SQ p. 4042:

"Mary Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kelley) Sparks, wasborn about 1742. She was baptized on July 25, 1744, at St. Lukes Church,Church Hill, Maryland. She was "of age" in 1764.

SQ pg 2928 refers to Mary's marriage to a man named Murray and to herthree
sons, John, Joseph and Solomon. (unconfirmed)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1955, Whole No. 12, p. 101:
"Mary Sparks, daughter of John and Sara (Shores) Sparks, was bornabout 178O, Surry County, North Carolina.; lived in Wilkes County, NorthCarolina, near Trap Hill; married about 18OO Robert Bauguess, son ofRichard, born 12 June, 1776, in Virginia; died about 1872 in WilkesCounty. Children: (all born in Wilkes County, North Carolina):
(a) Nancy Bauguess, born 23 March 18O2; married Thomas Bryan;
(b) Robert Baugess, Jr., married Nancy Sparks (1951);
(c) Solomon Bauguess;
(d) Samuel Bauguess, married --- Yates;
(e) Mary "Polly" Bauguess, born 25 February, 18O9, married IsaiahRose, 17 March, 1826, Wilkes County, North Carolina;
(f) Jane "Jennie" Bauguess, born 4 November, 1810; married JohnHolbrook;
(g) Lewis Bauguess; married --- Holloway ;
(h) Richard Bauguess; married --- Hurst;
(i) Sarah "Sally" Bauguess married---Rosseau;
(j) Lydia Bauguess;
(k) David Bauguess; married --- Hall ;
(l) John K. Bauguess; married --- Forrester;
(m) Fannie Bauguess.

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SQ p. 2272: 3. Mary Sparks, probably born about 1782, probably diedabout 1855; married Robert Bauguess, probably about 1801.

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1986, Whole No. 134, pp. 2889-91:

"Mrs. Dianne (Kidd) May, Box 233, Rockland, Idaho (83271) would liketo correspond with descendants of Robert and Mary "Polly" (Sparks)Bauguess who lived in early Wilkes County, North Carolina. Polly Sparkswas the eldest daughter of John and Sarah (Shores) Sparks. (Here refersto above article).

"Polly Sparks was born about 1782, probably in Wilkes County, and itwas there that she was married to Robert Bauguess about 1800. He hadbeen born in Virginia on June 12, 1776, and was a son of Richard andNancy (McArthy) Bauguess. Robert and Polly lived on a farm across theroad from the Roaring River Baptist Church at Traphill. Polly apparentlydied prior to 1860; Robert died in 1872 at the age of 96 years. Theywere buried in the church cemetery where they were longtime members.

"Robert and Polly (Sparks) Bauguess had thirteen children according toinformation furnished by a descendant. Birthdates of five of thechildren are known; however, the order of the births of the other eightchildren is not certain. We have attempted to put them in logicalsequence. Here is what we have learned about them: " (Here follows somedetails for each child for which see their individual family pages.)

See also SQ p.3263, an article about Lydia Sparks, d/o Reuben Sparks,s/o Solomon Sparks (356). Thus, Mary, d/o John Sparks, s/o SolomonSparks, and Lydia were second cousins. Lydia married Henry Bauguessabout 1820 , son of Richard and Keziah Bauguess, and apparent brother ofMary's husband Robert.

SQ p 2445:

"Mary ("Polly") Sparks, probable daughter of Absalom and Lydia(Elsberry) Sparks, was probably born about 1795, since she needed herfather's consent to marry in 1813. On November 12, 1813, a license
was issued by J.M.S., Clerk of Gallatin County, Illinois, authorizing hermarriage to Allen Miller. Polly's father (unnamed) gave his consent tothe marriage which was performed on December 2, 1813, by the Rev. ReevesCarmack, a Methodist minister. We have no further record of this couple."

!NOTES:
SQ 2970 states: "Mary Sparks, daughter of Solomon and Rachel Spark s,was
born on March 10, 1798. She married Baltzer Morgart, probably abou t1820. He
was born probably about 1785 and was a son of Peter Morgart. Baltze rkept a
tavern for many years and also held some political offices. He was a lso
identified with the interests of the Provident Baptist Church. According to
census records, Baltzer and Mary had at least nine children. He die d in1853
and Mary died in 1874. Their children were Rachel, Christine, Philli p G.,
Andrew J., Abram, Rebecca, Emiline, Mary Martha and Amanda Morgart."

SQ pg 2922 states "James Sparks (597) married his cousin Mary Sparks(601),
probably about 1823. She was born about 1800 and was a daughter of James(495)
and Nancy Ann (Sparks) Rogers (632)."
SQ pg 2926 lists her among the children of James and Nancy.

SQ p. 2600:

"Mary ("Polly") Sparks, daughter of James and Margaret (Ray) Sparks,was born on May 23, 1807.
She married a man named Jones. She is said to have died in ClintonCounty, Indiana. We have no
further information regarding her."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, Dec 1992, Whole No. 160, p. 4054:

"Mary Sparks, daughter of Solomon and Catherine (Hillegas) Sparks, wasborn on January 4, 1810. She was married to Thomas Ramsay in AdamsCounty, Ohio, on November 13, 1828; he had been born in Columbia County,Ohio, in 1804. He was a cabinet maker. Their children were:

a. Charles Sparks Ramsay, born October 5, 1829.
b. Catherine Ramsay.
c. Solomon Ramsay.
d. George Ramsay
e. Harvey Ramsay.

