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."

See SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 392: "DICEY SPARKS, daughter of George andDelila Sparks, married Richard Vernon.

See SQ p. 3706.

SQ p. 5288:

a. Lodicio ["Dicy"] Sparks was born on September 28, 1897. She wasmarried to Richard Vernon ca.1827. He had died prior to 1845 when theestate of her father was settled. A descendant of their son, AndrewJackson Vernon, has reported that Richard and Dicy were early settlers inRush County, Indiana.

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 immediatelyfollowing that of Rachel Riggs; he was 17 years old, born In Missouri,with wife Malicia A. Riggs, age 16, a native of Kentucky; they had beenmarried within the year. Living with Leonard and Malicia was 8-year-old,David Baker, born in Missouri.

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 neitherLucretia nor her sister, Catherine, were actually living with theirparents in Henderson County, Illinois, in 1850, even though the census soindicated.......

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 andLucretia had died by March 1863. According to Barbara Helm Smith, onefamily source indicates that both Stephen and Lucretia died of typhoidfever. On the other hand, their daughter, 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."

SQ pps 3698-9: Lucy Sparks was married twice. Two photos of herappear on page 3698. Her first marriage was to James D. Nunneley about1871. He had been born on March 4, 1837, and was considerably older thanLucy. Two documents have been preserved which give some insight into thelife of James Nunneley.

The first document is a letter which tells of Nunneley's appointmentas the postmaster of a village called Harrisville located in Bell County,Texas. (This village no longer exists.) The appointment was made onFebruary 22, 1865, and he was to receive compensation of $12.00 per yearuntil it could be determined what amount of business the office wouldhave.

The second document is a letter that James D. Nunneley wrote to hisbrother, Jackson Baldwin Nunneley, on November 4, 1872, from his homenear Pleasant Hill, Texas. Here is the text of the letter just as it waswritten over a century ago.

"Dear Brother and Sister. I take this opportunity of writing to letyou know where I am and to tell you some of my misfortunes as well as mygood luck. I am settled in this county. I think I have bought a placehere and if nothing happens I will stay here. I owe a little for myplace and that is troubling me no little. I have a small stock ofgroceries about three hundred dollars and if I could pay the ballance onmy land and have my stock to go on, I would be all right. I am in a goodplace to sell goods but I am not able to buy goods. My place has 50acres open land a good orcherd apples peaches plums & pears. Goodbuildings and a storehouse in a good settlement, but I must raise theballance of the money two hundred & fifty dollars by the first ofDecember and I fear that I will lack a little though it maybee I canborrow it. I deal for cash strickly and am doing well for such a smallcapital. It took all of my money to make the first payment. My place isworth 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 pneumonia. He died at my house. Wehad two doctors with him but all useless. He was taken on Friday anddied on Wednesday. At present I must close. I will write again soon.
Your affectionate brother
J. N. Nunneley."

James and Lucy (Sparks) Nunneley had three children before misfortune hitthem again. In 1873, Nunneley died, leaving Lucy with these threechildren while they were still very young. She was married , second, toRobert D. Cochran about 1875. He had been born in August 1856 in Texas.According to the 1900 census of Titus County, he and Lucy had fivechildren. We have found no death record for Bob Cochran, but Lucy diedin 1936 at Huntington Beach, California. She and Bob were buried atSanta Ana according to relatives.

See her scrapbook for photos.

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."

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SQ pg 3361: Lucy Ann Sparks was born about 1842 in Tennessee. Shortly
after her parents moved to Texas, she was wading in the Old River cov eand was
caught and drawn under by an alligator. He body was never recovered.

SQ 3797: She was married in 1834 to William Gent.

SQ 3910:

"Lucy Frances ["Franky"] Sparks, daughter of Thomas and Dianah(Wilcox) Sparks, was born about 1807 in North Carolina. She was marriedto William Ghent on September 20, 1834, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Hehad been born about 1809 in Virginia. When the 1850 census was taken ofJohnson County, Kentucky, William and Franky had five children. We haveno further information regarding this couple."

