!NOTES:
SQ 3O83: "Sarah Sparks, daughter of Abel and Sarah (Cochran) Spark s,was
born on September 13, 1817, while the family was still living in Tennessee.
She married William Dennis. She was still living in 188O when she was
itentified in her brother (Solomon's) estate papers as Sarah Dennis .When the
186O census was taken of Grant County, Illinois, William and Sarah (Sparks)
Dennis were shown as having four children: Robert Dennis; Stephen Dennis; Mary
J. Dennis and John J. Dennis."

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY, December 2001, Whole No. 196, p.5627:

"Sarah ["Sally"] Sparks, daughter of Isaac and Wilmoth (Noland) Sparks,was born about 1821. She was married on January 8Sparks, 1845, accordingto a Carroll County, Tennessee, marriage record, to Samuel Tyson. Theymoved to Henry County, Tennessee, where Samuel died on September 17,1846. As noted earlier, Sally and her son, Isaac S. Tyson, doubtlessnamed for Sarah's father, were living with her parents when both the 1850and 1860 censuses were taken. Isaac S. Tyson was apparently born onOctober 26, 1845; he died on July 16, 1878."

SQ 3869:

"Sarah Sparks was married to John Crain (or Crane) on April 19, 1851.He had been born on September 11, 1827, in Bedford County, Virginia, andwas a son of John and Mattie (White) Crain, natives of Virginia. JohnCrain served in the 14th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry during theCivil War. He died on February 23, 1913, on Hoods Fork in Boyd County,Kentucky . Sarah died there on July 30, 1916. They had nine children:

a. Trinvilla Crain was born on December 24, 1854. She was marriedtwice.
Her first marriage was to Gideon May about 1875. Her second marriage wasto
John Taylor Barber on April 2, 1882. He was a son of Reuben and FannieBarber.
Trinvilla was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for 71 years .She
died on April 2, 1939, and was buried near Summit, Kentucky. She and John
Barber had five children: Bertha, Addie, James, John Taylor Jr., andChris.

b. Christopher Crain was born in February 1857. He was never married.

c. James Crain was born in April 1859. He was married to Lizzie
Kirkpatrick on April 21, 1889, in Boyd County. She had been born inApril 1864
in Louisville, Kentucky. She and James had six children: Myrtle,William,
Samuel, John, Elizabeth, and James.

d. Thomas Crain was born in May 1861. He was married to MaryKirkpatrick
on October 4, 1890. She had been born about 1868. When the 1890 censuswas
taken of Boyd County, she and Thomas were shown with two children, Perlyand
Dewey.

e. Adeline Crain was born in July 1862. She was married to HenryPhillips
about 1884. He had been born in October 1862. He and Adeline had six
children: Sarah, Mary, George, Martha, Lonzo and Henry.

f. William Crain was born in July 1864. He was married to Elizabeth
Phillips about 1890. She had been born in August 1874. William died on
September 27, 1937. When the 1900 census was taken of Boyd County, he and
Elizabeth were shown with three children: Nellie, Thomas, and Della.

g. Margaret Ann Crain was born in January 1866. She was married toHenry
Fain on December 30, 1882, in Boyd County. He had been born in December1861.
When the 1900 census was taken of Boyd County, he and Margaret Ann wereshown
with four children: John, Elizabeth, Taylor and Sarah.

h. John Crain was born in 1870. He was never married.

i. Martha Crain was born in 1875. She was married to Thomas Barbouron
February 2, 1909, in Boyd County.

SQ pg 2615-6:

"Sarah Sparks, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (DeFord) Sparks, was bornon March 24, 1834, in Richland County, Ohio. She was married to David D.Pierce on February 10, 1853, in Fulton County, Illinois. He was born onJune 30, 1831, in Oneida County, New York, and was a son of Isaac andPedee Ann (Culver) Pierce. He had come west to Knox C ounty, Illinois,where he taught school in 1851. He and Sarah began housekeeping inKnoxville, Illinois, but moved to Bushnell, Illinois, a short timelater. There they lived for the rest of their lives . David Pierce,husband of Sarah (Sparks) Pierce, was a well-educated man for his times.He was a farmer, but also established a nursery which was unusual in thatday when mock oranges were used as fence rows. He was also a surveyorand laid out many roads in western Illinois. He was quite active in theMasonic Lodge and was Master of Pickett Lidge in Bushnell in 1875, 1876,and 1885. He was also a Knig ht Templar and 32nd Degree Mason.

"In the late 1870's, Sarah (Sparks) Pierce was taken to the RushMedical School Hospital in Chicago where she had breast surgeryperformed, an operation which was quite uncommon in those days. She wasper suaded to go there by her brothers, James Wilson Sparks and WilliamM. Sparks, both of whom had been graduated from the Rush Medical School.She was bedfast for a long time after the surgery.

"Sarah (Sparks) Pierce died on April 27, 1883, and David died a fewyears later, on January 24, 1889. They were buried in the BushnellCemetery. They were the parents of three children."