SQ 3186: Mary ["Polly"} Sparks, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rose)Sparks, was born about 1812 in Wilkes County, and it was there that shemarried Hampton Holloway in 1834. The marriage bond was issued onFebruary 1, 1834, with William M. Forester as bondsman. Hampton was bornabout 1810 and was a son of John and Mary (Rose) Holloway. When the 1850census was taken of Wilkes County, Hampton and Polly had six children,and there may have been others born later.

a. John Holloway was born about 1834. He married Adeline Mathis.He died in 1864.
b. Cassie Ann Holloway was born about 1835.
c. Andrew Jackson Holloway was born about 1837.
d. Elizabeth Holloway was born about 1838.
e. Franklin Holloway was born about 1839.
f. Richard Holloway was born about 1847."

SQ p. 1859:

After the death of his first wife, Polly, Timothy England marriedElizabeth Perryman, daughter of Rhoda Perryman. Elizabeth was born about1820 in Kentucky. Her mother was born about 1792 in North Carolina.Timothy and Elizabeth had five children.

3. George P. England, son of Timothy and Elizabeth, was born about 1841.

4. Charles England, son of Timothy and Elizabeth, was born about 1843.

5. John England, son of Timothy and Elizabeth, was born about 1844.

6. Mary A. England, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth, was born about1847.

7. Rhoda E. England, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth, was born about1848.

Timothy England was shot and killed accidentally by a brother with whomhe was hunting squirrels in the spring of 1851.

SQ 3080: "Mary Sparks, daughter of Abel and Sarah (Cochran) Sparks, wasborn on October 25, 1815, in Tennessee. She died on May 10, 1879, inHampton, Franklin County, Iowa. She was married twice and had childrenby both husbands. According to a descendant, Dorothy L. Creely, there isa marriage record on file in Cooper County, Missouri, dated September 26,1830, for Jacob Waggoner and Polly Sparks. "Polly" was, of course, acommon nickname for Mary, so this is definately the record of marriage ofMary daughter of Abel and Sarah Sparks, to her first husband, JacobWagner. According to the marriage record, Mary Sparks ("Polly") was fromCallaway County, Missouri, when whe was married to Jacob Wagner in CooperCounty. Although the 1830 census indicates that Abel Sparks and hisfamily were living in Crawford County, Missouri, when the federal censusof 1830 wa taken, the fact that Abel's daughter, Mary, was married inMissouri in September 1830 (she lacked a month of being 16 years old),provides further proof that Abel Sparks had moved to Missouri from BondCounty, Illinois, sometime between 1820 and 1827. (Jane Sparks, theyoungest child of Sarah and Abel, was born in Missouri on July 19, 1827.)

"Jacob Wagner, the first husband of Mary Sparks, had been born inPalatine, New York, on August 24, 1807. He was a farmer living in GrantCounty, Wisconsin, when, about 1844, he was killed by a neighbor whostruck him in the head with a fence post. It was winter and there was agreat deal of snow; Jacob Wagner had taken down this man' s fence inorder to take a short cut home. [JS: He certainly got one!]

"Mary (Sparks) Wagner married, second, Joseph Brown who had been bornabout 1810 and died about 1860. He was a Quaker, born in Pennsylvania,and lived his adult life in Grant County, Wisconsin.

"A photograph of Mary (Sparks ) Wagner Brown appears on page 3079. Thechildren of Mary Sparks by her first husband, Jacob Wagner, were:Elizabeth (Wagner) Wanamaker; George Wagner; Sarah Jane (Wagner) Wire(photo on page 3081); Jesse William Wagner; Emdine Catherine (Wagner)Vincent; Solomon Wagner; Jasper Newton Wagner; Jacob Harrison Wagner.

"The children of Mary Sparks by her second husband Joseph Brown were:Apame
Ann (Brown) Wheeler; Minerva (Brown) Humphrey; John Brown; Dave Brown ;Marques
De Lafayette "Mark" Brown; Phoebe Brown; and Mary Idell (Brown) Pride ."

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September, 1972, Whole No. 79, p. 1496:

SOME SPARKS PHOTOGRAPHS

On page 1497 we have reproduced four photographs of Sparks descendants,the originals of which have been loaned to us by Lucia A. (Mrs. Roy T.)Stephens of Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Stephens is a daughter of John PutnamBrown and a great-granddaughter of Abel Sparks (born 1767). A sketch ofthis branch of the Sparks family appeared in the QUARTERLY of December,1958 (Volume 6, No. 14, Whole No. 214), pages 337-39. Mary Sparks, themother of the five women whose pictures are shown on page 1497, was adaughter of Abel and Sarah Sparks.

Abel Sparks (born 1767) was a son of Solomon and Sarah Sparks of SurryCounty, North Carolina (see page 98 of the December, 1955 issue of theQUARTERLY (Volume 3, No. 14, Whole No. 12) for data on Solomon and SarahSparks). Mary Sparks was born while her parents, Abel and Sarah Sparks,were living in Tennessee; she died on May 10, 1879, in Hampton, FranklinCounty, Iowa. She was married twice. Her first husband was Jacob Wagner(born 1807, died about 1844) by whom she had eight children, includingSarah Jane and Emdine Catherine whose pictures appear on page 1497. MarySparks married as her second husband, Joseph Brown (born about 1810, diedabout 1860). They had seven children, three of whose pictures also appearon page 1497. All but one of Mary’s fifteen children grew to maturity.Mrs. Stephens has reported that when her father, John Putnam Brown(1848-1920) was 18 years old, he had 98 cousins.