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SQ pg 3696: Lucy H. Sparks, daughter of Augustus and Sarah (--- )Sparks, was born about 1879, probably in Johnson County, Texas. Sh e wasmarried to Joseph Cowart, and they had at least three children : Averal,Beatrice, and Leonard. See SPARKS QUARTERLY pg 3697 fo r a photograph ofJoseph and Lucy (Sparks) Cowart with their two olde st children.

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SQ pg 3694: They had nine children: Frank, Ottie, Leonard, Rober t,Fannie, Tannie, William, Leroy, and Marion.

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SQ pg 2771: "Lula Sparks, daughter of Stephen and Emily (Whitaker)
Sparks, was born about 1838. She married A. E. Rogers. She died sometime
after 1908, probably in Hamilton County, Texas."

Marriage recorded in Carroll Co., GA, Bk F, page 335.

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SQ pg 3404: He became a minister. They had two children: Bonnie a ndStephen Wayne Sparks.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1975, Whole No. 89, p. 1713 for a briefarticle concerning Lydia Sparks and Henry Bauguess:

SOME DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN AND CASSA (BUTTERY) SPARKS

In the QUARTERLY of September 1967 (Vol. XV, No. 3, Whole No. 59) wedevoted several pages to a record of the family of Reuben Sparks(ca.1755-1840) and his wife, Cassa (or Cassie) (Buttery) Sparks(ca.1765-1842). Reuben Sparks was a son of Solomon and Sarah Sparks whomoved from Frederick County, Maryland, to Rowan County, North Carolina,in 1753. Reuben was born after the family moved to North Carolina; helived and died in the area of Wilkes and Surry Counties. Reuben and Cassa(Buttery) Sparks had eight children, one of whom was Lydia, born about1804 [NOTE: But see below.]. She married Henry Bauguess. One of theirdescendants, Tim Peterman of 11315 Applewood Dr., Kansas City, Mo.(64134), has supplied us with new information regarding some of Lydia(Sparks) Bauguess' descendants.

Lydia Sparks and Henry Bauguess were married in the early 1820's. A son,Bryant Bauguess, was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on March 29,1823. A daughter, Fanny Bauguess, was born in 1830. There were probablyother children as well. When the 1850 census was taken, Bryant Bauguesswas living in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana. His mother, Lydia(Sparks) Bauguess, was living with him along with his sister, Fanny, andEli P. Bauguess; the latter was probably a brother. Soon after 1850,Fanny Bauguess moved to Crawford County, Illinois, where, on January 6,1853, she was married to Alexander Maleom Eagleton, a son of JamesEagleton. A month later, on February 17, 1853, James M. Eagleton, brotherof Alexander, married Nancy A. Bauguess. She was doubtless a closerelative, perhaps sister, of Fanny. Between 1853 and 1868, Alexander andFanny (Bauguess) Eagleton moved to Arcadia, Crawford County, Kansas. In1869, they moved to Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri, where theyoperated the Eagleton Hotel. He died about 1900; Fanny died in 1925s atthe age of 95. They had four children:

1. Lydia Margaret Eagleton, born Jan. 22, 1868, died 1949; shemarried Josef Peterman (died
1953) a Swiss immigrant, son of Jakob Peterman. They had elevenchildren.

2. John Eagleton married Jane ----- and moved to Colorado. They hadfive children.

3. Mable Eagleton married Bert De Bord and had three children.

4. Fannie Eagleton married (lst) - - - - - Mickey; she married (2d)- - - - - Gee. She had four children.

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, Sept. 1988, Whole No. 143,

DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN &CASSIE (BUTTERY) SPARKS, p. 3263:

"Lydia Sparks, daughter of Reuben and Cassie (Buttery) Sparks, wasborn about 1785 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and it was there thatshe was married to Henry Baugess, probably about 1820. He was born inVirginia and was a son of Richard and Kizziah (---) Bauguess. Heapparently died about 1840, and Lydia moved to Owen County, Indiana,probably to join her nephews, William (1943) and Solomon (1946) Sparks.When the 1850 census was taken of Owen County, she was shown as 65 yearsof age and living in the household of her son, Bryant B. Bauguess.According to descendants, Lydia and her husband had at least threechildren. (here names descendants)."

