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John Sparks (1816 - 1899)

John Sparks
Born in Lewis, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , [half], , , , and
Husband of — married 16 Dec 1843 in Lewis, Kentuckymap
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Died at age 83 in Concord, Lewis, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:
Date: 21 Feb 1816
Place: Lewis, Kentucky[1][2][3][4]

Death

Death:
Date: 14 Mar 1899
Place: Concord, Lewis, Kentucky[5][6][7]

Burial

Burial:
Place: Concord, Lewis, Kentucky[8] [9]

Occupation

Occupation: Plow & Wagon Maker, Blacksmith, Mechanic
Place: Lewis, Kentucky[10][11][12][13][14]

Residence

Residence:
Date: 1840
Place: Lewis, Kentucky[15]
Residence:
Date: 1850
Place: Lewis, Kentucky[16]
Residence:
Date: 1860
Place: Lewis, Kentucky[17]
Residence:
Date: 1870
Place: Concord, Lewis, Kentucky[18]
Residence:
Date: 1880
Place: Concord, Lewis, Kentucky[19]

Will

Will:
Date: 2 Mar 1899
Place: Lewis, Kentucky[20]

Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 20 Aug 2013
Time: 14:04

Prior to import, this record was last changed 14:04 20 Aug 2013.

Note

Note: #NI376

Marriage

Husband: John Sparks
Wife: Caroline Angelina Brown
Marriage:
Date: 16 Dec 1843
Place: Lewis, Kentucky[21][22][23][24]
Child: Elizabeth Sparks
Child: Joseph Sparks
Child: William Sparks
Child: George T. Sparks
Child: Susan Sparks
Child: Eliza Jane Sparks
Data Changed:
Date: 2 May 2013
Time: 10:12
Husband: Joseph Sparks
Wife: Anne Wilson
Marriage:
Date: 19 Jan 1798
Place: Bourbon, Kentucky[25][26][27][28][29][30]
Event: Bourbon County, Kentucky
Type: Marriage Bond
Date: 17 Jan 1798
Child: James Albert Sparks
Child: Harriet Sparks
Child: Katherine Sparks
Child: William Sparks
Child: Sidney Sparks
Child: John Sparks
Child: Joseph Sparks
Data Changed:
Date: 16 Mar 2013
Time: 13:13

Sources

  • Source: S10 Media: Database online Abbreviation: Kentucky Probate Records, 1792 - 1977 Title: Kentucky Probate Records, 1792 - 1977 Author: Lewis County Clerk, Vanceburg, Kentucky Publication: FamilySearch.org
  • Source: S206 Media: Personal Papers Abbreviation: Personal Papers, Sparks Family History Title: Sparks Family History Author: Julius Ramond Sparks Publication: Personal Papers
  • Source: S217 Media: Cemetery Abbreviation: Cemetery Headstones Title: Cemetery Headstones
  • Source: S237 Abbreviation: 1870 United States Federal Census Title: 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, Utah, Digital images Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
  • Source: S238 Abbreviation: 1880 United States Federal Census Title: 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, Utah, Digital images Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
  • Source: S243 Abbreviation: 1850 United States Federal Census Title: 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, Utah, Digital images Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
  • Source: S244 Abbreviation: 1860 United States Federal Census Title: 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, Utah, Digital images Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
  • Source: S245 Media: Periodical Abbreviation: Sparks Quarterly Title: The Sparks Quarterly Author: The Sparks Family Association Publication: Edwards Letter Shop, 711 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan Repository: #R11
  • Repository: R11 Name: Not Given Address: Not Given Name: Not Given
  • Source: S302 Abbreviation: 1840 United States Federal Census Title: 1840 U.S. census, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, Utah, Digital images Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
  • Source: S396 Abbreviation: Kentucky Marriages, 1785 - 1979 Title: Kentucky Marriages, 1785 - 1979 Author: FamilySearch Publication: Database online. FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/). Index entries derived from digital copies of originals housed in various repositories throughout Kentucky
  • Source: S563 Media: Internet Web Page Abbreviation: FindAGrave.
  • Source: S725 Media: Book Abbreviation: Lewis County Kentucky Marriages, 1806 - 1852 Title: Record of marriages in Lewis County, Kentucky for the period of years 1806 to 1851 inclusive Author: Annie Walker Burns Publication: Reprint of a marriage index compiled by Annie Walker Burns and published in 1932 CONT This book is a photocopy. pages are hand numbered and numbers might not show up. Pages might be out of order.

