Jacob E "Jake" Sparks

1828 - 1871  (43 years)

• Name	Jacob E "Jake" Sparks
  Birth	1828	Alabama   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1833	Alabama
  	per 1860 census
  Census	24 Oct 1850	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	24 Oct 1850 Sabine Pass residence 215: Milton H Bloodworth 25 1825 Louisiana Nancy (Holt) Bloodworth 18 1832 Texas Benjamin P Bloodworth 2 1848 Louisiana William Bloodworth 1 1849 Louisiana Benjamin Holt 55 1795 Mississippi Thomas C Holt 50 1800 Mississippi Thomas D Holt 4 1846 Louisiana William Holt 53 1797 Mississippi Mary Ann Holt 17 1833 Texas Thomas R Holt 26 1824 Louisiana Charles Holt 28 1822 Louisiana William C Holt 15 1835 Louisiana Richard Holt 13 1837 Louisiana Residence 216 Stockholm, Peter D. 31 1819 New York carpenter Mary 17 1833 Louisiana William 2 1848 Texas Elizabeth 0 1850 Texas Residence 217 Brewer, William 23 1827 Louisiana Brewer, Caroline 22 1828 Louisiana Residence 218 Solomon Sparks 30 1820 Tennessee Martha C Sparks 30 1829 South Carolina Lucy Ann Sparks 8 1842 Tennessee John L Sparks 6 1844 Tennessee James E Sparks 3 1847 Louisiana Mary Susan Sparks 1 1849 Texas Jacob Sparks 22 1828 Tennessee Residence 219 John S. Sparks 39 1811 North Carolina Melinda Sparks 29 1821 Tennessee Albert Sparks 9 1841 Texas Eliza J. Sparks 7 1843 Texas John F. Sparks 4 1846 Texas Sarah C. Sparks 1 1849 Texas James Court 22 1828 Louisiana Julia Ann (Sparks) Courts 14 1836 Tennessee
  		1850 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass, Census pg 249 John Sparks and Melinda Jones Sparks, James Court and Julia Ann Sparks Court, Solomon Sparks and family, and Brewer, Stockholm, Holt, Bludworth families.
  Census	29 Jul 1860	Colorado Co, Texas
  	29 Jul 1860 Post Office, San Bernard, Colorado County Looking at other names in the census living in close proximity, looks like a German/Prussian community. Residence 665 Sparks, Jacob 27 1833 Alabama Nancy (Johnson) 20, 1840 Louisiana Emma S. 5 1855 Texas Sophronia 4 1856 Texas William M. 2 1858 Texas Johnson, James 22 1838 Louisiana (bro-in-law) Shote (Schoat), Elizabeth (Johnson) 24 1835 Louisiana (sis-in-law) Shote, William M. 9 1851 Texas Residence 655 Cole S.W. 41 1819 Louisiana (Solomon) Zilla A. 26 1834 Louisiana Mary C. 9 1851 Texas Martha 8 1855 Texas Sarah 2 1848 Texas Priest, John 22 1838 Alabama Residence 656 Cole, David 43 1817 Louisiana Ann 23 1837 Germany F.D. (male) 22 1838 Texas Solomon 13 1847 Texas Ganse, Charles 13 1847 Texas Harris, Joshua 26 1834 Texas Roberts, Thomas (Thos Jefferson) 23 1837 Louisiana (Married Elizabeth Johnson Schoat in 1864) Cole, Elizabeth 2 1858 Texas
  Census	1870	Colorado Co, Texas
  	Jacob Sparks 23 (age clearly wrong) Alabama Nancy Sparks 29 1841 (age clearly wrong) Texas Emma Sparks 16 1854 Sophia Sparks 13 1857 Milton Sparks 12 1858 Franklin Sparks 10 1860 William Sparks 8 1862 James Sparks 3 1867 Jacob Sparks 1 1869 Hedley Faris 23 laborer, Louisiana Mathew Canales 22 laborer Texas
  Death	Feb 1871	Colorado Co, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Laborer. He is living with Solomon and Martha Sparks at the time of 1850 census. Info from Jay Sparks states he was born in Alabama, 1850 census states Tennessee. 1860 Census - living in Colorado Co, Texas, gives birth info as born 1833 in Alabama. 