Carpenter Sparks (often spelled Carpentar), fifth child of William J. and Mildred (Boatman) Sparks, was born on September 28, 1822; he died on February 5, 1884. On December 14, 1853, he was married to Margaret Hughey, daughter of Joseph and Mary Hughey. Margaret died on February 5, 1889. They had no children. A photograph of Carpenter appears on page 460 of the March 1960 issue of the QUARTERLY. As can be seen on the 1860 census of Union District, Carpenter and Margaret lived very near Carpenter's brother, Jesse Sparks. 6. Hiram Sparks, sixth child of William J. and Mildred (Boatman) Sparks, was born on December 24, 1824. We have found no record of Hiram other than his name and date of birth recorded in his father's Bible. He apparently died as a child. 7. Levi Sparks, seventh child of William J. and Mildred (Boatman) Sparks, was born on September 29, 1826, and died on January 4, 1899. He purchased a farm of 113 acres one mile east of Cross Keys on Buncomb Road in 1859, of Union District. Several years earlier, Levi had been married to Martha Buchanan. Levi and Martha were the parents of three children, the eldest, a son named John T. Sparks, died in a fire at the age 5 years, on January 26, 1860. The other two children of Levi and Martha were Jesse Jones Sparks, born March 3, 1857, and Aurelia Naomie Sparks, born on November 15, 1859~ (She was called Naomie on the 1860 census.) Martha, Levi's first wife, died on September 11, 1860, before reaching her 27th birthday. Levi Sparks served in Company C of the 16th Infantry Regiment of the Con­federate Army. He was discharged at Charleston, date not known. About a year after the death of his first wife, Levi was married (second) to Angeline Gibbs, the widow of James Gibbs. Their only child was named Stella. About six months following Stella's birth, Angeline died on Christmas Day, 1862; she and Levi had been married fewer that two years at her death. On May 19, 1863, Levi was married to his third wife, Leannah F. Bobo, a daughter of Kindred and Comfort (Free) Bobo. She had been born on March 21, 1841, and died on September 3, 1898. A photograph of Levi and Leannah can be found on the cover of the March 1960 issue of the QUARTERLY. They were the parents of eight children. Sketches of each of the children of Levi Sparks who lived to adulthood were prepared by Claude E. Sparks and were included in the March 1960 issue of the QUARTERLY. Here we give informa­tion only for his sons, whose children carried on the name Sparks. (a) James N. Sparks, born August 14, 1866; died August 22, 1902. He was married to Jessie Jones, and they had one daughter, Nola Sparks. (b) William Mayfield Sparks, born June 6, 1870; died December 14, 1919. He was married to Jennie Bobo, born April 10,1872; died March 23, 1943, daughter of Barham and Fannie Virginia (Ray) Bobo. They had the following children: (1) Claude E. Sparks, born December 11, 1897; died February 4, 1983. He did not marry. (2) Guy B. Sparks, born December 14, 1901; married (first) Jessie Platt, (second) Ruth McDowell. (3) William J. Sparks, born July 31, 1904; married Sara Sims. (4) Mary Louise Sparks, born August 23, 1910. She was married to Jack F. Burnett. (c) C. Bobo Sparks, son of Levi and Leanhah F. (Bobo) Sparks, was born on April 7, 1874; died 1956. He was married (first) to Annie Dodd; they had no children. He was married (second) to Cattie Gibbs. They had two children, one of whom died in infancy, the other was Fannie Lee Sparks. (d) Simpson Levi Sparks, born September 11, 1879; died October 16, 1944. He was married to Lilla Betsil, and they were the parents of two chil­dren: Mary Lee Sparks and Margaret Simpson Sparks. Charlotte Sparks, eighth child of William J. and Mildred (Boatman) Sparks, was born on April 15, 1829; died on August 15, 1885. She was married to Robert F. Ray. Information regarding her children appeared on page 462 of the March 1960 issue of the QUARTERLY. Carline Sparks, ninth child of William J. Sparks and Mildred (Boatman) Sparks, was born on August 25, 1832. She died in infancy. William T. Sparks, tenth child of William J. Sparks (his first child by his second wife, Mary Lee Sparks). He was born on April 11, 1836; died Octo­ber 20, 1861. His gravestone in Padgett's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has the inscription: "A volunteer in defense of his country, leaving a wife, one child and many friends to mourn their loss." He was married to Mary Bobo, and they were the parents of one child, a son named Hiram Micajah Sparks. Hiram was married to Elizabeth Whitesides, and they became the parents of sons named Harry Sparks, William Sparks, Joseph Sparks, James Sparks, Eddie Sparks, and Charley Sparks, all of whom had died by 1960. Amanda Sparks, eleventh child of William J. Sparks (his second child by his second wife, Mary Lee Sparks). Amanda was born on November 16, 1839, and died on March 5, 1906. She was married to Eliphas Bearden, and they were the parents of three daughters, two of whom died in in­fancy; the third, Annie Bearden, died as a teenager.