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SPARKS MARRIAGE BONDS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA

Copied by Paul E. Sparks

Henry Sparks	Nelly Lee	20 June 1819	(Book A, page 11)
Hiram Sparks	Betsy Alvord	22 February 1833	(Book A, page 44)
Harrison Sparks	Desire Alvord	16 March 1833	(Book A, page 44)
Moses Sparks	Martha Ann Cooper	25 August 1841	(Book B, page 283)
William A. Sparks	Lydia A. Payne	20 February 1869	(Book E, page 213)
Raymond Sparks	Lila Meadows	7 November 1895	(Book I, page 416)

 

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EARLY SPARKS MARRIAGES RECORDED IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA

Copied by Paul E. Sparks

George Sparks, Junior	Sarah Mossburg	7 August 1838	Book1, Page	4
William Sparks	Hester Miller	27 Dec 1838	"    1,   "	9
Charity Sparks	Daniel Snider	16 February 1839	"    1,   "	12
Jane Sparks	Nathan W. Rodgers	20 April 1839	"    1,   "	16
Matilda Sparks	John J. Grant	29 May 1839	"    1,   "	17
Abigail Sparks	Robert Roberts	21 April 1841	"    1,   "	46
Solomon Sparks, Junior	Susanna Johnson	16 November 1846	"    2,   "	5
Delila Sparks	David C. Conklin	23 February 1847	"    2,   "	9
Abel Sparks	Elizabeth Douglass	4 May 1850	"    2,   "	55
Isaac Sparks	Cynthia Ann Roberts	16 December 1851	"    2,   "	90
Molly Sparks	Elias Wilcoxson	6 December 1851	"    2,   "	90
John Sparks	Rebecca Roberts	25 July 1853	"    2,   "	137
Lydia Almeda Sparks	Noah Redding	22 November 1853	"    2,   "	149
Andrew J. Sparks	Mary Eikenbury	22 June 1854	"    2,   "	165
Sarah Ann Sparks	William Haflich	1 March 1859	"    2,   "	308
William Sparks	Samantha Brickley	14 June 1859	"    2,   "	323
William Sparks	Mary J. Sale	8 November 1860	"    2,   "	363
George Sparks	Phebe J. Light	18 July 1865	"    3,   "	183
Henry M. Sparks	Elizabeth E. Grant	22 August 1867	"    3,   "	342
Henry C. Sparks	Margaret E. Reilly	1 October 1868	"    3,   "	428
Elvina Sparks	David Seibold	10 July 1875	"    4,   "	488
Lydia Sparks	Abraham W. Mast	30 September 1876	"    5,   "	42
Charles W. Sparks	Maggie Baker	12 May 1881	"    6,   "	34
Laura Sparks	John W. McCance	2 September 1883	"    6,   "	291

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MARRIAGE RECORDS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, 1815-1890

Copied by William C. Robertson

Col. William C. Robertson, a descendant of Josiah Sparks of Baltimore County, Maryland, visited the Franklin County, Indiana, courthouse last summer and searched the first eight volumes of marriage records for all persons named Sparks. The names are indexed in these volumes only under the male spouse, which means that Col. Robertson had to search the entire index to each volume for women named Sparks. He fears that he may have missed a few, since his time for this research was very limited. This is certainly an impressive list and appears to be nearly, if not entirely, complete.

ZACHARIAH SPARKS to Elizabeth Carter, marriage performed May 16, 1815, by James Smith.

Moses McCray to JANE SPARKS, license issued February 16, 1817, marriage performed same day by Stephan Oldham.

JOSHUA SPARKS to Rachel McCray, license issued April 4, 1818, marriage performed April 9, 1818, by James Smith.

LEMUEL SPARKS to Nancy Bartelow, license issued November 11, 1818, marriage performed November 26, 1818, by Peter Yost.

THOMAS SPARKS to Janey Harwood, marriage performed November 12, 1818, by A. Porter.

JOHN SPARKS to Vashti Wright, license issued August 5, 1819, marriage performed same day by Joshia Holland, local deacon, M.E. Church.

Abraham Conwell to BETSEY SPARKS, license issued February 20, 1821, no return.

