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Index
UNION SOLDIERS NAMED SPARKS WHO APPLIED
OR WHOSE HEIRS APPLIED
FOR PENSIONS FOR SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR
| SPARKS | Thumbnail | Issue |
|---|---|---|
| AARON SPARKS | alias Aaron Wilson, born ca. 1838, died 1914; | 059 |
| ABEL TOMLIN SPARKS (1.2.5.1.8.1.1) | born ca. 1828 in Georgia, died January 20, 1896, in Clay County, Alabama; | 059 |
| ABEL B. SPARKS (45.6.5) ??? | born in East Sharon, Potter County, Pennsylvania, died in Van Buren County, Arkansas; born May 8, 1842, died July 28, 1929; | 059 |
| ABRAHAM J. SPARKS (1.2.5.2.5.6.6) | born December 3, 1830, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died January 1, 1881, at Del Norte, Colorado; | 059 |
| ADDISON R. SPARKS (17.2.7.3.7) | son of 17.2.7.3 Samuel and Mary (Aaron) Sparks, born ca. 1840 in Adair County. | 108 |
| ADDISON SPARKS (17.2.7.5.5) | born ca. 1831 in Kentucky; died May 13, 1864, while in the Union Army; | 059 |
| ALBERT T. SPARKS (M.1.1) | born in Iowa, December 20, 1847, died in Iowa March 31, 1871, son of M.1 David T. and Susan E. (Walker) Sparks. | 070 |
| ALBERT C. SPARKS | born in 1841 in Monterey, Massachusetts; he died in Lee, Massachusetts, on January 26, 1921; | 059 |
| ALBERTUS SPARKS (43.2.5.5.7.3) | son of 43.2.5.5.7 Amos and Desire (Sylvester) Sparks, born Cortland County, New York, November 10, 1839; lived in Oceana Co., Michigan; died in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 3, 1915. | 070 |
| ALEXANDER SPARKS (104.) | born ca. 1845, died November 4, 1903, in Washington County, Missouri | 071 |
| ALPHEUS SPARKS | born ca. 1837 in Oswego, New York; married in Swanton, Ohio, on March 4, 1871; died October 6, 1908. Served in Co. B, 81st New York Infantry Regiment. File designation: Inv. Certif. 605,114, | 075 |
| ALEXANDER R. SPARKS (19.1.1.2) | born April 16, 1839, died August 2, 1912; married Malancie J. Hammon in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1858 or 1860; served in Co. G, 122d Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. File Designation: Wid, 750,370. | 075 |
| ALFRED SPARKS (140.2) | son of 140. Sanford and Emily (Redman) Sparks, born ca. 1842 in Hamilton County, Indiana.He served in Company G, 69th Regiment Illinois Infantry from June 1862 until September 1862, and in Company C, 10th Regiment Illinois Cavalry from January 1864 until August 1865. | 182 |
| ALFRED SPARKS | born in Kentucky, July 1, 1834, died in Danforth, Illinois, June 7, 1916. | 072 |
| ALFRED L. SPARKS () | born January 14, 1843 in Salem, New Jersey, and died. June 17, 1908, in Camden, New Jersey; he was a son of David and Abigal Sparks. | 072 |
| ALLEN SPARKS () | born ca. 1840, probably in Kentucky; he died in service on June 30, 1864 in Tennessee; | 072 |
| ALLEN SPARKS (1.2.5.10.2.11.1.2) | born June 1, 1822, in Lewis County, Kentucky, died April 26, 1907, in Clayton County, Iowa, son of 1.2.5.10.2.11.1 James and Elizabeth (Gilman) Sparks; | 072 |
| AMAZIAH SPARKS (27.2.1.6) | son of 27.2.1 Zachariah and Elizabeth (Carter) Sparks, born in Hancock County, Indiana, April 13, 1832; died in Lewis County, Washington, September 6, 1918. He married (first) Elizabeth Ann Rolston in 1850 and (second) Sarah Ann Fowler in 1859. He enlisted in 1863 in Company C, 15th Regt. of Kansas Cavalry. File No. Inv. Certif. 941,262. | 075 |
| AMOS J. SPARKS | enrolled in Co. C, 7th Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry, on July 1, 1862; discharged 1865; he married Malissa Jane Slade on July 20, 1863, in Harrison County, Kentucky; he died December 24, 1870. File Designation: Widow application 460,002. | 075 |
| AMOS HIBIN SPARKS (26.1.5.1) | born ca. 1842, son of 26.1.5 Nathan B. and Harriet (Skaats) Sparks; born in Dearborn Co., Indiana. Enlisted in Co. H, 19th Regt. of Indiana Infantry Volunteers on July 8, 1861; discharged December 31, 1863; he reenlisted in a Veterans Corps and died on June 8, 1864, in Virginia. His mother received a pension. File designation: 134,701. | 075 |
| ANDREW J. SPARKS (1.2.5.1.2.4.6.4) | born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, ca. 1852; claimed to have served in Company C of Kirk's Regiment, in 1870, but the War Department could find no record of such service. File designation: 1,387,585. | 076 |
| ANDREW J. SPARKS (45.6.4) | born ca. 1837, died in service on April 2, 1865; a native of Potter County, Pennsylvania, son of 45.6 William B. and Rachel (Hines) Sparks; served as 1st Lieutenant, Co. C, 211th Regt. of Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was unmarried; his mother received a pension of the basis of his service. File Designation: 132,435. | 075 |
| ANDREW SPARKS (1.2.1.2.2.6.1.9) | a private in Company F, 77th Regiment (Infantry) of Illinois Volunteers, died a prisoner of war in Mississippi on March 6, 1863; he married Elizabeth Owen in Woodford County, Illinois, on February 17, 1859; sons: John W. Sparks and Daniel P. Sparks. His widow married (second) Joseph McKenzie. File Designation: Minor Certif. 247,826. | 075 |
| AQUILA V. SPARKS (92.) | born ca. 1834 Baltimore, Md.; died April 10, 1897; married Fannie B. Lyle December 13, 1877, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a resident of Ouachita County, Arkansas, when he applied for a pension in 1890. Served in Co. K, 31st Regiment of Missouri Volunteers and Co. D of the 32d Regiment of Missouri Infantry. Certificate no. 470,295. | 078 |
| ASA L SPARKS () | of Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts; a private in Co. D, 34th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, enrolled December 10, 1863, died in service June 5, 1864. Married Caroline E. Huntley August 15, 1854. File WC 39,304. | 078 |
| AUGUSTUS M. SPARKS (93.) | born October 3, 1839, in Massac County, IL, died December 16, 1930, in Madison County, IL; married Mary Ellen Smith August 8, 1867, in Staunton, IL. He served as a 2d lieutenant in Company I of the 122d Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War. File designation: 974,009. | 078 |
| BENJAMIN S. SPARKS (45.6.1) | born in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1832. | 151 |
| BENJAMIN CAGER SPARKS (20.1.1.10.7) | son of 20.1.1.10 Matthew and Lucy (Callaway) Sparks, born March 22, 1844, in Washington Co., Ind. He died on February 18, 1926, at Chariton, Iowa. He married (first) Emma Stanley; (second) Sadie Bradford on August 24, 1874; and (third) Maud E. (Peterson) Fuller on June 22, 1911. He served in Co. D, 14th Regt. Iowa Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 455,807; Wid. Cert. No. 1,614,020. | 104 |
| BENJAMIN F. SPARKS (26.2.5.4) | son of 26.2.5 Benjamin A. and Mary (Imhuff) Sparks, born October 24, 1844, at Shelbyville, Indiana. On May 2, 1868, he married Martha Adaline Cunningham in Montgomery County, Indiana. He served in Company B, 116th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 743,112; Wid. Cert. No. 830,899. | 173 |
| BENJAMIN A. SPARKS | born July 25, 1848, in Bedford County, Tennessee. He served in Company C, 4th Regiment U.S.C. Heavy Artillery. File Designation: Inv. Appl. No. 730,442. | 171 |
| BENJAMIN SPARKS () | son of James and Mary (Ellis) Sparks, born at Bloomington, Indiana, on December 27, 1838. He was married three times: (1) Mary M. Curtis in December 1867; (2) Minerva Edmondson on January 10, 1882; and (3) Emma A. Blackford on August 15, 1883. He served in Company K, 54th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 292,625. | 171 |
| BENJAMIN F. SPARKS (32.1.3.4.2) | son of 32.1.3.4 James and Elizabeth (Maddox) Sparks, born ca. 1840 in Missouri. He married Nancy Jane Jenkins on December 18, 1860, in Pike County, Missouri. He served in Company D, Pike County Missouri Home Guards. File Designations: Inv. Appl. No. 636,790;Wid. Appl. No. 634,222. | 165 |
