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Riley E. Sparks

Birth: 16 Jan 1871
Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri, USA
Death: 29 Sep 1919 (aged 48)
Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Dallas Cemetery

Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 159775226 View Source

Riley Sparks worked as a farmer until around 1906, when he moved his family from Mercer Co, MO to Marion Co, IA, where he became a coal miner.

Their Known Children were:
1. Lily Ethel Leggett (1891-1972)
2. Elda Pearl Moss (1892-1947)
3. Fredrick Lee Sparks (1895-1935)
4. Velma Florence Peterson (1895-1932)
5. Golda Berle Cecil (1896-1982)
6. Opal May Worthington (1900-1964)
7. Walter Wilbur Sparks (1902-1975)
8. Ices Ledema Weldon (1903-1989)
9. Loral Perry Sparks (1905-1987)
10. Charles Landen Sparks (1907-1980)
11. Anna Belle Toigo (1908-1989)
12. Jonas Leroy Sparks (1912-1990)

Riley Sparks worked as a farmer until around 1906, when he moved his family from Mercer Co, MO to Marion Co, IA, where he became a coal miner.

Their Known Children were:
1. Lily Ethel Leggett (1891-1972)
2. Elda Pearl Moss (1892-1947)
3. Fredrick Lee Sparks (1895-1935)
4. Velma Florence Peterson (1895-1932)
5. Golda Berle Cecil (1896-1982)
6. Opal May Worthington (1900-1964)
7. Walter Wilbur Sparks (1902-1975)
8. Ices Ledema Weldon (1903-1989)
9. Loral Perry Sparks (1905-1987)
10. Charles Landen Sparks (1907-1980)
11. Anna Belle Toigo (1908-1989)
12. Jonas Leroy Sparks (1912-1990)

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Laura Mae Wilcox Sparks

1870–1941 (m. 1889)

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Maintained by: Monica Yucus
Originally Created by: Johnson Newton Burris Lippincott
Added: Mar 19, 2016
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159775226/riley_e-sparks: accessed ), memorial page for Riley E. Sparks (16 Jan 1871–29 Sep 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 159775226, citing Dallas Cemetery, Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Monica Yucus (contributor 48804332).

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