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Cornelius Sparks

Birth	:	11 Jun 1789 Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	17 Aug 1862 Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial	:	Sparks Family Burial Ground, Buchanan, Berrien County, USA
Plot	:	located on family farm in Buchanan Tow, Berrien Co, MI.
Description	:	Cemetery information...... Located in a farm field, present land owners plow around the site. There were only two markers when I first recorded this small family plot in 1963. Cornelius and wife Susanah. Cornelius Sparks...born, June 11, 1789 in Rowan Co, NC...died Aug. 17, 1862 in Buchanan Township, Berrien Co, MI. Son of David Sparks and Mary Little. The marker was lying flat and broken in half, read as follows..."Our Father, Cornelius Sparks, died Aug. 17, 1862." "Cornelius Sparks...died at home of his son, Levi, Aug. 17, 1862, at 73 years of age. Brother Cornelius Sparks, when over 50 years of age,... Read More	Cemetery information...... Located in a farm field, present land owners plow around the site. There were only two markers when I first recorded this small family plot in 1963. Cornelius and wife Susanah. Cornelius Sparks...born, June 11, 1789 in Rowan Co, NC...died Aug. 17, 1862 in Buchanan Township, Berrien Co, MI. Son of David Sparks and Mary Little. The marker was lying flat and broken in half, read as follows..."Our Father, Cornelius Sparks, died Aug. 17, 1862." "Cornelius Sparks...died at home of his son, Levi, Aug. 17, 1862, at 73 years of age. Brother Cornelius Sparks, when over 50 years of age, "embraced the Christian Faith" and for twenty years was a faithful servant of our adorable Redeemer. Brother Sparks left nine children and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss." Cornelius Sparks was buried beside his wife in the family cemetery on his home farm in Berrien County, near Buchanan, Michigan. (The Christian Record, 1862) ********************************************** CORNELIUS AND SUSANNAH (STEVENS) SPARKS FAMILY HISTORY..... Cornelius was the son of David and Mary Ann (Little) Sparks Sr. Susannah was the daughter of Spencer and Elizabeth (Robey) Stevens. They were married in Rowan Co, NC on Dec. 14, 1812. About 1814 they moved, by Ox Cart, with their small son, Joseph, to Wayne Co, IN. They remained there until about 1828, when Cornelius took his family to Berrien Co, MI and settled in Michigan Territory (Sec. #15 of Niles Twp) near the Saint Joseph River Bend. About three years later he removed his family to Buchanan Twp, where he bought a farm for $1.00 a quarter acre from the government. It was on this farm they raised their family of 11 children and were buried. Children.... Joseph Sparks... born, Jan. 24, 1814, Rowan Co, NC..... died, Jan. 28, 1905, Berrien Co, MI Spencer Sparks...born, Dec. 9, 1815, Wayne Co, IN....died, Mar. 12, 1872, Berrien Co, MI David Sparks ...born, Aug 1817, Wayne Co, IN...died, 1861, Berrien Co, MI Mary Sparks...born, July 7, 1819, Wayne Co, IN...died, July 9, 1903 Elizabeth Sparks...born, July 26, 1821, Wayne Co, In...died, April 24, 1896, Berrien Co, MI Levi Sparks...born, Oct. 3, 1823, Wayne Co, IN...died, Sept. 20, 1900, Berrien Co, MI Anna Sparks...born, Sept. 30, 1825, Wayne Co, IN...died, Oct. 7, 1846, Berrien Co, MI Ira Sparks...born Oct. 31, 1827, Wayne Co, IN...died, Dec. 29, 1905, Berrien Co, MI Wilson Sparks...born, Apr. 19, 1830, Berrien Co, MI...died, June 23, 1922, Berrien Co, MI Susan Sparks...born, Aug. 1, 1832, Berrien Co, MI...died, Oct. 22, 1917, Manistee Co, MI Cynthia Sparks...born, Aug. 27, 1834, Berrien Co, MI...died, Sept. 10, 1898, Berrien Co, MI (see "Sparks Family Assocation" for further information) Note by DJB... In 1968 or 2008, 2012 visits we were not able to locate Cornelius' marker. Susana's was intact and leaning aginst a scrub, took pictures of the site and Susana's marker. Not sure if any other family are buried there, we plan a detaild inspection of the site in 2013 (when weather permits).

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Cornelius Sparks's memorial is located at: Sparks Family Burial Ground, Buchanan, Berrien County, USA.
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Cornelius Sparks death on 17 Aug 1862 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA

Family Members:

Spouse

Susannah Stevens Sparks

(1794 - 1861)

Children

(1814 - 1905)

(1815 - 1872)

(1823 - 1900)

(1827 - 1905)

(1834 - 1898)

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