| BENJAMIN WILLIAM SPARKS (9.1.2.5.2) | son of 9.1.2.5 William McCurdy and Penelope Terrell (Milner) Sparks, born ca. 1837 in Georgia. | 134 |
| CALVIN SPARKS () | born March 10, 1822, in Ulster County, New York, and died on November 10, 1862, in Sullivan County, New York. He married Helen Misner in Sullivan County on March 9, 1853. He enlisted in Company K, 56th Regiment New York Infantry. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 167,282. | 159 |
| CALVIN SPARKS (1.2.1.2.2.6.1.x) | son of 1.2.1.2.2.6.1 Hardy and Susannah (Brown) Sparks, born December 3, 1823, in Ashe County, North Carolina. On January 1, 1846, he married Mahala Carmichael in Monroe County, Indiana. He served in Company C, 97th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 74,594; Wid. Cert. No. 586,105. | 167 |
| CHARLES W. SPARKS (20.1.6.2.2) | son of 20.1.6.2 William Walton and Lucinda (Gibson) Sparks, born ca. 1814 and died on March 15, 1905. He married (first) Nancy J. Royse on October 5, 1865; (second) Sarah A. Davis on October 1, 1877; (third) Nancy J. Sullivan on November 11, 1880; and (fourth) Laura J. Mooneyham on November 14, 1882. His last (fifth) marriage was to Mrs. R. M. McCollum on February 3, 1899. He served in Co. L, 13th Regt. KY. Cavalry Volunteers. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 11311,159. Minor Cert. No. 613,510. | 089 |
| CLINTON SPARKS (161.) | born March 15, 1842, in Hardin County, Kentucky. He married Amelia Johnson on November 10, 1875. He served in Company A, 4th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 894,732. | 172 |
| CHARLES SPARKS () | alias CHARLES J. JOHNSON, born ca. 1840. He married Lavinia McQueen in 1868. He served in Company K, 14th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery. File Designations:Inv. Appl. No. 918,281; Wid. Appl. No. 781,011. | 172 |
| CHARLES SPARKS, alias JARED S. BENJAMIN | born ca. 1838 in Fayette County, Ohio. | 109 |
| CHARLES H. SPARKS () | son of Lewis Gilbert and Hester Ann Sparks, born ca. 1844, probably in Talbot County, Maryland. He died on August 24, 1864. He served in Company E, 19th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry. File designation: Mother's Cert. No. 388,711. | 177 |
| CHARLES JENNINGS SPARKS | born or about October 6, 1840, in New York. He died on April 17, 1873, in New York City. | 151 |
| CHARLES F. SPARKS (101.1.5) | son of 101.1 Isaac and Martha (Ballenger) Sparks, born in 1829 or 1830. He died on March 25, 1897. He married (first) Jane Bryant on January 26,1850, in Logan County, Ohio, and (second) to S. Ellen MNU at Newcastle, Indiana. He served in Company D, 136th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 740,735; Wid. Cert. No. 492,006. | 166 |
| CHARLES H. SPARKS (26.1.4.3) | son of 26.1.4 Amos and Nancy |
175 |
| CHARLES THOMAS SPARKS | born August 4, 1839; he died on June 8, 1910. He served in Company H, 7th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, and Company B, CST Tennessee Light Artillery. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 791,913. | 188 |
| CLINTON C. SPARKS | ||
| CORNELIUS WILLIAM SPARKS | son of Robert and Ellen (MNU) Sparks, born May 5, 1838, in New York City. He died on March 2, 1926. | 109 |
| CORNELIUS WILLIAM SPARKS | born May 5, 1838, in New York City. | 112 |
| DANIEL SPARKS (1.2.1.2.1.8.4.5) | son of 1.2.1.2.1.8.4 Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks, born January 13, 1829 in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and died on November 1, 1904. He married Elizabeth Sparks on June 15, 1852. He served in Company E, 40th Regiment Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 566,794, and Wid. Cert. No. 587,903. | 156 |
| DAVID SPARKS | born October 9, 1846, in Jefferson County, New York. | 151 |
| DAVID R. SPARKS (49.8) | son of 49. Baxter and Elizabeth (Gwin) Sparks, born October 15, 1823, near Lanesville, Indiana. He died on November 10, 1907, at Alton, Illinois. He served in Company I, 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteers during the Mexican War and in Company L, 3rd Regiment Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. File Designations: Certificate No. 10,027. | 180 |
| DAVID LANDFORD SPARKS (1.2.5.1.2.1.1.11) | son of 1.2.5.1.2.1.1 Garrett and Elizabeth (Boggs) Sparks, born ca. 1844 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. There, on May 14, 1865, he married Thursa Curnutte. He served in Company B, 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designation: Wid. Appl. No. 573,006. | 174 |
| DAVID SPARKS | born October 9, 1845, Hounsfield, Jefferson Co., New York (obituary gives birth as 1847), died June 8, 1917, buried in Greenwood United Cemetery. | 151 |
| DAVID E. SPARKS (1.2.4.10.6.2.2) | son of 1.2.4.10.6.2 Norval and Eliza (Johnston) Sparks, born July 27, 1828, in Dearborn County, Indiana. On October 29, 1863, he married Josephine Beckel. He served in the 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and in the U.S. Quartermaster Corps. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 791,318; Wid. Cert. No. 529,670. | 173 |
| DAVID H. P. SPARKS | son of Benjamin D. and Elizabeth (Pew) Sparks, born January 9, 1843, at Billingsport, New Jersey. He married (first) Annie R. Becker on May 24, 1868, at Woodbury, New Jersey, and (2nd) to Anna (Clark) Bean on April 12, 1899, at Camden, New Jersey. He served in Company E, 24th Regiment New Jersey Infantry, and as a seaman on the vessels: The Princeton, Huron, and The Mendota. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 25,303; Wid. Cert. N 827,059. | 155 |
| DAVID L. SPARKS (32.1.3.4.5) | son of 32.1.3.4 James and Elizabeth (Maddox) Sparks, born July 30, 1844, in Pike County, Missouri. He died on November 13, 1864. He served in Company C, 39th Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers. File Designation: Father's Cert. No. 248,074. | 094 |
| DAVID CARSON SPARKS (17.2.4.9.5) | son of 17.2.4.9 Absalom and Margaret (Allen) Sparks, born March 12, 1835, in Blount County, Ten nessee. He died on March 19, 1918. He married Araminta Angeline Wilson on March 24, 1870. He served in Company D, 5th Regiment Tennessee infantry. File Designation: mv. Cert. No. 373,149. | 163 |
| EDWARD H. SPARKS (50.x.8.3) | son of 50.x.8 Quartus and Mary (Hamilton) Sparks, born in San Francisco, California, on February 7, 1849. He married Bessie Jefferies on December 12, 1870, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He served in Capt. John Hunt's Cavalry Company, Utah Territory Militia. File Designation: Invalid Application No. 13,363. | 171 |
| EDWARD SPARKS | born February 19, 1830, in Edinburgh, Scotland. | 153 |
| EDWARD FRANKLIN SPARKS | (he was called Franklin), born in January 1843 in Tioga County, New York, and was a son of William and Sarah L. Sparks, natives of England. | 148 |
| EDGAR C. SPARKS | son of 113. James S. and Martha (Peterson) Sparks, born ca. 1841 in Ohio and died May 12, 1884, in Michigan. On November 19, 1865, he married Amanda J. Clingaman in Fulton County, Ohio. He served in Company K, 65th New York Volunteers and Company H-12, 2nd Battalion V.R.C. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 288,726; Wid. Cert. No. 641,595; Minor Cert. No. 342,145. | 166 |
| EDWIN SPARKS (1.2.5.5.3.3.1) | son of 1.2.5.5.3.3 Levi and Zulima Craig (Moore) Sparks, born October 26, 1829, in Adams County, Ohio | 148 |
| EDWIN C. SPARKS (72.1.2) | son of 72.1 Edward C. and Mary (Cole) Barney Sparks, born June 10, 1826, in Rhode Island. He died on May 9, 1911. He married Elizabeth MNU about 1858. He served in Company D,152nd Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 519,610. | 182 |
