Mildred Minerva NORMAN

John married Kate Sparger LOWRY on 1 Sep 1906. Kate (daughter of Thomas Jefferson LOWRY and Minerva Ann (Nancy) SPARGER) was born on 5 Jul 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0146B, p. 1
!The Journal of Surry County Genealogical Association, Dobson, NC, Spring, 2001, ISSN 1064-4024, page 30.

Thomas married Minerva Ann (Nancy) SPARGER on 11 Apr 1876 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. Minerva (daughter of Henry SPARGER and Mary Ann COOK) was born on 14 Mar 1853 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 19 Feb 1943 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0146B, p. 11; Marshall 0149, p. 23
!The Journal of Surry County Genealogical Association, Dobson, NC, Spring, 2001, ISSN 1064-4024, page 30.

Notes:

!Marshall 0303, p. 8

Thomas married Mary MIDKIFF. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0303, p. 8

Notes:

!Marshall 0017, Pg. 191; Sparger 0001, Pg. 44 - In the Marshall 0017 his
marriage date was given as December 2. In Sparger 0001 it was given as
December 3. Mary Ann Cook was the sister of Bethania Cook who was the wife of brother, Murlin Sparger.
His marriage date was taken from "Marriages of Surry County, N. C.; 1779 -
1868" by Brent H. Holcomb"
!Marshall 0007, Pg. 509 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina",
Volume I, 1983 - Editor, Hester Bartlett Jackson
!"The Journal of Surry County Genealogical Association", October 1994, p. 6.
Marshall 0146, p. 5 - He and his wife are both buried in the Willow Wild Cemetery.
!Marshall 0149, p. 23
!Marshall 0303, p. 1
!Marshall 0355, p. 7 - This source is from his gravestone.

Henry married Mary Ann COOK on 2 Dec 1846 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of John COOK and Edith JESSUP) was born on 12 May 1827 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 29 Nov 1901 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.