SQ pg 2456: "Mary ("Polly") Sparks, daughter of William and Rhoda(Pennington) Sparks, was probably born about 1818. She married Alfre dSouthard on October 2, 1838, in White County, Tennessee. He was bornabout 18 18 and was a son of Marlin Southard. According to censusrecords, Alfred and Po lly had at least six children: William G.Southard, John A. Southard, James Sout hard, Mary Jane Southard, RhodaSouthard, and Alfred Southard, Jr."

See also THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4272.

SQ 3266: "Mary ["Polly"] Sparks, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah(Jeffreys)
Sparks, was born about 1819. She married Constantine Gray, probably about
1845, and they were the parents of at least seven children.
a. Martha Gray. b. ca. 1846.
b. William Gray b. ca. 1847.
c. James Gray b. ca. 1848.
d. Melinda Gray b. ca. 1852.
e. Bueth Gray b. ca. 1854.
f. Williford Gray b. ca. 1855.
g. Henry Gray b. ca. 1859."

SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4275 states: Mary"Polly"
Sparks, daughter of Jesse and Nancy Sparks, was born about 1819 inVirginia. She was married to Morgan Fultz, and they had thirteenchildren: Daniel, Barbara, Jesse, Nancy, Priscilla, John, J. L. (male),Charles, Colonel, Mary Ann, Roseanna, Eli, and Amanda."

!NOTES:
SQ 198O: "Mary Sparks, daughter of Cornelius and Susannah (Stevens )Sparks,
was born in Wayne County, Indiana, on July 7, 1819, and died in Bucha nan,
Michigan, on July 9, 19O3. She was married twice, first to Christoph erRibble
on September 13, 1837, and, second, following his death on April 2, 1842, to
John Wesson Park on July 13, 1847. John W. Park was born December 29 ,18O8, in
Mendon, New Jersey, and died on May 8, 1877. By her first husband, s hehad on
daughter (Malvina Ribble). By her second husband, Mary (Sparks) Par khad three
children [names follow]."

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

Mary ["Polly"] Sparks, eldest daughter of Allen Sparks, was born on June10, 1820; she died on January 24, 1894. She was married on October 1,1839, by Thomas Sparks, a justice of the peace, at the home of herfather, to Stephen Morgan Collis. He had been born in Burke County, NorthCarolina, on January 30, 1818, and died in Mitchell County, NorthCarolina, on April 10, 1890. He was a Baptist minister of some note; abiographical sketch for him appeared in James Oliver Young's A BaptistLooks Back (Boone, N. C. , 1968). He and Hardin J. Sparks were designatedexecutors by Allen Sparks in his will in 1849. Stephen and Mary (Sparks)Collis were the parents of a daughter named Barsheba ["Basha"] Collis whowas married to Starling Buchanan.

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!NOTES:
SQ p 3183: "Mary ["Polly"] Sparks, daughter of Millie and Sallie
(Jennings) Sparks, was born on March 14, 1833, in Indiana. She marri ed
Francis M. Williams. He was born on June 22, 1831. Polly died on Se p-
tember 28, 1878, according to tombstone inscriptions in the Sparks Cemetary
in Boone County (near Ogden), Iowa. She and Francis had at least two
children, John Williams and Eliza Williams."

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriage informationfrom Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822- 1865):
Polly Sparks & Lewis Lyon, January 2, 1854. (Book II, p. 77)

SQ 5316:

Mary Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Sabra (Demmit) Sparks, was born about1836, after her parents had moved to Indiana. She was living with hermother and brother, Ransom Sparks, when the 1860 census was taken inAdams County. Following her mother's death in 1864, she continued livingwith her brother, Ransom, for whom she was keeping house when the 1970census was taken in Adams County. No further record.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, p. 886 for the following marriage informationfrom Lawrence County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds (1822- 1865):
Polly Sparks & Harvey Lester, May 11, 1854. (Book II, p. 72) He 21 yearsold; father, William Lester. She 18 years old; father, Calvin Sparks. Hewas born Taswil (i .e . Tazewell) County, Virginia; she born LawrenceCounty, Kentucky. Witnesses: Wiley Sparks, William Lions, and ThomasLester.

SQ p. 4649:
Mary ["Polly"] Sparks, daughter of Calvin and Sally (Lyon) Sparks, wasborn on November 26, 1836, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was therethat she was married to Harvey Lester on May 11, 1854. He had been bornon September 5, 1834, in Tazewell County, Virginia, and was a son ofWilliam and Rutha (Bishop) Lester. Harvey's brother, Isaac Lester, wasmarried to Nancy A. Sparks, a cousin of Polly. (See Item A, 7, above.)Harvey and Polly lived on Hoods Creek where he was a farmer andlumberman. He was also the postmaster of Martha, Kentucky, for severalyears. He died on February 22, 1922, and Polly died on March 16, 1929.They had five children, including two whom were adopted."

SQ pg 4878: Mary ["Polly"] Ann Sparks, daughter of Reuben andMargaret (Pruitt) Sparks, was born in North Carolina about 1845. She wasstill single and living with her parents when the 1880 census was takenof Crawford County, Kansas.

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 1978, Whole No. 104, pp. 2064-2065.

RESPONSE TO QUERY: ABEL SPARKS, born ca. 1828

In the QUARTERLY of March 1977 (Vol. XXV, No. 1, Whole No. 97, page 1890)we published a query
regarding Abel Sparks who was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina,about 1828. He was a son of George and Delia Sparks who moved to RandolphCounty, Indiana, about 1830, then on to Wells County, Indiana, about1836. George Sparks died there in 1843.