| EDWIN SPARKS | born ca. 1835, probably in Connecticut. He served in Company 1, 8th Regiment Connecticut Infantry and In the 132nd Company, 2nd Battalion, Veterans Reserve Corps, from September 21, 1861, to September 21, 1864. File Designation: Inv. Appl. No. 296,075. | 180 |
| ELI SPARKS (87.x.6) | according to census records, born somewhere in Ohio about 1817. He was married twice, first to Sarah MNU about 1836, probably in Ohio; he married (second) Emily Bracklin on September 8, 1841, in Wayne County, Indiana. He served in Company M, 4th Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry and died while in the service on April 18, 1865. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 58,105. | 163 |
| ELI B. SPARKS (45.5.2) | son of 45.5 John Burton and Susan (Garner) Sparks, born September 17, 1838. He served in Company F, 39th Regiment Illinois Infantry. | 175 |
| ELIJAH SPARKS | born November 18, 1842, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. | 110 |
| EPHRAIM EUGENE SPARKS | son of Robert D. and Armina Sparks, born August 6,1849, at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. | 112 |
| EPHRAIM WILSON SPARKS (1.2.5.10.2.1.2.4) | son of 1.2.5.10.2.1.2 Robert Thomas and Mary Ann (Wallingford) Sparks, born November 8, 1846, in Lewis County, Kentucky, and died on November 5, 1926, at Dallas, Texas. He married Elizabeth A. Scott on August 25, 1878, in Brady, Texas. He served in Company G, 58th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: mv. Cert. No. 1,065,659; Wid. Cert. No. 1,568,858. | 159 |
| EPHRAIM ELLIS SPARKS (1.2.5.10.2.1.4.1) | son of 1.2.5.10.2.1.4 Joseph and Isabella (Ellis) Sparks, born in Lewis County, Kentucky, on May 6, 1835. He married Rebecca Frances Smith on February 16, 1860, in Lee County, Iowa. He served in Company 1, 39th Regiment Missouri Infantry. He died on January 4, 1901. File Designations: mv. Cert. No. 938,760; Wid. Cert. No. 655,117. | 178 |
| EPHRAIM E. SPARKS | son of Caleb and Rebecca (Wilson) Sparks, born ca. 1815, probably in Highland County, Ohio. On August 6, 1837, he married Sarah Ann Reilley in Lewis County, Kentucky. He served in Company A, 146th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 387,466. | 184 |
| ERASTUS FELTON SPARKS (87.x.2.2) | son of 87.x.2 William and Sidney (Cunningham) Sparks, born November 21, 1837, in Muskingum County, Ohio; he died on September 8, 1923, in Clermont County, Ohio. He married (first) Sarah J.Dodd in 1858 in Licking County, Ohio, and (second) to Irene S. Vesey in 1883 in Franklin County, Ohio.He served in Company E, 135th Regiment Ohio National Guards and Company C, 1st Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Engineers. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 468,484; Wid. Cert. No. 948,678. | 175 |
| FRANCIS M. SPARKS (54.7.2) | son of 54.7 John T. and Mary (Godwyn) Sparks, born in 1847 in Butts County, Georgia. He served in Company A, 1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry. File Designation: mv. Appl. Co. 1,400,961. | 155 |
| FRANCIS MARION SPARKS (32.1.1.3.1) | son of 32.1.1.3 Warden Pope Sparks and his first wife, name not discovered, born in Jackson County, Indiana. He married (first) Elizabeth Holcomb about 1852 and (second) to Easter E. Troutman on October 28, 1859. He served in Companies B & K, 3rd Regiment Missouri Cavalry. File resignations: Inv. Cert. No. 589,854; Wid. Cert. No. 706,152. | 167 |
| GEORGE B. SPARKS (87.x.2.6) | probable son of 87.x.2 William and Sidney (Cunningham) Sparks, born between 1837 and 1843; he died on October 19,1903, at Sparta, Ohio. He married Rebecca Hoagland on December 12, 1877, in Stark County, Ohio. Heserved in Company B, 24th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 800,576; Wid. Appl. No. 795,728. | 175 |
| GEORGE F. SPARKS | son of Daniel and Mildred (Admire) Sparks born ca. 1841 in Putnam County, Missouri. | 113 |
| GEORGE G. SPARKS | son of Thomas and Rebecca Sparks, born ca. 1836 in Chippenham, England. He married Ann Keyes on March 13, 1869, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. He served in Company H, 48th Regiment New York Infantry and in Company I, 9th Regiment, 1st Battalion, V.R.C. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 32,267; Wid. Cert. No. 363,723. | 177 |
| GEORGE H. SPARKS | born at Suffield, Connecticut, in May 1844. On January 11, 1884, he married Mary O. Meacham, at West field, Massachusetts. He died on February 2, 1904. He served in Company K, 10th Regiment Massachusetts In fantry. File Designations: Inv. Appl. No. 1,304,321; V/id. Appl. No. 1,110,531. | 178 |
| GEORGE MITCHELL SPARKS () | son of Eli and Mary (Krider) Sparks, born February 13, 1834, in Coshocton County, Ohio. | 153 |
| GEORGE T. SPARKS (or PARKS) | born July 19, 1839, at Windsor, Maine. He married Bridget McNamara on June 9, 1874, at Jackson, Michigan. He served in Battery B, 1st Maine Light Artillery. File Designation:mv. Cert. No. 645,044. | 182 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SPARKS | son of 1.2.5.1.2.1.1 Wiley and Cynthia (Holbrook) Sparks, born September 3, 1845, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He married Linnie Grizzell on April 2, 1873, in Carter County, Kentucky. He served in Company A, 68th Regiment Enlisted Militia. File Designation: Inv. Appi. No. 1,201,847. | 174 |
| GEORGE W. SPARKS | probably a son of Joseph and Martha (Edwards) Sparks, born ca. 1835 in Floyd County, Kentucky. He was probably the George Sparks who married Alafair Chaffin in 1858; his 2nd wife was Rebecca C. Burchett to whom he was married in 1867 in Carter County, Kentucky. He served in Company F, 5th Regiment Virginia Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Appl. No. 236,476; Wid. Cert. No. 162,907. | 156 |
| GEORGE W. SPARKS | son of David and Catherine (Berry) Sparks, born ca. 1842, probably in Clark County, Ohio. He married Alice Buzzell on September 9, 1886, in Lucas County, Ohio. He died on December 17, 1910, in Erie County, Ohio. He served in Companies I and K of the 45th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designations: Inv.Cert. No. 68,542; Wid.Cert. No. 715,734. | 192 |
| GEORGE W. SPARKS (32.1.1.1.7.1) | son of 32.1.1.1.7 William Henry Harrison Sparks and Eliza (Hosea) Sparks, born April 17, 1841, in Jackson County, Ind. He died on July 29, 1920. He married (first) Nancy A. Shortridge on May 1, 1862, and (second) Elizabeth Simmons on February 16, 1871. He served Co. G, 25th Regt. Indiana Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 484,538. | 099 |
| GEORGE W. SPARKS (44.3.3.3) | son of 44.3.3 Isaac and Lucinda (Thomas) Sparks, born January 18, 1846, in Buchanan County, Missouri. He married Sarah Woods on June 6, 1867, and, after her death in 1873, he married (second) Mary C. Wilson on January 2, 1879. He served in Company G, 43rd Regiment Missouri Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 66,748; Wid. Cert. No. 367,253. | 165 |
| GEORGE W. SPARKS (113.7) | son of 113. James S. and Martha (Peterson) Sparks, was born March 21, 1843, in Seneca County, Ohio. He married Esther Showalter on March 2, 1875, in DeKalb County, Indiana. He served in Company H, 101st Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 78,833. | 123 |
| GODFREY JAMES SPARKS | born ca. 1828 in Ireland; he died on April 11, 1886 in New York City. | 192 |
| GRANVILLE MOODY SPARKS | son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Hughes) Sparks, born October 26, 1845, in Indiana. He married Harriet F. Morgan on November 8, 1871, in Holmes County, Ohio. He served in Company B, 60th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 246,487 and Wid. Cert. No. 909,898. | 180 |
