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1 mile east of Sparks, Ne. Section 10, Range 25, Township 34
The Sparks Cemetery is an old cemetery, being there since the 1880's. The first person buried there was a small girl, Daughter of John S. Grooms. Her name was Stella Grooms. She died July 22,1885 at 1 1/2 yrs of age.
The cemetery is on land previously owned by "Chaufty". Upon hearing of the death of Stella Grooms, Mrs. Chaufty deeded one acre of their land for the beginning of the Sparks Cemetery. In later years another 1/2 acre was donated by the Chaufty's to enlarge the cemetery. The west side is the oldest part of the cemetery.
New brick and cement posts were added to the entrance to the cemetery in 1967 and a new fence along the front side was added at that time.
| Name | Birth | Death | Birth Place | ||
| Allen, Betty Lou(dau of Louis & Margaret) | 1931 | 1933 | |||
| Allen, Levina Jane(Jennie) Swogger(wife of William James Allen m.06-14-1871) | 06-14-1851 | 10-28-1918 | Pennsylvania | ||
| Allen, Mayme Laura(dau of Louis & Margaret Copeland Allen) | 01-28-1920 | 04-29-1922 | Cherry co., NE | ||
| Allen, Merle R.(son of William & Rosie) | 1909 | 1935 | |||
| Allen, Rosie B.Grooms(mother) | 01-24-1879 | 11-24-1977 | |||
| Allen, William A.(Billy)(hus of Rosa B. Grooms m. 11-06-1901)(son of William & Levina) | 09-28-1872 | 09-16-1947 | |||
| Allen, William James(Co E. 116 Ill. Inf.)(hus of Levina Jane Swogger m.06-14-1871)(son of Alexander & Mary Barett Allen) | 12-25-1841 | 02-02-1907 | |||
| Andrews, Walter E.(son of Claude & Margie) | 11-19-1933 | 04-09-1934 | |||
| Barker, Henry F. | 05-01-1836 | 06-14-1901 | |||
| Barker, Mary George(wife of Henry F. m.05-01-1865) | 05-16-1845 | 03-08-1917 | Fayette Co., Ill. | ||
| Bechtold, Inant(dau of Jacob & Betty) | 1945 | 1945 | |||
| Betts, Bertha A.R.(dau of M/M C.H.) | 07-21-1884 | 09-14-1887 | |||
| Bowdish, Mary Osburn(wife of Ira Bowdish)(Sister of Richard Osburn) | 1864 | 01-1920 | |||
| Brechbill, Aetna(brother of Jacob) | 1868 | 12-31-1933 | |||
| Brechbill, Jacob(hus of Roseie Mirrah Jelly m.05-19-1903) | 03-22-1866 | 07-19-1941 | |||
| Brechbill, Jane James(wife of Abraham m.05-02-1864) | 04-12-1846 | 03-22-1926 | Galena, ILL. | ||
| Brechbill, Mary A.(grandmother of Jacob & Aetna) | 03-05-1812 | 08-25-1892 | |||
| Brechbill, Patience M.(dau of Mary) | 10-07-1842 | 12-22-1914 | Zanesville, Ohio | ||
| Brechbill, Rosie Mirrah Jelly(dau of Mathias & Martha Jelly) | 12-25-1884 | 12-11-1929 | |||
| Brown, Albert(son of John & Hazel) | 08-31-1942 | 03-26-1999 | |||
| Brown, Baby(son of John & Hazel) | 08-18-1948 | 08-18-1948 | |||
| Brown, Baby(son of John & Hazel) | 03-06-1944 | 03-10-1944 | |||
| Brown, Eva L.(daughter) | 1912 | 1920 | |||
| Brown, Grandpa | 09-10-1816 | 06-14-1905 | |||
| Brown, Gerald T.(son) | 1918 | 1920 | |||
| Brown, Henry L.(father) | 1857 | 1940 | |||
| Brown, Hezekiah(husband of Mollie Simmons m.08-14-1904) | 08-01-1853 | 09-23-1905 | |||
