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Name | James Merrill Sparks [1] | |
Suffix | Jr | |
Birth | 9 Sep 1917 | Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas [1] |
Gender | Male | |
Death | 14 Apr 1967 | Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas [1] |
Burial | Rockport Cem, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas | |
Rockport Cemetery - Sparks, James Merrell and Wanda E. Rouquette |
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Rockport Cemetery - Sparks, James Merrill |
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Rockport Cemetery 2040 Tule Park Drive, Rockport, Texas 78382 feature photo found here: http://www.wmisc.com/travel/Texas_08.htm 1.25 mi. E of SH 35, Rockport, TX, USA Latitude & Longitude: 28° 2' 37.698", -157° 2' 15.3996" S Texas State Historical Marker This cemetery has served the citizens of Rockport and Fulton for over a century. The oldest marked grave is that of Emma Fulton (d. 1876), granddaughter of George Ware Fulton, who was instrumental in the development of the area and was interred in the cemetery in 1893. A large number of burials took place here in 1918, the year of a devastating influenza epidemic. The cemetery contains the graves of veterans of the Texas Revolution, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The Rockport Cemetery Association maintains the historic graveyard. (1988) http://www.stoppingpoints.com/texas/sights.cgi?marker=Rockport+Cemetery&cnty=aransas |
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Person ID | I10362 | Roots |
Last Modified | 28 Mar 2011 |
Father | James Merrill Sparks, Sr, b. 30 Mar 1888 d. 10 Dec 1948, Corpus Christi, Nueces Co, Texas (Age 60 years) | |
Mother | Nancy Drucilla Nelson, b. Abt 1888 d. Aft 1918 (Age ~ 31 years) | |
Marriage | Abt 1914 | |
Family ID | F3973 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Wanda Etoy Rouquette, b. 15 Jun 1921, Fulton, Aransas Co, Texas d. 16 Feb 1999, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas (Age 77 years) | |
Marriage | 2 Oct 1940 | Refugio, Aransas Co, Texas |
Family ID | F4015 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified | 10 Feb 2011 |
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