Providence Twp. Cemeteries13

Bedford County , Pennsylvania

E. + W. Providence Twp., Cemeteries

Sparks Family Cemetery


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Located south of Everett, PA on the East side of Calhoun Rd. (T451).

Partial Listing-

Absalom Sparks
Died June 3, 1863
Aged 58 years
Absolom was born about June, 1805.

Mahalah
wife of Absalom Sparks
Died ?
Aged ?
Mahalah Grubb - who are Mahalah's parents?

David Sparks
Died June 12, 1869
Aged 60 ys. 1 mo. 2 ds.
David was born about May 10, 1809.

Sarah Ann
wife of David Sparks
Died April 27, 1872
Aged 55 ys. 4 ms. 2 ds.
Sarah was born about December 31, 1816. Who are her parents?

Wilson L. Weeks
Born June ?? 1810
Died Nov. 27, 1885
Who are Wilson's parents?

Elizabeth
wife of Wilson Weeks
Born Apr. 29, 1811
Died Feb. ?? 1888
Elizabeth Sparks

Absalom, David, and Elizabeth are all children of James Sparks (born about 1755 and died in 1841),
who came to Bedford County from Frederick Co., MD. James had another daughter Mary,
who married her cousin James Sparks, a son of Joseph Sparks III (See Sparks - Before Bedford).
Absalom, David, and Elizabeth all have descendants resting in this family cemetery.



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James Sparks
Co. K. 208 P. V.
Died Jan. 23. 1904
Aged 72 ys. 10 ms. 11 ds.
James, a son of William & Susanna Sparks, was born March 12, 1831.
William is another son (probably the oldest) of James Sparks from Frederick, MD. (above).




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Margaret
wife of
James Sparks
Died Feb. 12, 1879
Aged 43 ys. 11 mo. 14 ds.
Margaret Stuckey/ Sparks was born February 28, 1835.

William A. Sparks
son of J. & M. Sparks
Died Nov. 26, 1880
Aged 4 ys. 1 mo. & 17 ds.
William was born Oct. 9, 1876

James H. Sparks
June 2, 1841 - Oct. 18, 1917
Aged 76 ys. 4 mo. 16 ds.
Co. K. 208th
James Henry was a son of Absalom &Mahalah Sparks

his wife
Elizabeth S.
Dec. 18, 1840 - Jan. 3, 1927
Elizabeth S. Gibson

David Sparks
Born Oct. 24, 1838
Died Jan. 30, 1917
Aged 79 ys. 3 mo. & ? ds.
Co. K 208 Regt.
David G. was a son of Absalom &Mahalah Sparks