1870 census - living in Colorado Co, Texas, gives age as 28, born in Alabama (first child Emma is 16; so clearly he was older than he felt. Nancy also had her age too young, stated 29.) SQ pg 3364: Jacob E. Sparks, probable son of William Sparks, was born about 1828 in Alabama. (When he registered to vote in Colorado County, TX , in 1867, he stated that he had been born in Alabama; had come to Texas in 1844 ; and had lived in Colorado County since 1854.) the first record we have found of him is in the 1850 census of Jefferson County, Texas. At that time he was living in the household of his brother, Solomon sparks, and he was 22 years of age. Willis Sparks, mentioned earlier, tells a most interesting story about his great-grandparents, Jacob and Nancy (Johnson) Sparks. He wrote: "About 1853, Jacob Sparks was working for a freight line which ran between Lake Charles, Louisiana, and San Antonio, Texas, probably following a trail which is present-day U.S. Highway 90. The line used oxen and wagons to haul supplies. It was at the village of Orange, Texas, that Jake met, courted, and married fourteen-year-old Nancy Johnson. They went by the freight line to the San Bernard River in Colorado County, Texas, where they started house keeping about three miles northeast of the village of Mentz. There, they reared their family. Jake died at the age of forty-three, and some descendants say he was shot." Jacob Sparks married Nancy Johnson about 1853. According to census records she was born about 1839 in Louisiana. She and Jacob ("Jake") had seven children. http://www.sparksfamilytree.net/ghtout/npr379.html#H02087
  Person ID	I458	Roots
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	William* Sparks,   b. Abt 1783, Wilkes Co, North Carolina d. Aft 1830, of, Jackson Co, Alabama (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	(Mrs. James Sparks*) Sparks,   b. Between 1791 and 1800   d. Aft 1830, of, Jackson Co, Alabama (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1808	Washington Co, Virginia (?)
  Married	Washington Co, Virginia   [3]
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Johnson,   b. 9 Jul 1837, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 13 Jun 1903, Eagle Lake, Colorado Co, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1853	Orange Co, Texas
  Children	+ 1. Emma Sidney Sparks,   b. 1855, Colorado Co, Texas d. Aft 1880, of, Wharton Co, Texas (Age > 26 years) + 2. Sophronia E. Sparks,   b. 23 Apr 1856, Eagle Lake, Texas d. 13 May 1942, Austin, Travis Co, Texas (Age 86 years) + 3. William Milton Sparks,   b. 22 May 1859, Mentz, Colorado Co, Texas d. 19 Feb 1894, Houston, Harris Co, Texas (Age 34 years)   4. Franklin "Frank" Sparks,   b. 2 Aug 1860, Colorado Co, Texas d. 1 Oct 1895, Colorado Co, Texas (Age 35 years) + 5. William Milam Sparks,   b. 1 Mar 1863, Mentz, Colorado Co, Texas d. 17 Jan 1942, Nome, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 78 years) + 6. James Albert Sparks,   b. 5 Jan 1866, Colorado Co, Texas d. 20 Oct 1940, Eagle Lake, Colorado Co, Texas (Age 74 years) + 7. Jacob Sidney "Little Jake" Sparks,   b. 17 Oct 1869, Mentz, Colorado Co, Texas d. 6 Dec 1940, Luling, Caldwell Co, Texas (Age 71 years)   8. W. Sparks,   b. 1870, Colorado Co, Texas d. Aft 1880, of, Wharton Co, Texas (Age 11 years)
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 24 Oct 1850 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas Census - 29 Jul 1860 - Colorado Co, Texas Census - 1870 - Colorado Co, Texas Death - Feb 1871 - Colorado Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] 1850 US Jefferson Co Census. [S291] Jay Sparks (jsparks@beamans.com). [S274] Linda Massia's Family Tree http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lmassia/fam11212.htm.