When Albert J Sparks was born on 15 November 1863, in Sherman, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Truelove Sparks, was 32 and his mother, Julia Ann Slavens, was 22. He married Hazeltine Griffin about 1885. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lindley Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Washington Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 23 March 1938, in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, United States.