Martin Van Buren Sparks

  • Name
    Martin Van Buren Sparks
     
  • Name
    Van Sparks
     
  • ID
    I2316
  • Gender
    Male
  • Alias
    Van
     
  • [Sparks.FTW] the day that Martin Van Buren was inaugurated as eighth President of the United States CSA; Capt. Hillary Ryan's Company of Allen's Regiment, Texas Infantry. This company subsequently became Company D, 17th Regiment, Texas Infantry. He was elected a justice of the peace in Lampasas County in 1873, and in 1876, he was elected the district clerk of Lampasas. He then was elected Presiding Justice, the same as county judge, to serve from 1886 to 1888. After retiring from politics, he was briefly in the mercantile business and then opened a fire insurance office in partnership with another man. This business continued until 1899 when his son, Lloyd Sparks, bought out the partner, and from then until his death the business was titled "M.V.B. Sparks and Son." Van was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church and served as church deacon, although he was a silent parishioner. He did not sing or lead in public prayer and seldom took part in testimonial sessions. As a man, he was stern, serious, stoical, and silent. He seldom laughed and rarely let his feelings be known, either by word of mouth or facial expression. He was highly respected as a citizen and as a churchman, but few people really knew him. He detested hypocracy, flattery, and ostentation. Frontier conditions, financial stringency, and the scarcity of schools had limited him to a very rudimentary formal education, but he supplemented what he had by his reading and private studies. He was particularly fond of history and biography, and he read everything he could get his hands on. He took great pride in his handwriting. During his youth, all legal documents and court records were done in pen and ink, and he aspired to become a recorder.
    27 Total Ancestors
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Generation 1
[ 1.01   2]   Martin Van Buren Sparks (1837-1914) MS-TX
Generation 2
[ 1.02*   ]   Samuel Wyatt Sparks (1803-1871) MD-AL-TX
[ 2.01   3]   Sarah Deal (1811-1897) SC-AL-TX
Generation 3
[ 2.02   4]   John W. Deal (1774-1857) VA--MS
[ 3.01*   ]   _____ Frances (1790-1856) MS
Generation 4
[ 2.03   5]   Alexander Deale, II (1755-1803) SC-VA-SC-VA-SC
[ 4.01   6]   Mary Bourne (1755-1834) VA-SC
Generation 5
[ 2.04   7]   Alexander Deale, I (1708-1786) MD-VA-MD-SC
[ 4.02   9]   John Bourne, Jr (1707-1774) VA
[ 5.01   8]   Susannah Wilson (1710-) MD
[ 6.01*   ]   Ellen Eleanor Davis (1707-1812) VA
Generation 6
[ 2.05  10]   William Deale (1647-1731) SCT-FIF-MD
[ 4.03  12]   John Bourne (1672-1720) VA
[ 5.02*   ]   Josian Wilson (~1674-1730)
[ 7.01  11]   Elizabeth ’Eliza’ Stallings (~1655-1718) MD
[ 8.01*   ]   Susannah Unknown (~1674-)
[ 9.01  13]   Elizabeth Johnson (1676-1760) VA
Generation 7
[ 2.06*   ]   Alexander Deale (1625-1655) FIF
[ 4.04  14]   John Bourne (1654-1712) DEV-VA
[ 7.02*   ]   Richard Stallings (~1630-1703) LIN-MD
[ 9.02*   ]   Henry Johnson (~1662-)
[10.01*   ]   Margaret Ramsey (1630-1655) FIF-SCT
[11.01    ]   Lavaria Kingland (~1630-)
[12.01*   ]   Christian Taliaferro (1654-1713) VA
[13.01*   ]   Mary Taliaferro (1676-1760) VA
Generation 8
[ 4.05*   ]   William Bourne (1640-1672) DEV
[11.02*   ]   Anthony Kingland (~1594-)
[14.01*   ]   Anne Morgan Kirby (1635-1695) DEV-VA
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