Abel Sparks, youngest son of George and Delia Sparks, married ElizabethDouglass in Wells County, Indiana, on May 4, 1850.

A great-granddaughter of Abel Sparks, Doris Cornett (Brown) Macomber,joined our Association recently and has provided some additionalinformation regarding Abel Sparks. Mrs. Macomber writes that early in1852, Abel and Elizabeth Sparks and their small daughter, Mary, joined awagon train headed for Oregon. Almost all of Elizabeth's family, father,mother, married sisters and their husbands, two younger sisters and heronly brother, were members of the same wagon train. Abel Sparks died ofcholera somewhere along the Platt River on June 13, 1852. His widow,Elizabeth, continued on, of course, and settled in Lane County, Oregon.There, on May 23, 1854, she married, as her second husband, James RichardPhillips.

On May 12, 1869, Mary Sparks, daughter of Abel and Elizabeth (Douglass)Sparks, was married in Lane
County, Oregon, to John Joseph Brown, son of Silas Brown and Jane Ann(Blair) Hiatt, a widow. (In the query cited above the father of JohnJoseph Brown was given incorrectly as Charles Arthur Brown.) The firsttwo children of John Joseph and Mary (Sparks) Brown, Ben Leroy and FrankMason, were born in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon. Sometime between1873 and 1876, John Joseph Broom moved his family to what was then WascoCounty, now Gilliam County, Oregon. On the sheep ranch on Rock Creekthere were five more children born to Mary and John Joseph.

Mary (Sparks) Brown and her husband, John Joseph Brown, were sheepmen whoran five and six large bands of sheep. After the death of John Joseph(June 26, 1890), Mary continued to run the sheep ranch under the name ofMARY BROWN AND SONS and at one time owned over 1200 acres of land inGilliam County, Oregon.

The children of John Joseph and Mary (Sparks) Brown were:

1. Ben Leroy Brown, born Jan. 25, 1872, died March 5, 1883.

2. Frank Mason Brown, born Dec. 21, 1873, died Nov. 25, 1944. He wasmarried to Emma E.
Campbell Dec. 2, 1908 and they had seven children: (a) MalcolmCampbell Brown, born Oct. 20,
1909; (b) Francis Damen Brown, born May 2, 1911, died May 12, 1911;(c) Gordon Thomas Broom,
born Aug. 21, 1912; (d) Mary Jane Brown, born June 21, 1915; (e)Douglas William Brown, born
Nov. 21, 1916; (f) Mason Oliver Brown, born Apr. 15, 1919; and (g)Donald Sparks Broom, born
Nov. 14, 1921.

3. Charles Arthur Brown, born March 11, 1876, died Sept. 12, 1960.He was married to Missouri
Pearl Fitzwater on Dec. 1, 1901. They had five child ren: (a)Chester Arthur Brown, born Jan. 15,
1903, died Oct. 31, 1908; (b) Dean Blair Brown, born Aug. 9, 1906,died June 1976; (c) Daniel
Campbell Brown, born Oct. 25, 1908, lives in LaGrande, Oregon; (d)Doris Cornett Brown, born Nov.
8, 1909, lives in Oak Harber, Wash.; and (e) Dorothy Vernon Brown,born Oct. 13, 1916.

4. Herbert George Brown, born May 16, 1880, died 1964.

5. William Campbell Brown, born July 19, 1883, died Feb. 22, 1964.He was married to Louise June
Merrill March 17, 1909. They had two children: (a) Bremerton MerrillBrown, born May 24, 1914; and
(b) Elizabeth A. Brown, born May 8, 1918.

6. Elsie Ann Brown, born July 25, 1885; she lives in Portland,Oregon. She was married to Frank Ira
Golden on Jan. 28, 1908, and they had three children: (a) LeslieMaud Golden, born Nov. 26, 1908,
died ca. 1959; (b) Stacy Burdett Golden, born July 18, 1912, diedSept. 12, 1915; and (c) Leonard
Douglas Golden, born May 19, 1914, died April 19, 1978.

7. John Joseph Brown, born July 28, 1887, died 1963.

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!NOTES: SQ 3276: "Mary Sparks was b. ca. 1854. She m. John Ezra Linkous,
probably about 1875. He was a minister of the Gospel and a son of William
P. and Mary B. (Cecil) Linkous. John and Mary had at least three children.
(1) Mary "Polly" Linkous was b. Dec 6, 1876. She m. Robert C. Hankins.
(2) Charles B. Linkous was b. Nov. 10, 1878. He m. Molly Turner.
(3) Elizabeth Jane Linkous was b. Oct 18, 1880. She m. Arch M. Whitt."

SQ pg 743 : Elliott County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds (1869-1912): PollySparks and William Stephens, November 8, 1886. (Book 1, page 130)

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!NOTES:
SQ 3192: "Mary Sparks was born on January 3, 1872. She marrie d a man
named Goins, and they lived at Albion, Nebraska."

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3901: She was married to Jack Shaver.

SQ 5316:

Mary Alice ["Allie"] Sparks was born on October 14, 1869; she died on May25, 1942. She was married to Leonard Hamman in February 1913.

