Brief Life History of Thomas Bailey
When Thomas Bailey Sparks was born on 24 August 1896, in Oakville, Live Oak, Texas, United States, his father, John Bailey Sparks, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Eliza Claunch, was 31. He married Katherine Margaret Elizabeth Yost on 17 June 1919, in Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Calapooia Election Precinct, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Yamhill, Oregon, United States in 1949. He died on 17 November 1965, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in River View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Tom B Sharks, "United States 1950 Census"
- Thomas Bailey Sparks, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Thomas Sparks, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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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