| GREEN SPARKS | born May 23, 1830, in Illinois, a son of Thomas B. and Penelope Sparks. | 151 |
| GREENUP SPARKS (20.1.1.4.9) | son of 20.1.1.4 Jeremiah and Rachel (Janes) Sparks, born ca. 1845 and he died on September 1, 1898. He married Mary Ann England on December 14, 1865, in Adair Co., KY. He served in Co. A and Co. B of the 1st Regt. KY. Light Art. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 511,725 and Widow Cert. No. 478,915. | 089 |
| HARDY SPARKS | born or about January 1, 1821, in Christian County, Kentucky. | 151 |
| HENLEY A. SPARKS | born January 5, 1835, in Georgia. He married twice; his second marriage was to Laura A. Mangum on March 20, 1875, at Perry in McLennan County, Texas. He served in Company K, 2nd Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No., 344,456; Wid. Cert, No. 587,861. | 184 |
| HENRY SPARKS | son of 1.2.1.2.1.8.4 Thomas and Catherine (Jayne) Sparks, born in March 1839 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Rouse on September 26, 1861, in Boyd County, Kentucky. He served in Company A, 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 237,155. Wid. Cert. No. 606,330. | 156 |
| HENRY SPARKS (101.1.3) | son of 101.1 Isaac and Martha (Ballenger) Sparks, born December 23, 1825, in Ohio. He married Harriet Clingerman on October 16, 1845, in Logan County, Ohio. He died December 4, 1896. He served in Company C, 66th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 495,132; Wid. Cert. No. 447,067. | 161 |
| HENRY L. SPARKS | son of Benjamin A. and Mary (Imhuff) Sparks, born January 8, 1842. He died on September 11, 1910. He married (first) Jennie Wade, and (second) to Mary McGee. He served in Company D, 72nd Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 398,129. Wid. Cert. No. 7,911,971. | 180 |
| ISAAC W. SPARKS | son of Henry and Sarah Ann (McCreary) Sparks, born February 4, 1847, at Mineral City, Ohio. | 153 |
| ISAAC SPARKS | born ca. 1839 in Kent County, Delaware. He was probably a son of Bennett and Sarah Sparks. He died on March 16, 1893. He married Mary L. Burris (or Burrows) on February 22, 1866. He served in Company D, 1st Regiment Delaware Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 822,673; Wid. Cert. No. 374,310. | 177 |
| ISAAC J. SPARKS (101.1.8) | son of 101.1 Isaac and Martha (Ballenger) Sparks, born September 29, 1837, in Logan County, Ohio. He was married (first) to Mary Brake on December 31, 1857, and (second) to Louisa L. (Brown) Brake on November 9, 1885. He died on March 4, 1918. He served in Company D, 134th Regi ment Ohio Infantry. File Designation: mv. Cert. No. 305,819. | 161 |
| JACOB SPARKS | son of Uriah Sparks, born October 15, 1837, in Jackson County, Indiana. On September 24, 1859, he married Matilda Fitzsimmons in Edgar County, Illinois. He served in Company I, llth Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 813,065; Wid. Cert. No. 695,197. | 167 |
| JAMES SPARKS (17.2.7.5.9) | son of 17.2.7.5 Truelove and Nancy (Hall) Sparks., born ca. 1843 in Sangamon County, Illinois. | 108 |
| JAMES A. SPARKS | born ca. 1838. He died on July 16, 1893, in Claiborne County, Tennessee. He was married (first) to Mary MNU; and (second) to Elizabeth Gibson on June 26, 1862, in Knox County, Kentucky. He served in Company K, 49th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 493,358; Wid. Cert. No. 412,219; and Minor Cert. No. 444,448. | 184 |
| JAMES B. SPARKS () | son of FNU and Rebecca Sparks, born, according to his statement of 1907, in September 1830, at Newark, Ohio. He married (first) Elizabeth Saultus and (second) to Mrs. Mahala (Grigsby) Roberts. He served in Company E, 135th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 894,193; Wid. Cert. No. 714,905. | 177 |
| JAMES C. SPARKS | son of Richard A. and Julia Ann (Cummins) Sparks, born May 19, 1840. He died on March 15, 1862. He served in Company G, 50th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designation: Father's Cert. No. 351,609. | 120 |
| JAMES THOMAS SPARKS | born September 1, 1844, in Gilmer County, Georgia. He died on June 7, 1916. He was a son of James and Dortha Ann (Blackwell) Sparks. He married Nancy W. Weatherly on February 7, 1865. He served in Company D, 10th Regt. Tennessee Cavalry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 570,848; Wid. Cert. No. 814,617 | 120 |
| JAMES SPARKS | son of William and Nancy (Crawford) Sparks | 113 |
| JAMES SPARKS | born ca. 1834 in Illinois. He died in Madison County, Illinois, on April 4, 1877. He was a son of Thomas B. and Penelope ( ) Sparks. | 151 |
| JAMES H. SPARKS | probably a son of Elihu and Rosa (Bailey) Sparks, born ca. 1819 in Kentucky. He died on February 4, 1872, in Pike County, Illinois. | 110 |
| JAMES C. SPARKS | son of Charles and Sarah (Carpenter) Sparks, born ca. 1846 in Delaware County, Ohio. | 153 |
| JAMES H. SPARKS | son of James and Sarah A. (MNU) Sparks, born April 26, 1844, at Smyrna, Delaware. He died June 13, 1909. He served in Company C, 139th Regiment Ohio Infantry and in Company H, 186th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designation: mv. Cert. No. 1,135,750. | 178 |
| JAMES A. SPARKS | born ca. 1838. He died on July 16, 1893, in Claiborne County, Tennessee. He married (first) Mary MNU (second) Elizabeth Gibson on June 26, 1862, in Knox County, Kentucky. He served in Company K, 49th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No.493,358; Wid. Cert. No. 412,219; and Minor Cert. No.444,448. | 191 |
| JAMES NELSON SPARKS | son of Asa and Ailsa (Purcell) Sparks, born in Spencer County, Kentucky, on September 1, 1842. He died in service on January 19, 1865. File Designation: Father's Application No. 645,966. | 168 |
| JAMES P. SPARKS | son of David and Elizabeth (MNU) Sparks, born ca. 1810 in Salem County, New Jersey. He married Mary C. Vanneman on February 9, 1862, in Salem County. He served in Company K, 4th Regiment New Jersey Infantry and died while in the service at Mechanicsville, Virginia. File Designation:Wid. Cert. No. 3,448. | 182 |
| JAMES KNOX POLK SPARKS | son of William and Martha (Scarborough) Sparks, born in Union Co., Ga., on June 23, 1843 | 134 |
| JAMES HARRIS SPARKS (43.2.5.5.1.2.1) | son of 43.2.5.5.1.2 Stephen and Angeline (Abbott) Sparks, born in 1844 in lonia County, Michigan; he died in 1926. He married Midella Hodley on July 4, 1867. He served in Company I, 3rd Regiment Michigan Infantry. File Designation: inv. Appl. No. 384,889 | 162 |
| JAMES ROBERTS POLK SPARKS | was a son of James H. and Deborah (Hankins) Sparks; born ca. 1845 in Illinois; he died on January 17, 1888, near Clapper, Missouri. | 193 |
| JAMES P. SPARKS (113.6) | son of 113. James S. and Martha (Peterson) Sparks, was born August 14, 1839, in Seneca County, Ohio. He married (first) Mary Celest (?), ca. 1867, and married (second) Isadora ["Lillie"] Whitman on October 6, 1897. He served in Company H, 101st Regiment Ohio Infantry, and in Company H, 8th Veterans Reserve Corps. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 767,090; Wid. Cert. No. 896,896. | 123 |
| JAMES RICHARD SPARKS | born July 24, 1841, in Laclede County, Missouri, and was a son of James and Elizabeth (Matthews) Sparks. He was married twice, the first being to Sarah Barnett and the 2nd to Susan Abshere. He served in Company K, 24th Regiment Missouri Volunteers. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 259,070, Wid. Cert. No. 419,342. | 184 |
| JAMES S. SPARKS | son of William and Elizabeth (Barton) Sparks, born ca. 1836 in Kentucky, and died on May 24, 1885, in Missouri. He married Hattie C. Hale on November 25, 1862, in Marion County, Missouri. He served in Company C, Berry's Battalion Missouri Cavalry. File Designations: Inv. Cent. No. 126,697; Wid. Appl. No. 501,253. | 162 |
