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Mary Esther Sparks 1850 – 1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Dec 1850

Birth Location: Carter County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 12 Mar 1941

Death Location: Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States

Father: Solomon Sparks

Mother: Nancy Skaggs

Spouse(s): Isaac Middleton

Children(s): Peter Middleton, Nancy Middleton, William Middleton, Jane Middleton, George Middleton, Susan Middleton, Rosa Middleton, Myrtle Middleton, Emma Middleton

The story of Mary Esther Sparks began in 1850 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA. In 1860, Mary Esther Sparks resided in Calloway, Kentucky, USA. Mary Esther Sparks married Isaac N Middleton, and had children including Peter Middleton, Nancy "Ella" Middleton, William Henry Middleton, Jane Elizabeth "Lizzie" Middleton, George R Middleton, Susan "Susie" Middleton, Rosa B. Middleton, Myrtle E. "Myrtie" Middleton, Emma Middleton. Mary Esther Sparks passed away in 1941 in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Esther Sparks began in 1850 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA.
  • In 1860, Mary Esther Sparks resided in Calloway, Kentucky, USA.
  • Mary Esther Sparks married Isaac N Middleton, and had children including Peter Middleton, Nancy "Ella" Middleton, William Henry Middleton, Jane Elizabeth "Lizzie" Middleton, George R Middleton, Susan "Susie" Middleton, Rosa B. Middleton, Myrtle E. "Myrtie" Middleton, Emma Middleton.
  • Mary Esther Sparks passed away in 1941 in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Solomon Sparks
1820 – 1873
Birth Location: Lee, Virginia, USA
SS
Nancy Skaggs
1821 – 1856
Birth Location: Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
NS

Spouses(s)

Isaac Middleton
1847 – 1912
Birth Location: Carter County, Kentucky, USA
IM

Children(s)

Peter Middleton
1867 – 1914
Birth Location: Carter County, Kentucky, USA
PM
Nancy Middleton
1869 – 1944
Birth Location: Elliott, Kentucky, USA
NM
William Middleton
1874 – 1945
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
WM
Jane Middleton
1876 – 1913
Birth Location: Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA
JM
George Middleton
1878 – 1911
Birth Location: Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA
GM
Susan Middleton
1881 – 1955
Birth Location: Greenup County, Kentucky, USA
SM
Rosa Middleton
1883 – 1918
Birth Location: Greenup County, Kentucky, USA
RM
Myrtle Middleton
1886 – 1941
Birth Location: Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
MM
Emma Middleton
1890 – 1983
Birth Location: Scioto, Ohio, United States
EM

Mary Sparks's Ancestors

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Mary Sparks
1850 – 1941
Birth Place: Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Solomon Sparks
1820 – 1873
Lee, Virginia, USA
Nancy Skaggs
1821 – 1856
Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Jesse (James) Sparks
1797 – 1869
Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Nancy (Jane) Moutray
1790 –
Hillsboro Dist., Chatham County, North Carolina
Solomon Skaggs
1791 – 1863
Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
Silvenia Cains
1785 – 1835
Great-Grandparents
James Sparks
1762 – 1826
Mary
1759 – 1835
Joseph Moutray
1760 – 1846
Lucinda Lacy
1762 – 1852
Peter Skaggs
1765 – 1841
Martha Cothron
1771 – 1865
Richard Cains
1755 – 1823
Margaret MCKINNEY
1760 – 1825
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sparks
1725 – 1801
Martha Moore
1731 – 1802
James Moutray
1734 –
Anne Parrish
1737 – 1819
Philemon Lacy
1734 – 1809
Frances Durham
1732 – 1811
Zachariah Skaggs
1745 – 1818
Nancy Wilcox
1752 – 1818
Patrick Brown
1750 – 1835
Cathryn Cothron
1752 –
James Cain
1748 – 1826
Elizabeth Custer
1751 – 1799
Daniel McKinney
1740 – 1809
Mercy Blatchley
1745 – 1825

