Tillman SPARKS

1837 - 1912  (75 years)

• Name	Tillman SPARKS  [1]
  Born	24 Jul 1837	, Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Tax List	1860	, Falls, Texas, USA
  Military	Between 1862 and May 1865	, Falls, Texas, USA
  	Co B, 13th TX Cav, CSA
  	"Tillman was captured on June 30, 1864, in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, while defending a bridge so that his fellow soldiers could cross. He was listed on the prisoner-of-war roster at Ship Island, Mississippi, until November 5, 1864, when he was sent to the Elmira, New York, Prison Camp. He was received there on November 19, 1864. His description on the POW roster stated that he was 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and that he had a dark complexion, light hair, and blue eyes." [Sparks Family Association]
  Tax List	1877	, Eastland, Texas, USA
  Census	1880	, Eastland, Texas, USA
  ED 174, pg (315D)
  Precinct 2 Tillmon Sparks Self M 41 Arkansas Elcy Sparks Wife F 35 Texas James R Sparks Son M 14 Texas Alexander T Sparks Son M 10 Texas Saml W Sparks Son M 4 Texas John Sparks Son M 1 Texas Bailey M Sparks Bro M 35 Texas
  Tax List	1881	, Eastland, Texas, USA
  Census	1900	, Parker, Texas, USA
  ED 79, pg 4B
  Precinct 8 Tillman Sparks Head M 62 Jul 1837 Arkansas m. 39 yrs. Ailsie Sparks Wife F 55 Oct 1844 Texas 12/6 children Tillman A Sparks Son M 29 Aug 1870 Texas m. 6 months Littie D Sparks D-in-l F 18 Sep 1881 Texas 0/0 children John H Sparks Son M 21 Mar 1879 Texas Cordon W Sparks Son M 19 Mar 1881 Texas Neecie B Sparks Dau F 12 Nov 1887 Texas
  Census	1910	, Parker, Texas, USA
  ED 85, pg 2A
  Precinct 8 Tillman Sparks Head M 72 Arkansas Elcy Sparks Wife F 64 Texas Nellie Belle Sparks Dau F 21 Texas
  Died	23 Oct 1912	, Parker, Texas, USA
  Buried	24 Oct 1912	, Parker, Texas, USA
  	Address: Hill Cemetery Parker County Parker County, Texas
  Person ID	I6516	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Willoughby SPARKS,   b. 1802, , Clarke, Georgia, USA ,   d. Between 1858 and 1863, , , Texas, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Mary BOATWRIGHT,   b. 1809, , Gallatin, Illinois, USA ,   d. Aft 1861, , , Texas, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Married	Abt 1824	, , Arkansas, USA
  Family ID	F2414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie PEAVEYHOUSE,   b. 16 Oct 1845, , Fort Bend, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Sep 1919, , Henderson, Texas, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	13 May 1861	, Falls, Texas, USA   [5]
  Children	1. Willoughby SPARKS,   b. 28 Feb 1864, , Falls, Texas, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1869, , Johnson, Texas, USA  (Age 5 years)   2. Mary SPARKS,   b. 20 Dec 1864, , Falls, Texas, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1880, , Johnson, Texas, USA  (Age 15 years)   3. James Richard SPARKS,   b. 10 Sep 1866, , Johnson, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Oct 1941, Denton, Denton, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)   4. Nelson SPARKS,   b. 11 Nov 1868, , Johnson, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 Jun 1872, , Johnson, Texas, USA  (Age 3 years)   5. Tillman Alexander SPARKS,   b. 14 Aug 1870, , Johnson, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 May 1963, Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA  (Age 92 years)   6. Jacob M SPARKS,   b. 10 Jul 1872, , Johnson, Texas, USA ,   d. 2 Oct 1873, , Johnson, Texas, USA  (Age 1 years)   7. Dee SPARKS,   b. 14 Jan 1875, , Johnson, Texas, USA ,   d. 13 Oct 1875, , Johnson, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years)   8. Anna SPARKS,   b. 14 Jan 1875, , Johnson, Texas, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1877, , Johnson, Texas, USA  (Age 2 years)   9. Samuel Walter SPARKS,   b. 28 Sep 1876, , Johnson, Texas, USA ,   d. 20 Jul 1966, Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas, USA  (Age 89 years)   10. John Henry SPARKS,   b. 24 Mar 1879, , Eastland, Texas, USA ,   d. 8 Dec 1911, , Parker, Texas, USA  (Age 32 years)   11. Cordon Wesley SPARKS,   b. 13 Mar 1881, , Eastland, Texas, USA ,   d. 16 Aug 1965, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)   12. Necie Belle SPARKS,   b. 30 Nov 1887, , Parker, Texas, USA ,   d. 10 Feb 1974, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F2763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  County: Eastland Abstract Number: 1021 District/Class: Milam Preemption File Number: 4115 Original Grantee: Tillman Sparks Patentee: D. C. Woods Title Date: Patent Date: 08 Nov 1884 Patent No: 423 Patent Vol: 16 Certificate: Part Section: Survey/Blk/Tsp: Adj County: Acres: 160.00 Adj Acres: Remarks: Applied for pension in Parker Co, Texas. Pension #16267.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] 1850 Limestone, TX, pg 785 (379A), d/f #369/369. Tilman Sparks [S18] 1850 Limestone, TX, pg 785 (379A), d/f #369/369. age 13, Arkansas [S1752] 1840 Hot Spring AR, pg 156. 1 male, 0-5 years old [S1754] 1900 Parker TX, ED 79, pg 4B. age 62, Jul 1837, Arkansas [S1249] Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, (FamilySearch.org), Sparks, Tillman. to Aley Peavehouse, 13 May 1861, Falls County They had been living together since about Dec 1859. (See 1860 Census)