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| GEORGE E. SPARKS, farmer, sec. 23, Chippewa Tp., was born April 25, 1853, and is the son of John W. and Mary E. (Harris) Sparks. His parents were natives of Crawford Co., l'a., and went to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, when the son was but two years of age. When he was 14 years old he accompanied them to Mecosta County, and until he was 23 years of age was the assistant of his father. Mr. Sparks was married May 7, 1876, to Nettie Buckland. She was born May 16, 1853, in Wyoming Co., N.Y., and the daughter of Timothy W. and Jane (Prey) Buckland. Her parents were natives of Vermont and her mother resides at Hersey, Osceola Co., Mich. Her father was a soldier of the civil war in 1861, and died a prisoner in the hands of the rebels at Salisbury, N.C. No comment is needed upon the manner and means of his death. Salisbury prison pen is the synonym for every species of consummate atrocity that human ingenuity can devise. Of the marriage of Mr. & Mrs. Sparks three children hyave been born: Edna, Aug. 27, 1879; Johnnie, born Jan. 13, 1883, and died Feb. 7, 1883, and an infant. Mr. Sparks is a Republican in his views of National questions. He has held the offices of School Inspector and Justice of the Peace. His farm contains 120 acres of land, 40 of which is improved. |