{"id":3922,"date":"2010-07-27T02:33:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T09:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2012-06-17T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T10:08:20","slug":"martha-catherine-sparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/3922\/martha-catherine-sparks\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha Catherine Sparks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martha Catherine Sparks, daughter of James E. and Carrie E. (Cary Ann) Burch Sparks, was born 1859 Oct in Indiana. Her birth family being covered in another post, this one will be concerned with her life after her marriages.<\/p>\n

On 1878 June 24, at Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, Martha married Philemon Thomas.<\/p>\n

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They would have 7 children:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Clara Gertrude b. 1880 in Kansas married William T. Moore on 1898 Feb 6 in Chautauqua Co. Kansas.<\/li>\n
  2. Edith b. 1881 in Kansas<\/li>\n
  3. Arthur b. 1881 March 23 in Kansas married Florence Glen who had previously been married to a John L. Cross and was in Spokane, Washington with him in 1910. 1920 finds them in Strike Axe, where John must have died. Before 1924 she married Arthur. He died 1965 July 3 and is buried at the Pawhuska cemetery. They had one son, Arthur Thomas Jr. b. abt. 1925.<\/li>\n
  4. Carrie B. b. 1883 in Kansas married June 24 1902 in Sedan, Chautauqua Co. Kansas to Joseph Elkins who was born about 1876 in California. His parents were John W. and Mary Elkins and the 1880 census shows them in Oregon, Butte, California. Joseph and Carrie moved to Colfax, Whitman, Washington, where they are shown in the 1910 census.<\/li>\n
  5. James Alfred (or Alfred James) was born 1885 in Kansas. On 1907 Oct 7 in Chautauqua County he married Ida Rae Tripp, daughter of James Preston “Jim” Tripp and Jennie M. Susan McWhirt. Jennie was a sister-in-law of Addie McWhirt McKenney. James Preston Tripp had married in 1899, after Jennie’s death, Mary Elizabeth Sparks, sister of Mary Catherine. This family is covered in another post.<\/li>\n
  6. Henry Josephus was born Nov 1887 in Kansas.<\/li>\n
  7. Noah was born 1890 Dec 14 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas and died 1959 Oct 12 in , Osage, Oklahoma. He is buried at the Pawhuska Cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The family of Philemon Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Philemon Thomas was born July 14 1857 in Monroe Count, Iowa, son of Alfred Thomas and Isabella Emeline Haley. Alfred Thomas was from , Rush, Indiana, and Isabella from Illinois. They were married in , Monroe, Iowa. Philemon’s father having died in 1857, the 1860 census finds him with his mother in the household of a James W. Boyd.<\/p>\n

    Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Monroe, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 167; Image: 400. PO Albia
    \n1168 James W. BOYD 34 farmer $560 $1000 b. TN
    \n? BOYD 30 domestic IL
    \nElizabeth 26 IA
    \nJohn T.23 farming
    \nJulia 19 domestic
    \nJames W. 16 farming b. IL
    \nEleanore H. MOORE 44 domestic $600 $0 TN
    \nIsabel THOMAS 25 $0 $350 b. IL
    \nPhilemon THOMAS 3 IA\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    In 1870 in Green, Lawrence, Missouri, the Thomas family is again in the household of the Boyds.<\/p>\n

    Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Green, Lawrence, Missouri; Roll: M593_787; Page: 445; Image: 60.
    \n134\/129 BOYD James W. 62 farmer $0 $900 TN
    \nLouisa M. 40 keeping house IL
    \nJulia A. 29
    \nJames W. 26 works on farm
    \nMOORE Elen… H. 54 TN
    \nTHOMAS Isabell T. 36 IL
    \nPhilaman 13 IA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The Boyd and Haley families had been long associated. In 1850 in , Sangamon, Illinois, we find them living side by side. Isabel Emeline Haley, yet to be married to Alfred Thomas is in the Boyd household.<\/p>\n

