When Peter Corbet William Sparks was born on 1 March 1894, in Boone, Boone, Iowa, United States, his father, Alpha Preston Sparks, was 27 and his mother, Minnie Ann Enfield, was 24. He married Neva Rebecca Sawyer on 3 June 1917, in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Beard Township, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 9, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 29 October 1964, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 70.