SQ p. 1565:
Mary Alice Sparks, born May 4, 1884, and died on Nov. 22, 1963. OnJanuary 9, 1901, she married Charles Edward Ernst, a lawyer from Albany,Mo.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg. 4270: "Mary Ann Sparks, daughter of Ephriam and Charlotte Sparks,
was born about 1803 in Lee County, Virginia. She had seven children :Harvey,
Solomon, John D., Tobias, Margaret, Phoebe and Lucy."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2777: "Mary Ann Sparks, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth
(Cooper) Sparks, was born about 1824. On February 6, 1840, she was m ar-
ried to Dr. James M. Sharp in Nacogdoches County. He was born abou t 1812
in Tennessee. Mary Ann died in either 1846 or 1847, and Dr. Sharp married
(2nd) Margaret Ann Evans on December 24, 1848. He and Mary Ann had f our
children, all born in Texas:
a. Elizabeth S. Sharp was born in 1841.
b. Emeline E. Sharp was born in 1842.
c. Joseph E. Sharp was born in 1842.
d. Mary E. S. Sharp was born about 1846. When the 1860 census was t aken
of McLennan County, she was shown as 13 years of age and living i nthe
household of her uncle, James Hawkins Sparks."

!NOTES:
SQ 2591 re her marriage to John Brakefield and her 6 children Benjamin,
Silas, Andrew, Louisa, Martha and Alice. "Her first child was name dBenjamin and lived most of his life with his maternal grandparents ,taking their name.

SQ p. 817: Marriage record of Mary Ann Sparks and Layfayette McKenzie,February 17, 1859, Johnson County, Kentucky.

SQ p. 2628:

"Mary Ann Sparks, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Loveless) Sparks, wasborn on January 18, 1843. She was married to Isaac Hanes on March 8,1866, in Clinton County. He was born on January 18, 1833, in SenecaCounty, New York, and was a son of William and Clarissa (Telford) Hanes.Isaac was a Civil War veteran who had been previously married, but wasdivorced. Mary Ann died on November 19, 1916, in Cass County, Missouri.Isaac died on November 9, 1918. They were the parents of six children."

See their photo on page 2629 of THE SPARKS QUARTERLY and in the scrapbookfor their son Alan Hanes.

SQ p. 2681:

"Mary Ann Sparks was born on February 6, 1850. She married Jacob Orenderon September 12, 1869. He was born in February 1835. He served as abugler in Company L, 6th Regiment Missouri Volunteers during the CivilWar. He died on May 17, 1915, and Mary Ann died on February 10, 1922.They were buried in Eldon, Missouri. They had six children: John W.Orender, Joseph M. Orender, Tern J. Orender, Lovie M. Orender, Rosa B.Orender, and Pearl M. Orender.

SQ p. 2162:

Mary ("Polly") Ann Sparks, daughter of Elijah and Mary Ann (Garner)Sparks, was born on Nov. 6, 1864. She died on June 18, 1951. She marriedThomas J. Renfro and they had eleven children. Her niece, Aileen Sparks,recalls the family: "Aunt Polly and Uncle Tom were quite migratory forthat day. Uncle Tom gardened for a while and had lots of berries andfruit trees. He also sold bushes and fruit trees for a nursery. Theymoved to Missouri where apparently they didn't prosper and they returnedto Illinois and lived with my grandparents until they could get back ontheir feet. All of the family pitched in and helped."

SQ pg 2963 States: "Mary Ann Elizabeth Sparks, daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Naill) Sparks, was born on December 19, 1818, in BedfordCounty, PA.
On February 13, 1838, she married Simon Nycum. He was born on December25,
1818, at Rays Hill, PA, and was a son of John and Mary (Shartzer) Nycum.He
lived in East Providence Township where he was a farmer and localbusinessman,
according to the Nycum Genealogy by Homer C. Nycum published in 1963 .Mary Ann died on February 5, 1892, and Simon died on May 30, 1900. Theywere buried in
the Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetary at Rays Hill. They had ten children. "(See article for info on children, spouses and grandchildren)

SQ pps 3702-3: Mary Bea Sparks, daughter of William and Manerva (Powell) Sparks, was born on August 29, 1851, at Mulberry, Crawford County, Arkansas.
Mary Bea Sparks was married to Joseph Larkin Yandell probably in 1873. He had been born about 1850 in Henry County, Tennessee. When the1880 census was taken, he and Mary Bea were living in Tomlinson To wnshipin Scott County, Arkansas. Joseph Yandell died before the 1910 censuswas taken, at which time Mary Bea was shown as the head of herhousehold. She was living in Red Oak, Latimer County, Oklahoma . Herage was given as 53 years. With her was her son, Lloyd O. Yandell, aged25 years. Living nearby were her sons John D. Yandell and Joseph ElzieYandell, and a daughter, Mollie Childress. Mary Bea died on January 14,1929. She and Joseph had ten children. (See her photograph taken ca.1896 on page 3702 of the SPARKS QUARTERLY and in her scrapbook.)

SQ pg 4459: John Knight was a son of Dr. David Knight and a brotherof Rachel Knight and Elnora Knight, wives of John Sparks. Dick Knightaccompanied John Sparks (later governor of Nevada) to Wyoming and becamea cattleman. He and Belle (as she was called) had four children: Mariah,Ed, Susie, and Nora.

sq 4732:

Mary Belle Sparks was born on June 9, 1886, at Peach Orchard, Kentucky.She was married twice. Her first marnage was to Barto Fra zier in June1905. He had been born at Newport, Tennessee, on Feb ruary 22, 1884, andwas a son of Willlam and Eliza (Click) Frazier. He and Mary Belle hadfive children before they were divorced in 1925. Mary Belle was married(second) to David Lambert. He died in 1942, and Mary Belle died on May 4,1948. Her children were: Thelma Frazier, Alma Frazier, Earl S. Frazier,Bernice Frazier, and Barto Frazier, Jr.