    1850 Illinois, Sangamon Co.
    \n774\/774 Thomas HALEY 44 farmer $1600 b. VA
    \nMalvina 33 b. KY
    \nBenjamin 9 b. IL
    \nEdward 8
    \n775\/775 James BOYD 42 farmer $300 b. TN
    \nLouisa 21 b. IL
    \nNarcisa 16
    \nJohn 13
    \nJulia Ann 9
    \nJames 6
    \nWilliam MOORE 77 b. SC
    \nEdna C. 37 b. TN
    \nEmily 35
    \nEmeline HALEY 16 b. IL<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Philemon Thomas and Martha Catherine Sparks in the Censuses<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A Willis G. Hays lives next to the family of James Sparks in 1880 in Chautauqua County Kansas. His parents were John Hays and Elizabeth Hays, found in the 1860 Iowa, Monroe County census. This Willis Hays married the above Elizabeth Narcissa Boyd, daughter of James, in Iowa in 1866. Looking further down the page? We find the Boyds.<\/p>\n

    The Illinois Marriage database shows a Thomas J. Haley marrying a Mirassa Moore on May 16 1832 in Sangamon County, Illinois. The 1850 census shows a 44 year old Thomas with a 33 year old Malvina. It’s likely this is that couple and that Marissa\/Malvina married Haley when she was but 15 years of age. I have seen girls married that young and even younger. Emeline Haley was perhaps a daughter. And Tabitha Moore, wife of James W. Moore, was likely a sister of Malvina\/Mirassa Moore.<\/p>\n

    We find the family of Philemon and Mary Catherine living next to her parents.<\/p>\n

    1880 Belleville, Chautauqua, Kansas
    \n(4) or (294 B)
    \n28\/29
    \nELDRIDGE Isaac 45 Farmer b. NC parents b. NC
    \nIcey T. 33 wife b. NC parents b. NC
    \nCharlie B. 14 son b. NC
    \nEmma M. 12 daughter b. NC
    \nWilliam A. 10 son b. MO
    \nEllie W. 7 daughter b. KS
    \nKenny H. 4 son b. KS
    \nRobert D. 2 son b. KS
    \n29\/30
    \nTHOMAS Philemon 22 farmer b. IA father b. IN mother b. IL
    \nMartha C. 20 wife b. IN parents b. IN
    \nClara C. 11\/12 daughter b. KS
    \nIsabelle E. mother b. IL father b. KY mother b. TN
    \nNOTE: Martha C. is Martha C. SPARKS, daughter of James E. and Carrie SPARKS, of the next household.<\/em>
    \n30\/31
    \nSPARKS James E. 47 stone mason b. IN Parents b. KY
    \nCarrie 45 wife b. IN Father b. IN and mother b. MD
    \nJohn 27 son b. Indiana
    \nBelle M. 12 daughter b. Illinois
    \nWilliam E. 3 son b. Kansas
    \n NOTE: Belle M. SPARKS will marry George Washington McKINNEY Jr. They appear in the 1900 Chautauqua Co. Belleville Township Census.
    \n<\/em>
    \n31\/32 HAYS Willis S. 40 Farmer b. IN parents b. IN
    \nElizabeth 46 b. IL parents b. TN
    \nMary T. 13 b. IA
    \nLemontt 12 b. MO
    \nM…? (f) 8
    \nElmina? 6
    \nTalitha M. ? 2 b. KS
    \n32\/33
    \nWOOLSEY (?) George W. 50 widowed physician b. TN parents b. TN
    \nJerimiah 25 son single farmer b. MO parents b. TN
    \nJane E. 14 daughter at home, rheumatic fever at time of census b. MO parents b. TN
    \n…
    \n35\/37 BOYD James W. 72 b. TN father b. NC
    \nLouisa W. 50 daughter b. IL parents b. TN
    \nJulia A. 40 daughter
    \nWilliam J. 37 son
    \nMOORE Eleanor 64 sister-in-law b. TN parents b. SC<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    I’m unable to locate the Thomas family in 1885 and 1895 in Chautauqua, the sons born during that time however have their birth places as Kansas. They may have been moving back and forth between Chautauqua and the Osage Reserve.<\/p>\n

    In 1900 we find them back in Belleville. Daughter, Clara, was already married and living in Leavenworth, Kansas. Daughters Edith and Carrie B. are not with the family. Edith was on the Osage Reserve, as I show below.<\/p>\n