JOHN SPARKS TO Mary Campbell, license issued April 19, 1823, marriage performed April 23, 1823, by Lemuel Miller, J . P.

Samuel Harris to MARY SPARKS, marriage performed April 6, 18214, by Thomas Flint, J.P.

James Blackburn to NEPPY SPARKS, license issue December 1, 1825, marriage performed same day by Daniel Davidson.

WILLIAM SPARKS to Mary Templeton, license issued January 25, 1830, marriage performed February 28, 1830, by Joseph A. Ball, M.G.

Patterson McCoy to ANN MARIAH SPARKS, marriage performed July 23, 1830, by Joseph Reed, J.P.

JEREMIAH B. SPARKS to Eliza Rockafeller, license issued September 16, 1830, marriage performed September 19, 1830, by Thomas Mannarring, Minister of the Gospel.

Isaac Rose to ELIZA SPARKS, license issued February 21, 1833, marriage performed same day by Joseph A. Ball.

Andrew Stephens to CASSANDRA SPARKS, license issued October 19, 1833, marriage performed same day by Benj. Lawrence.

William Lowes to JULIA SPARKS, marriage performed September 1, 1836, by Sam’l. B. Smith.

Elon Merril to CLARISSA SPARKS, marriage performed September 15, 1839, by Elijah Barwick, Minister of the Gospel.

JOSHUA SPARKS to Elizabeth Gaines, license issued September 19, 1839, marriage performed October 7, 1839, by Wm. McClure, J.P.

TEMPLE SPARKS to Mary Ann Rogers, license issued March 214, 1843, marriage performed March 26, 1843, by Thomas --?--, J.P.

JOSHUA SPARKS to Ann Dickson, license issued January 15, 1844, marriage performed January 20, 1844, by A. Miller, Minister of the Gospel.

AMOS SPARKS to Mary Deweese, license issued July 6, 1844, marriage performed July 12, 1844, by Miltiades Miller, Minister of the Gospel.

JAMES SPARKS to Mahitable Davison, license issued January 8, 1847, marriage performed January 10, 1847, by S. S. Griffith, Elder in the M.E. Church.

LEMUEL SPARKS to Martha Ann Powner, license issued November 8, 1849, marriage performed same day by Jacob Lanius, Elder in the M.E. Church.

JESSEE J. SPARKS to Elizabeth Miller, license issued November 16, 1850, marriage performed November 17, 1850, by E. H. Labin, Minister of the M.E. Church.

THOMAS SPARKS to Mary Drake, license issued November 22, 1851, marriage performed November 23, 1851, by Wm. Fraley, a regular Ordained Minister of the Gospel in the Methodist Episcopal Ch.

Daniel Ertley to MARTHA JANE SPARKS, license issued April 10, 1852, marriage performed April 11, 1852, by John McCullough, Minister.

Dennis Curran to MALINDA SPARKS, license issued July 24, 1852, marriage performed July 29, 1852, by John McCullough, Minister, M.E. Church.

WILLIAM SPARKS to Sarah Knott, license issued February 16, 1853, marriage performed February 17, 1853, by David Slaughter, J.P.

James C. Kennedy to SARAH SPARKS, license issued January 16, 1855, marriage performed January 21, 1855, by Marcellus A. Ruter, Methodist Minister.

John Williams to LIZIE SPARKS, license issued July 5, 1856, marriage performed July 29, 1856, by A. McFarland.

Paswell Long to LORA A. SPARKS, license issued October 31, 1857, marriage performed November 12, 1857, by Ludwig Ensminger, J.P.

John P. T. Davis to MARTHA JANE SPARKS, license issued September 27, 1862, marriage performed September 29, 1862, by Sam'l. C. Kerr.

William C. Robertson to CLARA SPARKS, license issued July 22, 1876, marriage performed July 23, 1876, by E. A. Campbell.

William Beard to LESSIE SPARKS, license issued November 9, 1875, marriage performed November 10, 1875, by A. Murphy, Minister of the Gospel.

JOHN SPARKS to Edna L. Moore, license issued July 2, 1877, marriage performed July 6, 1877, by James P. Orr, Minister.

Joseph (or Jason?) Carr to EDNA L. SPARKS, license issued January 27, 1886, marriage performed same day by Charles P. Kelso, J.P.