| Brown, John Leroy(son of George & Anna Brown)(hus of Hazel Osburn m. 08-23-1941) | 03-22-1918 | 11-17-2009 | Crookston, NE | ||
| Brown, Louisa L. | 1864 | 1951 | |||
| Brown, Mabel | 1894 | 1982 | |||
| Brown, Sarah E.(wife of T.V.) | 1872 | 05-28-1911 | |||
| Brown, T. V. | 09-10-1816 | 06-14-1905 | |||
| Brown, T.V.(Tom)(hus of Mabel | 05-20-1888 | 12-25-1958 | |||
| Brown, Terry L.(son of John & Mabel) | 1947 | 1949 | |||
| Brown, Thomas Vincent(husband of Mabel) (father) | 05-20-1888 | 12-25-1958 | Sparks, NE | ||
| Clayton, Mary McClements(wife of William H. Clayton)(mother of Lilian Albert Clayton Osburn) | 02-14-1875 | 03-12-1920 | |||
| Copeland, Alfred Clifford | 1932 | 1932 | |||
| Copeland, Clara E.(wife of John m.03-26-1919)(mother) | 05-03-1897 | 01-09-1988 | |||
| Copeland, Earl LeRoy(son of John Frederick & Clata Ethel Ogle Copeland)(hus of Bonnie Osburn) | 04-13-1928 | 12-28-2010 | Sparks, NE | ||
| Copeland, Elbert | 1930 | 1933 | |||
| Copeland, John F.(father) | 04-24-1881 | 02-19-1957 | |||
| Copeland, John Fredrick(hus of Betty Osburn m.04-12-1947)(son of Fred & Clara Ehtel Ogle Copeland) | 02-07-1920 | 10-20-2002 | ? | ? | ? |
| Copeland, John | 1852 | 1930 | |||
| Copeland, Mary | 1861 | 1935 | |||
| Copeland, William | 1883 | 1936 | |||
| Copeland, Zellma Marie(dau of John F. & Clara E.) | 1930 | 1945 | |||
| Davis, Louisa | 12-13-1825 | 02-27-1902 | |||
| Edwards, Catherine(wife of Hugh) | 1813 | 1885 | |||
| Edwards, Hugh H. | 1812 | 1884 | |||
| Edwards, William Glen(son of Everett Harold & Susan Kathryn Larabee Edwards)(hus of LaRetta Mae Lawrence m. 02-26-1956) | 03-11-1934 | 04-21-2011 | Brown County, NE | ||
| Etter, Wilbur D.(son of E.O.& Etta) | 01-01-1916 | 08-23-1918 | |||
| Foster, Baby(child of Charlie) | ? | ? | |||
| Foster, Floydine B. (dau of Floyd & Bea) | 1943 | 08-13-1944 | |||
| Foster, Floyd | 07-19-1909 | 10-07-1999 | |||
| Fullerton, Mary O. | 1873 | 1955 | |||
| Fullerton, Ulyess S.G. | 1866 | 1945 | |||
| Furry, Bernice | ? | ? | |||
| George, Infant | 12-1897 | ||||
| George, Jasper W. (Co T. 5th Ill. Cav.) | No dates | ||||
| George, Mrs. Louisa | 1856 | 1931 | |||
| Gordon, Mary Alison(dau of S.C.& Grace) | 01-28-1900 | 05-15-1903 | |||
| Graham, Gerald | 07-13-1912 | 11-22-1993 | |||
| Graham, Viola Packard (wife of Gerald Graham) | 09-13-1913 | 08-08-2001 | |||
| Grooms, Infant(dau of R.A.& J.S.) | 05-24-1891 | ||||
| Grooms, Clyde(hus of Virginia Brown) | 12-16-1913 | 02-13-2003 | |||
| Grooms, Cora Stella(dau of R.A.& J.S.)(first person buried in this cemetery) | 06-24-1884 | 07-22-1885 | |||
| Grooms, Davis Lee(son of Martin George & Sylvia Grooms) | 03-08-1952 | 07-22-2006 | |||
| Grooms, Dewey J. | 09-26-1899 | 09-23-1920 | |||
| Grooms, John(hus of Sarah Headrich m.08-08-1842)(son of William & Mary Grooms) | 05-10-1817 | 05-10-1903 | Clark County, Ky. | ||
