Ira Eldon Sparks

1848 - 1943  (94 years)

• Name	Ira Eldon Sparks  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Aug 1848	MI   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 May 1943	Seattle, King, WA   [2]
  Person ID	I7277	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	31 Oct 1893	Sheridan, Nebraska, United States
  Children	1. Eldene Sparks,   b. 24 Apr 1898, NE d. 16 Jan 1964, {Vashon, King, WA} (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F3432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  "Although he seems always to have gone by the name Eldon, he was apparently named Ira Eldon--the fact that he had an uncle named Ira Sparks perhaps accounts for his use of his middle name." (Sparks Family Tree)

  
  

• Sources

  [S115] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Roll: 2495; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 57; Image: 117.0. [S509] The Sparks Family Tree, James J. Sparks, J. D. online [http://sparksfamilytree.net/ ], accessed 28 Jan 2005, http://sparksfamilytree.net/family_tree/wga82.html#I19247.