Henry Sparkman (abt. 1810 - 1884)

Born about 30 Jun 1810 in Bertie, Camden Co., NC or South Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe Elizabeth (Williamson) Sparkman — married 29 Oct 1846 in Alachua County, Florida

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1884 at about age 74 in La Crosse, Alachua County, Florida

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Biography

• He married (1) Celia Slade on Abt. 1824.
• He married (2) Nancy Calhoun Gilbert on 21 August 1842 in Decatur, Georgia.
• He married (3) Phoebe Elizabeth Williamson on 29 October 1846.

Sources

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flalach2/bibles/SparkmanWmS.html (Family Bible)
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/g/Raymond-C-Page-Lubbock/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0214.html
• 1850 Census of Alachua County Florida. Shows Henry Sparkman 45 years old working as a farmer, born in South Carolina -- not North Carolina. Wife Phebe 33 years old born in Florida. Children: Mary 5 years old, born in Florida. Hanna J. two years old, born in Florida.
• Annotations for the 1850 Alachua County Census shows Henry's & Phebe's marriage date and location.
• 1860 Federal Census for Alachua County, Florida shows Henry 66 years of age (should be 50 years old) born in Georgia. His wife, Phebe, 45 years old, born in Georgia. Children: Mary Ann 15 years old, born in Florida; Hanna J., 12 years old, born in Florida; James L., aged 9, born in Florida; Henry C., 5 years old, born in Florida. William Peter, 3 years old, born in Florida. Do not know why Henry & Phebe say that they were born in Georgia, when in 1850 Henry said he was born in South Carolina and Phebe said she was born in Florida.
• 1870 Federal Census for Alachua County, Florida shows Henry 60 years old, born in Georgia. His wife, Phoeby 52 years old, born in Georgia. Henry C., 15 years old, born in Georgia; Peter Sparkman 13 years old, born in Georgia; Sarah Sparkman 11 years old, born in Georgia.
• Findagrave.com (Shows Henry was born in 1810 in Bertie County, North Carolina. He died in 1884 in La Crosse, Alachua Co., Florida.) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sparkman&GSiman=1&GScnty=316&GRid=53145841&
• 1880 U.S. Census Alachua, Florida https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC1-WTW Shows Henry 80 born in SC, wife Elizabeth 72 born in Georgia, son William 23 born in Florida, daughter-in-Law Margaret 17 born in South Carolina, nephew Stephen Williamson 17 born in Florida.
• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/henry-sparkman_123601582