers.

It was doubtless in connection with the lawsuit of February 1815 that thefollowing action was taken by the Surry County sheriff, John Wright, asrecorded in a deed dated May 10, 1815. (Surry Co. Deed Book N, pp.322-23)Portions of this deed are quoted below explaining its circumstances:

.... Whereas, by virtue of an execution, issuing from the CountyCourt of Surry against William West for the sum of forty one pounds,sixteen shillings and six pence... delivered to the said John Wright,Esq. high sheriff.. .commanding him that of the goods and Chattels, landsand tenements of the said William West, he should cause to be made theaforesaid sum...to satisfy the said execution and costs thereon and thesaid John Wright... did seize and take into his hand and custody (nogoods or chattels to be found) a certain piece or parcel of land...

The parcel of land that Sheriff Wright "seized" comprised the 170acres that Matthew Sparks had sold
back to West in 1810 from the 200 acres that West had sold to hisfather-in-law in 1806

The deed of May 10,1815, goes on to state that Wright:
... after due advertisement... did cause the said piece or parcel ofland, with all the appurtenances
thereunto belonging, to be put up at public sale to the highestbidder.. .in November 1814 ...at which time and place.. MatthewSparks, Senr. became the last and highest bidder..."

It was based on this action, according to the deed, that Sheriff Wrightthen conveyed the 170-acre tract to
Matthew Sparks for $95.31. We wonder whether there may have been othersattending the sale who did not bid higher out of respect for MatthewSparks in his desire to help his son-in-law. Matthew did not, however,sell the land back to West as he had done in 1810. Instead, on May 7,1817, Matthew sold it to Philip Holcomb for $1,000, at a remarkableprofit. (Book 7, p.93)

When Matthew Sparks made his will on March 26, 1819 (see p.5350 of thisissue of the QUARTERLY for the full text), he deliberately omitted hisdaughter, Margaret ["Peggy"](Sparks) West, from among his children whoshould inherit shares of his estate upon the death of their mother,Eunice. He added, how ever: "At the same time authorizing my said wife inher lifetime, if she sees cause, to give unto my Daughter Peggy West...such sum or sums not Exceeding one Hundred dollars..." We can onlyspeculate that Matthew may have felt that in his earlier land dealings onbehalf of her husband, Peggy had received already her proper share of hisestate.

From Surry County tax lists and census records, it appears that WilliamWest never again acquired a substantial amount of land in Surry County.As a farmer, he rented other people's land for the remainder of his life.On December 23, 1828, however, he had sufficient wealth to qualify asbondsman for a near neighbor, William Pettyjohn, in Pettyjohn's obtaininga marriage bond and license to wed Sarah Hendrix (or Hendricks), anotherclose neighbor.

From census records, it appears that William and Margaret (Sparks) Westmay have had as many as five
children, three daughters and two sons. According to the 1850 census (thefirst federal census to list the name, age, and birth place for eachhousehold member), William West was a farmer, age 70, with no realproperty; Margaret, his wife, was 67. Living with them was Rachel West,age 29, who may well have been a daughter. She was shown with real estatevalued at $200.

The family of William and Sarah Pettyjohn, for whom William West hadserved as a marriage bondsman in 1828, were living very near the Wests in1850, as was Catharine Hendricks, age 82, a native of Maryland. Thelatter was probably the mother of Sarah. Listed in the same neighborhoodof William and Sarah West in 1850 was a Jinsey West, age 35, and a nativeof North Carolina. She may have been a widow. Living in her householdwere the following: Isaiah West, 18; Lucinda West, 17; Emaline West, 12;and William J. West, 3.

We have not been able to do research in Yadkin County to determinewhether records exist there to further our knowledge of the West family.Listed below, however, are West marriage bonds in Surry County, NorthCarolina, prior to 1860. These individuals were doubtless related toWilliam West; some may have been his and Margaret's children; the WilliamWest, Jr. who obtained a bond and license to marry Elizabeth Austill onFebruary 11, 1832, was very likely a son.

Marriage Bonds for Persons Named West, Surry County, North Corolina,1791-1860

Elizabeth West & Joseph Smith, June 21, 1791; Henry Harvey,Bondsman.

Lewis West & Mary Williams, November 30, 1795; BenjaminWilliams, Bondsman.

William West & Margaret Sparks, January 4, 1799; Joseph Smith,Bondsman.

Polly West & Joseph Hendricks, January 6, 1827; FrederickHendricks, Bondsman.

James West & Nancy Algood, February 1, 1827; William Shores,Bondsman.

Nancy West & William Marshall, April 28, 1827; E. L. Marshall,Bondsman.

Lucy West & Harden Gordon, August 21,1827; Iredel Armstrong,Bondsman

Ruthy West & James Lyle, November 30, 1831; Mathew West,Bondsman.