Mary Sparks's Descendants

1.
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Mary (Esther) Sparks (27 Dec 1850 – 12 Mar 1941) m. Isaac (N) Middleton (16 Aug 1847 – 19 Apr 1912)
  1. 1. Peter Middleton (Aug 1867 – 20 Sep 1914)
  2. 2. Nancy ("Ella") Middleton (Dec 1869 – 4 SEP 1944) m. Alfred (Nathan) Burress (30 JUL 1865 – 17 NOV 1918) m. Albert (F.) Olschofsky (FEB 1868 – )
    1. 1. Addie (Merrill) Burress (3 NOV 1888 – 5 APR 1936)
    2. 2. Gertrude Burress (12 SEP 1890 – 15 SEP 1966)
    3. 3. Mathew Burress (23 APR 1893 – 30 JAN 1959)
    4. 4. Lawrence (Omer) Burress (12 APR 1895 – 25 DEC 1964)
  3. 3. William (Henry) Middleton (11 May 1874 – 24 May 1945)
  4. 4. Jane (Elizabeth "Lizzie") Middleton (23 Apr 1876 – 1913) m. Frank (E) Cook (Mar 1874 – )
    1. 1. William (F "Willie") Cook (8 May 1900 – )
    2. 2. Elsie (B) Cook (8 Mar 1905 – 25 Jul 1998)
  5. 5. George (R) Middleton (17 Dec 1878 – 24 Aug 1911)
  6. 6. Susan ("Susie") Middleton (25 Feb 1881 – 4 Aug 1955)
  7. 7. Rosa (B.) Middleton (Apr 1883 – 13 Nov 1918) m. James (M.) Lawson (FEB 1881 – )
    1. 1. Alma Lawson (4 NOV 1907 – 7 SEP 1996)
  8. 8. Myrtle (E. "Myrtie") Middleton (Mar 1886 – 1941)
  9. 9. Emma Middleton (12 MAR 1890 – 3 May 1983) m. Frederick (Emerson) Hardy (27 JUL 1889 – 22 Nov 1972)
    1. 1. Raymond (Oliver) Hardy (5 Feb 1911 – 6 Sep 1983) m. Hattie Ramey m. Reva Hayes
      1. 1. Raymond (Theodore) Hardy (2 JAN 1935 – 26 JAN 2014)
      2. 2. Paul (Donald) Hardy (13 SEP 1938 – )
      3. 3. Wayne Hardy (1944 – )
    2. 2. Mary (Irene) Hardy (30 Apr 1913 – 27 Aug 1986) m. Sherman Armstrong (27 Jan 1910 – 16 Jul 1989)
      1. 1. Wanda (Lee) Armstrong (26 Sep 1934 – 26 May 1942)
      2. 2. Virginia (Lee) Armstrong (3 Nov 1936 – 1 Jul 2020) m. Charles (Marshall) Barry (16 Mar 1933 – 9 Jan 2015)
        1. 1. Mary (Patricia) Barry (25 Dec 1953 – ) m. Dana (Fred) Hanna (9 MAY 1953 – )
        2. 2. Charles (Sherman) Barry (11 Apr 1955 – 11 Aug 2020) m. Eileen (Marie) Kuczma (Abt. 1955 – )
        3. 3. Annita (Jeanette) Barry (11 Mar 1956 – ) m. Earl (Maynard) Johnson (24 Feb 1956 – )
        4. 4. Trudy (Katherine) Barry (27 Dec 1959 – ) m. Michael (Lawrence) Saxton (23 Dec 1959 – ) m. Randall (Glenn) Ward (3 May 1965 – )
        5. 5. Nancy (Irene) Barry (19 May 1969 – ) m. Paul (Andrew) Shaffer (26 Nov 1967 – )
      3. 3. Robert (Forrest) Armstrong (21 Jul 1940 – 20 February 2018) m. Ruth (Anna) Moxley (abt 1942 – 3 Mar 1993) m. Wanda Raymeyer
        1. 1. Sherrie (Ann) Armstrong (Oct 1963 – ) m. William Catterton
        2. 2. Patricia (Irene) Armstrong (Jan 1971 – ) m. Richard (Edward) Schline (abt 1971 – ) m. Justin (Charles) Cullum
        3. 3. Leona Armstrong m. snu Carlin
        4. 4. Robert (Forrest) Armstrong (1960 – ) m. Katrina (M.) Smith (29 Aug – ) m. Dee snu
    3. 3. William (Frederick) Hardy (20 Feb 1916 – 8 Jun 1968) m. Myrtle (Mae) Collins m. Lee (Alice) Watkins
      1. 1. Lillian (Marie) Hardy (23 APR 1937 – )
      2. 2. Dorothy (Louise) Hardy (4 MAR 1939 – )
      3. 3. Sandra Hardy (30 JUN 1944 – )
      4. 4. William (Calvin) Hardy (3 MAR 1949 – )
      5. 5. Jack (Leroy) Hardy (5 SEP 1951 – )
      6. 6. William (Frederick) Hardy (24 DEC 1953 – )
    4. 4. Alma (Louise) Hardy (20 MAR 1918 – 11 May 2002) m. Homer (Forrest) Warner (30 Jun 1916 – 28 Dec 1999)
      1. 1. William (Forrest) Warner (11 JAN 1935 – 20 Jan 2017) m. Shirley (Ann) Stiltner (05 Sept 1939 – 18 Aug 2006)
        1. 1. Katherine (Louise) Warner (05 Jan 1960 – 03 Aug 2014)
      2. 2. Michael (Eugene) Warner (15 AUG 1942 – )
      3. 3. Connie (Lee) Warner (10 APR 1949 – )
    5. 5. Marjorie (Lillian) Hardy (26 JAN 1920 – Dec. 27, 2009) m. Lester (Eugene) Keeney (2 Nov 1915 – 4 Aug 2006)
    6. 6. Marcella (Lucille) Hardy (22 Jul 1922 – 09 Jan 1990) m. Gene Hileman ( – 17 JUN 1944) m. Ervin Sykora
      1. 1. Albert (Frederick) Hileman (9 MAR 1941 – )
      2. 2. Rosalind (Jean) Hileman (21 DEC 1942 – )
      3. 3. Joseph Sykora (7 DEC 1946 – )
      4. 4. Richard Sykora (3 JAN 1949 – )
    7. 7. Eugene (Allen "Gene") Hardy (Feb. 21, 1924 – 22 Dec 2005) m. Phyllis (Laverne) Prichard (17 Aug 1927 – 8 Nov 1999)
    8. 8. Betty (Ruth) Hardy (8 Nov 1926 – Dec. 22, 2004) m. Harold Selby (abt 1921 – 4 Dec 1981) m. Ronald (Lee) Mershon (18 Dec 1937 – 12 Aug 2018)
      1. 1. Cheryl (Louise) Selby (25 APR 1949 – 13 July 2013) m. Willard (Rudolph) Borman (22 Nov 1950 – 19 Feb 2006)
      2. 2. Ronald Mershon (6 FEB 1969 – )
    9. 9. Gerald (Emerson "Jake") Hardy (9 JUL 1929 – March 1989) m. Mary (Eileen) Matthews (7 Aug 1927 – 16 Oct 2003)
      1. 1. Deborah (L) Hardy (7 JAN 1950 – ) m. Dennis (A) Warner (26 Mar 1947 – )
      2. 2. Michael (Eugene) Hardy (26 Nov 1953 – )

