Ezekiel "Zeke" Sparks ^53,61,79,80

  Research Notes:

Zeke is listed as head-of-household in the 1900 Census, Marshall Co., Alabama, Hooper, family #84, June 8: Zeek Sparks, 21 (Jul 1878), married 2 years, rail roader, self and mother born in Alabama, father born in South Carolina; Jane, 22 (Jul 1877), married 2 years, 1 of 1 child living, self & parents born in Alabama; Dosie (sic), 2 (Mar 1898), dau., born in Alabama.

He is listed as head-of-household in the 1930 Census, Marshall Co., Alabama, Hooper, E.D. 28, family #239, April 26: Zeke Sparks, 53, farmer, married at 21, self & parents born in Alabama; Annie, 52, wife, married at 20, self & parents born in Alabama.

Note: Although his wife is called Jane in the 1900 Census, and Annie in the 1930 Census, they are the same person. Annie is listed as having married in 1898 in the 1930 Census, and Jane is married 2 years in the 1900 Census, also married in 1898. Thus, they are the same person. ^79,80

Zeke married Annie Jane Grayson, daughter of Ben Grayson and Caroline Whitaker, about 1898 in Marshall Co., Alabama, USA ^53,78,79.^,80 (Annie Jane Grayson was born on Mar 28, 1878 in Marshall Co., Alabama, USA,^53,78 died on Dec 5, 1948 in Guntersville, Marshall Co., AL ^53,78 and was buried in Rehobeth Cemetery, Guntersville, Marshall Co., AL ^53,78.)