William West, Jr. & Elizabeth Austill, February 11, 1832; JamesArmstrong, Bondsman.

Nancy West & Jesse Morrison, April 19, 1837; James Morrison,Bondsman.

Will West & Elvira Money, June 22, 1844; Henry B. Tucker,Bondsman.

Marsy C. West & Benjamin Tucker, March 11, 1845; Isaac Shore,Bonds man.

Mary Ann West & William Nichols, April 4, 1851; married April6, 1851, by J. A. Davis.

Sarah West & Amer Roughton, January 18, 18--; Lewis Mock,Bondsman.

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See SQ Pg 2456 :"Margaret ("Peggy") Sparks, daughter of William andRhoda (Pennington) Sparks was born on May 19, 1814. She died on July 4,1883, in White County, Tennessee. She married Isaac Bumbalough, probablyabout 1834. He was born on May 5, 1813, and was a son of Isaac andSusannah Bumbalough. He died on August 22, 1897. He and Peggy had eightchildren: Susan Bumbalough, Lean Ann Bumbalough, William J. Bumbalough,Levi L. Bumbalough, Jessie Sewell Bumbalough, Elijah Bumbalough,Sylvester Bumbalough, and James Bumbalough."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4271 for articleon the life of Peggy's grandfather, James Sparks (189) and hisdescendants.

!NOTES:
SQ 3871: Margaret Sparks was married to Henry James Craft, and the yhad at
least one child, Henry James Craft, Jr., born April 29, 1858. We hav e no
further information on this family.

See SQ p. 3950 for information and a photograph of William P. andMargaret (Sparks) Phillips.

See Sparks Quarterly, March 1996, Whole No. 173, p. 4594:

"Margaret ["Mag"] Sparks. She was married to W. Ashburn and isbelieved to have lived in Nashville."

SQ p. 5108:
"Margaret ["Maggie"] Caroline Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Mary Jane(Seaman) Sparks, was born on July 26, 1875. She was married to Charles["Shack"] Albert Cox on March 16, 1896, in Lewis County. He had beenborn on October 17, 1870, in Kentucky and was a son of Albert J. andVirginia (Harrison) Cox. "Maggie" (Sparks) Cox died in May 1953 in St.Petersburg, Florida. She and "Shack" Cox had two
children."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3409: After the death of his first wife, Minerva Jane, "Bru d"Sparks married (2nd) Clarinda Sparks, a distant relative, on Jul y 191883, in Elliott county. She was born on January 23, 1864, an d was adaughter of Thomas and Dianna (Sparks) Sparks. "Brud" and Cl arinda hadtwo daughters before they separated and were divorced.
(JS: Because of the fact that Margaret's mother Clarinda was als o aSparks, and her mother Dianna was also a Sparks, Margaret is rela ted toher uncle, Peter Sparks (6742) in 16 different ways!)

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, pg 1977:
"Margaret Sparks, daughter of Levi Carlton and Bertha C. (Ludwig)Sparks, was born in Valentine, Nebr., on May 10, 1901, and died onOctober 27, 1975, in San Diego, Calif. She was married first to RobertB. Simpson who was killed in 1936. She married second Fred C. Smith onFebruary 19, 1943. She attended the University of Nebraska and theBoyles Business College in Omaha. She worked as a secretary in New YorkCity and Chicago, returning to Valentine in 1930 to work as bookkeeper ather mother's business, the Ludwig Lumber Yard. During her married life,she did considerable volunteer work in libraries and schools. She had nochildren."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 4078: She was married to Arthur Smith on August 27, 1967.

!NOTES:
SQ 3855: Margaret A. Sparks was born about 1845. She was marrie d toAndrew
Ratliff on August 22, 1861, in Pike Co. (KY).

SQ p. 1500:

Margaret Ann Sparks, daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth (Knox) Sparks, wascalled Margaret Jane in some records. She was born on February 11, 1824,and died on March 10, 1884; she married James Addison Young on October 9,1852 (Nicholas County marriage bond dated September 30, 1852). He wasborn on May 6, 1826, and died on March 23, 1905. They had a son namedBenjamin Young born about 1854 and a son named William Young born about1856 according to a manuscript written by one James Kimble Young in 1963entitled "The Young-Banta Family". From census records, it appears thatthey also had children named Walter Young, born about 1861, a daughternamed "Lot" Young born about 1864; and another daughter named Mary Youngborn about 1867.

SQ pg 2618:

She was " married to Joseph Pickering, and they had two daughters,names not known. According to information we have received, one of thedaughters married George Duncan, and they had sons who moved to Manteca,California. Joseph Pickering served as an Indian agent in Ponca City,Oklahoma, and then moved to Portland, Kansas."

!BAPTISM:
See St Vincent records cited with siblings. Margaret is on page 11.