| JAMES THOMAS JEFFERSON SPARKS (51.2) | son of 51. William J. and Teressa (Hennings) Sparks, born December 17, 1843, probably in Boone County, Kentucky. | 148 |
| JAMES WILLIAM SPARKS (87.x.6.1) | son of 87.x.6 Eli and Sarah (MNU ) Sparks, born ca. 1837 in Wayne County, Indiana. He married Elizabeth Cummins on February 28, 1858, in Green County, Wisconsin. He served in the 5th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery and died in the service on April 1, 1863. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 15,422. | 163 |
| JEREMIAH J. SPARKS (20.1.1.6.5) | son of 20.1.1.6 Truelove and Sarah (Guessford) Sparks, born March 11, 1839, died June 29, 1917. He married (first) Sarah Rayburn in Jasper Co., Iowa, on February 22, 1866; he married (second) Mary (Mick) Gosnell in 1915. He served in Co. E, 4th Regt. Iowa Cavalry. File Designation: Inv. Certif. No. 348,235. | 089 |
| JESSE D. SPARKS (101.2.6) | born ca. 1839, a son of 101.2 Samuel and Mary (Heard or Hurd) Sparks of Logan County, Illinois. | 110 |
| JESSE D. SPARKS (101.2.6) | son of 101.2 Samuel and Mary (Heard or Hurd) Sparks, born ca. 1839. He served in Company G, 106th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Appl. No. 983,166. This appears to be a duplicate. | 161 |
| JOEL DENVER SPARKS (1.2.5.1.2.2.3.4) | son of 1.2.5.1.2.2.3 William and Mary (Lyon) Sparks, born August 6, 1842, in Carter County, Kentucky. He married Eliza Jane Adkins on July 16, 1863, in Lawrence County, Kentucky.He served in Company A, 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia.File Designation: Inv. Appl. No. 1,163,084. | 179 |
| JOHN SPARKS | son of Daniel and Mildred (Admire) Sparks, born ca. 1832 in Indiana. He died on December 26, 1891, at Tahlequah, Indian Territory. | 113 |
| JOHN SPARKS | born ca. 1824 in the state of New York. He married Charlotte Sprague on January 5, 1850, at Dansville, New York. He served in Company G, 184th Regiment New York Infantry. He died on August 2, 1890, in Montcalm County, Michigan. Inv. Cert. No. 262,305; Wid. Cert. No. 284,438. | 173 |
| JOHN C. SPARKS | son of James I. and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Sparks, born ca. 1843 in Indiana. He died on February 17, 1883, in Shawnee County, Kansas. | 113 |
| JOHN D. SPARKS | son of Duncan and Rachel (Martin) Sparks, born ca. 1840, probably in Vigo County, Indiana. He served in Company F, 43rd Regiment Indiana Volunteers from August 29, 1861, to November 27, 1861. He married Cena MNU. File Designation: Inv. Appl. 416,583. | 168 |
| JOHN F. SPARKS | born in New Jersey ca. 1823. He married Rebecca W. Rice on March 27, 1845, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. He served in Company F, 119th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry and was killed in action on May 12, 1864. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 59,467. | 155 |
| JOHN G. SPARKS (113.1) | son of 113. James S. and Martha (Peterson) Sparks, was born ca. 1828 in Ohio. He married (first) Susan R. Measels, ca. 1851, and married (second) Samantha A. (Denison) Beigh on June 30, 1878, in Seneca County, Ohio. He served in Company G, 25th Regiment Ohio Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 364,251; Wid. Cert. No. 564,492. | 123 |
| JOHN H. SPARKS | born ca. 1835 | 110 |
| JOHN H. SPARKS (20.1.x.1) | son of 20.1.1.10 Matthew R. and Lucy (Callaway) Sparks, born November 16, 1836, and died on January 24, 1913. He married Nancy Ellen Matthews on April 29, 1866. He served in Company B, 5th Regiment Iowa Infantry. 760,282. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 491,097. Wid. Cert. No. 760,282 | 104 |
| JOHN R. SPARKS | son of William A. and Mary Jo (Delaney) Sparks, born July 31, 1834, near Paris, Missouri; he died on November 23, 1894. He married Mary Moore. He served in Company F, 12th Regiment Illinois Cavalry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 877039. | 166 |
| JOHN R. SPARKS (17.2.7.6.2) | son of 17.2.7.6 Josiah A. Sparks, Jr. and Anna (Gilkey) Sparks, born ca. 1829 and died on January 17, 1881. | 109 |
| JOHN HARVEY SPARKS | son of 32.5.10 Harmon N. and Malinda (Peak) Sparks, born May 16, 1842, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He married Emily C. Pound on September 12, 1866, in Jefferson County. He served in Company A, 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. He died on September 3, 1891. File Designations: mv. Cert. No. 686,726; Wid. Cert. No. 338,425. | 163 |
| JOHN JEFFERSON SPARKS | son of John and Elizabeth (Harlan) Sparks, born December 5, 1843, in Rush County, Indiana. | 192 |
| JOHN LITTLE SPARKS | son of Benjamin D. and Nancy (McCroskey) Sparks, born October 25, 1844, in Vigo County, Indiana. On March 21, 1869, he married Mary Ballenger in Cumberland County, Illinois. He died on March 29, 1904. He served in Company D, 15th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 893,645; Wid. Cert. No. 578,129. | 168 |
| JOHN R. SPARKS | son of William A. and Mary Jo (Delaney) Sparks, born July 31, 1834, near Paris, Missouri; he died on November 23, 1894. He married Mary Moore. He served in Company F, 12th Regiment Illinois Cavalry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 877039. | 166 |
| JOHN R. SPARKS | son of Matthew Brooks and Nancy (Sutton) Sparks, born ca. 1806 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died December 15, 1898, in Macoupin County, Illinois. (See editor's note below for names of wives.) He served in Company K, 101st Regiment Illinois In fantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No.89991; Wid. Appl. No. 702,186. | 191 |
| JOHN ROBINSON SPARKS | born September 26, 1840, in Tioga County, New York, and was a son of William and Sarah L. Sparks, natives of England. | 148 |
| JOHN T. SPARKS | son of Simon and Catherine (Templeton) Sparks, born October 17, 1814, in Clark County, Ohio. He married (first) Catherine Guthridge on October 23, 1836, in Greene County, Ohio, and (second) to Christena E. Earson on September 10, 1863, in Carroll County, Indiana. He served in Company E, 46th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 321,290 and Wid. Cert. No. 383,668. | 191 |
| JOHN THOMPSON SPARKS | was a son of Joseph and Isabella (Ellis) Sparks; born September 6, 1839, in Lewis County, Kentucky. | 193 |
| JOHN W. SPARKS | son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Sparks, born ca. 1843 in Hendricks County, Indiana. He served in Company I, 2nd Regiment Indiana Infantry and Company F, 7th Regiment Indiana Cavalry. He died on May 2, 1864. File Designations: Mother's Cert. No. 94,630; Father's Cert. No. 191,485. | 191 |
| JOHN WILLIAM SPARKS (11.3.6.5) | son of 11.3.6 Thomas and Luanna (McDaniel) Sparks, born June 11, 1838, in Sangamon County, Illinois. He married Sarah J. (Curry) Myers in that county on September 7, 1869. He died on July 13, 1900. He served in company D, 2nd Regiment Kansas Cavalry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 806,336; Wid. Cert. No. 526,754. | 166 |
| JOHN W. SPARKS | born January 6, 1843, at Mount Royal, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. | 134 |
| JOSEPH H. SPARKS | born at Lynn, Massachusetts. He married Mary Ann Jones on November 26, 1846. He served in Company A, 1st Regiment Mass. Cavalry. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 11,709. | 099 |
| JOSEPH P. SPARKS | son of 17.2.7.6 Josiah and Anna (Gilkey) Sparks, born March 20, 1840, in Adair County, Kentucky. | 110 |
| JULIUS MORTIMER SPARKS, 1 Sgt. | born 1834, died March 2, 1899, buried in Greenwood United Cemetery. He married Minnie A. MNU. His father's name was George Sparks. | 151 |
