Born in Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Armstead Kirk
and Mary Martha (Bolinger) Kirk
Wife of
Jonas Sparks
— married
25 Jan 1857 in Hancock, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James Madison Sparks
Died
at age 87
in Weathers, Madison, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Margaret was born to William Armstead Kirk and Mary Bollinger in 1826.[citation needed][1][2]
In 1857, Margaret married Jonas Sparks.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
- James Madison b. 1856 d. 1940[6][7][9]
- John Benson b. 1859 d. 1924[6][7]
- Charles Walter b. 1863 d. 1946[7][8][10]
- Jonas Albert b. 1868 d. 1938[7][8]
Margaret passed away in 1914.[1][11]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969", database w/images (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 17 Jul 2021) Arkansas Department of Vital Records. Death Certificates. Little Rock, AR, USA. Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1940; Roll: 5 Ancestry Record 61777 #8911 Margret Sparkes [Margret Kirk] Gender: Female Race: White Marital status: Widow Age: 87 Birth Date: 28 Aug 1827 Birth Place: Tennessee Death Date: 3 Jul 1914 Death Place: Goodwill, Madison, Arkansas, USA Father: Armested Kirk Mother: Bollinger Certificate Number: 839 Ancestry Sharing Image (free)
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Y-DJQ : 20 December 2020), Margaret Kirk in household of Mary * Kirk, Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK3-5RV : 19 February 2021), Jonas Sparks and Margarett Kirk, 25 Jan 1857; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 954,177.
- ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSJP-2W2M : 13 January 2020), Margarett Kirk in entry for Jonas Sparks, 1857.
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGQ-4QV : 19 February 2021), Jonas Sparks and Margarett Kirk, 25 Jan 1857; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,533,000.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4X-FCK : 18 February 2021), Margaret Sparks in entry for J Sparks, 1860.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D1-QGF : 29 May 2021), Margaret Sparks in entry for Jonas Sparks, 1870.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWX-7BZ : 19 February 2021), Margeret Sparks in household of Jonas Sparks, Boston, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 101, sheet 501A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,050.
- ↑ "Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969", database w/images (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 17 Jul 2021) Arkansas Department of Vital Records. Death Certificates. Little Rock, AR, USA. Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1940; Roll: 5 Ancestry Record 61777 #461621 Name: James Madison Sparks Gender: Male Race: White Marital status: Married Age: 84 Birth Date: 2 Oct 1856 Birth Place: Illinois Death Date: 27 Oct 1940 Death Place: Pettigrew, Madison, Arkansas, USA Father: Jonas Sparks Mother: Margaret (Kirk) Sparks Spouse: Eva (Park) Sparks Certificate Number: 612 Ancestry Sharing Image (free)
- ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3S7-VF1 : 20 February 2021), Margaret Kirk in entry for Charles W Sparks, 25 Jun 1946; citing certificate number 29507, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,377.
- ↑ "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRX-TYL : 27 November 2014), Margret Sparkes, 03 Jul 1914; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36L-TKK : accessed 20 September 2021), Margret Sparcks in household of Jessey Pendergraft, King River & Purdy Townships, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 15B, family 276, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,067.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 September 2021), memorial page for Margaret Kirk Sparks (28 Aug 1826–3 Jul 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #57862401, citing Bolinger Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Joy Russell (contributor 47079078).
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 September 2021, 15:32), entry for Margaret Elizabeth Kirk (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L85J-3DF ); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~6.25%
Naomi (Workman) Golding
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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Martin Bishop :
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~0.78%
Margaret Wright :
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Categories: Madison County, Arkansas | Grainger County, Tennessee | Tennessee, Needs Birth Record
5. Elizabeth (Betsy)4 Weaver (Daniel3, Thomas2, Samuel1) was born 6 Aug 1770, and died 1850 in Madison Co., Arkansas. She married Frederick Bolinger 1785 in Claiborne Co., Tennessee, son of William Bolinger and Mary (umn). He was born 1770, and died after 13 Oct 1843 in War Eagle Twp, Arkansas.
Children of Elizabeth Weaver and Frederick Bolinger are:
38 i. Samuel5 Bolinger, born 1790; died Bef. 1800.
+ 39 ii. Sarah (Sally) Bolinger, born Abt 1791 in Pendleton Co., South Carolina; died May 1880 in Franklin Co., Arkansas.
+ 40 iii. Isaac Bolinger, born Abt 1792 in Pendleton Co., South Carolina; died 14 Feb 1821 in Claiborne Co., Tennessee.
+ 41 iv. Martha (Mary) Bolinger, born 1794 in Pendleton Co., South Carolina; died 1870 in Hancock Co., Illinois.
