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William Crain Sparks Sr

4 Jun 1798 – 20 Oct 1857

Birth	4 Jun 1798
Death	20 Oct 1857
Cemetery	Volo Cemetery Rogers , Bell County , Texas , USA
Added by	Brenda Hagler on 23 Aug 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24841623

Bio

Citizen of Republic of Texas William Crain Sparks, son of Richard and Mildred Crain Sparks, was born June 14, 1798, in Hardeman County, Tennessee. He married (1) Sarah Reed, and (2) Mrs. Jane Alexander Skelton, on Sept. 4, 1837. He was Colonel of a Regiment of State Troops. He was in Nacogdoches County by 1832, and on Jan. 17, 1836, he joined the Ranger Company of Col. Sterling C. Robertson. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Nacogdoches in the 7th Congress of the Republic. His name in on tax lists for 1837, 1839, 1840. —From Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Nacogdoches--Gateway to Texas: A Biographical Directory 1773-1849, Fort Worth: Arrow/Curtis Printing Company, 1974, p. 146

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Family

Spouse

• Sarah Ann "Sally" Reed Sparks 1807–1836 FaG
• Jane Alexander Sparks 1807–1869

Children

• Stephen J. Sparks 1824–1857
• Martha Ann Sparks Spence 1825–1858
• Nancy Ann Sparks Spencer 1828–1846
• Harriett Sparks Spencer 1830–1870
• Sarah A Sparks Hanover 1833–1857
• Clara Jane Sparks Cavitt 1837–1920
• John Alexander Sparks 1839–1863
• Elijah Sparks 1841–1862
• Minerva Sparks Reed 1842–1918
• William Crain "Hal" Sparks Jr 1844–1921
• Samuel Alexander Sparks 1848–1897

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