    The couple is living with Philemon’s widowed mother.<\/p>\n

    1900 CHAUTAUQUA BELLEVILLE TOWNSHIP CENSUS
    \n100\/100
    \nTHOMAS Philimon July 1857 42 md. 21 yr. b. IA father b. IN mother b. IL farmer rents
    \nMartha Oct. 1859 40 7 children 7 surv. b. IN parents b. KY
    \nillegible son 1881 19 b. KS
    \nAlfred J. son 1885 15 b. KS
    \nHenry J. son Nov 1887 12 b. KS
    \nNoah son Dec 1890 9 b. KS
    \nEmaline mother July 1834 65 widow 1 child 1 surv. b. IL father b. VA mother b. TN<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Edith was over on the Osage Reserve living in the household of her cousin, Mae McCormick (mother was Mary Elizabeth Sparks) who was married to Antoine\/Antwine Rodman. The families beside them were related to the Nemaha Reserve Roys. Frank Denoya was a son of Francis Denoya and Marthat Lessert, and Martha a daughter of Clemment Lessert and Julia Roy. Moses Plemondon was married to Clementine Denoya, another daughter of Martha Lessert and Francis Denoya. Elizabeth Baylis was Elizabeth Loise, whose parents were Edward Paul Loise and Mary Jane Barada. Mary Jane and Elizabeth were Nemaha Reserve allottees. (I note this because of the McKenney connection with the Ioways of the Nemaha Reserve.)<\/p>\n

    Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Osage Indian Reservation, Osage and Kaw Indian Reservation, Oklahoma; Roll: T623 1344; Page: 64A; Enumeration District: 255.
    \n43\/43 RODMAN Antoine IN Dec 1872 27 OK father b. KS mother b. OK Osage, father white, mother Osage
    \nM… B. ? Nov 1881 28 KS parents b. IN
    \nTHOMAS Edith white 1882 March 18 b. KS father b. IA mother b. IN
    \n44\/44 Frank A Denoya Feb 1857 43 b. OR Osage, parents Osage 15\/16 white father b. Canada mother b. MO
    \nMary J Denoya 1868 Oct white31 b. KY parents b.KY
    \nJoseph F Denoya 22 June 1877 22 Osage, father Osage
    \nJacob A Denoya 21 Oct 1878 21
    \nHurbert Denoya 19 Dec 1881 19
    \nMartha Denoya 16 July 1883 16
    \nIda Denoya 15 Jan 1885 15
    \nMable Denoya 14 May 1886 14
    \nJames E Denoya 9 June 1890 9
    \nClara Denoya 8 July 1891 8
    \nGrace L Denoya 7 Nov 1892 7
    \nAlfred R Denoya 6 ? 1894 6
    \nCharlotto m Denoya Dec 1895 4
    \nMyrtle G Denoya 1 Sept 1898
    \n45\/45 PLOMONDON Mose ? 1840 60 md 32 b. WA Osage, father white, mother Osage, 15\/16 white parents b. Canada
    \nClemey ? wife Jan 1855 45 32 10 of 12 children b. WA, Osage, father white, mother Osage, 15\/16 white father b. Canada mother b. MO
    \nLouis C. son Jan 1885 15 b. OK
    \nRosa M. daughter IN April 1886 14 b. OK parents b. WA Osage father white mother Osage 15\/16
    \nStella daughter IN Sept 1889 10 b. OK parents b. WA Osage father white mother Osage 15\/16
    \nDaniel B. son IN 1892 8 b. OK parents b. WA Osage father white mother Osage 15\/16
    \nJulia A. daughter IN 1894 6 b. OK parents b. WA Osage father white mother Osage 15\/16
    \nLouise C. daughter IN 1897 3 b. OK parents b. WA Osage father white mother Osage 15\/16
    \n46\/46 BROCK Williwam C.
    \nPhilmone
    \n47\/47 ?
    \n48\/48 BAYLIS Elizabeth May 1845 55 widow b. NE father b. MO mother b. NE Osage, father white, mother Osage, 1\/4 white
    \nHarry D. son 1882 17 b. NE father b. VA mother b. NE Osage, father white, mother Osage 1\/8 white
    \nCharles D. son June 1886 13 b. NE father b. VA mother b. NE, Osage, father white, mother Osage 1\/8 white
    \nSCOUT Weslie? nephew April ? 26? b. NE father b. IN mother b. NE, Osage, father white, mother Osage, 1\/4 white<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    By 1910 the family is over in Pawhuska. The Indian and white families were still on separate schedules. By 1920 we find the Thomas family living beside the John and Nannie Tripp Whitehorn.<\/p>\n

    Philemon’s widowed mother continues to live with the couple. <\/p>\n

    In the census is Nannie Tripp WHITEHORN whose father was James Preston TRIPP and stepmother was Mary Elizabeth SPARKS.<\/p>\n

