Sgt.
William
C.
Sparkman
Born about in Williamson Co., Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of James Green Sparkman
and Delanah M Sparkman Sparkman
Brother of
Joseph A. Sparkman, Mary Eliza (Sparkman) Sexton, Jesse Monroe Sparkman, William Green Sparkman, Elizabeth Jane (Sparkman) Crabb and Celia N. Sparkman
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 25
in Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Sep 2015
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Biography
Name: W. C. Sparkman State Served: Tennessee Unit: 32nd Infantry Regiment Company: C William C. Sparkman was born about 1838 in Williamson Co., TN, the son of James Green and Delany Sparkman. He enlisted for service at Camp Trusdale with his brother Joseph A. Sparkman on October 19, 1861 in Co. D 32 Reg't TN Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of Ft. Donelson, TN on Feb. 16, 1862 and was paroled on Sept. 12, 1862. The unit changed names in 1863 to Co., C. On July 30, 1863 he was sent to Polk Hospital, Rome, GA where he died on the Oct. 17, 1863 of Consumption. He was a 3d Sergeant. His brother Joseph A. Sparkman, who also was never married, died at Nashville, TN on Feb.20, 1862.
1850 U.S. Census Maury County, Tennessee
- James G Sparkman M 38 Tennessee
- Delany Sparkman F 40 Tennessee
- William C Sparkman M 12 Tennessee
- Joseph A Sparkman M 10 Tennessee
- Mary E M Sparkman F 6 Tennessee
- Jesse M Sparkman M 4 Tennessee
- William G Sparkman M 3 Tennessee
- Elizabeth J Sparkman F 1 Tennessee
Sources
- 1850 U.S. Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDR-CSY
- Findagrave.com http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sparkman&GSfn=William&GSmn=C&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=10152240&df=all&
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
James Skelton
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M133044 [compare]
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~1.56%
Linda (Keever) Rice :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lrice
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~1.56%
Douglas Keever :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Lyn (Wrenn) Heidel :
23andMe, GEDmatch WR4684583 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Marshall Sparkman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mary (Sparkman) Weirich :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kimberly Wrenn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SP7358441 [compare], Ancestry member kdwrenn
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