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!NOTES:
SQ 3190: "Sarah Sparks, daughter of Solomon and Malinda (Caudill)
Sparks, was born on May 21, 1843, in North Carolina. She was marrie d to
David Van Vacter, Jr., on July 12, 1860, in Mercer County, Missouri . He
was born on January 1, 1832, in Indiana and was a son of David and Ma r-
garet (-----) Van Vacter. He served in Company C, 35th Regiment Miss ouri
Infantry during the Civil War and received a pension for his service.
Sarah died on October 28, 1892, and David died on January 8, 1898. T hey
were buried in the Sparks Cemetery in Mercer County which is locate d on
a part of the original farm purchased about 1855 by Solomon Sparks . They
had nine children. (See page 3191 for a photograph of David and Sarah
(Sparks) Van Vacter with daughter Ida and son Warren.)

See SQ p. 333 for birth information. Her birthdate there is given as 25Feb. 1853.

See SQ p. 333 for birth information.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2663: Sara Sparks, daughter of William and Mattie (Caldwell )Sparks,
was born about 1876. She may be the Sarah Sparks who married J. L. McKay on
August 14, 1898, in Franklin County, Texas.

SQ p. 4558:

"Lafayette Brigance was born about 1830 in Carroll County Tennessee,and was a son of William C. and Sarah A. (Sparks) Brigance. His fun namewas Melvin Lafayette Brigance. His mother, Sarah A. (Sparks) Brigance,was a daughter of Matthew and Margaret Sparks and was born about 1792,probably in North Carolina. She had been married to William C. Briganceon March 18, 1813, in St. Clair County, Illinois. Matthew Sparks, fatherof Sarah, was a son of Matthew and Sarah (Thompson) Sparks. See page2644 of the September 1983 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 127, forinformation about the family of Matthew and Margaret Sparks. When theaccount of that family was published, we had not learned that Matthew andMargaret Sparks had a daughter named Sarah A. Sparks. See, also, page3719 of the March 1991 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 153, for a queryabout the Sparks-Brigance relationship."

SQ p. 1337:

"Sarah A. Sparks, daughter of Robert Thomas and Mary Ann (Wallingford)Sparks., was born about 1842 in Kentucky; she was still living in 1925(see the letter written by Ed Fee). She was married to Henry Gil-breth,who was born in 1835 and died in 1906. When the 1880 census was taken,her father, Robert Thomas Sparks., was living with them. Following (seethe notes of Henry Gilbreth) is the obituary of Henry Gilbreth publishedin a Dallas City, Illinois, newspaper at the time of his death inFebruary, 1906. From this it appears that he and his wife, Sarah., wereseparated at the time of his death."

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3902: They had at least one child, Goldie Young.

!NOTES:
SQ 2571: "Sarah Ann Sparks, daughter of Levi Sparks. She was marr iedto
Archibald Williams on December 9, 1858, in Daviess County (IN). Sh edied on
September 27, 1863. She and Archibald had two children, George Willi amsand
Ida Williams."

SQ p 3186: "Sarah Ann Sparks was born on January 28, 1849. She wasmarried to Louis Phipps on December 20, 1869, in Boone County, Iowa . Shedied on July 28, 1931."

On July 20, 2000, I received from Kristina J. (Gardner) Schooler(Tina) via email (krysna@@notthedog.com) several pages of data concerningthe descendants of Sarah Ann (Sparks) Phipps. According to Tina, Sarahmade handmade quilts. She is buried in the Linwood Cemetery, in Boone,Iowa. Tina is a 3 great-grand-daughter of Sarah and is descended asfollows: Sarah Ann (Sparks) Phipps, Rosetta (Phipps) Adix, Dora I. (Adix)Haglund, Dorothy Eleanor (Haglund) Hunter, Dorothy Ilene (Hunter)Gardiner, Kristina Joy (Gardiner) Schooler.

I am extremely grateful for the data that she provided.

SQ pg 2634:

"Sarah Ann ("Sally") Sparks, daughter of Allen and Nancy (Rogers)Sparks, was born about 1855. She was married to Harry F. Kingsberry onJune 26, 1881. In her father's obituary (1905), she was referred to as"Mrs. Sarah Miller." She died in 1933; we have no further informationon her."

"Her death was recorded on page 2765 of the June 1985 issue of theQUARTERLY, Whole No. 130."

DEATH TAKES SALLIE BELLE (SPARKS) MABERRY

It is with regret that we record the death of Sallie Belle (Sparks)Maberry who died on February 13, 1985, at her home in Amarillo, Texas.She was 91 years of age.

Mrs. Maberry was born in Oklahoma and was a daughter of Nathan Robert andMargery Ellen (Maxwell) Sparks. Her grandparents were Jesse Hancock andSusan (Cornel) Sparks; her great-grandparents were Nathan and Nancy(Hancock) Sparks; and her great-great-grandparents were Matthew and Sarah(Thompson) Sparks. See the June 1961 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No.34, for futher details about this branch of the Sparks family.

Mrs. Maberry was preceded in death by her husband, Buell George Maberry,whom she married in 1921. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Margery AnnGilmor, of Waterloo, Iowa; a son, James W. Maberry, of Pierre, SouthDakota; a sister, Ina Madden, of San Antonio, Texas; and a brother,Robert D. Sparks, of Alamogordo, Texas. She was a member of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Amarillo for 64 years.

