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Joseph P Sparks 1851 – 1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1851

Birth Location: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 1920

Death Location: Marshall, Harford, Maryland, United States

Father: John Sparks

Mother: Sarah Hankins

Spouse(s): Susan Pruett

Children(s): Rebecca Sparks, Mary Sparks, Annie Sparks, Martha Sparks, Sarah Sparks, William Sparks, Archibald Sparks, John Sparks, Homer Sparks

In 1851, Joseph P Sparks entered the world in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, born to John Henry Sparks and Sarah Matilda Hankins. In 1860, Joseph P Sparks resided in Western District, Tazewell, Virginia. In 1870, Joseph P Sparks resided in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA. Joseph P Sparks married Susan Pruett, and had children including Rebecca J. Sparks, Mary M. Sparks, Annie Sparks, Martha C Sparks, Sarah Sally Sparks, William J. Sparks, Archibald Sparks, John Ezra Sparks, Homer Sparks. Joseph P Sparks passed away in 1920 in Marshall, Harford, Maryland, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1851, Joseph P Sparks entered the world in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, born to John Henry Sparks and Sarah Matilda Hankins.
  • In 1860, Joseph P Sparks resided in Western District, Tazewell, Virginia.
  • In 1870, Joseph P Sparks resided in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA.
  • Joseph P Sparks married Susan Pruett, and had children including Rebecca J. Sparks, Mary M. Sparks, Annie Sparks, Martha C Sparks, Sarah Sally Sparks, William J. Sparks, Archibald Sparks, John Ezra Sparks, Homer Sparks.
  • Joseph P Sparks passed away in 1920 in Marshall, Harford, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Sparks
1818 – 1888
Birth Location: , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
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Sarah Hankins
1820 – 1854
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Susan Pruett
1848 – 1925
Birth Location: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Rebecca Sparks
1871 –
Birth Location: Virginia
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Mary Sparks
1873 – 1929
Birth Location: Tazewell County, Va
MS
Annie Sparks
1873 – 1880
Birth Location: Virginia
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Martha Sparks
1874 – 1896
Birth Location: , Tazewell, VA
MS
Sarah Sparks
1875 – 1933
Birth Location: Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
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William Sparks
1876 – 1915
Birth Location: Virginia
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Archibald Sparks
1877 – 1936
Birth Location: , Tazewell, Virginia, USA
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John Sparks
1880 – 1957
Birth Location: Maxwell, Virginia, USA
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Homer Sparks
Birth Location: –
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Joseph Sparks's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Sparks
1851 – 1920
Birth Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Parents
John Henry Sparks
1818 – 1888
, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Sarah (Matilda) Hankins
1820 – 1854
North Carolina
Grandparents
Jonas (James) Sparks
1793 – 1875
Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
MARY BROWN
1800 – 1890
Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
James (J) Hankins
1792 – 1855
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA
Margaret (A) McPheron
1793 – 1852
Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
Reuben Sparks
1755 – 1840
Keziah Sparks
1765 – 1842
JOHN BROWN
1761 – 1833
Molly McCollough
1772 – 1850
Abraham Hankins
1763 – 1840
Sarah SKAGGS
1772 – 1849
Samuel McPherron
1761 – 1840
Mary Campbell
1774 – 1833
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Sparks's Descendants

