Brief Life History of Frances J
When Frances J Sparks was born in 1854, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Grant Sparks, was 28 and her mother, Mary Jane Murphy, was 21. She married Nathan Harrison Isaacs on 10 August 1870, in Jackson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jackson, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Cavanaugh Precinct, Jackson, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died in October 1898, in Sand Springs, Jackson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 44.
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- Francis Sparks in household of John G Sparks, "United States Census, 1860"
- Frances Sparkes, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
- U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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World Events (8)
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English:
variant of Spark , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
possibly a nickname from the plural form of Middle English spark ‘fiery particle’, perhaps given to a blacksmith.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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