| JULIUS M. SPARKS, | born in 1834. | 151 |
| LEVI J. SPARKS (1.2.5.1.2.1.1.3) | son of 1.2.5.1.2.1.1 Garrett (or Garred) and Elizabeth (Boggs) Sparks, born February 19, 1831, in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and he died on January 14, 1897. He married (first) Mary Gambill on January 15, 1859, and (second) to Emily Boggs on July 26, 1890. He served in Company B, 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designations: mv. Cert. No. 728,326; Wid. Cert. No. 853,898. | 174 |
| LEONARD SPARKS | married Sarah Clark on May 25, 1855, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. He served in Company D, 38th regiment New Jersey Infantry. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 311,964. | 185 |
| LEONARD G. SPARKS | son of William and Nancy (Martin) Sparks, born ca. 1842 in North Carolina. | 193 |
| LYMAN C. SPARKS | son of Leonard and Malinda (Love) Sparks, born ca. 1848; he died in 1899. He married Lutitia Cunningham in 1878 in Cloud County, Kansas. He served in Company D, 62nd Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 532,001; Wid. Cert. No. 486,487. | 172 |
| MARTIN V. B. SPARKS | son of Josiah C. and Hannah (Henry) Sparks, born ca. 1840 in Gloucester County, New Jersey. He died December 13, 1870, in Mantua, New Jersey. | 192 |
| Major A. SPARKS | son of Richard and Julia Ann (Cummins) Sparks, born October 12, 1836, in Jackson County, Indiana. He married (first) Margaret Carlisle on March 12, 1857, and married (second) Phoebe Sarah Richart, on March 6, 1879 He served in Company F, 67th Regiment Indiana Volunteers. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 384,966; Wid. Cert. No. 933,218. | 120 |
| MARTIN SPARKS (1.2.5.1.2.2.1.4) | son of 1.2.5.1.2.2.1 John Wesley and Nancy (Kozee) Sparks, born ca. 1845 in Lawrence County, Kentucky.He died on May 18, 1879, at Fielden, Kentucky.He married Nancy Collier on October 25, 1865, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. | 179 |
| MARTIN AARON SPARKS | son of Aaron and Lucinda (Simpson) Sparks, born September 26, 1841, at Townshend, Vermont. He married (first) Julia A. Reynolds, and (second) Addie L. Gale. He served in Company D, 16th Regiment Vermont Volunteers and in Company F, 1st Regiment Frontier Cavalry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 570,343; Wid. Cert. No. 850,140. | 120 |
| MATTHEW SPARKS (20.1.1.1.2) | son of 20.1.1.1 William and Elizabeth (Cochran) Sparks, born January 25, 1831, died June 7, 1893. He married (first) Mary Ann (England) McNeeley on March 26, 1849, in Adair Co., KY; he married (second) Juliet Akin on January 21, 1869, in Adair Co., KY; and he married (third) Melvina (Loy) McGinnis on September 11, 1892, in Adair Co., KY. He served in Co. B, 49th Regt. Indiana Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 313,743. | 089 |
| MATTHEW SPARKS (1.2.1.2.1.8.4.6) | son of 1.2.1.2.1.8.4 Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks, born ca. 1831 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He died in 1894. He married Hannah Adkins on January 18, 1852. He served in Company K, 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia. Inv. Application No. 868,147. | 156 |
| MATTHEW BROOKS SPARKS | son of John R. and Elizabeth (Bradshaw) Sparks, born April 17, 1838, in Macoupin County, Illinois; he died October 26, 1914, in Jefferson County, Iowa. He married Sarah Jane Killebrew on September 2, 1858, in Van Buren County, Iowa. He served in Company C, 21st Regiment Missouri Infantry. File Designation: mv. Cert. No. 351,814. Wid. Cert. No. 790,478. | 191 |
| MATTHEW T. SPARKS (20.1.1.3.3) | son of 20.1.1.3 John R. and Elizabeth (Matthews) Sparks, born November 5, 1838; died in Andersonville Prison on July 9, 1864. He married Martha Starr at Lynn Grove Township, Jasper County, Iowa, on October 6, 1857. He served in Co. K, 5th Regt. Iowa Inf. Vol. from July 15, 1861, until his death. File Designation: Wid. Certif. No. 67,072 and Minor Certif. No. 137,983. | 089 |
| MERIT SPARKS | son of Hardy and Martha (Motley) Sparks, born ca. 1843 in Greene County, Indiana. He married Ellender Martindale on February 9, 1862, in Greene County. He died in 1873. He served in Company C, 97th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 101,112; Wid. Cert No. 217,921. | 182 |
| MILES G. SPARKS | probable son of John S. Sparks, born ca. 1839 in Gloucester County, New Jersey. He died on May 6, 1874, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | 192 |
| MOSES SPARKS | was a son of Eli and Sarah (MNU) Sparks. | 193 |
| NICHOLAS SPARKS | died at Edgewater, New Jersey, on August 19, 1887. He married Fanny Heart at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1859. He served, first, on the U.S.S. Stanton and then transferred to the U.S.S. Suwanee sometime near the commencement of the Civil War. He was discharged from the Navy and he then enlisted in Company I, 10th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. File Designation: Wed. Appl. No. 13094. | 120 |
| NOAH WEBSTER SPARKS | son of Samuel and Julia Ann (Anderson) Sparks, born March 7, 1844. He died on November 15, 1919. He married (first) Eunice Harkins in 1869 and (second) Maggie H. Dodge on June 29, 1885. He served in Company H, 26th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 659,075; Wid. Cert. No. 902,844. See page 1820 of this issue of the Quarterly for further data on the family of Noah Webster Sparks. | 094 |
| OTHO SPARKS | son of James and Mary (Ellis) Sparks, born ca. 1834 in Indiana. He died on March 2, 1897. | 108 |
| PEARL SPARKS (64.1.1) | son of 44.x Joseph and Eveline (Van Slyke) Sparks, born July 20, 1843, in Herkimer County, New York. He died on September 28, 1864, at Andersonville, Georgia. He did not marry. He served in Company F, 2nd Regiment New York Heavy Artillery. File Designation: Father Cert. 227,389. | 159 |
| PETER SPARKS | son of Daniel and Mildred (Admire) Sparks, born May 10, 1839, in Putnam County, Missouri. | 113 |
| PETER SPARKS (1.2.1.2.1.8.4.9) | son of 1.2.1.2.1.8.4 Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks, born March 4, 1837, in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He died on June 14, 1914. He married (first) Alafair Jordan on February 15, 1860, and (second) to Millie Bevins on November 28, 1889. He served in Company G, 14th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 515,288; Wid. Cert. No. 784,152. | 156 |
| PETER SPARKS | born ca. 1827 in Henry County, Kentucky. | 193 |
| PHILEMON E. SPARKS (43.2.5.5.6.2.1) | (also called Leman) born in August 1844 in Ohio, son of 43.2.5.5.6.2 Erastus and Pleme A. (Moore) Sparks. He married Delia Etta Burchard on June 16, 1867 in Washtenaw County, Michigan. He served in Co. F, 20th Regiment Michigan Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 871,142; Wid. Cert. No. 458,053. | 099 |
| PLEASANT SPARKS | son of Noah and Lucinda (Newton) Sparks, born February 11, 1843 in Henderson County, KY. He died on September 14, 1924. He married (first) Arga C. Grayson in 1865 and (second) Mattie (Mason) Berry in 1906. He served in Company C, 35th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. Files Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 921,798; Minor Cert. No. 959,400. See page 1819 of this issue of the Quarterly for additional data on his family. | 094 |
| RANSOM SPARKS | probable son of James Sparks, born ca. 1824 in Tennessee. He married Martha A. Rainey about 1841. He served in Company D, 1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry. File Designation: Invalid Application No. 1,140,220. | 155 |
