This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sparks/Langford connections Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2R.2ADE/634.669.670.673.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My mind must be really narrow!! I am astonished at the Sparks/Langford connection. My mother was a Sparks, married to Larkin Joseph Langford. Evelyn "Evyline"6 Sparks (Acey Britton5, John Britton J.4, Henry S.3, Jeremiah2, Edward1) was born April 18, 1895 in Pike County, Arkansas, and died September 08, 1994 in Seattle, Washington (8). She married Larkin Joseph Langford April 06, 1917 in Austwell, Refugio County, Texas, son of Larkin Langford and Ella Morgam. He was born April 05, 1893 in Gulfport, Mississippi, and died July 15, 1988 in Seattle, Washington. Notes for Evelyn "Evyline" Sparks: Evelyn "Evyline" Sparks was the eldest of her siblings and the last to go to Heaven. She was 99 1/2 years old when the Lord called her home. More About Larkin Langford and Evelyn Sparks: Marriage: April 06, 1917, Austwell, Refugio County, Texas Children of Evelyn Sparks and Larkin Langford are: 83 i. Leroy Morton7 Langford, born March 02, 1918 in Boumont, Texas; died September 15, 1919 in Boumont, Texas. + 84 ii. Willis Sidney Langford, born September 03, 1919 in Austwell, Refugio County, Texas. + 85 iii. Hazel Lucille Langford, born April 06, 1921 in Austwell, Refugio County, Texas; died September 15, 1976 in Blackstone, Virginia. + 86 iv. Bonnie Mae Langford, born February 10, 1924 in Abernathy, Texas. + 87 v. Ella Belle Langford, born May 31, 1926 in Victoria, Texas. + 88 vi. Leona Joyce Langford, born October 16, 1927 in Victoria, Texas. + 89 vii. Iona Avis Langford, born October 11, 1930 in Telferner, Victoria Co., TX. + 90 viii. Howard Lee Langford, born January 05, 1932 in Telferner, Victoria County, Texas. + 91 ix. Estelle Langford, born May 13, 1935 in Victoria, Texas. + 92 x. Esther Langford, born May 13, 1935 in Victoria, Texas. Don't know if we have a connection. Iona (Langford) Brown