Noah Sparks --Cholera Victim
1806–1850
BIRTH 29 MAR 1806
DEATH 31 MAY 1850 • Caseyville, Township, Illinois, USA

An 1850 Cholera Victim - SPARKS, Noah -- abt. 1815-1850
Belleville, IL Republican dated Wednesday, June 5, 1850: We understand that Mr. Noah Sparks, of Ridge Prairie, in this county, died of cholera on Friday morning last. He had, we are informed, been to St. Louis with a wagon load of produce a day or two previous, where it is probable, he was subjected to much exposure and fatigue, and returned home with the diarrhors on him. On Thursday he was in the city till late in the afternoon, when he returned, and was immediately seized with a severe attach, which proved fatal in a few hours. This is the first and only case within this county that we have heard of this season, and as this solitary one was contracted in St. Louis, under the existing circumstances, we are not to infer that there will be a continuance of the malady. Belleville never was known to be more healthy at this season of the year than it is now; -- so far there does not seem to be the least likelihood of a re-visitation of cholera this season, if due caution is observed. Since the quarantine has been in successful operation there has been but very few cases in St. Louis, and those, with one or two exceptions, were transient persons.

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Parents

David Sparks
1770–1845

Araminta "Minta" Cox
1774–

Siblings
Susannah - Susan SPARKS
1799–1864

Elizabeth Sparks
1801–1837


Joseph Sparks
1803–1829


Ruth Sparks
1808–1877

Isabella Sparks
1811–

Jarrard Cox Sparks
1815–


David Sparks Jr.
1816–1863


Araminta "Aarie" Sparks
1818–1892

Half Siblings

ARAMENTIA "Airy" "Aery" WHITESIDE **
1820–1846

Spouse & Children
Maraget Henderson

Elizabeth Sparks
1839–1913

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Mary J. Sparks
1848–1851