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Robert Lee Sparks

Robert Lee Sparks

Male Abt 1874 - 1970  (96 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Lee Sparks was born about 1874 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (son of Jacob Sparks and Mary "Milly" Billings); died in 1970 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Sparks was born in Aug 1846 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (son of Soloman Sparks and Mary Day); died in 1910 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

    Jacob married Mary "Milly" Billings in Mar 1857 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born on 22 Oct 1840 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 22 Jan 1916 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary "Milly" Billings was born on 22 Oct 1840 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 22 Jan 1916 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Soloman Abraham Sparks was born on 13 May 1869 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 21 Jul 1953 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Roaring River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Mary Sparks was born about 1871 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Thomas Ransom Sparks was born on 20 Aug 1874 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 06 Jul 1943 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    4. 1. Robert Lee Sparks was born about 1874 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1970 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    5. William Elijah Sparks was born on 25 Feb 1877 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 13 Apr 1947 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Jacob Floyd Sparks was born in 1879 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1948.
    7. Rebecca Caroline Cora Lodema Adeline Sparks was born on 16 Nov 1882 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 12 May 1950 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Milly Lou Joyce Laura Susan Sparks was born in 1884 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    9. Henry Sparks was born in 1886 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1918.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Soloman Sparks was born about 1815 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (son of Samuel Sparks and Mary Olvey); died before 1870 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.

    Soloman married Mary Day on 30 Jan 1838 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born about 1817 in Hamptonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA; died in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Day was born about 1817 in Hamptonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA; died in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Daniel S. Sparks was born in 1842 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Feb 1863 in Goldsboro, Wayne, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Elijah Sparks was born on 18 Nov 1841 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died on 30 Jan 1930 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Roaring River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Sarah L. Sparks was born in 1844 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died after 1870.
    4. 2. Jacob Sparks was born in Aug 1846 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1910 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Martha Mary Sparks was born in 1849 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Amanda Sparks was born in 1854 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. 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. 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.


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