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SQ p. 4639:

"Sarah ["Sallie"] Catherine Sparks was born on September 8, 1869, inLawrence County, and it was there that she was married to Chilton HarveyBishop on September 2, 1887. He had been born on July 16, 1866, inLawrence County and was a son of David R. and Elizabeth (Coburn) Bishop.Chilt and Sallie lived on Collier Creek until about 1906, when they movedto Washington County, Ohio. They stayed there about two years and thenmoved to Oklahoma where they finally settled near Weatherford. It wasthere that Sallie became ill with cancer. She died on October 1, 1931,at McKinney, Texas, where she had been taken for treatment. She wasburied in the Plainview Cemetery at Weatherford. She and Chilt had eightchildren: Maude May Bishop, Dee L. Bishop, Henry Price Bishop, Della EmmaBishop, Mary Bishop, Annie Lee Bishop, Tabitha Bishop, and Belva LenaBishop. (see also Vols. 28 & 29, Nos. 4 & 2, respectively, of the EastKentuckian for further details about this family.)

!NOTES:
SQ pg 2922 states: "Sarah E. Sparks, daughter of John and Rebecc a(Wareham)
Sparks, was born on September 24, 1842. She married William Davis . Shedied
on February 4, 1878."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3423: They had one child. Sarah lives (1989) in Summerfiel d,Florida. Their daughter, Clara Gee, married Michael McDowell, a n ativeof the state of Washington, and they live in Florida. Michae l retiredafter a career in the United States Army.

SQ pg 2783:

"Sarah ("Sally") Elizabeth Sparks, daughter of Thomas and
Milly (Smith) Sparks, was born on August 12, 1858. She was married to
George Leonard Robertson in June 1874. He was born on June 5, 1852 , in
Clarke County, Alabama. He died on August 4, 1923, at Lindsay, Oklahoma.
Sally died on June 6, 1937, at Martha, Oklahoma. They were the parents of
eight children: (See pgs 2784-5 for details on each)

(1) John Ballard Robertson;
(2) Mary ("Mollie") Ann Robertson;
(3) Missouri ("Sudie") Robertson;
(4) William Florence Robertson;
(5) James Tucker Robertson;
(6) Lillie Mae Robertson;
(7) Norma Lee Robertson;
(8) Gladys Robertson."

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!NOTES: SQ pg 3691: John and Sarah had ten children: Homer, Bertha ,Loman, Harley, Bertie, Rufus, Boyd, Orla, Pearl, and Fernann. Rufu sRobinson married Nadine Gibbs.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3413: They had three sons: Delmas Johnson, Jr., Clyde, an dLarry Johnson.

See SQ p. 1487:

A correspondent has also reported that in Ripley County, Indiana, thereis a record in the courthouse of a Sarah S. Sparks who was born inScotland County, Missouri, on March 31, 1856, and died on April 23, 1902.She was married to Alfred Harris on May 21, 1877 (he died April 25,1899), It seems probable that this Sarah L Sparks was a daughter ofJoseph and
Isabella (Ellis) Sparks; on page 1417 of the QUARTLY we listed a daughternamed Sarah Isabel
Sparks with date of birth unknown.

SQ pg 3193: Sarah J. Sparks was born about 1866. She was probablythe Sarah J. Sparks who married William F. Vannoy about 1890. He wasborn in 1862 and was a son of Daniel and Betty (Edwards) Vannoy. Sarahdied on October 11, 1911, leaving her husband with several youngchildren. A ccording to "Log Cabin Families of Stone Mountain, NorthCarolina", she and Bill had
nine children.

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!NOTES:
SQ p 3180: Sarah J. ["Sade"] Sparks was born on December 19, 1854.
She was married to Benjamin Hayer in Boone County on November 9, 1871.

SQ pg 2777:

"Sarah Jane Sparks, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Cooper) Sparks,was born about 1820. She apparently died prior to 1848 for she was notmentioned in the settlement of her mother's estate in
Nacogdoches County."

SPARKS QUARTERLY September 1984, No. 127, pg. 2665:

"Sarah Jane Sparks, daughter of John and Sarah (Brooks) Sparks, wasborn on January 4, 1830, in Georgia. She accompanied her widowed motherto Texas and was living with her when the 1850 census was taken of TitusCounty. She was married to James Denny, probably in 1851, in TitusCounty. He
was born about 1817 in Tennessee. He and Sarah Jane had five childrenbefore his death, which apparently occurred about 1865. After his death,Sarah Jane married (2d) John W. Hall on June 20, 1875, in FranklinCounty, Texas. They had no children.
a. James R. Denny was born on December 10, 1852. He died on May 1 4,1904.
b. John N. Denny was born about 1855.
c. William B. Denny was born about 1857. He married Lula Morri s on
December 23, 1880.
d. Lela S. Denny was born about 1860.
e. George W. Denny was born about 1863."

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!NOTES:
SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4276 states: Sara hJane Sparks, daughter of Jesse and Nancy Sparks, was born on Sept. 16,1839. She was married to Frederick M. Mauk, and they had ten children:Margaret , Andrew, Mary, Antha, John, Peter, Rebecca, Melvina, Sarah, andFrederick, Jr.

SQ p. 2681:

"Sarah Jane Sparks was born on October 6, 1858, in Indiana. She marriedSamuel Henry Welch. He was born on July 16, 1853. He served in Company K,335th Regiment Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. He died on July15, 1905, and Sarah Jane died on January 27, 1910. They were buried inthe Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Rice County, Kansas. They had eightchildren: Eugenia Welch, Ida B. Welch, Barton Welch, Lerenzo Dan Welch,Mary Etta Welch, Mattie Welch, Henry Edwin Welch, and Minnia May Welch.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1997, Whole No. 179, pp 4885-6:

"In the QUARTERLY of December 1990, Whole No. 152, page 3691, we gavebrief information regarding Sarah Jane Sparks, daughter of Hale and Sarah(Clayburn) Sparks. Hale Sparks's full name was Isaiah Hale Sparks (bornca. 1806), but he was called by his middle name, Hale. He was a son ofHardy Sparks (ca.1782-ca. 1855).