| REUBEN HARPER SPARKS (26.1.4.1) | son of 26.1.4 Amos and Nancy Mercy (Harper) Sparks, born July 6, 1832, in Franklin County, Indiana. He died on January 23, 1917, at Ottawa, Kansas. On August 5, 1855, he married Rachel Compton in Fayette County, Indiana. He served in the 124th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 765,818; Wid. Cert. No. 825,763. | 175 |
| REUBEN M. SPARKS (1.2.1.2.1.8.4.2) | son of 1.2.1.2.1.8.4 Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks, born ca. 1825 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He married (first) Elizabeth Dials (or Diles) on July 6, 1849, and (second) to Jane House on August 21, 1861. He served in Company A, 39th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 95,991. | 156 |
| RICHARD J. SPARKS | son of Jonas and Paulina T. (Polleweight) Sparks, born August 7, 1832, probably in Shelby County, Kentucky. He married Mildred Ann Pearce on March 2, 1858, in Shelby County, Kentucky. He served in the Oldham County [Kentucky] State Guard Militia and in the 86th Regiment Kentucky En. Mil. File Designation: Wid. Appl. No. 514,027. | 173 |
| RICHARD W. SPARKS (32.1.8.2) | probable son of 32.1.8 Walter and Susan A. (Prewitt) Sparks, was born in Henry County, Kentucky, on January 13, 1816. He married first Mildred Satterwhite and second Elizabeth Elder in Iowa County, Iowa, on April 10, 1856. He served in Company E, 93rd Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 216,345; Wid. Cert. No. 206,819. | 121 |
| RICHMOND/RICHARD SPARKS (1.2.5.1.2.2.1.2) | son of 1.2.5.1.2.2.1 John Wesley and Nancy (Kozee) Sparks born in Lawrence County, Kentucky.He married Polly Ann Oma Stephens on November 12, 1861, in Morgan County, Kentucky.He served in Company A, 68th Regiment Kentucky Militia.File Designation: Wid. Appl. No. 555,913. | 179 |
| ROBERT D. SPARKS | son of Thomas and Mary (Howe) Sparks, born February 8, 1827, at Summit, New York. He died on January 7, 1913, at Pine Grove, Wisconsin. He was married three times. His first marriage was to Armina Pickering who died in November 1865. His second marriage was to Nancy Holmes who died in June 1882. His third marriage was to Margaret (Leahy) Wilson. He served in Company E, 16th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry and the 8th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 129,399; Wid. Cert. No. 757,594. | 155 |
| REUBEN R. SPARKS (2.2) | son of 2. William and Mary (Lyon) Sparks, born April 5, 1837, in Lawrence County, Kentucky.He married Mary J. Wellman about 1858.He served in Company A, 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia.File Designation: Inv. Appl. No. 1,073,102. | 179 |
| ROYAL G. SPARKS | son of John R. and Elizabeth (Bradshaw) Sparks, born May 26, 1845, and died on March 1, 1901. He married Maria A. Wason on December 12, 1880, in Ventura County, California. He served in Company K, 101st Regiment Illinois Infantry, as did also his father. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 1,001,382. Wid. Cert. No. 534,593. | 191 |
| RUFUS T. SPARKS (47.5.5.4.4) | son of 47.5.5.4 Freeman G. and Emily J. (Trussell) Sparks, born April 21, 1841, at Orland, Maine. He died on March 29, 1906. He married Ellen Elvira Remick on November 1, 1865, in LaSalle County, Illinois. He served In Companies A & F, 64th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 472,191; Wid. Cert. No. 613,559. | 177 |
| SAMUEL SPARKS (1.2.1.2.1.8.4.1) | son of 1.2.1.2.1.8.4 Allen and Elizabeth (Kozee) Sparks, born ca. 1823 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He married Nancy Skaggs there on November 11, 1847. He served in Company B, 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia. File Designation:Wid. Appl. No. 553,737. | 156 |
| SAMUEL SPARKS | born ca. 1840 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died there on May 16, 1905. It is quite probable that he was a son of Samuel M. and Sarah (MNU) Sparks. He served in Company F, 109th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and in Company E, 99th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 123,874. | 185 |
| SAMUEL SPARKS () | born ca. 1832, probably in Ohio. He died on February 24, 1884. He married Margaret Lechner on April 3, 1856, in Carroll County, Ohio. He served in Co. D, 87th Regt. Illinois Infantry. File Desig nation: Wid. Cert. No. 252,088. | 099 |
| SAMUEL A. SPARKS | son of William and Elizabeth (Brown) Sparks, born in Parke County, Indiana, on June 22, 1846. He married Clara F. Webb on September 28, 1873, in Monroe County Iowa. He served in Company K, 43rd Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No.409,891; Wid. Cert. No. 874,903. | 156 |
| SAMUEL J. SPARKS | son of 45.5 John Burton and Susan (Garner) Sparks, born June 10, 1836, and he died on April 8, 1913. He married Lettie Jones on September 27, 1863, in LaSalle County, Illinois. He served in Company F, 53rd Regiment Illinois Infantry. File designations: Inv. Cert. No. 404,428; Wid. Cert. No. 761,327. | 175 |
| SAMUEL A. SPARKS (17.2.7.3.5) | son of 17.2.7.3 Samuel and Mary (Aaron) Sparks, born June 2, 1836, in Adair County, KY, died August 5,? 1889. | 108 |
| SAMUEL T. SPARKS (20.1.1.3.8) | son of 20.1.1.3 John R. and Elizabeth (Matthews) Sparks, born August 27,1847; died March 18, 1905. He married Sarah C. Butrum in Jasper County, Iowa, on March 19, 1868. He served in Co. B, 48th Regt. Iown Inf. Vol. from May 21, 1864, until October 20, 1864. File Designations: Inv. Certif. No. 882,872 and Wid. Certif. No. 624, 971. | 089 |
| SAMUEL M. SPARKS | born ca. 1835 in Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Graham on May 2, 1856. He served in Company I, 17th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and in Company B, 72nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He died on February 26, 1897, at Chicago, Illinois. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 464,547. | 184 |
| SANFORD SPARKS | born ca. 1827 in Kentucky. On December 26, 1854, he married Lucretia Dorton (or Dortain) in Knox County, Kentucky. He served in Company H, 49th Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 229,081; Wid. Cert. No. 575,290. | 191 |
| SHADRACH SPARKS | born January 6, 1840, at Pedricktown, New Jersey. | 110 |
| SOLOMON SPARKS | a son of Jesse and Nancy (MNU) Sparks, born ca. 1820 in Virginia, probably in Lee County. He died in August 1873. He married (first) Nancy Skaggs and (second) to Helen Birchfield. He served in Company I, 22nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry. File Designation: Minor Application No. 561,258. | 165 |
| STEPHEN SPARKS | son of Hiram D. and Elizabeth (Albert [or Alvord]) Sparks, born January 2, 1834, at Sparksville, Indiana. He married (first) Nancy Jones on March 15, 1856, and (second) to Mary Emily Hoover on September 12, 1865. He served in Company F, 67th Regiment Indiana Volunteers. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 439,959; Wid. Cert. No. 641,541. | 167 |
| STEPHEN J. SPARKS (20.1.1.6.1) | son of 20.1.1.6 Truelove and Sarah (Guessford) Sparks, born August 28, 1833, died July 29, 1918. He married (first) Martha Loton in March 1858 in Jasper County, Iowa, and (second) Rebecca (Guile) Wolf on December 26, 1863, in Jasper County, Iowa. He served in Co. D, 40th Regt. Iowa Inf. Vol. File Designation: Inv. Certif. No. 465,624 and Wid. Certif. No. 865,326. | 089 |
| STEPHEN THORN SPARKS (26.1.2.6) | son of 26.1.2 Jesse and Jemima (Thorn) Sparks, born March 28, 1837, in Indiana. | 192 |
| TALTON EMERSON SPARKS | son of John and Delila Ann (Demar) Sparks, born August 12, 1840, in Brown County, Indiana. | 113 |
| THEODORE W. SPARKS | born ca. 1830 in Sullivan County, New York. He married Emily A. Terwilliger on May 28, 1856, at Rochester, New York. He served in Company E, 120th Regiment New York Infantry. He died in service on April 14, 1863. His widow married (second) John Milliken. File Designations: Wid. Cert. No. 46,783; Minor Cert. No. 148,523. | 159 |
