Brief Life History of James Madison
When James Madison Sparks was born on 14 May 1880, in Kingston, Madison, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Milton Sparks Sr, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Orleana Jane Bunch, was 34. He lived in Purdy, Madison, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Madison, Arkansas, United States in 1920. He died on 27 March 1921, at the age of 40, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Dinsmore, Newton, Arkansas, United States.
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- Jimmie Sparks in household of Robert L Sparks, "United States Census, 1920"
- James "Jimmie" Sparks, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jimmie Sparks in household of James M Sparks, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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