See SQ p.101 on Mary Sparks (379), a second cousin of Lydia, bothbeing granddaughters of Solomon Sparks (356). Twenty years before Lydiamarried Henry Bauguess, Mary had married his brother, Robert Bauguess.

SQ 2447-8:

"Lydia Sparks, daughter of Absalom and Lydia (Elsberry ) Sparks, wasborn about 1808 in Illinois. She married Friend Boatright, probablyabout 1824, and they went with the Sparkses and Boatrights to PopeCounty, Arkansas. Then, about 1833, the (along with their relatedfamilies ) moved to Texas. It was there that Friend Boatright died in1848. When the 1850 census was taken, Lydia, now a widow, was in LavacaCounty, Texas. Three years later, on March 5, 1853, Lydia sold her shareof the estate of her sister, Edy Sparks, for twenty dollars. She was nowin Falls County where her brother, Willoughby Sparks, and her nephew,Levi Sparks, witnessed her make her mark.
"Lydia (Sparks) Boatright probably died about 1868. She and herhusband were buried in unmarked graves near Oakland, Texas. They had atleast ten children.
1. Elizabeth Boatright was born about 1824 in Arkansas. She marriedW. T. Charles on July 14, 1838, in Washington County, Texas.
2. Rachel Boatright was born on May 16, 1825, in Arkansas. Shemarried A. A. McNutt. She died on June 7, 1894, and was buried alongsideher husband in the Boatright Cemetary just west of Grandview, Texas.
3. Martin Boatright was born on October 27, 1826. He married NancyAnn Sompson. He died on June 23, 1908, and was buried in Llano Co.,Texas.
4. Priscilla Boatright was born about 1829 in Arkansas. She marriedJohn C. Burke on November 4, 1858, in Fayette County, Texas. She diedsoon after her marriage, probably at the time a daughter was born to them.
5. Minerva Boatright was probably born about 1830. On January 22 ,1855, she married Levi J. Robinson in Fayette County, Texas. She wasapparently widowed during the Civil War. She had at least one child,Isabella Robinson, who married Thomas Medearis. Minerva was buried atRanger, Texas.
6. John L. Boatright was born on March 5, 1831. He married RebeccaCole on March 2, 1854, in Lavaca County, Texas. He died on October 27,1890, and was buried in the Pond Springs Cemetary in Williamson County,Texas.
7. William Boatright was born about 1836. He married Mrs. N . J.(Jane) Nibling on March 22, 1865. He died in Travis County, Texas.
8. James Boatright was born about 1838. He married Anna Eckel at SanAntonio, Texas, on August 12, 1871. He died on May 5, 1916, at Garfield,Texas.
9. Mary A. Boatright was born about 1840. She married SequinStiffler on March 21, 1859, in Johnson County, Texas. She died in 1914and was buried at Ranger, Texas.
10. Charles H. Boatright married Mary Jane Robbins. He died in 1909in Travis County, Texas."

See SQ p. 392: LYDIA SPARKS, daughter of George and Delila Sparks wasborn about 1817 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She married ThomasBrown in Randolph, Indiana, on March 30, 1834, the ceremony beingperformed by Jonathan Shaw, a Methodist minister.

Also See SQ p. 3706.

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SQ pp 5592-96:

A SPARKS PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHEDIN 1976 IDENTIFIED 25 YEARS LATER

In the QUARTERLY of June 1976, Whole No. 94, on page 1832, we published aphotograph of three women that had been taken in Markle, Indiana,probably in the mid-187Os. The original had been loaned to us byFlorence N. DeSelms of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. DeSelms was agranddaughter of Mary Ellen (Sparks) Wilcoxson, born January 3, 1832, whowas standing behind the other two ladies in the photograph , both of whomwere seated. Mrs.. DeSelms could not identify either of the two seatedladies . When we published this photograph 1976, we invited any readerwho could identify either, or both, of the "mystery women" to share theinformation with us.

[Here appears a photograph, beneath which is the following caption:]

Mary Ellen (Sparks) Wilcoxson (1832-1913) - Standing

Lydia (Sparks) Brown (Born 1816) - Seated on Viewer's Left

Is the Lady on the Right a Sister of Mary Ellen and Lydia?

(View photographs in scrapbook.)

