Levi J Sparks
and Mary Gambill

Levi J Sparks b 19 Feb 1831 Lawrence Co KY d 14 Feb 1897 Lawrence Co KY, s/o Garrett Sparks and Elizabeth Boggs. Levi J Sparks m. 15 Jun 1859 Lawrence Co KY to  Mary Gambill b 26 Oct 1837 Big Blaine Lawrence Co KY d/o Henry Gambill and Mary Elizabeth Holbrook. Children of Mary Gambill and Levi J Sparks;

1. Labon Theodore Sparks b 29 Nov 1859 Martha Lawrence Co KY d 14 Mar 1940 Martha Lawrence Co KY m. Emily Lyon b Mar 1861 KY. Children;

i. Florence A Sparks b 8 Nov 1881 KY

ii. Eva B Sparks b 1883 KY

iii. Charles Fonso Sparks b 18 Apr 1885 d 1969

iv. Mary Hattie Sparks b Jan 1891 KY

v. Hugh Hubert Sparks b 11 Mar 1892 KY

vi. Nelson Tate Sparks b 1 Jan 1899 d 1956

vii. Henry Wadsworth Sparks

Labon T Sparks m. Trinvilla Lester. Children;

viii. Morton Edward Sparks b 22 Dec 1912 d 23 Sept 1982 m. Female Easter.

ix. 5 Other Sparks Children

2. Henry W Sparks b 12 Aug 1861 Carter Co KY m. Sarah E Boggs

3. Martin Lantford Sparks b 4 Apr 1863 Martha Lawrence Co KY d 10 Feb 1948 Bloomington NE m. 18 Feb 1886 to Elvessie Alice Rice

4. Regina E Sparks b 30 Aug 1865 m. Dennis Lyon

5. Hugh H Sparks b 16 Sept 1867 KY d 28 Jun 1892

6. Sarah Katherine Sparks b 8 Sept 1869 Lawrence Co KY d 1 Oct 1931 McKinney, TX of cancer; buried Plainview Cemetery, Weatherford, TX; m. 2 Sept 1887 Lawrence Co KY to Chilton Harvey "Chilt" Bishop b 16 Jul 1866 Lawrence Co KY s/o David R Bishop and Elizabeth Coburn. Children of Sarah Katherine Sparks and Chilton Harvey "Chilt" Bishop;

I. Maude May Bishop

II. Dee L. Bishop

III. Henry Price Bishop

IV. Della Emma Bishop

V. Mary Bishop

VI. Annie Lee Bishop

VII. Tabitha Bishop

VIII. Belva Lena Bishop

Chilt and Sallie lived on Collier Creek until about 1906, when they moved to Washington County, Ohio. They stayed there about two years and then moved to Oklahoma where they finally settled near Weatherford. It was there that Sallie became ill with cancer. She died on October 1, 1931, at McKinney, Texas, where she had been taken for treatment. She was buried in the Plainview Cemetery at Weatherford. She and Chilt had eight children: Maude May Bishop, Dee L. Bishop, Henry Price Bishop, Della Emma Bishop, Mary Bishop, Annie Lee Bishop, Tabitha Bishop, and Belva Lena Bishop. (see also Vols. 28 & 29, Nos. 4 & 2, respectively, of the East Kentuckian for further details about this family.)

7. Matilda Jane Sparks b 9 Oct 1871 KY

8. William Edison "Bill" Sparks (Dr.) b 16 May 1874 Lawrenceburg, KY d 31 May 1947 Elliott Co KY; shot at his home on Wells Creek by Emmett Spencer, a young man who lived a few miles from Dr. Sparks;

Notes by John Stegall "MyFamily.com Elliott Co, KY Family Branches" Oct 2005: May 31, 1947: Dr. William Edison "Bill" Sparks was shot at his home on Wells Creek. Death came a few days later on the date indicated. Dr. Sparks, a native of Blaine, graduated from Louisville Medical College in 1907, and practiced medicine in Elliott County for many years. Emmett Spencer, a young man who lived a few miles farther up Wells Creek was convicted of Dr. Sparks' death.

9. Nancy Bell Sparks b 27 Dec KY m. D Young

10. William E Sparks b 1878 KY

11. James Lon Sparks b 20 Jul 1880 KY m. Molly Dobbyns