"We stated that Sarah Jane Sparks had been born about 1848 and that arelative had indicated that she had been married to Frank Casey, but wehad no further information. A great-great-granddaughter has now providedmore detailed information regarding Sarah Jane; she is Mary A. Graham of827 West 13th St., Ada, Oklahoma 74820. Mrs. Graham has also furnishedus with a print of the photograph of Sarah Jane and her husband appearingon page 4886.

"According to her death certificate at Oklahoma City, information forwhich had been provided by her son, George Washington Casey (1874-1941),Sarah Jane Sparks had been born on December 27, 1849, and she had died onDecember 2, 1930, at the age of 81 years, 11 months, and 2 days. (If herage had been calculated correctly, her year of birth was 1848 rather than1849.) Although her son had given her place of birth as Missouri for thedeath certificate, census records indicate it had been in Hickman County,Tennessee. (Relatives providing information for the preparation of deathcertificates often base that information on hasty memory and makemistakes.)

"Sarah Jane Sparks was married on January 23, 1868, to James FranklinCasey in Newton County, Arkansas. He was a son of Uriah C. and Mary JaneCasey, and was, by occupation, a blacksmith and cattle rancher. He diedon July 6, 1936, at Oakman in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was alsothere that Sarah Jane died in 1930.

"Mrs. Graham reports that James Franklin and Sarah Jane (Sparks) Caseywere the parents of the following children:

a. Nancy Casey was born in 1869 in Jasper, Newton County,Arkansas. She died about 1889 at Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming. Shewas married ca.1885 to Will Duncan.

b. George Washington Casey was born on October 5, 1874, at Paris,Lamar County, Texas, and died on April 14, 1941, in Pontotoc County,Oklahoma. He was married to Hattie ----- in 1899; she died on August 31,1900. He was married (second) to Willie Harden on February 25, 1903, and(third) to Maudie Kellogg on May 26, 1919.

c. Harmon Casey was born ca.1876 and died in 1888 at Buffalo,Johnson County, Wyoming, at age 13.

d. Alloma Margaret Casey was born on October 26, 1878, at WalnutFork, Arkansas. She died on August 27, 1964, at Dallas, Texas. She wasmarried (first)
to ----- Fuller; (second) to ----- Fretwell; and (third) to Walter Bandy.

e. Fannie Belle Casey was born on September 1, 1880, at Dardenell,Yell County, Arkansas. She died on October 17, 1970, in Pontotoc County,Oklahoma. She was married to George Andrew Smith.

f. Jimmy Casey was born ca.1882 and died ca.1888, at Buffalo,Johnson County, Wyoming.

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!NOTES:
SQ p 3184: Sarah Jane Sparks was born on November 12, 1877. She
married Wallace McCall and they lived in Kansas City, MO. She died
in 1946.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3906: They had five children: Robert, Ardella, Mary Jane ,Zona, and Thelma Roberts.

Marriage recorded in Carroll County, GA, Book K1, page 359.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3205: Sarah Kezirah Sparks, daughter of Daniel, Jr. and Margaret
(Fritts) Sparks, was born on March 24, 1900. She was named for her
maternal and paternal grandmothers. She was married to Oscar Swindell
on November 5, 1921. She died on September 20, 1984.

SPARKS QUARTERLY, pg 3405: Sarah Margaret Sparks, daughter of Nelsonand Peggy (Mauk) Sparks, was born on May 8, 1849, in Carter County. Shemarried George W. Bair, probably about 1875. He was born about 1851 inKentucky. When the 1880 census was taken of Elliott County, they wereliving on Mauk Ridge. Also living in their household was a 12-year-oldboy whom we have been unable to identify. Sarah and George Bair had nochildren but reared a niece of Sarah, Ida Sparks, daughter of Leander andSusan (Holbrook) Sparks.

SQ 3795: She was married to Henry Bray in 1803.

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See The Sparks Quarterly, June 2000, Whole No. 190, pp. 5359-63:

"Sarah Sparks,the third daughter of Matthew and Eunice Sparks, Wasborn about 1781. Our earliest record of her is the Surry County, NorthCarolina, marriage bond for her marriage to Henry Bray dated May 14,1803. We can assume that the marriage took place within a few days of theposting of the bond. We are fortunate that a member of our Associationwho descends from Henry and Sarah (Sparks) Bray has shared with us herextensive research on this couple. She is Carolee M. Schrader, P.O. Box132, Howard, Colorado, 31233.

Henry Bray who was married to Sarah Sparks was actually Henry Bray,Jr. although Jr. was not added to his name in the marriage bond. Hehad: been born in Orange County, North Carolina, on February 18,1782. It must be noted, how ever, that at the time of his birth, OrangeCounty included Alamance County, which was not cut off from Orangeuntil 1849. Henry Bray, Jr.'s parents were Henry Bray, Sr. who had beenborn on August 29, 1755, in Virginia, and Keziah (Jones) Bray who hadbeen born on March 18, 1761, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvana. The reason wehave these birth records is that Henry, Sr. and Keziah were Quakers(members of the Society of Freinds), an organization that has a longhistory of carefully recording and preserving marriages and births intheir Monthly Meetings. (The name Keziah is sometimes spelled "Kezia" inthese records.)

