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Clark Buchanan Sparkman (1888 - 1963)

Clark Buchanan Sparkman
Born in Dallas, Texas, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 14 Aug 1924 in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Died at age 74 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

2LT Clark Sparkman served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 3 Oct 1917
Unit(s): QMC
Service ended: 8 Sep 1919
This profile is part of the Sparkman Name Study.

Clark Buchanan Sparkman was born on December 13, 1888, in Dallas, Texas, United States, son of John Henry Sparkman (1854–1935) and Nancy Willis Robinson (1854–1948). [1] [2]

Clark served as a 2LT in the US Army in the Quartermaster Corps during World War I. [3]

After his discharge Clark lived in Chicago, Illinois. [4]

Clark (35) married Veronica Elizabeth Barrett (28) (born on May 1, 1896, in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States) on August 14, 1924, in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They initially lived in Chicago and then to Fayette County, Kentucky before 1930. [5] The family was in Oakland, California in 1935 and moved to Pennsylvania before 1940. [6] [7]

They had two children:

Joseph Clark Sparkman (1927-2004)
Mary Elizabeth (Sparkman) Murphy (1934-1988)

Clark died on August 17, 1963, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States, aged 74. [8] [9] He is buried in Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana. [10]

Sources

  1. ↑ United States Census, 1900
  2. ↑ United States Census, 1910
  3. ↑ United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 Entry for Clark Buchanan Sparkman, 8 Sep 1919
  4. ↑ United States Census, 1920
  5. ↑ United States Census, 1930
  6. ↑ United States Census, 1940
  7. ↑ United States Census, 1950
  8. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index Clark Sparkman, Aug 1963
  9. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Ancestry Record 2375 #2476760
  10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25903006

See also:

  • Source: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Profile




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