Richard J. Sparks

Birth Date

1832-08-07

Death Date

1864-06-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Oldham County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mildred A. Rouce Sparks in Shelby County, Kentucky, on March 2, 1858. Father of John Sparks and Emma Sparks. Farmer in Oldham County in 1860. Served in the Oldham County State Guard (U.S.A.) as a captain from September 17, 1862, to November 20, 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 70.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, Simpsonville, p. 505A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 000259275.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 856.
"Capt R. J. Sparks (1832-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 72781290, accessed December 3, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72781290.

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