Surnames: Sparks, Shreaves, Hammond, Campbell, Sipe
Horatio L Sparks, one of the most influential citizens of Salt Lick township, was born in Perry township, Fayette county, Penna, January 21, 1823. His parents, Isaac Sparks and Elizabeth Shreaves Sparks, were both born in Perry township, Fayette county, Penna; the latter was a daughter of William Shreaves of the same township, who was born about 1790.His grandfather, Isaac Sparks, was probably born in Fayette county. He was married to Helena Hammond, a daughter of Samuel Hammond of Westmoreland county, Penna. To their union have been born nine children, eight of whom are living: Samuel H Sparks, born in 1854 in Westmoreland
county; James H Sparks, 1856, in the same county; Isaac L Sparks, in the same county; Ida Sparks in the same county, and is the wife of George W Campbell of Springfield; Lizzie Sparks, wife of C B Sipe; John Sparks, born in Bullskin township, Fayette county; Agnes Sparks, born in the same
township; and Horation L Sparks Jr, born in Salt Lick township, and is at present residing in Pittsburgh, Penna.Mr Sparks removed to Salt Lick township in about 1863, and engaged in mercantile farming and the tanning business. He has been very successful in his business ventures and has by careful management accumulated considerable property. He owns about 1,000 acres in Fayette county, and
is a sterling democrat and an exemplary citizen of Salt Lick township.