Walter W. Sparks

SPARKS, SPURGEON, POE

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall
Date: 2/21/2010 at 06:54:00

SPARKS, Walter W., lawyer; born, Dubuque, Iowa, Dec. 22, 1853; son, Edwin and Priscilla (Spurgeon) S. Edu.: public and high schools, Algona, Iowa; Law Dept., Univ. of Oregon. Married, Mary E. Poe, June 6, 1883, at Vancouver, Wash. Captain, N. G. Wash., 1898-1903; Colonel and Paymaster, N. G. Wash., 1903-07 ; Pros. Atty., Clarke County, 1899-1903, 1905-07. Member Lower House in Legis., 1909-10; receiver U. S. Land Office, 1911-12, when resigned. Member: Mt. Hood Lodge F. & A.M., No. 32; Vancouver Chapter R.A.M. No. 9; Vancouver Commandery, No. 10 ; I. O. O. F. No. 3, Vancouver; K. of P., Vancouver; United Artisans. Res.: 2215 "В."; Office: 605 1/2 Main st., Vancouver. Wash.

~Who's Who on the Pacific Coast: A Biographical Compilation of Notable Living Contemporaries West of the Rocky Mountains; ed. by Franklin Harper, 1913; pg 532