| 8. | Daniel Sparks was born in 1816 in North Carolina or Franklin Co, Tennessee (son of William* Sparks and (Mrs. James Sparks*) Sparks); died after 1870 in Vowels Mills, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1840, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
- Census: 1850, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; b NC
- Census: 17 Sep 1860, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
- Census: 20 Aug 1870, Natchitoches Parish (Ward 7), Louisiana; b NC
Notes:
letter from Oscar Sparks, son of Hardy Sparks, grandson of Daniel Sparks (as published on the Internet in Ancestry.com by James Willis Sparks29 added this on 11 Sep 2007)
"Some of the information about him has been given to us by a grandson Oscar Sparks, who lives in Provencal, Louisiana. He wrote the following in his November 11, 1985 letter.
'I know very little about my father's people. I was told my grandfather Sparks came from Tennessee. Rode horseback from there. His name was Daniel and his job was overseeing a plantation worked by Negro slaves, approximately four miles north of where I now live on the Kisatchie creek. He married a girl whose last name was Justice and they had five children, two girls, France and Melissa and three boys Tom, Jake and Wesley. His first wife died and he married someone name I don't know they had three children, two girls, Luwie and Julia and one boy Hardy, my father. Uncle Tom had three sons, Elic, Craf and Math. Last tw lived in around Anacoco and Many, Louisiana, who did drift into east Texas. I never did know Craf or Math just heard of them. I was told that when Grandpa left Tennessee, he had a brother who also left Tennessee and settled near Nacogdoches or San Augustine Texas. Several; years back I met one of the Sparks boys from over there and from what he said, I feel sure our Grandpas were brother. My father and mother had eight children; three sons and five girls all are dead now except me. I was the youngest, born April 28, 1904. We all lived in or near Natchitoches Parish all of our lives.'
This letter from Oscar Sparks, together with census records, helps us to form a family for Daniel Sparks. He married twice, his first married was to Julia Justice about 1842. She was born about 1825 in Louisiana, and she died probably about 1853. Daniel?s second wife was to a woman whose name we have not found any record of. Daniel said to have died in the late 1800's and was buried on his own land. His oldest son is buried beside Daniel. The land now belong to a Justice, not three miles from where Oscar lives now.Daniel had eight children.I have been to see Oscar every year on his birthday ( the closes Saturday to his birthday). All his children(10 - to have died), their children. So there is always 50 or more. Who ever goes there will always feel at home. All Sparks?s are that way and will always will be, I guess.There are always so many stories about where some one came from and where they went. The material we use is records from Courthouses and Census or known records."
http://www.sparksfamilytree.net/ghtout/npr293.html#H01725
Census:
Name: Daniel Sparks
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):
Natchitoches, Louisiana pg 64
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:1
Census:
Daniel Sparks 34 1816 NC
Julia Sparks 25 1825 LA
Frances Sparks 6 1844 LA
Jacob Sparks 5 1845 LA
Malissa Sparks 3 1847 LA
Dan Sparks 1 1849 LA
Census:
Daniel Sparks 45 1815 North Carolina planter
A E Sparks female 27 1833 Alabama
Frances E Sparks female 16 1844 Louisiana
J W Sparks male 14 1846 Louisiana
M J Sparks female 11 1849 Louisiana
D Sparks male 9 1851 Louisiana
J W Sparks male 3 1857 Louisiana
S J Sparks male 2 1858 Louisiana
Census:
Daniel Sparks 55 farmer 600, 500 cannot read/write
John W Sparks 14 1856 LA
Julia Sparks 9 1861 LA
Hardy J Sparks 6 1864 LA
Louisa Sparks 4 1866 LA
Lucy C Sparks 2 1868 LA
next door: son
Jacob M. Sparks 1846 Louisiana farmer
Mary Sparks wife 20 1850 Mississippi
Died:
buried on his own land in Natchitoches Parish.
Daniel married A. Elizabeth "Liza" Myrick (Myrich) about 1855 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. A. was born in 1833 in Alabama; died before 1870 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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