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!NOTES:
SQ p 3180: Mary C. Sparks was born on November 10, 1852, shortly
after her parents settled in Boone County. It was there that she was
married to T. J. Irvin on May 2, 1872.

!NOTES:
SQ pg 2924 states: "Mary Catherine Sparks, daughter of John and Rebecca
(Wareham) Sparks, was born on May 24, 1857. She married Aaron Stayer , a
brother of Mary Magdalene Stayer (see page 2923, A8e). Mary Catherin edied on
September 10, 1927. Aaron died on July 10, 1933. He and Mary Cather inehad no
children."

.
!NOTES:
SQ 3278: They had one child, Frank.

We are grateful to Diane Bellis (mdbellis@@inreach.com) for supplying uswith the descendants of Mary Elizabeth Sparks. She states in her emailof 19 Jun, 2001, "You might be interested to know that Mary ElizabethSparks' son John was the US Senator from Idaho and his daughter MaryElizabeth Thomas Brooks was Director of the Mint under (PresidentRichard) Nixon. Her name is on all of the paper currency from that era."

See SQ p. 333 for birth information. This indicates that she was born inLawrence County, not Carter County as mentioned in the following article.

SQ p. 4727:

"Mary ("Pop") Elizabeth Sparks, daughter of Hugh and Nancy (Curnutte)Sparks, was born on April 18, 1853, in Carter County, Kentucky. The onlyinformation we have about her comes from the memory of her brother, ColbySparks. She visited Colby several times and was buried in the cemeteryon Colby's farm in 1924. She was married three times. Her firstmarriage was to a man named Auxier, and they had three children. Hersecond marriage was to John Vermillion in 1884 in Lawrence County. Theyare said to have had one child, Oscar Vermillion. The third marriage of"Pop" Sparks was to Harve Walker, by whom she had a daugher, DixieWalker."

See SQ p. 755:

"...In a cemetery a short distance east of Winchester, is the grave ofMary E. Fear. The inscription reads:
Mary E.
wife of
Dr. F. Fear
died
Jan. 1, 1865
aged
33 yrs. 3 mo. and 14 da.

Asleep in Jesus, O for me
May such a blissful refuge be,
Securely shall my ashes lie
And await the summons from onhigh."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June, 1976, Whole No. 94, pp 1831-2:

In the QUARTERLY of June 1959 (Vol. VII, No. 2, Whole No. 26, pp.382-394) we published a record of the descendants of Solomon Sparks, Jr.,and his wife Charity of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Solomon Sparks,Jr., who died in 1817, was a son of Solomon and Sarah Sparks who movedfrom Frederick County, Maryland, to North Carolina, settling nearSalisbury in Rowan County, in 1753. Solomon Sparks, Jr., lived his entirelife in Wilkes County, N.C., near the boundary between Wilkes and SurryCounties; he was a farmer by occupation. By his wife, Charity, he had sixsons: George, Solomon, William, Samuel, Jonathan, and Joseph.

George Sparks, believed to have been the oldest son, was born about 1788.He married Delila ---- about 1806. Prior to 1830, George and Delila, withtheir ten children, migrated from Wilkes County, N.C., to RandolphCounty, Indiana. An eleventh child, Mary Ellen Sparks, was born inIndiana. Later the family moved to Wells County, Indiana, where GeorgeSparks died in 1843. The children of George and Delila Sparks were:Dicey, Aaron, Elizabeth, Sarah, Faribee, Lydia, George W., Matilda, Abel,Delila, and Mary Ellen.

At the time the above mentioned article was published, we had very littleinformation regarding Mary Ellen Sparks, youngest daughter of George andDelila. Recently a granddaughter of Mary Ellen joined the
Association and has supplied us with information about her. We aregrateful to Florence Norris DeSelms (2732 Cambridge Court, Oklahoma City,Okla.), for this information and for loaning us the original of thephotograph appearing on page 1832.

Mary Ellen Sparks (whose nickname was Molly), daughter of George andDelila Sparks, was born on January 30, 1832, in Indiana. She was marriedto Elias Wilcoxson (or Wilcoxson) in Wells County, Indiana, on December6, 1851 (Marriage Book 2, p. 90). Elias Wilcoxson served in the Civil War(Company K, 75th Indiana Infantry) and later received a pension.According to his application, Elias Wilcoxson was born on May 6, 1830, inSurry County, N.C., although a family Bible record gives the year as1829. Like the Sparks family, his parents, Jesse and Sarah Elizabeth(Denny) Wilcoxson, moved from North Carolina to Randolph County, Ind.,then to Wells County. He died on February 4, 1913, at Pentwater,Michigan, in the home of his brother, James C. Wilcoxson. There is someconfusion regarding the date of death of Mary Ellen (Sparks) Wilcoxson.According to family records, she died on February 12, 1913, in WellsCounty, Ind., but according to the pension application of EliasWilcoxson, he married (as his second wife) Margaret Dewitt on March 1L,1889, in Wells County. A claim for reimbursement for care and medicalservice during Elias Wilcoxson's last illness states that both of hiswives were dead.

