Almon Sparling Sr. (1810 - 1880)

Born 8 Jan 1810 in China, Genesee, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lavina (Norris) Sparling — married 16 Nov 1854 in Partland, Jay, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1880 at age 70 in Boaz, Richland, Wisconsin, United States of America

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Almon Sparling Sr. was a New Yorker.

Almon Sparling Sr. was a Wisconsinite.

Biography

Almon James Sparling Sr. BIRTH 1810 New York, USA DEATH 10 Jun 1880 (aged 69–70) Richland County, Wisconsin, USA BURIAL Brown Cemetery Boaz, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA MEMORIAL ID 112817024

Almon James Sparling, Sr was born in 1810 in New York. He married Sophrona Dennis about 1832. The family moved from New York to Ohio, and at some point, must have went back to New York briefly, before again moving to Ohio. The oldest two children were born in New York; the third one, in Ohio; the fourth one, in New York; and the next two in Ohio; and finally, the last one, in Indiana. By 1845, Almon and the Sparling family, had become one of the early families to settle in the Wabash area of Jay County, Indiana. Almon is mentioned in a book about the history of Jay County as having opened a cooper's shop at that time there. Almon and Sophrona Sparling had seven children: Mary Jane (1834-1910); Louisa (1836-1918); Hannah (1839-1912); Almon James, Jr. (1841-1909); Lyman (1843-1923); Ilona Sophrona (1847-1941); Henrietta (1850-). Almon's wife, Sophrona, died about 1852. Almon James Sparling, Sr. married Lavina Norris in 1854 in Indiana. By 1860, they and the other members of the family had moved to Dayton, Richland County, Wisconsin where Almon was a farmer and continued to work as a cooper. Almon and Lavina had eight children: Elizabeth (1856-); Ira (1858-1928); Emily Clarana (1860-1936); Sarah Matilda (1861-1932); Almira Jane (1863-1939); James M. (1863-1947); Melissa A, (1866-); and Joseph (1867-1946). Almon James Sparling, Sr. died June 10, 1880 at Dayton, Richland Center, Wisconsin. (Bio by Darlene Stiteler Hightower)

Spouses Lavina Norris Sparling 1832–1907 Sophrona Dennis Sparling 1813 – 1852

Children Mary Jane Sparling Grapes 1834–1910 Louisa Sparling Anthony 1836–1918 Hannah Sparling Collins 1839–1912 Almon James Sparling 1841–1909 Lyman Sparling 1843–1923 Ilona Sophrona Sparling Casstevens 1847–1941 Sarah Matilda Sparling Henry 1861–1932 Joseph A. Sparling 1868–1946

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112817024/almon-james-sparling: accessed 05 March 2023), memorial page for Almon James Sparling Sr. (1810–10 Jun 1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #112817024, citing Brown Cemetery, Boaz, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by AenneLa (contributor 48548982).
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZNH-5GD/almon-james-sparling-sr.-1810-1880
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6RR-H6N : 3 August 2022), Almon Sparling and Lavina Wible, 11 Nov 1854; citing Jay, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004714925.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MW9X-CBG : Fri Jun 30 05:30:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Almon Sparling and Levinia Sparling, 1860.