James Rufus Sparks

1867 - 1946  (79 years)

• Name	James Rufus Sparks  [1]
  Born	11 Aug 1867	Caldwell County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Aug 1946	Oklahoma
  Buried	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	At the time of the 1920 census, he was listed as the properitor of a hardware store.
  Person ID	I1527	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Clingman "T.L" Sparks,   b. 7 May 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Jan 1927  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah Adeline ???,   b. 12 Jan 1849, North Carolina ,   d. 13 Feb 1942  (Age 93 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1866	Caldwell County, North Carolina
  	The 1910 census indicated that T.L. and Adda had been married 39 years. It was a first marriage for both. Adda was the mother of three children, all living.
  Family ID	F1058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Josephine O'Neill,   b. 14 May 1884, Texas ,   d. 30 Jun 1967, Oklahoma  (Age 83 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1907	Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma   [1]
  	STEPHENS COUNTY MARRIAGES - 1907 - 1912 SPARKS, JAMES R 38 O'NEILL, ANNIE J 23 27 NOV 1907 ST-1-5 Duncan Banner November 29, 1907 A Pretty Home Wedding The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Jno O'Neill was the scene of a pretty home wedding Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock when their daughter, Miss Annie J., was united in marriage to Mr. J.R. Sparks, Father Urban De Hasque officiating. The house was tastefully decorated with crysanthemums and potted plants and brilliantly lighted, the effect producing a harmonious feeling of joy and good cheer--an omen of good luck. After the ceremony the guests assembled around the pre-Thanksgiving festal board and partook of an elegant wedding breakfast. A number of immediate friends of the family were in attendance and the contracting parties were the recipients of many handsome presents. The bride is a highly accomplished young lady, possessing many charms of both mind and heart, and has grown to womanhood in this city. The groom is sober, industrious and reliable well worthy of the flower he has plucked from the beautiful home garden. They start out in their new relations under most auspicious circumstances and with the best wishes of a host of friends. The Banner joins in the hearty and sincere congratulations that are being showered upon them and hopes their wedded life will prove one long, sweet dream of happiness, contentment and prosperity. The Duncan Banner Friday, Dec. 10, 1926 DIVORCE APPLICATION FILED Mrs. Annie O'Neil Sparks Seeks Separation From Husband Mrs. Annie O'Neill Sparks, 303 Hickory avenue, filed application for a restraining order to prevent her husband, James R. Sparks, from coming to the Sparks home after today. The application was granted. A petition asking for a divorce from Sparks was to follow, it was understood.
  Children	1. John Hugh Sparks,   b. 30 Jan 1909, Oklahoma ,   d. 18 Jun 1909, Oklahoma  (Age 0 years)   2. James O'Neill Sparks,   b. 30 Aug 1911, Oklahoma ,   d. 24 Sep 1911, Oklahoma  (Age 0 years)   3. Mary Patricia O'Neill Sparks,   b. 8 Mar 1914, Oklahoma ,   d. 2 Dec 1983, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2011
  Family ID	F1057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Aug 1867 - Caldwell County, North Carolina Married - 27 Nov 1907 - Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Died - 14 Aug 1946 - Oklahoma Buried - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  PAYNE FAMILY REUNION - 1927 Home of Aunt Annie (O'Neill) Sparks - 303 Hickory, Duncan, Oklahoma This 1927 Payne Reunion photo is of 41 people. On September 21-23, 1999, Charles R. Strong along with his mother, Anna Laura "Rooney" (Payne) Strong and two aunts ? Dora Fay (Payne) Pierce-Yeager and Lois Marie (Payne) Hanna reviewed the picture. The late Lewis Adair Payne had already prepared his own list identifying all persons. Both list had errors. Mary Gwendolyn ?Marilynn? (Payne) Wade of Marlow later helped Charles Strong reconcile the two lists and correct some errors. One reason for differences in the two lists was due to the existence of two pictures, which were almost, but not exactly, identical. This photo slightly differs from Aunt Annie?s version. . NOTE-The list below is numbered left to right - top to bottom. The first number is sequential in total, and the second number is position within the row. TOP ROW 1 1 Paul Puckett, Boy living with Hattie (Brown) Payne. 2 2 Mabel Lyles 3 3 Baby is Mary Gwendolyn ?Marilynn? (Payne) Wade. 4 4 Joseph Ray ?Jodey? Payne Jr. 5 5 Virginia (Payne) Hardin - d. of Walter W., # 22 below 6 6 Vera (Payne) Roberts-Young, -d. of Walter W. #22 and mother of #30 below 7 7 Mary Ethyl (Payne) Benton-Madison-Parker. d. of W. W. # 22 8 8 Claude Chadwick Payne 9 9 Ruth Hazel Witherspoon-d. of Mable (Gentry) Witherspoon, d. of John Price Gentry. 10 10 Florence Scott d. of # 23 Lou Payne Scott & niece of W.W. Payne 11 11 Marvin Walter Payne Sr. Father of #'s 8, 28, 37, & 38 12 12 Gracie (Gentry) Payne Wife of # 11 Marvin W. Payne 13 13 Rene Gentry - s. of Frank Melton and Ada (Jones) Gentry, and nephew of Gracie #12 14 14 Edna (Surginer) Payne, First wife of John Earl (Dukie) Payne 15 15 John Earl, (Dukie) Payne 16 16 Caroline "Carrie" (Cover) Payne 17 17 Harry Carl Payne,Sr. MIDDLE ROW 18 1 William "Billy" West - Grandson of # 23, Louise (Payne) Scott 19 2 Joseph Ray Payne, s. of Wm. Henry H. Payne 20 3 C. Frank Payne, Brother to # 11, Marvin W. Payne Sr. 21 4 Annie (O'Neill) Sparks, Wife of #26 22 5 Walter Winkle Payne 23 6 Louise "Lula" (Payne) Scott 24 7 Hattie (Brown) Payne 25 8 Orville Scott 26 9 James Rufus Sparks f. of # 33, Mary Pat (Sparks) Kubic BOTTOM ROW 27 1 Anna Laura "Rooney" (Payne) Strong 28 2 Mary Olive (Payne) Thompson 29 3 Mary Ethyl (Benton) Jones 30 4 Clifford "Bosco" Roberts 31 5 Virginia Payne, sister to # 4 above, and d. of Joseph R. & g.d. Wm. H. H. Payne ? 32 6 Dora Fay (Payne) Pierce - Yeager 33 7 Mary Pat (Sparks) Kubik 34 8 Francis Hardin, d. of Virginia Payne Hardin, # 5 above, (in lap of Mary Pat) 35 9 Thelma (Gentry) Callaway - d. of Edgar J. Gentry & g.d. of Wm. M. Gentry 36 10 Lois Marie (Payne) Hanna 37 11 Lewis Adair Payne 38 12 Marvin Walter "Snort" Payne Jr. in Lewis' lap. 39 13 Willie Lee "Billy" Payne ? 40 14 Paul James Payne 41 15 Jean Bruce (Benton) Turner

  
  

  Documents

  Payne, Anna Laura ca 1922, Baptism Certificate of Baptism from Church of the Assumption, Duncan, Oklahoma. Her godparents were J.R. and Annie (O'Neill) Sparks.

  
  

  Headstones

  Sparks, James

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.