Mary Sparks's Timeline

15 Records

1850
27 Dec 1850
Birth of Mary Esther Sparks in Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Carter County, Kentucky, USA
1860
1860
Age 10
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Calloway, Kentucky, USA
Calloway, Kentucky, USA
1866
1866
Age 16
Mary Esther Sparks was married
None
1870
1870
Age 20
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Precinct 4, Elliott, Kentucky, USA
Precinct 4, Elliott, Kentucky, USA
1880
1880
Age 30
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Globe School House, Greenup, Kentucky, USA
Globe School House, Greenup, Kentucky, USA
1900
1900
Age 50
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
1910
1910
Age 60
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
1920
1920
Age 70
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
1928
1928
Age 78
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Ironton, Ohio, USA
Ironton, Ohio, USA
1930
1930
Age 80
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Upper, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
Upper, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
1935
1935
Age 85
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio
Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio
1940
1940
Age 90
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
1941
12 MAR 1941
Age 91
Mary Esther Sparks resided here in Ironton, Ohio
Ironton, Ohio
1941
12 Mar 1941
Age 91
Death of Mary Esther Sparks in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
1941
15 MAR 1941
Age 91
Burial of Mary Esther Sparks in Sugar Creek, Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
Sugar Creek, Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Dec 1850
    Event Place: Carter County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky
    [2] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03096; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 44-17
    [3] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: T625_1400; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 117
    [4] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Upper, Lawrence, Ohio; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 2341561
    [5] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Globe School House, Greenup, Kentucky; Roll: 417; Page: 46A; Enumeration District: 039
    [6] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 4, Elliott, Kentucky; Roll: M593_459; Page: 467B; Family History Library Film: 545958
    [7] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Upper, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: 1292; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1241292
    [8] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Calloway, Kentucky; Roll: M653_359; Page: 212; Family History Library Film: 803359
    [9] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: T624_1202; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1375215
    [10] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [11] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [12] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1866

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Calloway, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Calloway, Kentucky; Roll: M653_359; Page: 212; Family History Library Film: 803359

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Precinct 4, Elliott, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 4, Elliott, Kentucky; Roll: M593_459; Page: 467B; Family History Library Film: 545958

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Globe School House, Greenup, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Globe School House, Greenup, Kentucky; Roll: 417; Page: 46A; Enumeration District: 039

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Upper, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: 1292; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1241292

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: T624_1202; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1375215

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Ironton Ward 3, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: T625_1400; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 117

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1928
    Event Place: Ironton, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Upper, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Upper, Lawrence, Ohio; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 2341561

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03096; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 44-17

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03096; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 44-17

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 12 MAR 1941
    Event Place: Ironton, Ohio

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1941
    Event Place: Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 MAR 1941
    Event Place: Sugar Creek, Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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