Brief Life History of Anna L
When Anna L Sparks was born in 1870, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Henry J Sparks, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Rouse, was 33. She married Chenault about 1890. She lived in Lewis, Kentucky, United States in 1880.
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- Annie L Sparks in household of Henry Sparks, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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