Eliza Jane was known as a big woman with an even bigger heart. According to Harley Bible, one of her great-grandsons, she would feed and care for sick families when no one else would go near them. She would invite a stranger into her house and feed them if they looked hungry. She was known to feed soldiers of both sides during the Civil War. Harley said she had a favorite phrase she would use when she wanted to make a point. That phrase was "Do say", usually which preceded anything she had to say about a particular subject.

On the light side, Eliza Jane Potter was known to smoke a corn cob pipe and to always keep a jug of "corn squeezins'" handy for digestion and medicinal purposes. Children of Eliza Jane POTTER and Nathan H. SPARKS;

 James Alexander "Bud" SPARKS b 20 Oct 1853 Cades Cove, Blount Co, TN d 28 Mar 1907 Cades Cove, Blount Co, TN buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, TN m. Katherine RUSSELL James Alexander "Bud" SPARKS m. 30 Oct 1885 by W A Whitehead JP, to Julia Annis TIPTON b 17 Dec 1870 Cades Cove, Blount Co TN (daughter of John Jackson TIPTON and Naomi Lucinda ABBOTT) (varying birthdates for Julia; 17 Dec. 1860, 17 Dec. 1868 and 17 Dec. 1870) d 9 May 1931 Blount Co TN of a huge tumor in her abdomen; buried Magnolia Cemetery, Maryville, TN.

 Margaret Elizabeth Sparks b 1855 d 1894 buried Myers Cemetery, Townsend TN m. 17 Aug 1876 to John Lowry Stephenson b 1847 d 1937. Children of Margaret Elizabeth Sparks and John Lowry Stephenson;

1. James Martin Stephenson b 15 Jun 1877 d 17 Dec 1920

2. Elizabeth Jane Stephenson b 8 Jul 1878 d 11 Jun 1958. Children;

I. Mell Alexander Stephenson b 23 Nov 1897 d 15 Apr 1934 buried Tuckaleechee Methodist Church Cemetery.

II. Lora Bell Stephenson b 6 Feb 1902 d 10 Oct 1953 buried Tuckaleechee Methodist Church Cemetery. Children;

i. Ruth Anteline Stephenson buried Tuckaleechee Methodist Church Cemetery, m. Connie Martin Sullivan; Children; 1. Reba Lorriene Sullivan m. Daniel Eugene Dogdill 2. Wanda Ettajean Sullivan m. Ralph Bennett; children; i. Derrich Bennett ii. Daniel Bennett iii. Brenda Kay Bennett

Elizabeth Jane Stephenson m. 27 Feb 1910 James Sidney Able b 15 Apr 1876 d 11 Jul 1924 buried Myers Cemetery, Townsend, TN. Children;

I. John William Able b 12 May 1911 d 28 Jun 1911 buried Myers Cemetery, Townsend, TN

II. Margaret Minerva Able m. 1 Mar 1936 to Lawson Eli Floyd b 17 Apr 1904. Children;

i. Doris Lou Ann Floyd m. Don Eugene Carrigan; Children; 1. Donna Ann Carrigan  m. Glenn Michael Kidd; children; i. Christopher Michael Kidd ii. Stephanie Michelle Kidd 2. David Eugene Carrigan m. Tamra Gale Hunt; children; i. Jeremy Lawson Carrigan ii. Joshua David Carrigan 3. Dennis Floyd Carrigan

III. James Leslie "Slick" Able b 27 Mar 1914 Townsend TN d 3 May 1983 buried Clarks Grove Cemetery, Maryville, TN m. Minnie Emert; m. 2nd Gladys Burns

IV. George Eugene Able b 12 Oct 1917 Townsend TN d 30 Jul 1992 buried Maple Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Blount Co TN m. Ella Mae Murphy. Children of George Eugene Able and Ella Mae Murphy;

i. Phyllis Mae Able

ii. Sidney Eugene Able

iii. Billy Ray Able

iv. Gary Lee Able

v. Michael Andrew Able

3. Martha Ann Stephenson b 14 Feb 1884 d 29 Jul 1926 buried Tuckaleechee Methodist Church Cemetery, never married.

4. William George Stephenson b 15 May 1886 d 2 Aug 1966 m. 23 Feb 1910 to Jane McCampbell b 11 Oct 1890 d 14 Feb 1990. Children;

I. John Robert Stephenson

II. Margaret Louella Stephenson

III. Bessie Mavde Stephenson

IV. Andrew Jackson Stephenson

 John Thomas "Tom" Sparks b 1859 d 1926 m. 29 Jan 1880 to Hannah J Whitehead

 William Robert "Will" Sparks b 1861 d 1889 m. 5 Feb 1880 to Katie Tipton

 Nathan Alfred Sparks b 1862 m. 29 Oct 1882 to Sarah E Scott

 David W Sparks b 1863 d 1940 m. 20 Dec 1891 to Mary L Cameron

 Martha Lettie Sparks b 1864 d 1936 m. 5 Feb 1885 to Richard Lafayette Wear

 George H Sparks b 1868 d 1937 m. 21 May 1891 to Rachel White

 Samuel Lafate "Sam" Sparks b 1870 d 1944 m. 20 Dec 1893 to Laura Texana "Teck" Gregory