Mary Ann (Cooper) Sparkman (1850 - 1913)

Born 24 Jun 1850 in Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of James Temple Sparkman — married 27 Jan 1878 in White, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1913 at age 62 in White, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Mary (Cooper) Sparkman was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Mary Cooper was born on June 24, 1850 in Ireland.

Her parents were William Cooper and Margaret Moat.

She married James Sparkman on January 27, 1878 in White county, Tennessee, United States^[1]

Together they had 3 children:

1. James Sparkman
2. Albert Sparkman
3. John Sparkman
4. Charles Lowry Sparkman (1881–1968)
5. Lyla A. Sparkman (1889–1961)
6. Henry Woodfin Grady Sparkman (1892–1977)

In 1860, she is living in White county, Tennessee, United States with mother, Margaret, stepfather, John, siblings, William, John, Wiley, grandmother, Mary,^[2]

In 1860, she is living in White county, Tennessee, United States with mother, Margaret, stepfather, John, siblings, John, Wiley, William, William's wife, Mary, their children, Margaret, Lyla,^[3]

In 1870, she is living in Wilson county, Tennessee, United States with mother, Margaret, stepfather, John, brother, Wiley,^[4]

In 1900, she is living in White county, Tennessee, United States with husband, James, children, John, Charles, James, Albert, Lyla, Henry,^[5]

In 1910, she is living in White county, Tennessee, United States with husband, James, children, Albert, Henry,^[6]

She died on January 23, 1913 in White, Tennessee, United States^[7]

Note: James, first wife, Lydia, has death as August 17, 1887 in White county, on 2 different FAG Find A Grave: Memorial #28986080 in Greenwood cemetery, and Find A Grave: Memorial #30446138 in Witt cemetery, There is a marriage record that Mary Cooper married Temple in 1878, so there is some conflicts on records which not sure about Lydia being in the 1880 census or Mary ?

Sources

1. ↑ Citation "Tennessee, White County Records, 1809-1975," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQX-SKSB : 18 February 2021), Temple Sparkman and Mary Cooper, 27 Jan 1878; citing Marriage, White, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 005701174.
2. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TY-5H3 : 18 February 2021), Mary A Casper in entry for John Goldstine, 1860.
3. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD88-B45 : 29 May 2021), Mary Ann Golson in entry for John Golson, 1870.
4. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8X-ZTR : 29 May 2021), Mary Goldston in entry for John Goldston, 1870.
5. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZV-DQQ : 11 March 2022), Mary-Ann Sparkman in entry for Temple Sparkman, Sr., 1900.
6. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNV-8GK : accessed 1 August 2022), Mary Sparkman in household of Templeton Sparkman, Civil District 4, White, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 191, sheet 9B, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1526; FHL microfilm 1,375,539.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54318909/mary-ann-sparkman: accessed 01 August 2022), memorial page for Mary Ann Cooper Sparkman (24 Jun 1850–23 Jan 1913), Find A Grave: Memorial #54318974, citing Preston Heights Cemetery, Quebeck, White County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Roy D Sparkman (contributor 47626026).