Colby
Sparks
Born in Carter, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Huston Stokes Sparks
and Lucy (Carnutt) Sparks
Brother of
Mary Elizabeth (Sparks) Walker
Husband of
Martha Chaffin
— married
16 Mar 1879 in Lawrence, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Georgia (Sparks) Edwards
Died
at age 93
in Yatesville, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Colby was born about 1858.
Sources
- "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7L-HX7 : 10 March 2018), Georgia Belle Edwards, 25 May 1943; citing Wayne, West Virginia, County Records, 6696, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,641.
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S7-SNL6?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-4FW%3A1300856501 : 17 May 2018), 005560894 > image 354 of 603; Madison County Courthouse, Richmond.
- Find-a-Grave. Memorial ID 192734318.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Colby by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Colby by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Chris Sparks
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R1b, FTDNA kit #N13343
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Chris Sanders :
23andMe, GEDmatch NM6346554 [compare]
-
~3.12%
Thomas Sanders :
23andMe
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~0.78%
James Marsh :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jwm2010
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B163111
-
~0.78%
Melissa (Erwin) Anderson :
MyHeritage DNA
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