Document entitled "Record by Martha Jenkins Stone and Mary TeresaStone Sparks" in possession of James J. Sparks, San Carlos, CA. States:
" Margaret Mary Sparks (Pincott) sixth daughter and seventh child wasborn May 1, 1899 in Henderson, KY. Was baptized in Assumption CatholicChurch in Evansville, Indiana."
Information from Joseph J. Sparks: She was known as "Roberta" and hernickname was "Gick". Her spouse was William Pincott and her last addresswas 10346 Mildred, El Monte, California. Son was Jack Pincott. Williamwas a second spouse. Name of first spouse unknown.
Social Security records indicate that Roberta Pincott SS# 496-14-6666was born May 1, 1899, and died in July, 1973. Her card was issued inMissouri and she died in California. Her last zip code was 91733, whichwas El Monte.

SQ pg 2630:

"Margaret Minerva Sparks, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Loveless)Sparks, was born on June 18, 1848. She was married to Andrew Gher onOctober 16, 1867, in Clinton County, Indiana. He was born about 1840 andwas a son of David and Sarah Gher, natives of Pennsylvania. Margaret andAndrew had one child, Samuel J. Gher, born about 1875. Margaret died onOctober 17, 1876, and Samuel was given to her brother, James AllenSparks, when he was only eight months old. (See Item I, 1, above.)"

!COURT:
Register of Births, Washington County, VA. 1853-1892, FHL 34388.
Born 2 Feb, 1854, page 9 line 21.

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!NOTES:
SQ 2786: "Margaret W. ("Mattie") Sparks, daughter of Thomas and Mi llie
(Smith) Sparks, was born in July 1869. She was married to William H.
Johnson in 1886, and they had at least nine children: Edgar, Clint, Newton,
William Fritz, Ivy Mattie, George L. ("Guy"), Sarah, Iola Lee, and Barney."

!BAPTISM:
See St. Vincent Baptismal Records referenced in sibling notes, pag e48.
Sponsor, Martha Cambron, spouse of George Cambron.

!MARRIAGE:
See St. Vincent Baptismal Records which states "On October 6, 190 8she was
married to James Logan Cambron at St. Ann's Church, Morganfield, KY."

Family Information: Baptised at St. Ann's Catholic Church,Morganfield, KY. Married a Thomas Disano or Diasano. They had twochildren, Vincent and Phillip. He was a medic in France in WW II and waswounded three times. He succumbed to battle fatigue and he was courtmartialed and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to fiveyears in prison. A senator got the sentence reduced to five additionalyears in the service and he was ultimately given a general discharge. Hewas possibly mentally ill; a very religious person. (Bill Fornachon)

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 4471: She and Red had two children, Carol Lee and Joan Paul aNewcomb.

SQ p. 751:

"Marjorie Lee Sparks, daughter of Ernest S. and Marjorie E. (Tinker)Sparks, was born June 11., 1923., at Ladysmith, Wisc. She was married toGaylord Allen Howard at Merrill, Wisc. on June 14.. 1946. He was bornFeb. 4, 1921. Marjorie teaches in Chippewa Falls,, Wisc. and Gaylordworks for the Unemployment Department for the State of Wisconsin."

!NOTES:
SQ 3796: "She was married to Charles Russell."

SQ 3O77: "Martha Sparks, daughter of Abel and Sarah (Cochran) Sparks,was
born on April 1, 1811, in Tennessee. A great-great-grandson of Martha(Orval
L. Woodward) has supplied information regarding her and her family . Hereports
that her tombstone in Buckwheat Ridge Cemetary in Grant County, Wisconsin,
carries the inscription: "Born 1 April 1811, Died 30 June 1886." We knowfrom
the papers settling the estate of Martha's brother, Solomon Sparks, thatshe
had married a man named Costley. Mr. Woodward informs us that his namewas
Pierson Costley, and that they were married in Crawford County, Missouri,in
1831. His parents were William and Margaret (Hunter) Costley who movedfrom
Christian County, Kentucky, to Missouri, and then to Greene County,Illinois,
in 1819. Peirson Costley died in 1850 in Missouri leaving Martha with avery
large family. Word of his death was sent to her family in Wisconsin and a
brother, probably Solomon, came for her and brought her and her childrento
Grant County. These children were: Sarah (Costley) (1st) Matheson (2nd)Wayne;
Margaret Costley; Elizabeth (Costley) Wayne; Mary (Costley) Harleoad ;William
Costley; Melissa A. (Costley) (1st) Neeley (2nd) Henderson; FrancisCostley;
Rebecca (Costley) Kinney; Joseph D. Costley; Polk "Dallas" Costley."

