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Topic: Sparks, McClellan
Conf: Osborne County Queries, Msg: 38342
From: Deleted User
Date: 6/24/2002 11:06 AM

I am searching for any information on my great-great grandfather, David Jasper Sparks (a/k/a D.J. Sparks), who arrived in Alton in 1878 at the age of 21 (from Iowa, I think), and married Clarissa Priscilla Brewer in Alton. I am also trying to find information on Anna Corrine McClellan and (probably) William S. McClellan, my great-grandmother and great great grandfather (again, probably). William McClellan was 51 years old in 1920 and lived in Alton according to the 1920 US Census, which also says he was born in Ohio. That age makes him a good candidate for the "Grandpa Mac" my grandmother remembers.

I've seen family photographs from my grandmother, Rowena Sparks Barrett, which suggests that either the Sparks or the McClellan side of the family were blacksmiths in town. My grandmother's recollections suggest that this was a very small town and that she had numerous cousins and relatives scattered across town, so I'm hoping some of these names ring a bell.
Thank you for ANY details you can provide!
Laura Graham