James Edwin Sparks

1847 - 1914  (67 years)

• Name	James Edwin Sparks
  Birth	4 Aug 1847	Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  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	22 Jun 1860	Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas
  	21 Jun 1860 Orange Co, Texas Precinct 2, PO Duncans Wood pg 27 178 John Harmon 22 1838 TX << Mary (Means) 19 1841 LA Martha 3 1857 TX Milley 1 1859 TX 180 Harmon John 70 1790 LA Elizabeth 1793 LA Green, Manda 20 1840 TX pg 29 res 192 Solomon Sparks 40 1820 Alabama Martha C Sparks 40 1820 S.C John L 16 1844 TN James E 14 1846 LA William E 9 1851 TX Mary S 11 1849 TX Joseph M 7 1853 TX Oscah 4 1856 TX res 193 John Railah 1798 62 Malinda Railah 1816 44 Christian W Railah 1848 12 TX Isaac P Railah 8 1852 TX Rachel D Railah 5 1855 TX Mary C Railah 3 1857 TX Julia C 2 1858 pg 30 201 Burrell James 35 1825 LA Elizabeth 25 1835 LA William 12 1848 TX Robert 10 1850 Emoly 8 1852 David 3 1857 Lucy 2 1858 Frederick Burrell 19 1841 TX pg 31 207 Gallier Jane 23 1837 MS Rufus 6 1854 TX Andrew 4 1856 TX Willis 3 1857 TX pg 36 229 Jemima Morgan 54 1806 LA Allen 20 1840 TX William 17 1843 Sarah 1 1847 pg 38 238 Myers James 31 1829 LA Sarah E 27 1833 TX James Orin 1 1859 TX Mary Myers 70 1790 LA 240 John Cole 55 1805 farmer LA Rachel 55 1805 LA Absalome 20 1840 stock keeper TX James 16 1844 stock keeper TX Hulda 13 1847 TX Clark 20 1830 stock keeper TX 241 Mark Cole 25 1835 TX Hester A. 21 1839 TX Hulda 1 1859 TX
  		1860 Texas, Orange County, Duncans Wood (Precinct 2) census DUNCAN'S WOODS, TEXAS. Duncan's (Duncans) Woods, also known as Duncan Woods and as Duncan's Wood, was on the nineteenth-century Beaumont and Orange Road in western Orange County. A scattered settlement was present there by 1854, when the Duncan's Woods post office was established. Though first designated as part of Jefferson County, the office was quickly switched to the new Orange County. Gilbert W. Stephenson served as its first postmaster. During the 1850s the Duncan's Woods area was considered one of the most valuable in the county, with higher land prices than for other Orange County sites. Several railroad contractors maintained camps there for workers building the Texas and New Orleans Railroad through Orange County in 1860. Yet the settlement was subsequently abandoned, and its post office was discontinued in 1866. By the mid-1980s the area was virtually treeless, with the North Port Neches and Bessie Heights oil and gas fields roughly marking the old townsite. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvd43 --- Solomon Sparks and family and John Riley (Railah), Malinda Cole Johnson Riley and family. Also, J. Pavell and Sophia are listed here, legends of Pavell Island (not related)
  Census	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	C. Spark 50 widow 1820 S.C. Edwin Spark 23 Louisiana Joseph Spark 16 Texas Oscar Spark 14 Joseph J.B. Coat 27 Texas
  		1870, Texas, Jefferson County, Sparks Settlement census
  Death	18 Aug 1914	Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	D.C. Edwin Sparks, b 5 Aug 1846 Texas; d 18Aug 1814, age 68, single, Beaumont, Texas; burial 19 August 1914, McFaddin Cem father Sol Sparks, b Tennessee; mother Caroline Smith b b Tennessee; ocupation Trapper and hunter
  Burial	19 Aug 1914	McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
  Other-Begin	30 Sep 1952	Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	court case: Smith graves
  		Court Cause No. 16187: "W.P.H. McFaddin, Jr., et al, vs. Unknown Heirs of Caroline Sparks, et al" 30 Sep 1952 named deceased persons to-wit: Caroline Sparks, Edward Sparks, John L. Sparks, William Sparks, Joseph Sparks, Susan Sparks Crawford, Phillip Crawford, James C. Sparks, Lura Sparks Spriggs, James M. Court, Julia A. Court, James F. Court, Lillian Court Smith, Irvin Smith, Francis Court Sparks, Viola Court Sparks, Madison Court, Sarah A. Court, Edna Court, Beulah Court, a Mrs. E. Bordeman and child... 45.7 acres on T.F. Smith homestead tract; included in league bought by J.S. Johnson in 1924, who later conveyed the property to E.I. DuPont in 1952, at which time private cemetery was discovered. Court proceedings to have the remains relocated. The following family members not named in the suit but were included in cemetery records: in Grave 1 were: Tilda Courts, Homer Courts, Caudine (Claudie) Courts, Estie baby Courts, Carmel Courts, (unknown), Buff Courts, (unknown), James C Sparks Sr, Fred Frugia (unknown), Genevia Frugia), Florence Frugia (unknown), Brad Courts Sr.
  		McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead 1952 Article Beaumont Enterprise; "Early Burials Found on Neches"; "One of Area Private Cemeteries Uncovered on DuPont Tract"
  Other-Begin	10 Aug 1961	Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	court case: Smith graves
  	Court Cause No. 16107 W.P.H. McFaddin, Jr., et al vs Unknown Heirs of Caroline Sparks, et al Court Cause No. 18399 W.P.H. McFaddin, Jr., et al vs Robert S. Frugia, et al Court Cause No. 20324 W.P.H. McFaddin, Jr. et al vs. Coy V. Courts, et al (Sr.) On this 10th day of August 1961, came on to be heard the application of the plaintiffs in the above entitled and numbered cause for an order of the court showing that the plaintiffs have complied with the judgments previously entered in said cause and further showing that the plaintiffs or their successors in interest are entitled to the free and unrestricted use of the land hereinafter described, as set forth in plaintiff's petition in the above entitled and numbered causes... (pgs 10-13 of attached pdf)
  		McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead Forest Lawn Index Card on occupants of graves.
  Notes	"Edward Sparks" picture is hanging in Port Arthur museum, labeled as "Edward Sparks, son of Solomon and Caroline Sparks."
  Person ID	I456	Roots
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	Solomon Sparks,   b. 1819, Franklin Co, Tennessee d. 1867, Sparks Settlement, Aurora, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Martha Caroline Smith,   b. May 1819, South Carolina d. Aft 1880, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1841	Hardiman Co, Tennessee   [2]
  Family ID	F190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Aug 1847 - Louisiana Census - 24 Oct 1850 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas Census - 22 Jun 1860 - Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas Death - 18 Aug 1914 - Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Burial - 19 Aug 1914 - McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Other-Begin - court case: Smith graves - 30 Sep 1952 - Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Other-Begin - court case: Smith graves - 10 Aug 1961 - Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Sparks, Edward

  
  

  Documents

  Sparks and Aurora Originally published in about 1940, and published on the Internet by "Old and Sold, Turn-of-the-Century wisdom for today." Tells of life among the Sparks and families who lived in the Sparks Settlement in the mid to late 1800s. (d) http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/port-arthur-4.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] 1850 US Jefferson Co Census. [S291] Jay Sparks (jsparks@beamans.com).