As the reader doubtless knows, Quakers do not use the names of themonths in their records because several are derived from the namesof pagan gods; they use numbers instead. Here we have converted thesenumbers to the names of the months in common usage.

Henry Bray, Sr. had been a member of the Cane Creek Monthly Meetingin Orange County, North Carolina, prior to his marriage, and on January3, 1778, he had been given permission by this Monthly Meeting to travelto New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina, to bemarried to Keziah Jones. Their marriage on February 2, 1778, took placethere, after which Keziah returned to Cane Creek with her husband whereshe became a member of that Monthly Meeting.

Research in Quaker genealogy has been greatly enhanced through theefforts of William Wade Hinshaw who set out in the 1930s to locate, thenabstract and publish, Quaker records wherever he
could find them. In 1936, he published Vol.1 of his Encyclopedia ofAmerican Quaker genealogy devoted to Monthly Meeting records he had foundin North Carolina. It is through this 1183- page volume that one is ableto trace the frequent moves made by Henry and Keziah in North Carolinauntil early in the 1800s. A certificate was issued to a Quaker when he orshe requested permission to move to the jurisdiction of a differentMonthly Meeting, and a record was then made of the receipt of thecertificate in the new Monthly Meeting, of which he or she then became amember.

Henry, Sr. and Keziah moved to Guilford County after a year or two,and it was there that their first two children were born, Jemima onNovember 30, 1778, and John on May 8, 1780. They were then members of theDeep River Monthly Meeting, but early in 1781 they returned to thejurisdiction of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, and it was there thattheir third child, Henry, Jr., was born. There were other moves (wewonder whether Henry Bray, Sr. was a land speculator), but on May 18,1799, the Bray family transferred to the Westfield Monthly Meeting inSurry County, North Carolina. They may actually have lived over the linein Virginia at that time, but on June 5, 1802, Henry, Sr. and Keziah,with children named Henry, Edward, Richard, Joseph, Obijah, Sarah, Mary,and Kezia, Jr.; became members of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting in thatpart of Surry County south of the Yadkin River hat is now Yadkin County.The members of this Monthly Meeting included settlers not only on DeepCreek, but also on Hunting Creek, Swan Creek, and Forbush Creek.

The earliest record of Henry Bray, Sr. purchasing land in SurryCounty is found in a deed dated February 2, 1802 (Book L, p.171). For 100pounds, he purchased a tract of 199 acres from William Wallace "on theRockey Branch, a draft of Hunting Creek;" Shortly thereafter, on February26, 1802, he bought, also from William Wallace for 40 pounds a tract of944 acres on Rockey Branch. (Book K, p.242) Then, on October 18, 1802,Henry Bray, Sr. purchased from Henry Speer 300 acres "on the waters ofDeep Creek and Hunting Creek." (Book I, p.522)

There is no record of Henry Bray, Jr. acquiring land in Surry County,but on February 26, 1802, he did sign his name as "Henry Bray, Junr." asa witness (with Charity Jacks who signed by mark) a deed from WilliamWallace to Careless Judkins for 100 acres on the Rockey Branch (Book I,p.513). It was also "Henry Bray, Junr." who appeared before the CountyCourt in November 1803 to swear that he had been a witness to the signingof this deed.

When the County Court met in November 1802, Henry Bray, Sr. was oneof 17 men listed who should be available to lay out "a road from theRockford Road near Meshack Gentry's Mill to the Salisbury Road."

There can be little doubt that it was with the Bray family's movingto the Hunting Creek area of what is now Yadkin County in 1802 that HenryBray, Jr. became acquainted with Sarah Sparks. He reached his 21stbirthday on February 18, 1803, and it was on May 14, 1803, that the SurryCounty Court issued him a license to marry Sarah Sparks. His marriagebond required for the license indicates that Stephen Mankins served ashis bondsman. Mankins was a land owner and near neighbor of the Brayfamily on Hunting Creek, and his name appeared beside that of Henry Bray,Sr. among the men appointed in November 1802 from among whom a dozenwould be chosen to lay out the road noted earlier. He was not a Quaker.In fact, no one named Sparks appeared on the Quaker records abstracted byHinshaw in North Carolina.

The Quakers were very strict in following their belief that marriagemust be with in the Quaker Society for both the groom and the bride. Itwas not unusual for the non-Quaker to request and, with religiousinstruction, be accepted into the Society in order to be married inaccordance with Quaker doctrine. It is apparent that Sarah Sparks wasunwilling to make such a commitment, and on March 3, 1804, some ninemonths after the marriage, Henry Bray, Jr. was "disowned for marrying outof unity" by the membership of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting. The lastSurry County official record we have of him is his signature as a witnessto a deed (Book K, p.286) dated October 13, 1803, from Henry Speer toRichard Messick for 200 acres "on the Waters of the north Fork of HuntingCreek." The other witness to this deed was Samuel Speer.