In the March 2000 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 189, we published anarticle entitled "Some Descendants of Solomon Sparks, Jr. (Died 1817) ofWilkes County, North Carolina." On page 5290 of that issue , we againincluded the above photograph , with the repeated hope that a descendantof one of the unidentified women might recognize her from another oldphotograph in his or her possession. Happily, a young lady named SarahBrown of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, recently did, indeed, recognize the ladyseated on viewer's left in this photograph as hergreat-great-great-grandmother, Lydia (Sparks) Brown, sister of MaryEllen. Lydia Sparks had been born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, onMay 11, 1816.

Sarah Brown , who had but recently begun doing research into her familyhistory , had received from a cousin the photograph appearing on thecover of the present issue of the QUARTERLY . (Sarah had not yet beenborn when we published the above photo in 1976.) Lydia (Sparks) Brown,who was nearly 16 years older than her sister, Mary Ellen (Sparks)Wilcoxson , was obviously younger when the picture that we are using onthe cover was taken than she was when she posed for the above photograph. We may now speculate that the lady sitting on the viewer's right in theabove photograph was probably another sister. There are fivepossibilities among the sisters who apparently lived beyond youngadulthood and could be she. All were daughters of George and DelilaSparks who came from North Carolina to Randolph County, Indiana, prior to1830. These five were:

Lodiceo ["Dicy"] Sparks, born September 28, 1807. She was married toRichard Vernon.
Elizabeth ["Betsy"] Sparks, born January 10, 1811. She was married toMordecai Samuels.
Sarah ["Sally"] Sparks, born November 10, 1812. She was married to JamesJohnson.
Matilda Sparks, born July 20, 1818. She was married to John JacksonGrant.
Delilah Sparks, born January 26, 1830. She was married to David C.Conklin. Her photograph, at age 91, appeared on page 394 of the June 1959issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 26. [To the editor's untrained eye ,Delilah does not resemble the unidentified lady in the photograph on theprevious page.]

Although Mary Ellen and Lydia Sparks had two other sisters , both haddied prior to 1845, the year in which their father's estate had beensettled. They were:

Phereby (or Faribee) Sparks, born November 10, 1812, who was married toWiseman Brown, and Jane Sparks, born July 7, 1824.

In all, George and Derna Sparks were the parents of thirteen children.The nine daughters identified above had four brothers: Aaron, born April14, 1809; George Jr., born January 31, 1820; Solomon, born October 5,1822; and Abel, born in May 1827.

In the QUARTERLY of March 2000, noted above, we gave a record of thisbranch of the Sparks family that will not be repeated here, except tonote that our information on Lydia (Sparks) Brown had been limited to herdate of birth and her marriage. We are now able to provide the followinginformation about her through her great-great-great-granddaughter , SarahBrown .

Lydia Sparks, daughter of George and Delila Sparks, was born on May 11,1816, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She accompanied her parents andseveral siblings in their move to Indiana prior to 1830, settling in thatpart of Randolph County that helped to form Wells County when it wascreated in 1835. The record of the marriage of Lydia Sparks to ThomasBrown has been preserved in Randolph County:

"...State of Indiana, Randolph County, I Jonathan Shaw, a minister of theMethodist Episcopal Church hereby certify that on the 30th of March 1834,I joined in marriage Thomas Brown and Lydia Sparks, as witness my handthis the 14th day of June 1834."
Members of the Brown family had also moved from Wilkes County , NorthCarolina, to Randolph County , Indiana , at or near the same time as theSparks family. Thomas Brown , husband of Lydia Sparks , had been born inWilkes County in 1809.
He was a son of James and Suckey (Alvey) Brown who had been married inWilkes County on August 10, 1808.
The Sparks and Brown families lived in that part of Randolph County thatwas cut off to form Wells County, Indiana, in 1835. Based on census andfamily records provided by Sarah Brown, Thomas and Lydia (Sparks) Brownwere the parents of the following children:

l. Elizabeth Brown, born about 1836.
2. Joseph Brown, born January 10, 1838. He was married (first) toElizabeth Campbell on November 22, 1863, and (second) to Mary MelissaNiman on September 3, 1871. He enlisted in the Civil War on July 30,1862, as a private in Company K, 75th Indiana Infantry Regiment, and wasdischarged on January 12, 1863. He died on August 16, 1926, and wasburied in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Ossian, Indiana.

