William Fielder SPARKS & Minerva Frances McKAY

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William Fielder SPARKS
Minerva Frances McKAY

Husband: William Fielder "Billy" SPARKS
Birth: 22 Jan 1814, Lawrence Co., MS
Death: 13 Jul 1900, Waco, McLennan Co., TX
Occupation: farmer
Father: Richard SPARKS (1793-1838)
Mother: Elizabeth May COOPER (1796-1848)

Marriage: ca. 1834

Wife: Minerva Frances McKAY
Birth: Dec 1819, LA
Death: 3 Sep 1900, Waco, McLennan Co., TX
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

1. Amanda E. SPARKS, b. ca. 1837
2. Naomi SPARKS, b. ca. 1842
3. Matilda B. SPARKS, b. ca. 1844
4. Thaddeus C. SPARKS, b. 9 Jan 1848, TX; d. 28 Feb 1890, Waco, McLennan Co., TX; m. Nov 1869, Mary Elizabeth GAINES, b. 1852/3, TX
5. Missouri Elida SPARKES, b. Jan 1852, TX

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Sources:

1. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #41 of 66): Madisonville P.O., Madison Co., TX, Roll M593_1597, p. 332B, PN 44, enumerated 15 Sep 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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300 303 Sparks William 56 M W Farmer Miss /

______ Minerva 49 F W Keeps House La

______ Thadeus 22 M W Farmer 1200 Texas Nov

______ Mary 17 F W Texas Nov /

Passett Missouri 19 F W Texas

_______ Everett J 28 M W House Carpenter 150 La

_______ Jennie 1 F W Texas

Jones Jno 28 M W Laborer Ny / / /

Everett PARRENT is Missouri's husband, and Jennie is their daughter.

2. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

3. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21-22 of 25): 416½ South 5th, Waco (Ward 4), Precinct No. 1, McLennan Co., TX, Roll T623_1656, pp. 267A-267B, SN 11-12, SD 9, ED 77, enumerated 6 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 414½ 208 228 Sparks William Head W M Jan 1814 86 M 65 MS GA NC Farmer 12 Y Y Y R H

______ Minerva Wife W F Dec 1819 80 M 65 6 3 LA SC GA Y Y Y

*South 5th

Listed next to their married daughter, Missouri (SPARKS) PARRENT.

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