Isaac Sparks

SPARKS, MCCRARY, HERRON, MCCASKEY, MATHEWS

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/11/2006 at 15:49:00

Isaac Sparks, Boonesboro, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1811, his father moved to eastern Ohio, locating in Tuscarawas county, where the subject of this sketch was raised hat being then the western border of civilization, he was raised a farmer , and as that portion of Ohio was then a forest, it took both time and work to develop a far, in 1856 he removed to Hardin county, the same State, and there remained for ten years, during which time he lived on a farm adjoining the town of Henton, in 1860 he came to Boone county, locating on a farm in Jackson township, in 1876 he moved to Boonesboro, where he has since resided, in February 1833 he married Miss Catharine McCrary in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, she was born in that county, December 9, 1811, they have six children living Maranda A (now Mrs John Herron), Sarah A (now Mrs C W McCaskey), Rosa A (now Mrs J D Mathews) and W S Alden B and James W

1880 Boone Co History Book