Nathan B./R. Sparks

The Roger Mills Democrat

5 July 1906

Submitted by: Leila Evett

On Saturday, June 30, 1906, funeral services were held over the remains of Nathan B. Sparks who was born March 15, 1846 in Wilson County, Tennessee, being 60 years old last March.

He was married to Margery Maxwellon, November 9, 1873 in Grace (Sic) County, Texas. He leaves a wife and seven children and two who have passed away. He was converted when he was about 15 years old and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Gainesville, Texas, and removed to Roger Mills County, Oklahoma seven years ago, where he has since resided, ten miles north of Elk City, Oklahoma, where he lived a consistent Christian life.

A loving father and a good neighbor, his end was peace, and he was entiredly resigned. He said at the last "all is light and bright." He was a great sufferer being afflicted with cancer for several years. The funeral discourse was preached by Reverend D. J. M. Wood of the M. E. Church, at the cemetery near the residence, where a large company of his neighbors were in attendance.

In the 1900 Census, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Territory, Elk Twp:

Name               Birth            Born       Father Born   Mother Born

Sparks, N. B.     Mar 1845         TN         TN          TN

Sparks, M. E.     Oct 1856

Sparks, Jesse     May 1875         TX

Sparks, Walter    May 1880         TX

Sparks, Charles   Jan 1883         TX

Sparks, Roy       Nov 1885         IT

Sparks, Ina       Apr 1891         IT

Sparks, Allie     Jul 1893         IT

Sparks, Robert    Jun 1897         IT

From Elk City Statesman, 22 January 1904

White Shield news. N. R. Sparks has built an addition on to his dewelling house, which improved the appearance very much.