Biographical information courtesy of Glenda Carpenter.
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Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr. – 1803-1871. {IN MEMORY OF S.W. SPARKS, BORN JULY 7, 1803, DIED AUGUST 19, 1871.} {Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr.} Sam was probably born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. He was killed in an explosion while blasting a well on the farm. The 1860 and 1870 censuses reveal that he could not read or write, but his wife and family could. He was a loyal Baptist. His monument, broken in several pieces, was found and restored by Dayton and Glynda Carpenter. After finding the monument in an old smoke-house, it was restored by Mezger Enterprises, Inc., and returned to his grave next to his wife, Sarah. Samuel married Sarah Deal in January 21, 1821, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. {They came from White Township, Arkansas.} They had ten children while pioneering through the south and the family arriving in Lampasas {September 14,} 1857, in what was then Comanche territory. {They settled on a farm on Sulphur Creek where the cemetery is located. The low water crossing on the place (County Road 3010) is still identified as Sparks Crossing.} They survived floods, disease, Indian attacks, and back-breaking labor. Their sons included M.V.B. who served as Lampasas County Judge in 1886, District Clerk in 1878, and Justice of Peace in 1873 and 1877; Thomas, an Idaho Territorial Legislator; and John Sparks, Governor of Nevada for whom a Nevada town was named. S.W. Sparks, Jr., served as Districk Clerk in 1866 and Justice of the Peace in 1869. M.V.B and Tom Sparks both were sergeants in the Confederate Army. The Sparks family were loyal members of the Baptist faith, wherever they lived.
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Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr. – 1803-1871. {IN MEMORY OF S.W. SPARKS, BORN JULY 7, 1803, DIED AUGUST 19, 1871.} {Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr.} Sam was probably born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. He was killed in an explosion while blasting a well on the farm. The 1860 and 1870 censuses reveal that he could not read or write, but his wife and family could. He was a loyal Baptist. His monument, broken in several pieces, was found and restored by Dayton and Glynda Carpenter. After finding the monument in an old smoke-house, it was restored by Mezger Enterprises, Inc., and returned to his grave next to his wife, Sarah. Samuel married Sarah Deal in January 21, 1821, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. {They came from White Township, Arkansas.} They had ten children while pioneering through the south and the family arriving in Lampasas {September 14,} 1857, in what was then Comanche territory. {They settled on a farm on Sulphur Creek where the cemetery is located. The low water crossing on the place (County Road 3010) is still identified as Sparks Crossing.} They survived floods, disease, Indian attacks, and back-breaking labor. Their sons included M.V.B. who served as Lampasas County Judge in 1886, District Clerk in 1878, and Justice of Peace in 1873 and 1877; Thomas, an Idaho Territorial Legislator; and John Sparks, Governor of Nevada for whom a Nevada town was named. S.W. Sparks, Jr., served as Districk Clerk in 1866 and Justice of the Peace in 1869. M.V.B and Tom Sparks both were sergeants in the Confederate Army. The Sparks family were loyal members of the Baptist faith, wherever they lived.
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Biographical information courtesy of Glenda Carpenter.
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Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr. – 1803-1871. {IN MEMORY OF S.W. SPARKS, BORN JULY 7, 1803, DIED AUGUST 19, 1871.} {Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr.} Sam was probably born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. He was killed in an explosion while blasting a well on the farm. The 1860 and 1870 censuses reveal that he could not read or write, but his wife and family could. He was a loyal Baptist. His monument, broken in several pieces, was found and restored by Dayton and Glynda Carpenter. After finding the monument in an old smoke-house, it was restored by Mezger Enterprises, Inc., and returned to his grave next to his wife, Sarah. Samuel married Sarah Deal in January 21, 1821, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. {They came from White Township, Arkansas.} They had ten children while pioneering through the south and the family arriving in Lampasas {September 14,} 1857, in what was then Comanche territory. {They settled on a farm on Sulphur Creek where the cemetery is located. The low water crossing on the place (County Road 3010) is still identified as Sparks Crossing.} They survived floods, disease, Indian attacks, and back-breaking labor. Their sons included M.V.B. who served as Lampasas County Judge in 1886, District Clerk in 1878, and Justice of Peace in 1873 and 1877; Thomas, an Idaho Territorial Legislator; and John Sparks, Governor of Nevada for whom a Nevada town was named. S.W. Sparks, Jr., served as Districk Clerk in 1866 and Justice of the Peace in 1869. M.V.B and Tom Sparks both were sergeants in the Confederate Army. The Sparks family were loyal members of the Baptist faith, wherever they lived.
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Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr. – 1803-1871. {IN MEMORY OF S.W. SPARKS, BORN JULY 7, 1803, DIED AUGUST 19, 1871.} {Samuel Wyatt Sparks, Sr.} Sam was probably born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. He was killed in an explosion while blasting a well on the farm. The 1860 and 1870 censuses reveal that he could not read or write, but his wife and family could. He was a loyal Baptist. His monument, broken in several pieces, was found and restored by Dayton and Glynda Carpenter. After finding the monument in an old smoke-house, it was restored by Mezger Enterprises, Inc., and returned to his grave next to his wife, Sarah. Samuel married Sarah Deal in January 21, 1821, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. {They came from White Township, Arkansas.} They had ten children while pioneering through the south and the family arriving in Lampasas {September 14,} 1857, in what was then Comanche territory. {They settled on a farm on Sulphur Creek where the cemetery is located. The low water crossing on the place (County Road 3010) is still identified as Sparks Crossing.} They survived floods, disease, Indian attacks, and back-breaking labor. Their sons included M.V.B. who served as Lampasas County Judge in 1886, District Clerk in 1878, and Justice of Peace in 1873 and 1877; Thomas, an Idaho Territorial Legislator; and John Sparks, Governor of Nevada for whom a Nevada town was named. S.W. Sparks, Jr., served as Districk Clerk in 1866 and Justice of the Peace in 1869. M.V.B and Tom Sparks both were sergeants in the Confederate Army. The Sparks family were loyal members of the Baptist faith, wherever they lived.
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His death was before 1897.
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