The family Bible that belonged to Charles A. Wilcoxson (son of Elias andMary Ellen (Sparks) Wilcoxson, is now owned by Mrs. Hazel Crabill,daughter of Charles A. Wilcoxson of Warsaw, Ind. In it is a list of thechildren of Elias and Marry Ellen (Sparks) Wilcoxson, as follows:

1. Solomon Wilcoxson, born December 31, 1852.
2. William Wilcoxson, born September 22, 1854, died December 17,1940.
3. Henry Wilcoxson, born February 3, 1857, died June 14, 1938.
4. Daniel Wilcoxson, born August 23, 1859, died July 14, 1933.
5. Johnnie Wilcoxson, born May 10, 1862, died in infancy.
6. Sarah Wilcoxson, born January 23, ----, died early.
7. Amos ("Jack") Wilcoxson, born September 16, 1867.
8. Alexander ("Alec") Wilcoxson, born January 30, 1869, died June13, 1908.
9. Charles A. Wilcoxson, born February 4, 1871, died December 23,1939.
10. Mary Ellen Wilcoxson, born April 2, 1872, died September 27,1906.

Mary Ellen Wilcoxson married Marion Warden Norris on May 22, 1893. Theywere the parents of Florence N. DeSelms who has furnished us with thisinformation.

[Note: Here is a photograph with the following paragraph as thecaption.]

The original of the above photograph is owned by Florence . DeSelms. Onthe back is printed "Markle, Ind. M.C. Walker, (photographer)." Mrs.DeSelms has identified the lady standing (in the center) as Mary Ellen(Sparks) Wilcoxson, daughter of George and Delila Sparks, who was born in1832. Judging from her probable age, it would seem that this photographwas taken sometime in the 1870's. We have not been able to identify thetwo older ladies sitting and holding their Bibles, but it seems quitepossible that they were two of Mary Ellen's older sisters. We hope thatsomeone will be able to identify them.

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SQ 3706.

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SQ 5290:

m. Mary Ellen ["Molly] Sparks, youngest child of George and DelilaSparks and the only one born after they had moved to Indiana, was born onJanuary 30, 1832. She died on January 12, 1913. She was married in WellsCounty, Indiana, on December 6, 1851, to Elias Wilcoxson, a son of Jesseand Sarah Elizabeth (Denny) Wilcoxson. He died at Pentwater, Michigan, onFebruary 4, 1913. Mary Ellen and Elias were divorced prior to 1889--hewas married (2d) to Margaret Dewitt on March 14, 1889, in Wells County.

Florence N. DeSelms, a granddaughter of the youngest child of Elias andMary Ellen Wilcoxson, provided us with a record of the children of Eliasand Mary Ellen contained in their family Bible owned by Mrs. HazelCrabill (died August 24, 1976), and this record was published onpp.1831-32 of the QUARTERLY for June 1976, Whole No. 94. Mrs. DeSelmsalso provided a photograph of Mary Ellen (Sparks) Wilcoxson believed tohave been taken in the 1870s. With her are two other women (seated) whomay have been her sisters. We publish this photograph again with the hopethat someone may recognize the two women sitting.
[There appears a photograph in scrapbook, beneath which is the followingcaption:]
Mary Ellen (Sparks) Wilcoxson (1832-1913) - Standing

(Might the the two women seated be her sisters?) (JS: See notes for hersister Lydia identifying lady on left as Lydia).

SQ p. 4656:

"Mary Ellen Sparks was born on October 26, 1867. She was married toRobert Emmet Brickey in 1884 in Lawrence County,[ Kentucky]. He had beenborn on July 21, 1860, and was a son of Daniel Morgan and Caroline(Brickey) Brickey. Mary Ellen died on July 21, 1930, and Robert died onSeptember 27, 1931. They had eleven children: Ernestine Brickey, CharlesF. Brickey, Walter E. Brickey, Mary Catherine Brickey, Franklin P.Brickey, Nancy C. Brickey, Emma D. Brickey, Sarah J. Brickey, John E.Brickey, Nelson P. Brickey, and Golda May Brickey."

Mary Ellen Sparks was born on November 11, 1908. She was married to AlvinB. Haines in 1931. He died in an auto accident on December 28, 1952. MaryEllen died in February 1964. She was a member of the Church of theNazarene. She and Alvin had at least three children: Mary Louise Haines,Daniel Haines, and Don Haines.

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SQ pg 2597: She married a man named Pierson; in 1940 she was livi ngin Colt, Arkansas.

SQ p. 5108:
"Mary Ethel Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Louisa Jane (Corns) Sparks,was born on January 9, 1858. After the death of her mother in 1860, sheapparently made her home with her paternal grandparents until hermarriage. She was married to W. K. Parker on August 24, 1881, in LewisCounty, Kentucky. He had been born about 1861 and was a son of W. M. andA. E. ( ----- ) Parker. Mary Ethel (Sparks) Parker died on September 27,1917, at Concord, Kentucky. We have no further information about thiscouple."

SQ pg 2633: She married --- Sherman and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

SQ 3202-03: "Mary Francis "Fannie" Sparks was born on October 27 ,1849, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She married Thomas Brown on May7, 1865, in Yadkin County after he returned from the Civil War where hehad served in the 1st Battalion of North Carolina Sharpshooters,Confederate States Army. He had been born on May 30, 1844, and was a sonof Joel and Elizabeth (Waggoner) Brown, thus he was a step-brother ofFannie.

"Thomas and Fannie Brown moved to Grayson County, Virginia, in 1867where they raised a crop. It was also there that their first child wasborn. The following year they moved to Grayson County, Texas, where theylived for a short time before moving on to Wise County. Their last movewas to Comanche County, Texas, in 1869 where they lived for the remainderof their lives.

"Thomas Brown died on December 12, 1912, and Fannie (Sparks) Browndied on January 1, 1934. They were buried in the DeLeon (Texas) Cemetary. They had twelve children, ten of whom reached maturity."