+ 42 v. William Frederick Bolinger, born 19 May 1796 in Pendleton Co., South Carolina; died 9 Jun 1864 in Madison Co., Arkansas.
+ 43 vi. Elizabeth Bolinger, born 1798; died Bef. 14 Dec 1848.
+ 44 vii. Catherine Bolinger, born 1790; died 1845 in Jefferson Co., Iowa.
+ 45 viii. Isabelle (Isa) Bolinger, born 1800; died 1840.
+ 46 ix. Samuel Bolinger, born 1800 in Pendleton Co., South Carolina; died Abt 1845 in Madison Co., Arkansas.
+ 47 x. Jacob Bolinger, born 13 Dec 1803 in Claiborne Co., Tennessee; died 22 Sep 1887 in Speedwell, Claiborne Co., Tennessee.
48 xi. Millie Bolinger, born Abt 1804. She married Joseph Holiday.
49 xii. David Bolinger, born Abt 1805; died 27 Sep 1898 in Sheridan Lake, Colorado. He married (1) Annice J. Riggs. He married (2) Catherine Riggs.
50 xiii. John Bolinger, born Abt 1805.
51 xiv. Lucretia (Creasie) Bolinger, born Abt 1805. She married William Nathaniel Hooper.
52 xv. Rachael Bolinger, born 15 Jun 1806; died 5 Jul 1880 in Madison Co., Arkansas. She married John Carlock.
+ 53 xvi. Henry Hunter Bolinger, born 20 Jul 1808 in South Carolina?; died 30 Jun 1895 in Madison Co., Arkansas.
54 xvii. John Bolinger, born 1810.
+ 55 xviii. Joseph Bolinger, born 27 Aug 1813 in Tennessee; died 14 Jun 1872 in Madison Co., Arkansas.
56 xix. Jesse Bolinger, born 2 Jun 1816; died 3 Feb 1905 in Madison Co., Arkansas.
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41. Martha (Mary)5 Bolinger (Elizabeth (Betsy)4 Weaver, Daniel3, Thomas2, Samuel1) was born 1794 in Pendleton Co., South Carolina, and died 1870 in Hancock Co., Illinois. She married William Armstead Kirk Abt 1816 in Claiborne Co., Tennessee?, son of William Kirk and Elizabeth Cain. He was born 1785 in Montgomery Co., Virginia, and died Abt Nov 1831 in Morgan Co., Illinois.
Children of Martha Bolinger and William Kirk are:
182 i. Eli Ezakial6 Kirk, born Abt 1817 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1870. He married Juliana Cain 15 Apr 1838 in Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois.
183 ii. Thomas A. Kirk, born 1819 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died after 1880. He married Nancy (umn).
184 iii. John Riley Kirk, born 4 Feb 1819 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 5 Aug 1882 in Cherokee Co., Kansas. He married (1) Amanda Newton in Kansas. He married (2) Margaret Bonnett 25 Aug 1840; born in Iowa.
185 iv. Betsy Polly Kirk, born Abt 1821 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died Abt 1901 in Saline, Missouri. She married (1) Archibald Montgomery 25 Jul 1837 in Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois. She married (2) James M. Davis 1860 in Illinois.
186 v. Nancy Kirk, born Abt 1823 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 1854 in Illinois. She married Hezekiah Cain 23 Aug 1844 in Illinois.
187 vi. Armstead Barton Kirk, born 9 May 1824 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 13 Nov 1904 in Cherokee Co., Kansas. He married Sarah Lois Lane 21 Feb 1847 in Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois.
188 vii. Margaret Elizabeth Kirk, born Abt 1825 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 1914 in Madison Co., Arkansas. She married Jonas Sparks 25 Jan 1857 in Illinois.
189 viii. Marshall Kidwell Kirk, born 26 Feb 1828 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 11 Jun 1905 in Missouri. He married Elizabeth Davenport 29 Feb 1852 in Illinois.
190 ix. Marvel A. Kirk, born 9 Apr 1829 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 28 Nov 1854 in Union Co., Tennessee.
191 x. Orlena Amanda Kirk, born 14 Sep 1830 in Grainger Co., Tennessee; died 19 Jul 1909 in Illinois. She married Joseph Woods 14 Nov 1850 in Illinois.
192 xi. David B. Kirk, born 20 Mar 1832 in Hancock Co., Illinois; died 17 May 1866. He married Eliza Ann (Sparks) Wolden 2 Jun 1854 in Illinois.
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Genealogy report prepared by Robert Edwards
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May 1, 2001 © 2001 Robert Edwards
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