Notes

Note NI376The Sparks Quarterly, March 1999, Whole No. 185, pps 5106-15:
John Sparks, son of Joseph and Anne (Wilson) Sparks, was born on February 21, 1816, in Lewis County, Kentucky. It was there that he grew to manhood, learned the trade of blacksmith, and became a wagon maker. He was married to Caroline ----- about 1836. She had been born on December 27, 1818, in Kentucky.
John and Caroline Sparks went to housekeeping in 1848 in or near the village of Concord on the south bank of the Ohio River. He practiced his trade of blacksmith, but he gradually began to make wagons. He also made plows and was the designer of a plow known as the "Clipper." He became a member of the Concord Masonic Lodge in 1859 and was listed as a carriage and wagon maker in the Kentucky State Gazette And Business Directory that same year.
The Sparks Quarterly, December 1969, Whole No. 68, pps 1271 - 1274
Property Deeds of Lewis County, Kentucky, 1806 - 1855
Book M, Page 31 30 Aug 1851
Indenture between William P. Thompson & Charlotte his wife of 1st part and John Sparks.
Lot 48 in town of Concord for 0.
Book N, Page 154 29 Nov 1854
W. S. Owens and Eliza his wife of 1st part and John Sparks of 2nd part.
Lot in town of Concord for .00.
Book N, Page 171 4 Dec 1867 ( sic )
John Freeman of 1st part to John Sparks & wife Caroline of 2nd part.
East half of Lot 47 in town of Concord for .00.
Book N, Page 234 17 May 1855
John Sparks & Caroline his wife of 1st part to Lodwick Pollock of 2nd part.
North end of lot #50 in town of Concord.
Wills of Lewis County, Kentucky
Will Book H, Page 263 2 Mar 1899
Lewis county court March Term: March 20 1899
A writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John Sparks, Died late of this county was this day produced to court and duly by the oaths of R. W. Higgins & O. B. Cox the two subscribing witnesses thereto the said is now ordered to be filed and recorded as the true said Will and Testament of said Decedent.
A Copy Attest
O. P. Pollit Clerk
I John Sparks Sen of the County of Lewis & State of Kentucky do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills I may have made.
I give and devise to my daughter Eliza Jane Montgomery my dwelling house and lot situated in the village of Concord this County, excepting the grounds and wagon shop and lumber shed. I give said property lot and house to her during her life time and after the death of my daughter Eliza Jane Montgomery, then the said dwelling and lot as above described to go to my grand daughter Pearl Sparks and if the said Eliza Jane Montgomery my grand daughter Pearl Sparks, the said house and lot to go to my grand daughter Caroline Sparks and her heirs. The above property is not to be rented to or occupied only by my children or grand children as long as they live. And all the pictures and clothes press always to remain in the house after my death. I give and devise to my grandson John Sparks Jur my wagon shop tools and lumber shed and the ground on which they stand during his lifetime and after his death said property to revert to his legal heirs said ground being about 20 feet front and 60 feet back.
I give and devise to my son Joseph Sparks my writing desk, Masonic regalia and rifle gun and the same to descend to his children and not to be parted from by them during their life time.
I also give and devise to my daughter Eliza Jane Montgomery my Patent weaving loom. I further desire that the occupants of the dwelling shall keep same in good repair. I do hereby constitute and appoint R. W. Higgins executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of Febuary 1899.
John Sparks Sen
Signed & acknowledged by John Sparks Sen in our presence,
R. W. Higgins
O. B. Cox
  1. ↑ Source: #S206