It is a Bray family tradition that Henry, Jr. and Sarah (Sparks) Braymoved to Kentucky after their marriage, perhaps to Madison County whereit is known that other members of the Bray family lived. In abiographical sketch of George W. MeCloud, husband of their daughter,Eunice Bray, appearing in a history of Hendricks County, Indiana, it wasstated that Eunice had been born in Kentucky. Eunice Bray was born about1814.

Henry Bray, Sr. and his wife, Keziah, the parents of Henry, Jr.,appear to have moved from Surry County to Ohio in 1805. According tothe minutes of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting of December 7, 1805, HenryBray, Sr. "and family of Hunting Creek [were] granted certificate toMiami Monthly Meeting in Ohio." Surry County deeds reveal that Henry, Sr.sold most of his land there in 1803.

By 1820, Henry, Jr. and Sarah (Sparks) Bray were living in OrangeCounty, Indiana. Carolee
Schrader has written:

Henry and Sarah Bray are listed in the 1820 census for OrangeCounty, Indiana. They
reside next door to Aaron and Mary Chamness. Mary was Henry'ssister. In addition,
Edward Bray, Abijah Bray, and John Bray (brothers of Henry,Jr.) are also located in
Orange County. Henry's parents, Henry, Sr. and Keziah Bray,both aged over 45 and
three female children yet at home, are also located in thearea. The 1820 census for
Orange County, Indiana, indicates that at that time Henry, Jr.and Sarah were the parents
of nine children--three males and six females. The 1830 censusof Hendricks County,
Indiana, indicates that another female child had been bornbefore Sarah's death. By
1830, two more brothers, Richard Bray and Joseph Bray, havejoined the Bray families
in Indiana. This expansion upon prior census findings indicatesthat those children of
Henry, Sr. and Keziah who did not remain active in the Societyof Friends did, however,
remain near the family during its west ward migration toIndiana. By 1840, the family had
spread out and settled in three neighboring counties, inHendricks, Hamilton, and
Morgan. Keziah Bray died in 1836 and Henry, Sr. in 1838. Bothare buried in White
Licks Friends Cemetery near the Hendricks/Morgan County line,south of Plainfield,
Indiana.

Ms. Schrader has reported also that Sarah (Sparks) Bray had diedprior to 1830 and that Henry Bray, Jr. had remarried in 1832. The 1840census records show that a daughter had been born by then to this secondmarriage.

There is an interesting Surry County, North Carolina, document datedDecember 13, 1833, pertaining to Henry Bray, Jr. recorded in Book U,p.468. It is both a bond and a sale record. From this document, we knowthat following Sarah's death and his remarriage, Henry had becomeconcerned about his and Sarah's children's inheritance from theirGrandfather Sparks. Sarah's mother, Eunice Sparks, was still living in1833 and, under the will of Matthew Sparks, his estate could not besettled and divided among his designated heirs until his widow's death.He may also have learned that Sarah's youngest brother, John Sparks, hadsold his share of his inheritance for $200 some years earlier.Accompanied by his eldest son, John A. Bray, then about 27 years old,Henry had gone from Indiana to Surry County seeking assurance thatSarah's children would not be forgotten when the time came to divide theestate. We may assume that, perhaps for the first time, Eunice hadopportunity to see her grandson, John A. Bray.

So it was that on December 13, 1833, Matthew Sparks, Jr. purchasedfor $200 from his former
brother-in-law acting as the representative of his and Sarah's children,these children's share of their mother's inheritance (one seventh part)of Matthew Sparks's estate. Shrewd man that Matthew Sparks, Jr. appearsto have been, being concerned that at a future date these heirs ofSarah's share might renounce their father's agreement, he required thatHenry and his son exeecute a bond for twice the amount of the sale. Thefull document was recorded as follows:

Know all men by these presents, that we, Henry Bray and John A.Bray, are held and
firmly bound unto Mathew Sparks [Jr.] his heirs and assigns inthe sum of four hundred
dollars, the payment will and truly to be made, we bindourselves, our heirs,
administrators & executors forever.

The condition of the above bond is such that whereas the saidMathew Sparks hath this day
purchased of the said Henry Bray, at two hundred dollars hisinterest as the representative of the
heirs, by right of his wife Sarah Bray, formerly Sarah Sparksin the estate, both real & personal of the late MathewSparks, and of Eunice Sparks, now if the said Mathew Sparks should get & peaceably enjoy the said estate, more or less, and not bemolested in the same forever, by the legal heirs of the saidSarah, then the above obligation to be void and non effect, Otherwise to remain in full force & virtue: given under our hands & Sealsthis the 13th day of Dec. 1833.

[signed] Henry Bray (seal)
[signed] John A. Bray (seal)

Atest:
[signed] J. Cowles
Surry County May term 1834

The execution of the within bond, was duly proven in openCourt, by the oath of J. Cowles & ordered to beregistered.

[signed] Test. F. K. Armstrong, Clk.

The children of Henry, Jr. and Sarah (Sparks) Bray have beenidentified by Carolee Schrader as
follows:

a. Nancy Bray was born about 1805. She was married on August18, 1825, in Hendricks County,
Indiana, to Amos Embry (or Embree). His name has also beencopied by some as "Eustice." Henry
Bray, Jr. was not only Nancy's father, he was also the justiceof the peace who performed the
marriage.

b. John A. Bray was born about 1806. He was married on December1, 1836, in Hendricks County,
Indiana, to Martha Fox.