| Grooms, John Samuel(hus of Rebecca Ann Osburn m.09-07-1872)(son of John& Sarah) | 02-02-1853 | 07-10-1927 | Quitman, MO. | ||
| Grooms, Joseph W. | 09-29-1843 | 11-09-1896 | |||
| Grooms, Mary J. | 1851 | 1935 | |||
| Grooms, Martha | 03-26-1826 | 11-23-1900 | |||
| Grooms, Melvin(son of Martine George & Sylvia Lawrence Grooms)(hus of Marva Porath m. 05-1966) | 01-15-1947 | 02-21-2010 | Valentine, NE | ||
| Grooms, Olive Mona(dau of H.& W.) | 03-28-1911 | 09-22-1911 | |||
| Grooms, Paul | 1920 | 1935 | |||
| Grooms, Rebecca Ann Osburn | 03-30-1860 | 01-15-1948 | |||
| Grooms, Virginia Mabel Brown(wife of Clyde William Grooms m.10-28-1936) | 06-09-1916 | 03-09-2001 | Sparks, NE | ||
| Haley, Infant(son of M/M Don Haley) | 1941 | ||||
| Haley, Albert(baby) | 1918 | ||||
| Haley, Albert(hus of Maued Allen m.011-06-1895)(son of John & Mary Jane George Haley) | 09-30-1866 | 1954 | |||
| Haley, Don(son of Ervy & Ida) | 1921 | 1998 | |||
| Haley, Duane | ? | ? | |||
| Haley, Eletha(dau of Ervy & Ida) | 1931 | 1940 | |||
| Haley, Ervy Presley(hus of Ida Sharp) | 1897 | 1964 | |||
| Haley, Floyd J. (WW1)(hus of Magdaline Borman)(son of Albert & Maude) | 10-21-1936 | ||||
| Haley, Ida I. | 1898 | 1983 | |||
| Haley, Maude Allen(dau of William & Jennie Swager Allen) | 1876 | 1942 | |||
| Hamer, Infant | ? | ? | |||
| Hamar, Wilma A. | 05-29-1920 | 01-17-1923 | |||
| Hellenbolt, Gertrude E.Allen | 02-11-1875 | 02-10-1946 | |||
| Hellenbolt, John A.(hus of Gertrude m. 10-31-1906) | 1877 | 1961 | |||
| Hellenbolt, Meryel(son of John & Gertrude) | 1908 | 1992 | |||
| Homan, Donald L.(son of Lloyd Homan)( | 1937 | 1937 | |||
| Hornback, Dora Ethel(dau of J.A.& Belle) | 03-16-1891 | 10-11-1892 | |||
| Hower, Clara Elnora Brosius | 1881 | 1956 | |||
| Hower, Jacob Vastine(Jake)(hus of #1 Viola Hamar m.1890, #2 Clara Elnora Brosius m.01-01-1902) | 07-22-1859 | 11-01-1916 | |||
| Hower, Infant (son of Jacob & Clara) | 1910 | 1910 | |||
| Hudson, Charles W. | 09-20-1857 | 05-19-1930 | |||
| Hudson, Elizabeth L.(wife of James M.) | 09-22-1859 | 11-15-1913 | |||
| Hudson, Harriet T. Sweetman | 10-16-1871 | 02-23-1956 | |||
| Hudson, James M. | 01-16-1855 | 05-30-1927 | |||
| Hudson, John | 07-07-1830 | ???? | |||
| Hudson, Louis N. | 04-07-1863 | 10-16-1939 | |||
| Hudson, Rutella E. | 11-21-1832 | 07-20-1911 | |||
| Hunsacker, Mary J. | 1842 | 1903 | |||
| Hutchison, Aaron E. | 08-02-1911 | 07-29-1915 | |||
| Hutchison, Lily May | 1888 | 1935 | |||
| Hutchison, James L. (WW11) | 05-03-1922 | 11-10-1951 | |||
| Hutchison, James | 1883 | 1946 | |||
| Hutchison, Nellie | 1823 | 1985 | |||
| Jelly, Annie Winters | 04-15-1861 | 03-02-1930 | |||
| Jelly, Thaddeus(hus of Annie Winters)(son of John & Mariah Jane Hazell) | 01-27-1859 | 10-27-1938 | |||
| Kaplan, Frank Vern(hus of Sarah Jane Todd m. 04-06-1898) | 01-16-1877 | 1954 | |||
| Kaplan, Mary A. | 06-12-1842 | 03-25-1917 | |||
| Kaplan, Sarah Jane Todd(dau of Horace J.& Cloe (Nettie) Boyer Todd) | 1880 | 1955 | |||
| