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Dr William Joseph Sparks

Birth: 26 Feb 1904
Wilkinson, Hancock County, Indiana, USA
Death: 23 Oct 1976 (aged 72)
Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Burial: McCray Cemetery

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Co-inventor of synthetic rubber in 1930's Holder of about 144 patents. Son of Chas&Daisy Sparks, married Meredith Pleasant, father of Ruth, Catherine Alice, Charles, and John Sparks. Brother of Nancy Sparks Martin and Howard Sparks. Great-grandson of Moses and Jane McCray.

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1905–1998

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