C. Sarah Bray was born about 1808. She was married on January19, 1828, in Hendricks County,
Indiana, to Moorman Johnson.

d. Henry Bray was born about 1809. He was married on November16, 1837, to Hannah Haworth.

e [Third son born about 1811; name not discovered.]

f. [Third daughter born about 1813; name not discovered,although when the 1850 census was taken of Franklin Township,Hendricks County, Indiana, Elizabeth Bray, age 37, thus born about 1813, was living with George and Eunice (Bray) McCloud.]

g. Eunice Bray was born about 1814 in Kentucky; she died about1851 in Hendricks County,
Indiana. She was married on April 14, 1834, in Hendricks Countyto George McCloud; he had been
born on December 27, 1811 in Lee County, Virginia, and died onJune 8, 1892, in Amo, Indiana, a
son of John and Elizabeth (Page) McCloud.

h. [Fifth daughter born about 1817; name not discovered.]

i [Sixth daughter born about 1820; name not discovered.]

j. [Seventh daughter born about 1822 in Indiana; name notdiscovered.]

End of Article

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See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1985, Whole No. 130, pp 2759-60 for thefollowing:

QUERY: SARAH (SPARKS) ARNOLD (1799-1884)

"Mildred Maddus (Mrs. William D.) of 107 Redland, Palestine, Texas(75801), a new member
of the Association, is seeking information regarding hergreat-great-grandmother, SARAH
SPARKS, who was born on February 1, 1799, in North Carolina. Hernick-name was Sally.
She was married about 1819 to Moses Arnold, son of Zachariah andCharlotte (Tarver)
Arnold. Moses Arnold was born on May 24, 1800, in Oglethorpe County,Georgia, and died
on May 17, 1874, in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Sarah (Sparks) Arnold diedon July 30,
1884, in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Both were buried in the ArnoldCemetery #2 Huntland
Quad near Smithland, Tennessee. Moses owned land in the vicinity ofGeorges Store and
Sheltons Creek in Lincoln County where they are believed to have livedthroughout their
married life. They were the parents of the following children:

1. Acquilla ("Quilla") Arnold, born November 19, 1820; he marriedElmira
Langston.

2. James M. Arnold, born about 1822; he married Elizabeth Walker.

3. Mary ("Polly" or "Pop") Arnold, born about 1823; she marriedIsham J. Walker.

4. Zachariah J. ("Zack") Arnold, born about 1824; he married SarahCatherine
Hunt.

5. Malissa Arnold, born about 1826; she married (1st) Oliver DealTankersley,
divorced; and (2nd) Levi Michael.

6. William L. Arnold, born about 1828; he married Julia Boatright.

7. Sarah Ann Arnold, born about 1830; she married Wilson BrownTaylor.

8. John C. Arnold, born about 1831; he married Martha Jane Taylor.

9. David C. Arnold, born about 1833.

10. Thomas Porter Arnold, born July 20, 1835; he married (1st) MariaStanley;
(2nd) Mandana Stubblefield; and (3rd) Winnie Foster.

11. Charlotte J. Arnold, born about 1837; she married John W.Cashion.

12. Martha Arnold, born about 1839; she married (1st) Willis Whitewho was killed
in the Civil War; and (2nd) George W. Arnold.

(Editor's Note: Circumstantial evidence suggests that Sarah ("Sally")Sparks, born February
1, 1799, the subject of this query, may have been a daughter of David andMary (Little)
Sparks. David Sparks was a son of Jonas Sparks (died 1805) of RowanCounty, North
Carolina. [See the QUARTERLY of March 1964, Whole No. 45, for an articleentitled "Jonas
Sparks (died 1805) of Rowan County, North Carolina, and HisDescendants."]` David Sparks
married Mary Little, daughter of Captain Daniel Little and his wife Mary------. After the death
of Daniel Little in 1775, his widow, Mary, married as her second husbandJacob Eakle, who
then died and in 1786 she was married to her third husband, Jonas Sparks,father of David
by his first wife, Elizabeth ------. David Sparks thus married hisstep-mother's daughter.
David and Mary (Little) Sparks were the parents of twelve children. [Seepages 803-07 in the
QUARTERLY cited above for a record of these children.]

"It is known that among the twelve children of David and Mary (Little)Sparks there was a
daughter named Sarah who was called Sally. David Sparks, accompanied byhis wife and all
except the two oldest children, moved from Rowan County, North Carolina,to Tennessee
after selling his land in Rowan County in 1815. When the 1820 census wastaken, he was
living with his family in Lincoln County, Tennessee, the same countywhere Sally Sparks and
her husband, Moses Arnold, spent most, if not all,of their married life.(By 1830, David Sparks
was living in Madison County, Tennessee, and by 1840 he was in HardemanCounty, where
he was still living in 1850, aged 82 years.)

"Does any reader have information that would either prove or disprovethe editor's conclusion
that Sarah (Sparks) Arnold was a daughter of David and Mary (Little)Sparks?)"

.
!NOTES:
See SQ 392: Sarah (Sally) Sparks, daughter of Geroge and Delila Sparks,
was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, about 1813. She married J ames
Johnson in Randolph County, Indiana, on March 8, 1832. The ceremon y was
performed by Elijah Arnold, a justice of the peace of West River Township.
See SQ 3706.

.