    A DRAKE lives beside both Philemon (given here as Phillip) THOMAS and Martha SPARKS THOMAS and James Preston TRIPP and Mary Elizabeth SPARKS THOMAS.<\/p>\n

    1910 OSAGE PAWHUSKA #168 OK CENSUS
    \n14\/14 WHITEHORN John Ind 27 married 6 years b. OK parents b. KS (Osage full blood)
    \nNana 22 4 children 2 surviving b. MO father b. IL mother b. MO
    \nArthur b. OK
    \nCharley<\/p>\n

    1910 OSAGE, PAWHUSKA, OK CENSUS #ED 168
    \n(17 of 53 ancestry.com) pg. 292 or 9A
    \n116\/117 DRAKE ? K 45 married 22 years b. KS father b. IL mother b. US
    \nMaggie 38 8 children, 6 surviving b. KS father b. US mother b. OH
    \nJohn WW 17 b. KS
    \nRay A 9
    \nGeorge M 6
    \nGladis 1 b. OK
    \n117\/118 MAINE or MAINS WIlliam W. 35 married 7 years b. KS father b. Michigan
    \nElla 30 4 children, 4 surviving b. KS father b. English mother b. IL
    \nAndew A. 5 b. KS
    \nCharles E. 3 b. OK
    \nLoyd W. 1 and 2\/12
    \n…MORE Evert L. stepson 19
    \n118\/119 THOMAS Philip 50? married 31 years b. IA father b. IN mother b. IL
    \nMartha C. 53? 7 children, 7 surviving b. IL parents b. IN
    \nIsibell 72 mother widowed 1 child, 1 surviving b. IL father b. KY mother b. TN
    \n119\/120 SAVAGE Amos? 27 b. IL parents b. IL
    \nMary 21 b. KS father b. ? mother b. IA
    \nBAKER J. W. boarder 35 b. Texas parents b. US
    \n(NOTE: On previous page is William SAVAGE 36 b. IL parents b. IL with Ida)
    \n120\/121 FISHER Valez M. ? 30 b. Texas father b. KY mother b. MO
    \nFrance? 28 b. IL
    \nFARQUIER brother-in-law 15
    \n121\/122 ENYART Leroy W. 43 and Alice 39 and children<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    In 1920 they are in Strike Axe living next to John and Nannie Tripp Whitehorn. Son Alfred and his wife Ida Rae Tripp live nearby. (I’ve been unable to locate James Alfred Thomas in 1910, and have been unable to locate Arthur Thomas in either 1910 or 1920. Ditto Henry Josephus, I’ve been unable to find him in 1910 or 1920 either. Noah Thomas likewise can’t be found in the 1910 and 1920 censuses. Where did they go?? And yet in 1917-1918 when son Noah registered with the military, he was living in Pawhuska and was a “transfer driver” for “J. P. Thomas” who is likely his father. Josephus also registered out of Pawhuska, giving his birthdate as Nov 28 1887, born in Sedan. He was farming and working for Jim Brown? The name is illegible. But he was employed at what looks like C. S. W. Pawhuska.)<\/p>\n

    Alfred THOMAS and Ray TRIPP THOMAS, Philemon THOMAS and Martha SPARKS THOMAS, John WHITEHORN and Nannie TRIPP live in a cluster.<\/p>\n

    1920 Osage Co. OK Srike Axe census:
    \n43\/48 PLUMMER James F. and Bertie C. (and children)
    \n44\/49 THOMAS Phil rent 62 b. IA father b. IL mother b. IL farmer
    \nMartha 60 b. IN parents b. IN
    \n45\/50 WHITEHORN John Indian 39 b. OK parents b. IL
    \nNannie 24 b. MO father b. IL mother b. MO (and children)
    \nArthur J. 14
    \nCharles 12
    \nWaneta 7
    \nChristie or Christine?? 4
    \nJohn M. 2
    \nWalker K. 8\/12
    \nNOTE: Nannie is Nannie TRIPP, a daughter of James Preston TRIPP, who married 2nd Mary SPARKS, a sister of Martha SPARKS.
    \n46\/51 GAREN Thomas Indian 52 b. NY father b. NY mother b. Canada
    \nIda Indian 40 b. Minnesota father b. NY mother b. Illinois (and children)
    \n47\/52 BROWN Frank and Clara E. and children
    \n48\/53 HENDRICKS William Indian b. OK parents b. OK
    \nMay white b. Nebraska parents b. IA
    \n49\/54 THOMAS Alfred 27 b. KS father b. IN mother b. IL
    \nRay 24 b. KS father b. IL mother b. MO
    \nHenry 11 b. OK
    \nMartha J. 4 b. OK
    \nNOTE: Ray is the daughter of James Preston TRIPP
    \n50\/55 BROWN John A. b. AR parents b. AR
    \nMinnie M. b. MO father b. unknown mother b. MO<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    1930 shows them again in Strike Axe, sons Noah and Josephus both in the household, Noah a veteran of WWI. Son Arthur is living next to Lloyd McWhirt and his wife Dora Strikeaxe.<\/p>\n

