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Question

i am having trouble trying to figure out if I have the right family or if Elizabeth married Sparks

Answer 1

Searching the source given in the profile comes up with the following:

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7846&h=3822&tid=&pid=&queryId=f5e8d2a05c6f5bf3b8cb8c6ba9ee8b93&usePUB=true&_phsrc=rDC132546&_phstart=successSource
 

Name:	Elizabeth Anderson
Gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	10 Apr 1832
Spouse:	Elijah B. Sparks
Spouse Gender:	Male
County:	Baltimore County

Try to look for other sources to back up that information. Like a newspaper article about the family.

Comments

i have looked but I don't know what newspaper

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Elijah and Elizabeth are buried next to each other in the Hereford Methodist Cemetery, Hereford, Maryland

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They are in the 1860 census, Baltimore as Brown Sparks, both born in Pennsylvania

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These old families kept names in the family through generations.

Josiah Sparks married Penelope Brown 1749 in Maryland. Record in Ancestry. They had a son Elijah, born 1754, died 1812, buried St James cemetery, Monkton, Baltimore County. His wife was Annie. She is buried with him. These are Elijah Brown Sparks's parents

There is a book BALTIMORE COUNTY FAMILIES 1659-1759, available to read online

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL528937W/Baltimore_County_families_1659-1759

You have to sign up for a library card to read. I have belonged to openlibrary for 10 years. Great site

Answer 2

I have added sources.  Hope this helps,

K.