This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: Robert Turner Sparks
   Born: JUN 1847         at: Pontotoc CO, MS  
Married: AUG 1870         at: Harrison, Boone CO, AR  
   Died: 1936             at: Boone CO, AR  
 Father:Peterson B. Sparks
 Mother:Isabella Unknown
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   Wife: Jane Hankins
   Born: NOV 1851         at: Roane CO, TN  
   Died: ABT 1928         at: Boone CO, AR  
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CHILDREN
   Name: John Walker Sparks
   Born: 5 JUL 1871       at: Boone CO, AR  
Married: ABT 1891         at:   
   Died: 6 OCT 1906       at: Boone CO, AR  
Spouses: Katherine Hickey  
   Name: Mary Tennessee Sparks
   Born: 9 JUN 1874       at: AR  
Married: 28 AUG 1896      at: Boone CO, AR  
   Died: 4 MAY 1968       at: LA  
Spouses: William N. Dowell