SQ p. 5617:

Mary H. Sparks, daughter of Bailey and Martha (Noland) Sparks, was bornabout 1811. She was
married to Michael F. Fields prior to 1830; they were living inCarroll County, Tennessee, when the
1830 census was taken, but by 1840 they were in Carroll County ,Mississippi; they then lived briefly
in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, but by 1850 they were in ChoctawCounty, Mississippi.

We are indebted to Mrs . Lemuel M. Rathbone of Austin , Texas , agreat-great-granddaughter of Michael F . and Mary H . (Sparks) Fields ,for information on this family; she has provided us with a llst of theirchildren :

a Bailey S. Fields, born about 1830.
b. Sarah A. Fields, born about 1832.
c. James A. Fields, born about 1834.
d. Martha E. Fields, born about 1836.
e. Mary Fields, born about 1838.
f. Sidney Fields, born about 1840. She was married to WilliamR. Griffin.
g. Susan Isabel Fields was born on October 11, 1843 or 1845;she was married to Andrew Jackson Caraway.
h. Malissa D. Fields was born on September 9, 1846. She wasmarried to John Wellington Cleveland.
i. Daniel R. B. Fields was born about 1849.

SQ p. 2600:

"Mary Hester ("folly") Sparks was born on August 24, 1832, in Ohio.She, like her brother, Joseph,
was reared in the household of her uncle, Joseph Sparks, after the deathof her father. When the 1850
census was taken of Fulton County, Illinois, she was 17 years of age anda school teacher. She was
then living in the household of Charles M. and Prudence Garring, ages 27and 20 years, respectively.
She is said to have married and moved to Iowa. We have no furtherinformation regarding her."

See SQ p 4858:
See the notes for her older brother Daniel Reuben Sparks as to thecause of her death.

!NOTES:
SQ 3548-3550 for article on this family. "Polly (Mary) apparentlydied between 1836 and 1840 leaving Abner with three children."

SQ 3856: "Mary Jane Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Edward s)Sparks, was born about 1823 in North Carolina. She was married toLorenzo D. Hinkle on March 24, 1846, in Pike County. He had been bornabout 1817 in Tazewell County, Virginia, and was a son of William andElizabeth (---) Hinkle. Mary Jane died in 1876 in Pike County . Lorenzodied in Martin County, KY, between 1886 and 1887. They had nine children:
a. Thomas J. Hinkle was born about 1848. He was married to JaneWilliamson in 1876 in Pike County.
b. George W. Hinkle was born about 1850.
c. William Hinkle was born on April 20, 1852. He was married toAlice Williamson in 1872.
d. Pharmer Polk Hinkle was born on August 31, 1854. He was marriedto Lucinda Dingus on January 1, 1885, in Martin County, KY. He died onJune 24, 1945, in Ashland, KY.
e. Joseph Hinkle was born in 1856.
f. Lorenzo Dow Hinkle, Jr. was born on October 20, 1857. He wasmarried to Judith Staton on January 15, 1889, in Martin County, KY.
g. Levina Hinkle was born about 1862.
h. Colbert Cecil Hinkle was born in May 1866. He was married toLeona Staton in 1893 in Pike County.
i. Mary J. Hinkle was born in 1871. She was married to JohnEntzminger on May 13, 1897, in Martin County, KY."

Note the following record of the 1860 Census for Wells County, IN.,reproduced in the QUARTERLY at page 4540:

166-163 [& p.797]

Last Name First name Age Sex Occupation Propertyvalues Born
Roberts Robert 49 (M) Farmer $5000 -$1000 KY
" Abigail 44 (F) NC
" James 31 (M) Farmer IN
" Martha 17 (F) IN
" John 11 (M) IN
" [p. 797] Nathan 8 (M) IN
" Robert D. 2 (M) IN
Sparks Mary Jane 19 (F) IN
Morgan Jacob S. 21 (M) Laborer IN
Jones Thomas J. 21 (M) Laborer OH

(Note: James, Martha, John, and Nathan Roberts, as well as Mary JaneSparks and Jacob S. Morgan, all shown as attending school within theyear.)

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

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SQ 3274: "Mary Jane Sparks, daughter of William and Cynthia (Hank ins)
Sparks was born on July 17, 1861, in Tazewell County, Virginia, and i twas
there that she married Henry Perry Linkous on September 14, 1876. H e was
born on February 22, 1858, and was a son of William P. and Mary B. (Cecil)
Linkous. Henry's brother, John Ezra Linkous married Mary Sparks ( ( ), a
daughter of Jonas J. Sparks (2207) brother of William Sparks (2206)) , acousin
of Mary Jane Sparks. Mary Jane died on January 15, 1925, and Henry d iedon
October 1, 1937. They had eleven children:
(1) James Raleigh Linkous b. July 25, 1879.
(2) Elizabeth Caroline Linkous b. July 25, 1879.
(3) Mary Sarilda Linkous b. ca. 1881.
(4) John William Lee Linkous b 1883.
(5) Cynthia C. Linkous b. July 1885.
(6) Joseph Alexander Linkous b. 1887.
(7) Jonas Brown Linkous b. Apr 1890.
(8) Thomas Ezra Linkous b. Nov 1892.
(9) Charles W. Linkous b. Apr 1895.
(10) Robert Henry Linkous b. Apr 1895. (twins)
(11) Milburn Luther Linkous b July 1898."

SQ p. 2571:

Mary Jane ("Jennie"), daughter of Levi Sparks, was born on February 7,1844. She died on July 17, 1897. She married James M. Phillips. Theyhad no children."

(See her photograph taken ca.1885 on page 2571)