| THOMAS SPARKS | born ca. 1825 in Kentucky. On December 12, 1854, he married Elizabeth Mitchell in Ohio County, Indiana. He served in Company H, 146th Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 374,496; Wid. Cert. No. 452,482; Dependent Application No. 853,193. | 173 |
| THOMAS SPARKS (17.2.1.1.7) | son of 17.2.1.1 Matthew Brooks and Nancy (Sutton) Sparks, born ca. 1827, died September 18, 1864. He married Sarah Ann Harp on July 2, 1848, in Morgan County, IL. He served in Co. C, 14th Regt. Illinois Infantry. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 73,699; Minor Cert. No. 175,055. | 099 |
| THOMAS J. SPARKS | son of Thomas and Mary Sparks, born in 1844 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and he died in San Francisco on October 19, 1910. He married (first) Annie B. Roberts, and married (second) to Harriet E. (Holden) Mussey. He served in Company H, 134th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 579,509; Wid. Cert. No. 859,569. | 172 |
| THOMAS W. SPARKS (32.2.3.5) | son of 37.2.3 Richard and Lucy (Devore) Sparks, born in Ohio ca. 1842. | 153 |
| THOMAS J. SPARKS | son of Thomas and Catherine (Jayne) Sparks, born in December 1836 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He married Matilda D. MNU about 1868 in Hart County, Kentucky. He served in Company E, 2nd Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 527,720. | 156 |
| TRUELOVE SPARKS (17.2.7.5.4) | son of 17.2.7.5 Truelove and Nancy (Hall) Sparks, born ca. 1830, died February 4, 1907. | 108 |
| WALTER C. SPARKS | born ca. 1819 in New York City. | 153 |
| WEEDEN H. SPARKS (20.1.1.10.3) | son of 20.1.1.10 Matthew R. and Lucy (Callaway) Sparks, born ca. 1838 in Washington County, Indiana. He served in Company C, 3rd Regiment Iowa Infantry. | 104 |
| WILLIAM SPARKS | son of Isaac and Eleanor Sparks, born November 2, 1833, in Indiana. | 153 |
| WILLIAM JASPER SPARKS (17.2.7.6.7) | son of 17.2.7.6 Josiah A. Sparks, Jr. and Anna (Gilkey) Sparks, born January 17, 1838, in Adair County, KY. | 109 |
| WILLIAM C. SPARKS | son of William and Nancy (Crawford) Sparks, born July 20, 1838, in Johnson County, Indiana. | 113 |
| WILLIAM D. SPARKS | born November 15, 1819, in Pennsylvania, and he died on December 2, 1898. | 134 |
| WILLIAM DALLES SPARKS | son of William and Cinderella (Mitchell) Sparks, born October 10, 1845, probably in Oldham County, Kentucky. | 153 |
| WILLIAM M. SPARKS | son of Henry and Sarah Ann (McCreary) Sparks, born ca. 1845 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. | 153 |
| WILLIAM SPARKS | son of Wesley and Anne (Mitchell) Sparks, born ca. 1814 in Indiana. He married (first) Elizabeth Brown on January 10, 1843 in PARKE County, Indiana, and (second) to Mary L. Ferry on April 8, 1896, in PARKE County. He served in Company A, 31st Regiment Indiana Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 810,872. | 153 |
| WILLIAM SPARKS | born ca. 1837. He served in Company C, 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteers. File Designation: Inv. Appl. No. 411,883. | 185 |
| WILLIAM SPARKS | born August 22, 1820 in Ohio and died about 1897 in Missouri. He served in Company A, 33rd Regiment Missouri Enrolled Militia. File Designation: Inv. Application 1,002,521. | 188 |
| WILLIAM SPARKS | son of Elijah B. and Elizabeth (Anderson) Sparks, born ca. 1834. He died on July 24, 1865. He served in Company F, 1st Regiment Maryland Cavalry. File Designation: Mother Cert. No. 265,244. | 120 |
| WILLIAM C. SPARKS | son of Reuben and Phoebe (Blackburn) Sparks, born May 1843, in Wilkes County, N.C. He died on May 30, 1930. He married Phoebe McCann on December 19, 1878. He served in Company H, 10th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 347,120. | 094 |
| WILLIAM D. SPARKS | born November 3, 1838, in Habersham County, Georgia; he died on January 13, 1913. He was a son of James and Dortha Ann (Blackwell) Sparks. He married Harriet M. Woody on Decem ber 19, 1869. He served in Company D, 10th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 344,958 & Wid. Cert. No. 759,561. | 120 |
| WILLIAM H. SPARKS | probable son of William Lampson and Elizabeth ["Betsey"] (Hardyear) Sparks, born ca. 1836 at Derby, Connecticut. | 134 |
| WILLIAM G. SPARKS | born ca. 1839 and was a son ofWilliam G. and Nazey (Daffron) Sparks. He served in Company D, 79th Regiment Enlisted Missouri Militia and in Walker's Independent Company Fremont's Rangers, Missouri Home Guards. File Designation: Inv. Appl. No. 474,412. | 185 |
| WILLIAM H. SPARKS (32.1.8.2.4) | son of 32.1.8.2 Richard and Mildred Ann (Satterwhite) Sparks, born March 10, 1845, in Shelby County, Indiana, and died on December 26, 1923. He appears never to have been married. He served in Company M, 1st Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 213,113. | 177 |
| WILLIAM J. SPARKS | born ca. 1845 in Missouri; he died in 1881, also in Missouri. He married Sarah E. Thomas in 1866. His widow claimed he had served in Company D, 9th Regiment Missouri Provisional Militia; her lawyer later said he had served Company H, 45th Missouri Volunteers. File Designation:Wid. Appl. No. 541,528. | 185 |
| WILLIAM L. [LEROY] SPARKS | born December 6, 1831, in Polk County, Tennessee. He married (first) Elizabeth Shook, and (second) to Elizabeth Elwood. He died on June 8, 1900. He served in Company D, 50th Regiment Illinois Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 66,731; Wid. Cert. No. 508,180. | 166 |
| WILLIAM M. SPARKS | born ca. 1843 in the state of New York and was a son of Aurey (or Aurie, or Aury) and Nancy (MNU) Sparks. | 193 |
| WILLIAM H. SPARKS (20.1.1.3.5) | son of 20.1.1.3 John R. and Elizabeth (Matthews) Sparks, born October 10, 1840, and apparently died in 1864. Served in Co. B, 5th Regt. Iowa Infantry Volunteers. | 089 |
| WILLIAM W. SPARKS (20.1.1.1.8) | son of 20.1.1.1 William and Elizabeth ( |
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| WILSON W. SPARKS (30.2.5.2.2.5.1) | son of 30.2.5.2.2.5 David and Sarah (MNU) Sparks, born ca. 1841 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He died on November 16, 1898. He married Mary C. Williams on February 7, 1866. He served in Co. K, 208th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 447,628; Wid. Cert. No. 478,616. | 098 |
| WILLIAM B. SPARKS | probably a son of William and Sarah Sparks of New Jersey and Indiana, born ca. 1832 in New Jersey. He died on December 13, 1864. He married Phoebe Ellen Faucett on September 3, 1854, in Hendricks Co., Ind. He served in Co. H, 25th Regt. Indiana Infantry. File Designation: Wid. Cert. No. 100,146. | 098 |
| WILLIAM HENRY SPARKS (1.2.5.10.6.1.7) | son of 1.2.5.10.6.1 John Thornton and Elizabeth (Launtz) Sparks, born February 17, 1839, in Lewis County, Kentucky. He married four times, (1) Josephine Holliday, (2) Octavia Crosby, (3) Jemima Graves, and (4) Elizabeth Carr. He served in Company G, 10th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. File designation: Inv. Cert. No. 221,322. | 100 |
| WILLIAM S. SPARKS | born March 19, 1843, in Kent County, Delaware. He served in Co. G, 4th Regt. Delaware Infantry. File Designation: Inv. Cert. No. 169,605. | 098 |
| WINSHIP W. SPARKS (47.2.3.5.10) | son of 47.2.3.5 James and Hepsebah Sparks, born ca. 1836 in Maine. He married (first) Martha Carlton and (second) Minerva J. R MNU. He served in Company H, 3d Regt. Maine Volunteers. File Designations: Inv. Cert. No. 192,458; Wid. Cert. No. 561,956. | 099 |
| VINEYARD THEODORE SPARKS (32.1.3.5.4) | son of 32.1.3.5 Asa and Ailsy (Purcell) Sparks, born ca. 1849 in Spencer County, KY. | 134 |