    Year: 1930; Census Place: Strike Axe, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll: T626_1923; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 40; Image: 0429.
    \n93\/95 WHITEHORN James 30 and June (probably brother of John who is by now divorced from Nannie TRIPP)
    \n98\/100 THOMAS, Philemon 72 md at 19 b. IA parents b. IA Farming General Farm
    \nMartha wife 70 md at 18 b. IN father b. KY mother b. IN
    \nNoah son 38 D md at 21 b. KS father b. IA mother b. IN Labor on General Farm Veteran of WWI
    \nJosephus son 40 S b. KS father b. IA mother b. IN Laborer on Cattle Ranch Veteran of WWI
    \n99\/101 CUMMING WIlliam and Susanna and family
    \n100\/102 BARKER Lile
    \n101\/103 POSTON Thomas and Naomie and family
    \n102\/104 STRIKEAXE Pendleton 50 Full blood Osage and Mamie E. wife full blood Winnebago (probably relations of Dora Strikeaxe. Son Arthur THOMAS lived near Dora Strikeaxe MCWHIRT)<\/p>\n

    Year: 1930; Census Place: Strike Axe, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll: T626_1923; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 0402.
    \n3\/3 THOMAS Arthur 49 md at 44 b.KS parents b.KY
    \nFlora M. 46 md at 15 b. MO parents b.MO
    \nArthur Jr. son 4 b. OK father b. KS mother b. MO
    \nFRESE? Mildred stepdaughter 15 b. OK father b. KS mother b. MO
    \nJimmie ? Lee Stepson 8 b. OK father b. KS mother b. MO
    \n5.5 MCWHIRT Lloyd Head R mw 23 md at 20 b. OK father b. MO mother b. OK
    \nDora J. wife Indian 24 md at 16 b. OK Mixed blood mother b. OK
    \nMURPHY Bourdon? Indian stepson 7 b. OK father b. KS mother b. OK, Osage
    \nMURPHY Roscoe Indian stepson 5 b. OK father b. KS mother b. OK, Osage
    \nMURPHY Norma Jane Indian step daughter 4 b. OK father b. KS mother b. OK, Osage
    \nMCWHIRT Helen Marie Indian Daughter 1 and 6\/12 b. OK Mixed blood Osage
    \nLONG Leo Lodger 26
    \nEDWARDS Noah Servant (Race “Neg”) 27 md. md at 20 b. OK parents b. OK
    \nNOTE: Lloyd MCWHIRT was a nephew of Addie MCKENNEY MCWHIRT.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Philemon died 1936 May 21 in , Osage, Oklahoma. Martha died 1942 Aug 14 in , Osage, Oklahoma. Both are buried at the Pawhuska Cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Martha Catherine Sparks, daughter of James E. and Carrie E. (Cary Ann) Burch Sparks, was born 1859 Oct in Indiana. Her birth family being covered in another post, this one will be concerned with her life after her marriages. On 1878 June 24, at Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, Martha married Philemon Thomas. They would have 7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[27,46,47,109,140,211,271,307,338,348,355,363,379,414,432,501,502,590,617,787],"class_list":["post-3922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mckenney-family","category-uncategorized","tag-alfred-thomas","tag-arthur-thomas","tag-arthur-thomas-jr","tag-carrie-thomas","tag-clara-gertrude-thomas","tag-edith-thomas","tag-florence-glen","tag-george-washington-mckenney-line","tag-henry-josephus-thomas","tag-ida-rae-tripp","tag-isabella-emeline-haley","tag-james-alfred-thomas","tag-james-w-boyd","tag-john-l-cross","tag-joseph-elkins","tag-marriage-license","tag-martha-catherine-sparks","tag-noah-thomas","tag-philemon-thomas","tag-william-t-moore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}