Sarah Hardeman Sparks

b. circa 1857, d. 8 September 1945
  • Sarah Hardeman Sparks was born circa 1857 in Georgia.
  • Ovid Garten Sparks and Josephine V. Breazeal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Sarah Hardeman Sparks, Willis Breazeal Sparks and Harriet J. Sparks.
  • Ovid Garten Sparks and Josephine V. Breazeal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Sarah Hardeman Sparks, Willis Breazeal Sparks, Harriet J. Sparks, Ovid Garten Sparks Jr. and Mittie Sparks.
  • Ovid Garten Sparks and Josephine V. Breazeal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, at 86 Washington Avenue. Other members of the household included Sarah Hardeman Sparks, Willis Breazeal Sparks, Harriet J. Sparks, Ovid Garten Sparks Jr. and Robert Love Sparks.
  • She married Ashley C. Vickers.
  • The following appeared on 9 May 1915 in The Macon Daily Telegraph: Mrs. Josephine V. Sparks, widow of the late O. G. Sparks and one of the most esteemed women of Macon, died yesterday morning at her late home, 544 Washington avenue, after an extended illness. Members of the family were at the bedside when she breathed her last. She was 82 years old.
         Mrs. Sparks is survived by three sons, Willis B. Sparks and Robert L. Sparks, two of Macon's best known business men, and Ovid G. Sparks, of Dublin; two daughters, Mrs. A. E. Vickers of Headland, Ala., and Miss Hattie J. Sparks, of Macon. Eleven grandchildren also survive her.
         Mrs. Sparks was born in Burke county, February, 1833. Before her marriage she was Miss Josephine Braezeal [sic], and a descendant from one of the first families of Burke county. She was married to the late Ovid G. Sparks in the year 1854 and had lived in Macon the greater part of her life. She was educated at Wesleyan college and was one of its first graduates. Her death is especially deplored by the older citizens of Macon.
         The funeral will be held from her late residence this morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. W. N. Ainsworth, pastor of the Mulberry Street Methodist church will conduct the funeral service. Interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
  • Sarah Hardeman Sparks died on 8 September 1945 in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 30 Apr 2011