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Joseph (P) Sparks (Jan 1851 – 1920) m. Susan Pruett (23 Oct 1848 – 15 Mar 1925)
  1. 1. Rebecca (J.) Sparks (abt 1871 – )
  2. 2. Mary (M.) Sparks (1873 – 21 Apr 1929)
  3. 3. Annie Sparks (abt 1873 – BEF 1880)
  4. 4. Martha (C) Sparks (Jul 1874 – 16 May 1896) m. Milton Whitt (Sep 1872 – 27 Nov 1939)
    1. 1. Cora (Susan) Whitt (12 Apr 1893 – 29 Jun 1970) m. John (Tyler) Linkous (29 May 1892 – 22 Jan 1955)
      1. 1. Virginia (I) Linkous (7 Mar 1917 – 26 May 2012) m. Edward (Marvin) Rinehart (abt 1912 – 14 Jan 1993)
      2. 2. Cecil (Pershing) Linkous (19 Jul 1919 – 18 August 1965) m. Helen (Louise) Kelley (19 July 1919 – 12 August 2013)
      3. 3. Cavie (June) Linkous (abt 1923 – 6 Aug 2008) m. Wilford (Cameron) Stevens (14 Mar 1977 – )
        1. 1. Robert (Randall) Stevens (25 Oct 1949 – ) m. Emma (Ruth) Sargent
    2. 2. Joseph (Monroe) Whitt (9 Nov 1894 – 8 Dec 1980) m. Cora (Ethel) Whitt (12 Oct 1900 – 17 May 1991)
      1. 1. Joseph (Delbert) Whitt (18 Jan 1921 – 29 May 1973) m. Ida (Mae) Dowell (abt 1926 – )
        1. 1. Joseph (abt 1948 – )
        2. 2. Ralph (abt 1949 – )
        3. 3. Donald (R) Whitt (abt 1950 – )
        4. 4. Jerry
      2. 2. Marvin (Doyle) Whitt (1 Aug 1923 – 10 Aug 1923)
      3. 3. Milton (Arvis) Whitt (20 Feb 1924 – 15 Jan 1986) m. Alva (Pearl) Gross (30 Dec 1925 – 7 Oct 2018)
        1. 1. Marshall (Raymond) Whitt (abt 1946 – ) m. Linda (F.) Pagaduan (abt 1941 – )
        2. 2. Edward (Dewayne) Whitt (25 Jun 1950 – 11 Jan 2017) m. Bobbie (Sue) Algee (15 Sep 1951 – ) m. Dolores (Ruth) Frey (18 Dec 1946 – ) m. Wendy Wise ( – 2015)
      4. 4. Alma (Jean) Whitt (17 Oct 1926 – 1933)
      5. 5. Jack (Elvin) Whitt (30 August 1928 – 16 Aug 2010) m. Elsie (M) Coburn (abt 1930 – ) m. Tertia (Diana) Baker (22 Dec 1924 – 12 Dec 1991) m. Sarah (Faye) Navarro
        1. 1. Donald (Mark) Whitt (9 Jun 1956 – 29 Oct 2010) m. Debra (A) Lewis (abt 1956 – ) m. Jacqueline Frost (abt 1957 – )
      6. 6. John (Harold) Whitt (11 Apr 1931 – 25 Dec 1987) m. Rhoda (Jean) Clary (30 Jun 1936 – )
        1. 1. Valerie (Dawn) Whitt (Jan 9,1955 – ) m. Charles (William) Kurk (abt 1950 – ) m. Joel (A.) Potts (26 Feb 1948 – 6 Nov 1994)
        2. 2. John (Harold) Whitt
      7. 7. Calvin (Curtis) Whitt (20 Jun 1933 – 10 Dec 1998) m. Rose (Ann) Richardson (abt 1937 – ) m. Sharon (Kaye) Sage (17 Mar 1940 – 24 Mar 2021)
        1. 1. David (Eugene) Whitt (30 May 1961 – 22 Nov 2016) m. Christine McClary
        2. 2. Rhonda (Anne) Whitt (1963 – 1963)
        3. 3. Stephen (Anthony) Whitt (1 Aug 1965 – )
      8. 8. Ruth (Maola) Whitt (14 May 1936 – 18 Jul 2013) m. Joseph (Newton) Pires (19 Jun 1933 – 23 Jun 2014)
        1. 1. Kandy (L) Pires (12 Nov 1964 – ) m. James (C) Burt
        2. 2. Joseph (Newton) Pires
        3. 3. Tony Pires
      9. 9. Raymond (Haywood) Whitt (24 May 1939 – 6 Oct 1941)
  5. 5. Sarah (Sally) Sparks (Oct 1875 – 1933)
  6. 6. William (J.) Sparks (abt 1876 – 22 FEB 1915)
  7. 7. Archibald Sparks (23 Oct 1877 – 8 Nov 1936)
  8. 8. John (Ezra) Sparks (21 Sep 1880 – 30 Aug 1957) m. Ida Sparks
    1. 1. Glenn (Elmer) Sparks (5 May 1908 – 27 Nov 1954)
  9. 9. Homer Sparks

Joseph Sparks's Timeline

8 Records

1851
Jan 1851
Birth of Joseph P Sparks in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1860
1860
Age 9
Joseph P Sparks resided here in Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
1870
1870
Age 19
Joseph P Sparks resided here in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1880
1880
Age 29
Joseph P Sparks resided here in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1900
1900
Age 49
Joseph P Sparks resided here in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1910
1910
Age 59
Joseph P Sparks resided here in Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
1920
1920
Age 69
Joseph P Sparks resided here in Marshall, Harford, Maryland, USA
Marshall, Harford, Maryland, USA
1920
1920
Age 69
Death of Joseph P Sparks in Marshall, Harford, Maryland, United States
Marshall, Harford, Maryland, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1851
    Event Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Marshall, Harford, Maryland; Roll: T625_675; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 431
    [2] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: 1393; Family History Film: 1255393; Page: 248C; Enumeration District: 088
    [3] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: M593_1680; Page: 375A; Image: 29026; Family History Library Film: 553179
    [4] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: 1730; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1241730
    [5] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: M653_1381; Page: 845; Family History Library Film: 805381
    [6] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1686; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1375699
    [7] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: M653_1381; Page: 845; Family History Library Film: 805381

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: M593_1680; Page: 375A; Image: 29026; Family History Library Film: 553179

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: 1393; Family History Film: 1255393; Page: 248C; Enumeration District: 088

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: 1730; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1241730

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1686; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1375699

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Marshall, Harford, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Marshall, Harford, Maryland; Roll: T625_675; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 431

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Marshall, Harford, Maryland, United States
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