JOHN SPARKS to Maggie S. Sommerfield, license issued October 114, 1886, marriage performed October 17, 1886, by Rev. W. C. Hissinger.

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TWO EARLY SPARKS MARRIAGES IN MARION COUNTY, INDIANA

Charles Sparks and Marianna Rhodes, April 25, 1850

John Sparks and Margaretta Rhodes, February 23, 1845

(Note: The above were copied by Mrs. Heppen from a volume in the D.A.R. Library in Washlngton entitled Marriage Records, Marion County, Indiana, 1843-1851, compiled by the Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter, pages 31 and 7.)

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Rebecca Sparks and John Poynter, 13 August 1830.
Nancy Sparks and Asa Roy, 20 May 1831 (Book 1½, p. 3)
Galen Sparks and Lydia Askren, 26 Dec, 1836 (Book 1½, p. 3.20)
Nicy A. Sparks and Nathaniel Helton, 8 November 1838 (Book 2, p. 35)
Thomas J, C, Sparks and Martha Ann Askren, 22 March 1840 (Book 2, p, 80)
David Sparks and Sarah Pinkley, 12 February 1841 (Book 2, p. 112)
Lydia A. Sparks and Wm, L, Hutch, 5 March 1846 (Book 3, p. 59)
Lydia Sparks and Wm. M. Dinwiddie, 30 July 1853 (Book 4, p. 372)
Mary E. Sparks and Milton Hendricks, 14 May 1853 (Book 5, p. 228)
William Sparks and Phoebe B. Fancett, 3 September 1854 (Book 4, p. 463)

Mary B, Sparks and William M. Jones, 12 June 1856 (Book 5, p. 83)
David W, Sparks and Mary J. May, 31 October 1861 (Book 6, p. 91)
Ann R, Sparks and William H. Faught, 1 September 1863 (Book 6, po 213)
Deborah Ann Sparks and Lewis Beasley, 18 October 1865 (Book 6, p. 396)
David W. Sparks and Rachel McCaslin, 11 July 1872 (Book 7, p. 457)
Samuel Sparks and Mary Hatfield, 20 Oct, 1874 (Book 8, p. 164)
Mary A, Sparks and John Peters, 25 May 1876 (Book 8, p. 310)
Joseph Sparks and Ada Clark, 30 November 1879 (Book 9, p. 87)
Isaac Sparks and Sophronia Orton, 6 October 1881 (Book 9, p. 255)
John T. Sparks and Sophia Bez, 23 March 1886 (Book 10, p. 100)
Mattie Sparks and Charles Ringo, 9 December 1886 (Book 10, p. 161)
Thomas J. C. Sparks and Polly Richardson, 19 December 1889 (Book 10, p. 432)
Katella Sparks and Marcus Craven, 10 February 1897 (Book 11, p. 519)
Luther F. Sparks and Nettie Brill, 21 April 1897 (Book 11 p. 539.)
Frances R. Sparks and Willim M, Sparks, 3.4 October 1887 (sic5 (Book 12, p. 3)
Oliver W. Sparks and Vangie Burgens, 30 July 1899 (Book 12, p. 358)
Mollie A. Sparks and James H. Hedges, 11 February 1904 (Book 12, p. 557)
Pearl Sparks and Millard Weaver, 16 October 1912 (Book 14, p. 78)
Everett S. Sparks and Ruth Case, 19 March 1933 (Book 14, p. 118)

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Thomas Sparks and Catherine Melton, July 18, 1839
Chloe Ann Sparks and Eli Earhart, November 5, 1840.
William Sparks and Elizabeth Brown, January 10, 1843.
Westly Sparks, Jr., and Martha Carhart, November 5, 1846.
Nancy Jane Sparks and Jacob Jessup, March 16, 1848.
Mary Sparks and Daniel H. Overpeck, September 20, 1849.
Thomas Sparks and Lucinda Odell, December 12, 1850.
Lucinda Sparks and John Capper, June 27, 1854.
Mary C. Sparks and James D. Strain, December 7, 1854.
Westly Sparks and Emelia Carhart, February 11, 1855

