When Emeline Sparks was born on 6 June 1846, in Colfax, Perry Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas Sparks, was 35 and her mother, Martha Loveless, was 29. She married Richard Johnson Moorhead on 23 January 1868, in Frankfort, Center Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Perry Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 January 1917, in Saling, Audrain, Missouri, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, St. Clair, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Clinton, Indiana, United States
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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.
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