James C. Sparks (abt. 1810 - abt. 1870)

Born about 1810 in Lee, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 26 Aug 1870 at about age 60 in Wolfe, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Death

Date: 1810^[1]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Sparks Cemetery - Torrent, Wolfe County, Kentucky, USA^[1]

Marriage 26 Sep 1833. Perry, Kentucky, United States. ^{[2] [3]}

The SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, at page 4270, states: James Sparks, son of Ephriam and Charlotte Sparks, was born about 1810 in Virginia. He was married to a widow named Temperance (Lusher) Spencer, and they had eight children: John, Phoebe, Charlotte, Nancy, Ephriam, Cordelia, Temperance, and Eveline.

• Ephraim and Charlotte Sparks apparently died between 1850 and 1860. They were the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters, according to the census records and information given by descendants. We have been able to identify all of them except three daughters.

1. Mary Ann Sparks, daughter of Ephraim and Charlotte Sparks, was born about 1803 in Lee County, Virginia. She had seven children: Harvey, Solomon, John D., Tobias, Margaret, Phoebe, and Lucy.

2. A daughter whom we have been unable to identify was born about 1805. She may have been the Nancy Sparks, born 1800-10, listed on the 1830 census of Lee County, Virginia.

3. Phoebe Sparks, daughter of Ephraim and Charlotte Sparks, was born about 1807 in Virginia. She was married to John D. Spencer, and they had seven children: Nancy, Josiah, Charlotte, John, David, Issac, and George.

4. A daughter whom we have been unable to identify was born about 1809.

5. James Sparks, son of Ephraim and Charlotte Sparks, was born about 1810 in Virginia. He was married to a widow named Temperance (Lusher) Spencer, and they had eight children: John, Phoebe, Charlotte, Nancy, Ephraim, Cordelia, Temperance, and Eveline.

6. William T. Sparks, son of Ephraim and Charlotte Sparks, was born about 1813 in Virginia. He was married to Minerva Jane Johnson, and they had nine children: Benjamin, Abby Jane, Margaret, Charlotte, Mary, Ephraim, William, Sylvester, and John.

7. A daughter whom we have been unable to identify was born about 1816.

8. Ephraim Sparks, Jr., son of Ephraim and Charlotte Sparks, was born about 1818 in Virginia. His wife was named Sarah, and they had at least four children: Martha Ann, Nancy, Jeptha, and Armilda.

9. James Sparks was born in 1810. He married Temperance "Tempe" Lusher Spencer on September 26, 1833. They had eight children in 22 years. He died on August 26, 1870, in Wolfe, Kentucky, at the age of 60, and was buried in Torrent, Kentucky. Life Story

Research Notes

resided in Hamilton Co TN 1850

possible marriage to Susana _______

James was born about 1810. He passed away about 1870.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 July 2020), memorial page for James C Sparks (1810–26 Aug 1870), Find A Grave: Memorial #51377650, citing Sparks Cemetery, Torrent, Wolfe County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Sharon Risner (contributor 46830548) .
2. ↑ Source: #S110605158 Source number: 1540.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DSP Ancestry Record 7836 #1141568
3. ↑ Source: #S110918280 Birth year: 1810; Birth city: Lee Co; Birth state: VA Ancestry Record 4725 #5110264

See also:

• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65N-H28
• http://www.sparksfamilyassociation.net/archive/wn165b.html
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/8184328/person/6114179862/story Life Story
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lmassia/fam06772.htm
• Source: #S110605158 Source number: 1540.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DSP Ancestry Record 7836 #1141568
• Source: #S110871910 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky Ancestry Record 1222 #600356062
• Source: #S111234286 Ancestry Record 1213 #150077297
• Source: #S110297828 Year: 1860; Census Place: Owsley, Kentucky; Roll: M653_391; Page: 412; Family History Library Film: 803391 Ancestry Record 7667 #39797814
• Source: #S110285019 Ancestry Record 60541 #387638
• Source: #S110303706 Year: 1850; Census Place: Morgan, Kentucky; Roll: M432_214; Page: 151B; Image: 343 Ancestry Record 8054 #17399629
• Source: #S110918280 Birth year: 1810; Birth city: Lee Co; Birth state: VA Ancestry Record 4725 #5110264
• Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 111359896
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [1] :Tempa Sparks in household of James Sparks, Morgan county, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing family 877, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• By Tayla Bragg