Peterson Peter B. Sparks

Article Name=102-B

May 2, 2021

Pages 1993-2014

Whole Number 102

17.2.4.1 RICHARD SPARKS

BORN IN VIRGINIA ca. 1779-1781, DIED IN ARKANSAS AFTER 1860

and his Wife, SARAH (PETERSON) SPARKS

by Russell E. Bidlack

For many years we have been collecting data on the family of Richard and Sarah (Peterson) Sparks. While this record is still far from complete, it is appropriate that we now publish what we have accumulated with the hope that readers of the Quarterly may be able to supply additional material.

Over the past twenty years, your editor has corresponded with, and has been assisted, by, a number of descendants of 17.2.4.1 Richard and Sarah (Peterson) Sparks, among whom are the following:

John W. Sparks, TN

C. Glenn Sparks, Texas

Irene D. Spencer, CA

Vicki Begtrup, NJ

Erin D. Miller, LA.

Patricia Burnett, AZ.

Joann Farris, Texas

E. Marie McCowan, Idaho

Mrs. M.A. Hood, Texas

Lida D. Phillips, LA.

Helen Wendell, TN.

Laura Sparks Atchley, OK.

Plo C. Butler, OK.

Mrs. R. H. Richard, Texas

Mrs. Carl Alton, Texas

James F. Sparks, Idaho