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Timothy "Tim" Sparks 1823 – 1907 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1823

Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1907

Death Location: Smyth County, Virginia, USA

Father: Jonas Sparks

Mother: Mary BROWN

Spouse(s): Virginia Lyon

Children(s): Mary Sparks

Timothy "Tim" Sparks was born in 1823 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Jonas James Sparks and Mary "Molly" Tomlinson BROWN. Timothy "Tim" Sparks married Virginia Jane (Janet) Lyon, and had children including Mary Jane Sparks. Timothy "Tim" Sparks passed away in 1907 in Smyth County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Timothy "Tim" Sparks was born in 1823 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Jonas James Sparks and Mary "Molly" Tomlinson BROWN.
  • Timothy "Tim" Sparks married Virginia Jane (Janet) Lyon, and had children including Mary Jane Sparks.
  • Timothy "Tim" Sparks passed away in 1907 in Smyth County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jonas Sparks
1793 – 1875
Birth Location: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
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Mary BROWN
1800 – 1890
Birth Location: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Virginia Lyon
1827 – 1919
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Sparks
1855 – 1922
Birth Location: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
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Timothy Sparks's Ancestors

Self
Timothy Sparks
1823 – 1907
Birth Place: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Jonas James Sparks
1793 – 1875
Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Mary ("Molly" Tomlinson) BROWN
1800 – 1890
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
John (Thomas) BROWN
1761 – 1833
Germany
Mary McCulloh
1772 – 1850
Boones Ford, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Timothy Sparks's Descendants

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Timothy ("Tim") Sparks (Jan 1823 – 1907) m. Virginia (Jane (Janet)) Lyon (04 Jan 1827 – 13 Sep 1919)
  1. 1. Mary (Jane) Sparks (30 May 1855 – 29 April 1922) m. John (Andrew) Riley (8 Jan 1856 – 27 Jun 1936)
    1. 1. Rosa (Virginia) Riley (28 Jan 1877 – 22 Dec 1972) m. Gratton (Floyd) Shrader (12 Jul 1878 – 9 October 1940)
      1. 1. Ruby (Grace) Helmondollar (4 December 1909 – 28 July 2004) m. James (Edward) Helmondollar (6 March 1910 – 28 December 1996)
        1. 1. Donald Helmandollar (abt 1932 – )
        2. 2. Floyd (Ray) Helmondollar (18 Jul 1933 – 15 Apr 2015) m. Shirley (A) Duncan (abt 1939 – )
        3. 3. Curtiss Helmandollar (abt 1935 – )
        4. 4. Willis Helmandollar (abt 1938 – )

Timothy Sparks's Timeline

2 Records

1823
Jan 1823
Birth of Timothy "Tim" Sparks in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
1907
1907
Age 84
Death of Timothy "Tim" Sparks in Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Smyth County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1823
    Event Place: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1907
    Event Place: Smyth County, Virginia, USA
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