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Richard J. Sparks (Oldham County, Kentucky farmer and captain)

b. 1832-08-07 d. 1864-06-29

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.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Sparks, Richard J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200308 (November 12, 2026).

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