Berthina (Godard) Sparkman (1798 - 1895)

Born 1798 in Patrick, Virginia, United States

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Died 1895 at about age 97 in Van Buren, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Berthina (Thenie) Goddard Sparkman was a housewife and matriarch who lived to the approximate age of 102. Born in 1793 in Patrick County, Va., she was the daughter of Moses Goddard and Jane Cummings. Probably in the decade of the 1810s, her family migrated to White County, Tenn. Sometime before 1819 (based on her children's ages) she married George Sparkman, by whom she would become the mother of eight children. The George Sparkman family first appears in the 1830 census of White County, with Berthina presumably the one female aged 30-39. She appears in Van Buren County (which was formed from White County in 1833) in every census between 1850 and 1880. Her husband George died in 1875, and she did not remarry. In the 1880 Census, Berthina is living with her daughter, Lucinda's family. According to her tombstone in Sparkman Cemetery, a family cemetery in Van Buren County, Berthina died in 1895.

1850 U.S. Census. Van Buren Co., TN

1. George Sparkmon Male 56 Tennessee
2. Betheny Sparkmon Female 57 Virginia
3. George Sparkmon Male 19 Tennessee
4. Moses Sparkmon Male 17 Tennessee
5. John B Sparkmon Male 15 Tennessee
6. Solomon Sparkmon Male 13 Tennessee
7. Edmond Sparkmon Male 10 Tennessee
8. Thomas Sparkmon Male 7 Tennessee

1860 U.S. Census. Van Buren Co., TN

1. George Sparkman Male 63 Virginia
2. Theney Sparkman Female 60 Virginia
3. Moses Sparkman Male 26 Tennessee
4. John Sparkman Male 25 Tennessee
5. Edmon Sparkman Male 19 Tennessee
6. Thomas Sparkman Male 16 Tennessee

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19885176/berthina-sparkman
• https://familysearch.org
• 1830 U.S. Census. White Co., TN https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPT-2NS
• 1850 U.S. Census. Van Buren Co., TN https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC69-GYJ
• 1860 U.S. Census, Van Buren Co., TN. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TT-RMQ
• 1870 U.S. Census. Tennessee. G. Sparkman head of household 76. Wife, Thena 76.
• 1880 U.S. Census, Van Buren TN. Lucinda Plumlee 58, head of household, born in Tennessee. Son: John Plumlee 32 born in TN. Son: Finis E. Plumlee 16 born in TN. Daughter: Lucinda Plumlee 18 born in TN. Mother: Theney [Berthina] Sparkman 88 born in Virginia.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19885176/berthina-sparkman: accessed 22 August 2022), memorial page for Berthina Goddard Sparkman (1793–1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19885176, citing Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Jenifer Crone (contributor 47360533).