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Oliver Sparks

Oliver Sparks

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Oliver Sparks was born about 1859 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (son of Joseph Sparks and Mary Matilda Gray).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Sparks was born about 1822 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (son of Samuel Sparks and Mary Olvey); died in 1882 in Butte, California, USA.

    Joseph married Mary Matilda Gray on 20 Sep 1842 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Mary (daughter of William Gray and Rachel Curry) was born on 28 Sep 1825 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 05 Dec 1906 in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Matilda Gray was born on 28 Sep 1825 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (daughter of William Gray and Rachel Curry); died on 05 Dec 1906 in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA.
    Children:
    1. Martha Sparks was born about 1845 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Rachel Sparks was born about 1848 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Marquis Lafayette Sparks was born about 1852 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA.
    4. Emma Sparks was born about 1854 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Mary Matilda Sparks was born on 24 Mar 1856 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 22 Jun 1915 in Yoncalla, Douglas, Oregon, USA.
    6. 1. Oliver Sparks was born about 1859 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel Sparks was born about 1793 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (son of Soloman A. Sparks, Jr. and Charity Snider); died in Feb 1858 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Feb 1858 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    The will of Samuel Sparks, dtd 23 Jan 1858, mentions wife Sarah, sons Soloman, Reuben, Joseph, Elias, Ransom, George and Noah; daughters Matilda Gray, Mary Goforth, Malinda Chambers and Jane Adams. This will was apparently contested and eventually went before the NC Supreme Court in 1893. More research on that is needed.

    Samuel married Mary Olvey on 22 Oct 1814 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Mary (daughter of William "Alvy" Olvey and ?) was born about 1793 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 30 Oct 1851 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Oct 1851 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Olvey was born about 1793 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (daughter of William "Alvy" Olvey and ?); died on 30 Oct 1851 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Oct 1851 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    Mary Olvey (aka Alvey) was said to carry the hemophiliac gene on her DNA. Many of her male descendants died from the condition.

    Children:
    1. Soloman Sparks was born about 1815 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died before 1870 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Reuben Sparks was born about 1819 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Malinda Sparks was born about 1821 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    4. 2. Joseph Sparks was born about 1822 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1882 in Butte, California, USA.
    5. Martha Jane "Jincey" Sparks was born about 1824 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Matilda Sparks was born about 1827 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Noah Sparks was born about 1829 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died about 1874 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Elias Sparks was born about 1831 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    9. Ransom Sparks was born about 1833 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    10. George W. Sparks was born about 1835 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 14 Sep 1892 in Rock Creek, Wells, Indiana, USA.
    11. Samuel Sparks was born about 1837 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died before 1858 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    12. Mary Sparks was born about 1839 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

  3. 6.  William Gray

    William married Rachel Curry on 13 Feb 1810 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Rachel Curry
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Gray was born on 11 Feb 1810 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 24 Oct 1906 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    2. William Gray was born about 1817 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    3. 3. Mary Matilda Gray was born on 28 Sep 1825 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 05 Dec 1906 in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA.
    4. Balinda Gray was born about 1829 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Soloman A. Sparks, Jr. was born about 1757 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA (son of Soloman A. Sparks, Sr. and Sarah Thompson); died on 18 Dec 1817 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: Feb 1818, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA

    Soloman married Charity Snider about 1786 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Charity was born in 1759 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1826 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Charity Snider was born in 1759 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1826 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. George Sparks was born on 18 Dec 1787 in Somers, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 23 Oct 1843 in Wells, Indiana, USA.
    2. William Sparks was born about 1791 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 02 Mar 1869 in White, Tennessee, USA.
    3. 4. Samuel Sparks was born about 1793 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in Feb 1858 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Feb 1858 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Jonathan Sparks was born about 1794 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1846 in Tazewell, Virginia, USA.
    5. Joseph Sparks was born about 1803 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1855 in Adams, Indiana, USA.
    6. Soloman Sparks, III was born about 1792 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Apr 1854 in Rock Creek, Wells, Indiana, USA.

  3. 10.  William "Alvy" Olvey was born about 1750 in Maryland, USA; died after 1810 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: William Alvey

    Notes:

    On 25 Oct 1802, William purchased 100 acres of land in Wilkes Co., from John Bagby, John Martin and Thomas Green for the sum of 80 silver dollars. It appears to have been the land he lived on. It was on the waters of Wrights Creek.

    In the 1800 census of Wilkes Co., living in William's household were: 3 females under 10 (born between 1790-1800), 1 female age 10-16 (born 1784-1790), 1 male age 10-16, 1 female age 16-26 (born 1774-1784), 1 male age 16-26, 1 male over 45 (born before 1755) and 1 female 26-45 (born 1756-1774).

    Wilkes Co., NC Will Abstracts, Book 2 (1800-1811) pg 37, #306, Oct Term 1810 In the inventory of the estate of one John Martin, dec'd, there is listed a "desperate note" on several men including William Alvey and Thomas Green.

    William married ? about 1770 in Maryland, USA ??. was born about 1755 in Maryland, USA ??; died between 1800 and 1810 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  ? was born about 1755 in Maryland, USA ??; died between 1800 and 1810 in USA.
    Children:
    1. Fielder Olvey was born about 1772 in Maryland, USA; died about 1852 in Fall Creek, Madison, Indiana, USA; was buried in Madison, Indiana, USA.
    2. Wiseman Olvey was born about 1776 in Maryland, USA; died before May 1834 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    3. John Olvey was born on 30 Apr 1781 in Maryland, USA; died on 08 Dec 1863 in Fall Creek, Hamilton, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fishers, Hamilton, Indiana, USA.
    4. Susannah "Suckey" Olvey was born about 1791 in Maryland, USA; died before 1840 in Wells, Indiana, USA.
    5. Elisha Olvey was born on 30 Jan 1787 in Maryland, USA; died between 1870 and 1880 in Randolph, Indiana, USA; was buried in Randolph, Indiana, USA.
    6. Malinda "Lindy" Olvey was born about 1790 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    7. 5. Mary Olvey was born about 1793 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 30 Oct 1851 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Oct 1851 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Love Olvey was born about 1795 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.


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