See SQ pp. 2679-80:

"Martha ("Patsey"] Sparks, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gilman)Sparks, was born about 1820 in Lewis County, Kentucky. On May 18, 1836,she was married in that county to Joseph L. Yates. Her father gave hisconsent to the marriage. Joseph was born on December 27, 1813, inMeadsville, Pennsylvania. The first child of Patsey and Joseph was bornin Lewis County in 1837, but the following year, Patsey followed herparents to Putnam County, Indiana, and it was there that her second childwas born.

"Patsey and Joseph remained in Putnam County until about 1852 when theymoved to Marquette County, Wisconsin, and settled at Princeton. Theystayed there for twoyears and then went to Olmsted County, Minnesota, in1855. Patsey died in that county on January 16, 1895, and Joseph diedthere on April 5, 1900. They were buried from the Pleasant GroveChristian Church of which they were members. They were the parents oftwelve children but we have learned the names of only nine of them. (SeeFamily Sheet for details. ]"

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

"Martha Sparks, daughter of Isaac and Wilmoth (Noland) Sparks, was bornin Carroll County, Tennessee, on April 8, 1826; she was married, also, inCarroll County on December 19, 1846, to John Ewing Tyson, who had beenborn on March 14, 1825. They moved to Texas in 1853, settling in MilamCounty, where she died on January 25, 1891; he died there on March 3,1880. Their graves are in the Little River Cemetery about three mileswest of Maysfield, in Milam County. This writer corresponded brieflywith a granddaughter of John Ewing and Martha (Sparks) Tyson many yearsago. Following is a portion of a letter that Zula Freeman wrote onJanuary 9, 1956. In this she referred to "Clarksville" in Carroll County,Tennessee. We believe that she meant Clarksburg.

My name before I was married was Zula Beatrice Tyson, born June2, 1887; married to John
Clarence Freeman on Oct. 23, 1907. My father was WilliamWinfield Scott Tyson, born April 21,
1850, in or near Clarksville [i.e. Clarksburg], Tenn. He was ason of John Ewing Tyson & Martha
(Sparks) Tyson, who was born March 14, 1825, in Tenn. Mygreat-grand father on the Tyson side
was Uriah Tyson . I have the history of my Tyson ancestrytraced and documented back to the
Immigrant who settled in Virginia, then to North Carolina &Tennessee, & then toMaysfield, Milam
Co., Texas. My grandchildren are the fifth generation of myfamily, both father's and mother's , to live in Maysfield.Also, all generations have been members of the Maysfield Methodist Church.

My grandparents were married In Clarksville [sic], in 1848, andthey came to Texas in 1853. My
grandmother, Martha Sparks, was born in Clarksviile [sic],Tennessee, April 8, 1826, and died in
Maysfield, Milam County, Texas, on Jan. 25, 1891. She was thedaughter of Isaac Sparks; he never came to Texas. Hiswife was Wilmoth Knowland [sic]. I have a sister named Ola Wilmoth; she is 78 years old [In 1956].

My grandmother had two brothers and two sisters that I haverecord of being in Milam County,
Texas, and a brother who lived in Galveston, named Isaac H .Sparks. He later lived at Hicks,
across the river from us. I remember him very well . He wastall, slender & was stoop shouldered. I remember he wore abeard & had a low, husky voice, and one small foot. He always wore boots&
one had a sole on it, built up so his leg wouldn't be shorterthan the other. It seemed that a log fell on it when he was aboy. I remember his wife too, she was Nan Porter before her marriage. Iknew all of their children. They were much older than I, but wevisited there often when I was a child.

Virgil Sparks [son of Isaac H. Sparks] never married but livedwith his parents at the old homestead untiltheir deaths only a few years ago. My husband & he talked to each otherat times, one on each side of the river, on their own farms. Hegrew very deaf before he died. He was more than 80 years oldwhen he died.

Also, my grandmother, Martha Sparks, had a sister named Mahalawho married a Darlean Smith
and lived in Maysfield, Milam Co., Texas."

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!NOTES: SQ p 3186: "Martha Sparks and Elizabeth Sparks (twin daughter s)
were born to William and Sarah (Jennings) Sparks on February 28, 1845.
They died on the same day they were born."

SQ p 4878: "Martha Sparks, daughter of Reuben and Margaret (Pruitt)Sparks, was shown in her parents' household, 7 years of age, when the1860 census was taken in Washington County, Arkansas. She was not listedin Reuben's household in Crawford County, Kansas, in either 1870 or 1880,however, nor was she mentioned as a sibling of his father in WilliamReuben Sparks's letter in 1955. She probably died in her youth, althoughit is possible that she had been married by 1870, at which time she wouldhave been 17 years old, based on her age appearing on the 1860 census."

!NOTES:
SQ 1356: "Martha Sparks, born about 1854; she married James R. Sel ls,son of
William McDonald and Eleanor (Champion) Sells who was known as "Bea r Jim"
because of his size. Their children were Elizabeth; James; William ;John born
1881, died 1958; Grover; Robert; and Ruth."