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Susannah <I>Stevens</I> Sparks

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Susannah Stevens Sparks

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
25 Oct 1861 (aged 66)
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
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Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Susannah (Stevens) Sparks...born, Oct. 28, 1794 in VA, possible in NC, daughter of, Spencer Stevens and Elizabeth Robey...died, Oct. 25, 1861...age 66 yrs. 11 mo. 27 dys. in Buchanan Township, Berrien Co, MI. Married Cornelius in Rowan Co, NC on Dec 14, 1812.

About 1814, Cornelius, Suannah and 9 mo old son, Joseph and Susannah's parents also several other Stevens family members
removed to Wayne Co, IN.
More than likely Susannah was preg with Spencer, born 1815. An ardours journey, by Ox cart, with a nursing infant and one on the way, setting up camp at night and roughing it, BIG TIME!

2011, Susannah's marker was intact, leaning on a old dry tree stump. The engraving on the marker is worn but readable: "Our Mother, Susannah, wife of Cornelius Sparks, died Oct. 25, 1861, age 66 yrs. 11mo. 27 dys."

Clipping from early Buchanan, Michigan newspaper (paper unknown, undated clipping) reads...
"Died, Mrs. Susanna Sparks, consort of Cornelius Sparks of this village, on Thursday the 25th. inst. The deceased was 67 years old and had lived with her husband for almost fifty years. She united with the Christian Church about twenty years since, of which she was a faithful member until her death. She left a husband, nine children and a large number of friends to mourn her loss. She died with a well formed hope of blessed immortality beyond the grave."

Susannah (Stevens) Sparks...born, Oct. 28, 1794 in VA, possible in NC, daughter of, Spencer Stevens and Elizabeth Robey...died, Oct. 25, 1861...age 66 yrs. 11 mo. 27 dys. in Buchanan Township, Berrien Co, MI. Married Cornelius in Rowan Co, NC on Dec 14, 1812.

About 1814, Cornelius, Suannah and 9 mo old son, Joseph and Susannah's parents also several other Stevens family members
removed to Wayne Co, IN.
More than likely Susannah was preg with Spencer, born 1815. An ardours journey, by Ox cart, with a nursing infant and one on the way, setting up camp at night and roughing it, BIG TIME!

2011, Susannah's marker was intact, leaning on a old dry tree stump. The engraving on the marker is worn but readable: "Our Mother, Susannah, wife of Cornelius Sparks, died Oct. 25, 1861, age 66 yrs. 11mo. 27 dys."

Clipping from early Buchanan, Michigan newspaper (paper unknown, undated clipping) reads...
"Died, Mrs. Susanna Sparks, consort of Cornelius Sparks of this village, on Thursday the 25th. inst. The deceased was 67 years old and had lived with her husband for almost fifty years. She united with the Christian Church about twenty years since, of which she was a faithful member until her death. She left a husband, nine children and a large number of friends to mourn her loss. She died with a well formed hope of blessed immortality beyond the grave."

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  • Created by: D.J. Baker
  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104142029/susannah-sparks: accessed ), memorial page for Susannah Stevens Sparks (28 Oct 1794–25 Oct 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104142029, citing Sparks Family Burial Ground, Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by D.J. Baker (contributor 47430735).