Ron The only Hardy Jones I have is Hardy Wyatt Jones b:17 Apr 1918 married a Sceleta G Fife. I can not do anything right now with this Blackburn but I know I have seen some info. somewhere on a Blackburn family that was in the Limestone/McLennan Co.area around were I live now. It was not in the book on Elk or at least I did not find it & no index. I do have a John D Sparks married to a Louisa Jones b 1884 her Father was a Calvin Jones. Hope this helps. Pat Oates in TX. At 10:15 AM 4/3/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Thanks Patricia for your prompt reply, I await what ever lookups (Hardy JONES, Martha Caroline BLACKBURN, Polly Ann Levina SPARKS) you can do. > >The father Polly Ann Levina SPARKS was a J.C. SPARKS (maybe James Coleway or Calvin). I know nothing of him. His daughter Polly Ann did marry Hardy Jones just over the County line in Hubbard, Hill County. > >Ron Jones

Well thanks Pat Oates, no - this doesn't help. My Hardy Jones and his wife Martha Blackburn were in Mount Calm, Limestone County back in the 1850-1880s. As I mentioned, hardy was the first postmaster back before the War between the States and his son, William Lewis Jones, was the fourth postmaster. I believe he used to run the post between Mount Calm and Shreveport. The father of Martha Caroline Blackburn was William Blackburn, mother was Sarah Fly. Sarah is buried in Mount Calm cemetery but I don't know about William, who I think may have been a preacher. John D. Sparks probably is not related to Polly Ann Levina Sparks or to any of her siblings. Many of Polly Ann's siblings died around 1882-3. Was there an epidemic of something in Limestone Co. at that time? Maybe cholera or yellow fever? Thanks again - - Ron Jones in southern California