!NOTES:
SQ pg 2457: Sarah (or Susan) Ann Sparks, daughter of William and R hoda
(Pennington) Sparks, was born about 1833 in Tennessee. She was livin gwith her
parents when the 1850 census was taken in White County, Tennessee, bu twhen the
1870 census was taken she was living in the household of her sister ,Margaret
(Sparks) Bumbalough. Apparently she never married.
See also THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4272.

See SQ p4854:
"Serilda ["Rilda"] Sparks, daughter of Wes and Nancy (Kozee) Sparks,was born about 1849. She was married to Caney Stephens on January 1,1870, in Elliott County. It was there that Rilda died on April 22, 1877,of consumption. She and Caney had one child, Sarah A. Stephens, born onNovember 4, 1874."

See SQ p. 332 for birth information. In this record, her name is givenas Levitha Sparks. The name Servilda J. Sparks was mentioned in thearticle in SQ at page 3951.

SQ 3272:

"Shadrach "Shade" Sparks, son of Jonas and Mary (Brown) Sparks, wasborn about 1828. He is known to have married and to have had at leastone son and one daughter; this is the extent of our information."

Shannon Nicole Sparks was born on May 16, 1994, in the El CaminoHospital, Mountain View, California.

The following information concerning Sherman Sparks was received by emailfrom Daryll Sparks dsparky@@insightbb.com on July 23, 2004. I have noother source for this data.

Sherman Sparks
June 7, 1888 - June 16, 1944
Sherman Sparks, son of John and Sarah Sparks was born in Elliot CountyKY. Sherman was a man of many talents and skills and was probably bestknown for his wood working skills. Most of the tools he used were basichand tools and he made everything from furniture to caskets, he evendabbled in making moonshine in his early days. Times were very hard andhe worked several jobs to support his family and in 1929 he ran for localsheriff and lost. He also worked on railroads, streetcars, farmed and forseveral years he worked in the coalmines. Working conditions in the mineswhere unsafe, hard and dangerous, his job was using dynamite to blast outcoal. This motivated him to get involved with leading the workers toorganize as a union; he traveled the local area speaking with fellowworkers. He was married twice, I don't know much about his first wife;they had two girls and I'm not sure how many years they were married. Hejoined the Coast Artillery in 1914 and served two years and some timeafterwards, he married his second wife Edith Waugh. They had a total ofseven children between the years of 1920 - 1937, three of which childrendied at birth or lived just a couple days. Sherman had two brothersEverett and Eddie and three sisters Lucy, Viola, Jane and he also hadseveral half brothers and a sister. According to Mearl Logan (Everett'sdaughter) Sherman and Everett were very close most of the time, "When youseen one you'd see the other". Everett worked at the General brickyard inCarter County for 43 years and was a pastor of a local Pentecostalchurch. In his later years, Sherman would sometimes substitute preach atlocal churches and taught Sunday School. Mearl talked about how Shermanloved to wear a blue suit and white shirt and would polish his shoesuntil you could see your refection in them. Mearl described Sherman as atall, well built man, around six foot tall and weighting 180lbs, withdark curly hair. She laughed and said, "He was a very pretty man; helooked like a movie star". Some time around 1943, Sherman was badly hurtin a mining accident that crushed his right leg; he spent most of a yearin the hospital. Once he got out of the hospital he started looking forwork. He went to Louisville, KY to interview for a job as a railroaddetective. While staying with his sister-in-law (Recie Waugh Braden) hebecame ill and decided to take a train home, however by the time he gotback to West Virginia he was dragging his leg. Edith called St. Josephs'Hospital in Buckhannon, W. Virginia. His son Marshall, had to shave himbecause his so weak and several days later he died at the hospital. Foryears we believed Sherman died from an infection in his leg causinggangrene. In my research I was lucky enough to locate a copy of his deathrecords and discovered he had actually died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Edith (Waugh) Sparks
July 15, 1900 - July 20, 1953
Her Parents
Hyghire (Paul) Waugh 6/7/1877 - 3/36/37, Ella (Patton) Waugh 8/19/1882 -12/15/1960.

Brothers: Her Sisters:
Floyd - 1907 Rcie -
Claudie - 1909 Birdie-1906
Earnest - 1913 Leora - 1915
Archie - 1918 Maudi (infant died)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, September 1987, Whole No. 139, p. 3123, for aphotograph of Sherwood E. Sparks and the following commentary:

"We are always pleased to learn of the success of a member of theSparks Family Association, but it is particularly gratifying when thatindividual is also an ardent supporter of our activities. Such a personis Sherwood E. Sparks, a charter member and our most enthusiasticsupporter for the past thirty-flve years.

"Sherwood E. Sparks was born on July 25, 1909, at Chatteroy, WestVirginia, a coal-mining village on the West Virginia-Kentucky border. Hewas reared by his grandparents, Colby and Martha (Chaffin) Sparks, atYatesville, Kentucky, but when he attained manhood, he returned to hisnative state where he began a successful career in mining. Starting asan apprentice coal miner, he rose rapidly to the positions of foreman andthen superintendent. In 1961 he formed his own company, the Royal SparksMining Company, located near Beckley, West Virginia. Several yearslater, after success in this highly competitive industry, he sold hiscompany to the A. T. Massey Coal Company, a giant among the coalcorporations of America.

"Mr. Sparks is a member of the Board of Trustees of Beckley Collegeand a Director Emeritus o