[Here appears a photograph, beneath which is the following caption:]

CHARLES AND MARY JANE (RINKER) BROWN

Charles (1855-1922) was a Son of Thomas and Lydia (Sparks) Brown

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Children of Thomas and Lydia (Sparks) Brown, continued

3. John Brown, born about 1839.
4. Henry Brown, born about 1841.
5. Mary Brown, born about 1845.
6. Abel Brown, born about 1847.
7. Lydia Armedia Brown, born about 1849.
8. William W. Brown, born about 1850.
9. Charles Brown, born February 11, 1855.
10. Melissa J. Brown, born about 1856.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3267: "Lydia Sparks, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Jeffreys)
Sparks, was born about 1827. She married Peyton Dimmitt."

SQ p. 817: Marriage record of Lydia Sparks and Martin McKenzie, April1, 1859, Johnson County, KY.

SQ p. 3938: Martin and Lydia had six children:
William L. McKenzie born about 1860;
Lydia M. McKenzie born on Sept 16, 1861;
James S . McKenzie born about 1866;
Elisha M. McKenzie born about 1868;
Nathan P. McKenzie born about 1870; and
Phillip S. McKezie born about 1872 . He was married to Genora Whiteon May 6, 1896.

SQ p. 2163:

Lydia Ann Sparks, daughter of Elijah and Mary Ann (Garner) Sparks, wasborn on October 20, 1872. She died on April 22, 1947. She married JohnMills and they had seven children. Miss Aileen Sparks wrote this aboutthe family: "Aunt Lydia acted as a midwife in her younger days and oftenhelped Dr. Shearl of Williamsville at a birth, taking care of the newmother and baby for a few days or even weeks, if necessary. She had alarge family of her own and after Uncle John died, she and a son did thefarmwork. In October 1933, she slipped in the barn lot and broke a hipand was never able to walk again. She lay as an invalid for over fourteenyears until her death in 1947. She was a large person with a wonderfulpersonality and accepted her invalidism with a smile on her face."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2615: She married Ralph Hendershot and they lived at Bushnel l.

Family info: Baptised at Assumption Catholic Church, Evansville ,Indiana. Husband's surname Werner.

This family is found in the1920 Census under the name Wesner (possiblyWerner); St. Louis Ward, Roll: T625_961; Page: 12B; Enumeration District:529; Image 1022. Edward is 27, a salesman, Mabel, 28, Mae David, 5,Mitzi, 3, Luella, 1 and Edward Jr. 4/12.

SQ p. 2619:

"Mabel Earle Sparks was born on September 15, 1876, in Plum Grove,Kansas. On October 23, 1901, she was married to Charles T. Hainlen atCowles, New Mexico. He was born on January 18, 1875, at Trinidad,Colorado. He died on October 4, 1947, and Mabel died on December 25,1952, at Las Vegas, New Mexico. They had three children."

!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 FrancesBrown. 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 August 9,1957.
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."

SQ 101: "Melinda Sparks, born about 1818; married 1838, Meredith Lyon."(This was an error. It was her sister Nancy that married Meredith Lyon.)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 2002, Whole No. 200, p. 5760:

Malinda Sparks was born about 1824. She was married in 1846 to JacobLyon (later spelled Lyons). Their Wilkes County, North Carolina,
marriage bond was dated June 6, 1846, with James Durham serving asbondsman for Jacob. Malinda’s name was spelled “Malindy” on the bond.They were living in Elkin-Surry Township of Wilkes County when the 1860census was taken, adjoining Malinda’s mother, judging from the sequenceof households on that census, Nancy’s age was given as 70 and she wasstill living with her son, Hugh Sparks. The age of Jacob J. Lyons wasgiven as 47 and that of Malinda as 36. Their children in 1860 were,according to the census: (1) Nancy L. Lyons, age 9; (2) Gabriel M. Lyons,age 7; (3) Hiram Lyons, age 3; and Ira W. Lyons, age 1 year. Also livingin this household in 1860 was Frances Lyons, age 72. Perhaps she was themother of Jacob Lyons.