  2. ↑ Source: #S245 Page: March 1999, Page 5107 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  3. ↑ Source: #S217 Page: Personal photograph of headstone for John Sparks 1816 - 1899. Concord Cemetery, Concord, Lewis Co., Kentucky Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  4. ↑ Source: #S563 Page: Cemetery record for John Sparks ( 1816 - 1899 ). Concord Cemetery, Concord, Lewis County, Kentucky, Find A Grave Memorial # 76394436 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  5. ↑ Source: #S10 Page: Last Will and Testament for William Sparks dated 2 March 1899. Will Book H, Page 263 - 254, Image 167 - 168 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Text: Record for John Sparks
  6. ↑ Source: #S206
  7. ↑ Source: #S217 Page: Personal photograph of headstone for John Sparks 1816 - 1899. Concord Cemetery, Concord, Lewis Co., Kentucky Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  8. ↑ Source: #S563 Page: Cemetery record for John Sparks ( 1816 - 1899 ). Concord Cemetery, Concord, Lewis County, Kentucky, Find A Grave Memorial # 76394436 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 September 2019), memorial page for John Sparks (21 Feb 1816–14 Mar 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #76394436, citing Concord Cemetery, Concord, Lewis County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Debbie J (contributor 46890655) .
  10. ↑ Source: #S206
  11. ↑ Source: #S245
  12. ↑ Source: #S243 Page: M432, roll 210, District No. 1, Lewis Co., Kentucky, p. 224, dwelling 208, family 208, John Sparks Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  13. ↑ Source: #S244 Page: M653, roll 381, Lewis Co., Kentucky, p. 76, dwelling 548, family 548, John Sparks Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  14. ↑ Source: #S237 Page: M593, roll 481, Concord, Lewis Co., Kentucky, p. 424, dwelling 6, family 6, John Sparks Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  15. ↑ Source: #S302 Page: M704, roll 117, Lewis Co., Kentucky, p. 62, John Sparks. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  16. ↑ Source: #S243 Page: M432, roll 210, District No. 1, Lewis Co., Kentucky, p. 224, dwelling 208, family 208, John Sparks Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  17. ↑ Source: #S244 Page: M653, roll 381, Lewis Co., Kentucky, p. 76, dwelling 548, family 548, John Sparks Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  18. ↑ Source: #S237 Page: M593, roll 481, Concord, Lewis Co., Kentucky, p. 424, dwelling 6, family 6, John Sparks Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  19. ↑ Source: #S238 Page: T9, roll 428, Concord, Lewis Co., Kentucky, enumeration district (ED) 56, p. 28, dwelling 257, family 257, John Sparks Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  20. ↑ Source: #S10 Page: Last Will and Testament for William Sparks dated 2 March 1899. Will Book H, Page 263 - 254, Image 167 - 168 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Text: Record for John Sparks
  21. ↑ Source: #S206
  22. ↑ Source: #S245
  23. ↑ Source: #S396 Page: Marriage index for John Sparks and Angelina Brown Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  24. ↑ Source: #S725 Page: Book B, Page 80. Record for John Sparks & Angelina Brown, married Dec 16, 1848 in Lewis County, Kentucky. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  25. ↑ Source: #S245 Page: December 1999, Pages 5261-5263 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  26. ↑ Source: #S206
  27. ↑ Source: #S246 Page: Record for Joseph Sparks and Anne Wilson Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  28. ↑ Source: #S247 Page: Page 70 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
  29. ↑ Source: #S209 Page: Marriage bond between Joseph Sparks & Amy Wilson dated Jan 19, 1798 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
  30. ↑ Source: #S687 Page: Marriage bond between Joseph Sparks & Ann Wilson Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bill Rankin for creating WikiTree profile Sparks-827 through the import of James Rankin to Me.ged on Sep 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bill and others.






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