Pges 1924-1925

Whole Number 99

John Sparks and Anna Owin, April 20, 1825. Both of lawful age. Also written is the following: "I Baxter Parks [sic] a Justice of the Peace in and for said county do certify that John Sparks & Anny Own of said county were legally joined in marriage by me on the 20th day of April 1825. Given under my hand
                                                                                            Baxter Sparks [sic]"
(Book A, p. 174)

Thomas Sparks & Nancy Chapman, January 31, 1829. He had consent of father [Baxter Sparks]; she had no parents or guardian in the state. By Edward McCown. (Book A-2, p.292)

Mary Sparks & Luke Coon, August 27, 1830. She made affidavit [she was a daughter of Baxter Sparksl. He of lawful age. By William Anderson, J. P.  (Book A-2, p. 312)

Rhoda Sparks & Joseph Walden, May 11, 1833. She made affidavit. He of lawful age. By Henry Bonebrake. (Book A-3, p. 1)

Ellen Sparks & Abraham Baird, November 2, 1835. She had no parents in the state.  He of lawful age. By William Sampson, J.P. (Book A-3, p. 50)

Tabitha Sparks & Henry Sadler, March 2, 1836. She made affidavit. He of lawful age. By William M. Saffer, J.P. (Book A-3, p. 54)

John Sparks & Harriet M. Dillinger, March 6, 1849. Both made affidavits. By Thos. R. Austin, L.D.M.E.C. (Book B, p. 155)

Martha J. Sparks & Thomas Akers, August 28, 1851. Both made affidavits. By Thomas R. Austin, L.D. (Book B, p. 299)

Sarah Sparks & Lewis Martin, December 28, 1854. Married by Z. R. Cooper, J.P. (Book C, p. 156)

(No Sparks marriages were recorded in Books D, E F, and G (1859 to 1876)

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SPARKS MARRIAGE LICENSES FOUND IN MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA

William J. Sparks and Harriett Rheinhart, May 6, 1843 (Book B, page 63)

Isaac Sparks and Carolyn Taylor, February 13, 1856 (Book C, page 259)

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SPARKS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS FOUND IN A   

NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN HANCOCK COUNTY, INDIANA   1850-1920

The following marriages and deaths of persons named Sparks have been taken from a compilation by Rosamary A. Finney in 1984 from a newspaper called the Hancock County [Indiana] Democrat published between 1850 and 1920. Ms. Finney provided the following introductory note to her compilation: "Names and dates are given as they appeared and should not be accepted as factual. Names appearing more than once may indicate different information having appeared in different articles at various times and the information being furnished by different people. Proof should be obtained for accuracy. This material is presented only as a means of linking persons in that time period.... Be aware that many of the very early marriages shown may not have been in Hancock County or even in Indiana. Such dates were gleaned from death notices or other articles."

        MARRIAGES

 Adda Sparks and George T. Johnson, October 16, 1887        

 Amaziah Sparks and Amanda Steele, February 23, 1854        

 Clara E. Sparks and William H. Craig, June 1899         

 Claude W. Sparks and Elsie A. Judge, February 14, 1912         

 Delia R. Sparks and Harvey H. Stottlemeyer, June 1898        

 Elijah Sparks and Clara Coon, October 1891        

 Elijah Sparks and Eva Mae Smith, November 1912         

 Elnathan Sparks, son of Wm. Sparks, and Clementine Mace, September 1883        

 Francis M. Sparks, son of James Sparks, and Margaret J. Blakely,

 September 19, 1873        

 Frank M. Sparks, son of Thompson Sparks, and Lydia Garner, July 24, 1859       

 FrankM.Sparks,so of Thompson Sparks, and (2nd) Matilda Loudenback, May 1882        

 Ira W. Sparks and Ella M. Collins, April 1883        

 James K. Sparks and Mary Johnson, February 1891        

 James Sparks and Sarah Ann Reeves, November 15, 1849        

 Josephine Sparks and William H. Riggs, October 27, 1918        

 Jeremiah B. Sparks and Eliza Rockefeller, daughter of John Rockefeller September 19,, 1830

 Ladora F. Sparks, daughter of Francis Sparks, and Charles F. Moore, October 1879         

 Martha C. Sparks and Cam T. Schooley, December 24, 1873         

 Mary Alice Sparks and William F. Stanley, January 25, 1872         

 Mary A. Sparks and William H. Martin, September 1894          

 Mary Sparks and John Jackson, August 1881          

 Maude E. Sparks, daughter of Ira W. Sparks, and William F. Krall, July 2,1914.         

