Mary Ann COOK

Notes:

!Marshall 0017, Pg. 191; Sparger 0001, Pg. 44 - She was the sister of Bethania
Cook who married Henry's brother, Murlin Sparger.
!Her birth & death date along with their marriage information comes from "The
Journal of the Surry County Genealogical Association", November, 1993, page 8. Her death date was not actually given but the "Mt. Airy News" article was
dated December 19, 1901 (Thursday) and said that she died Friday night. That
would have been December 13, 1901.
!Marshall 0146, p. 5 - She is buried with her husband in the Willow Wild Cemetery.
!Marshall 0303, p. 1 - This source gives her death date as 11/29/1901.

!The following source was posted in the Surry Co. NC Obituaries Post (5/8/2001)(http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/SurryObits)

Mrs. Henry Sparger nee Cook
Posted by P.J. Overturf on Tue, 08 May 2001
Surname: Sparger, Cook, Newman, Lowry

Abstracted from 6 Dec 1901 Fannin Co., Tx. "Bonham News"

Mrs. Mary A. Sparger, wife of Henry Sparger, d. last Friday at home on N. Center St.;Services at Methodist church by Rev. J. R. Wages of Decatur, bur. Willow Wild cem.;Methodist for 52 years;Maiden name: Mary Ann Cook;b. Surry County, N.C. 12 May 1827;Then lived in Surry Co. until 1876, to Bonham that year;Survivors: husband & 5 of 7 children, Jeff, John, Miss Mattie Sparger, Mrs. NEWMAN and Mrs. LOWRY of N.C.

Mary married Henry SPARGER on 2 Dec 1846 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. Henry (son of John W. SPARGER, (4) and Sarah LYON) was born on 25 Feb 1826 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 6 Dec 1905 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas; was buried on 7 Dec 1905 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Allen Jefferson SPARGER was born on 26 Nov 1848 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 9 Jan 1928 in Durant, Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 10 Jan 1928 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.
2. Martha Jane SPARGER was born on 15 Feb 1851 in Surry County, North Carolina; died in Jun 1932.
3. Minerva Ann (Nancy) SPARGER was born on 14 Mar 1853 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 19 Feb 1943 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina.
4. John Caruthers SPARGER was born on 10 May 1855 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 12 Sep 1938 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas; was buried on 13 Sep 1938 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.
5. Eli Franklin SPARGER was born in 1857 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 7 Feb 1858.
6. Annice Malissa SPARGER was born on 25 Aug 1859 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 7 Nov 1932 in Pueblo, Colorado; was buried in Nov 1932 in Pueblo, Colorado.
7. Mary Elizabeth SPARGER was born on 26 Nov 1867 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 19 Feb 1870 in Surry County, North Carolina.

John married Edith JESSUP. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]