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Humphrey Sparks (Henry County, Kentucky, tailor, merchant, and postmaster)

b. 1812?

Henry County, Kentucky, tailor, merchant, and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Ann Sparks. Father of Thomas J. Sparks, Permelia Malvina Sparks, Mary Isabella Sparks, and Martha Ann Sparks. Tailor in Henry County in 1850. Merchant in Henry County in 1860. Owned one enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860. Postmaster for Pleasureville in Henry County from February 5, 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 2, p. 454B

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 353.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 178A.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Henry County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 96.

Citation

Sparks, Humphrey. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201049 (January 18, 2026).

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