 Meotta B. Sparks and John C. Louderback, August 1881         

 Minnie Sparks and Daniel L. Wilson, May 1813          

 Nancy F. Sparks, daughter of Wm. A. Sparks, and James A. Tucker, November 1886          

 Neville Sparks, son of James Sparks, and Rachel Newman, November 14, 1880         

 Sarah Ann Sparks and William Maggard, December 1861          

 Sarah Ann Sparks and John H. Fitzpatrick, September 5, 1840          

 Sarah A. Sparks and Morris J. Cochran, August 10, 1874         

 Sarah I. Sparks and Marion P. Tuterow, March 18, 1888         

 Dr. J. Walter Sparks and Myrtle Pierce, daughter of Wm. D. Pierce, June 27, 1894

William Sparks and Olive Wilkinson, August 10, 1840

William A. Sparks, son of John Sparks, and Hannah Trees, April 23, 1852

William J. Sparks and Hannah Ellen Simmons, December 1885

William A. Sparks, son of John Sparks, and Catherine Garner, February 23, 1865

William A. Sparks, son of John Sparks, and Levina Jackson, widow, nee Coon, May 15, 1891

Willis E. Sparks, son of Ira W. Sparks, and Mattie Haynes, November 1907

DEATHS

Amanda Sparks, died June 1, 1906, Holliday, Illinois; sister of Margaret T. Garriott and Martha Kennedy

Catherine A. Garner Sparks, born August 23, 1835, died April 27, 1889; married February 23, 1865, to William A. Sparks

Eliza Sparks, wife of Rev. Jeremiah B. Sparks, daughter of John and Mary Rockefeller, born February 5, 1805, New Jersey, died December 19, 1880; married September 19, 1830

Frank Sparks, born December 12, 1832, died June 28, 1910, son of Thompson and Lucy Sparks; married July 24, 1859, to Lydia Garner; married (2nd) May 1882 to Matilda Loudenback

Hannah H. Sparks, wife of William J. Sparks, born 1851, died February 13, 1914

Harriet H. Sparks, wife of Dr. J. B. Sparks, died August 30, 1918. James Sparks, born January 24, 1828, died December 12, 1905; married November 15, 1849, to Sarah Ann Reeves.

Rev. J. B. Sparks, born 1809, died February 11, 1886 John Sparks, born 1803, died March 8, 1873

Lavina (Coon) Sparks, born October 10, 1845, died December 18, 1897; married January 1, 1863,

Andrew Jackson Sparks who died January 1, 1868; married (2nd) May 15, 1891,

William Sparks. Lysander Sparks, died January 20, 1899, in Missouri Lydia Sparks, wife of Frank Sparks, nee Garner, died 1863

Mary Campbell Sparks, wife of John Sparks, born June 23, 1805, in Delaware; died February 1884

Mary Sparks died August 24, 1903 Myrtle L. Sparks, daughter of William D. and Anna Marie Pierce, born December 1872, died January 22, 1914; married June 27, 1894,

J. Walter Sparks Nevil Sparks and his new wife to Kansas January 1881 [news item] Rachel Sparks, born 1877, died June 2, 1886, daughter of William A. and Catherine Sparks

William Sparks, born May 27, 1818, died November 3, 1900; married August 10, 1840, Olive Wilkinson, who died September 8, 1870

William A. Sparks, born January 3, 1825, died September 14, 1910; son of John and Mary Sparks; married April 23, 1852, Hannah Trees, who died October 10, 1863; married (2nd) February 23, 1865, Catherine Garner, who died April 27, 1889; he married (3rd) May 15, 1891, Levina Jackson, who died December 18, 1897.

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A SPARKS MARRIAGE RECORD FROM ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA

A transcription of marriages in Adams County, Indiana, from 1844 to 1849 was published in the June 1994 issue of The Hoosier Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 77-85. The marriage of one person named Sparks appeared in this list, as follows:

Sarah M. Sparks and Benoni High, February 21, 1847

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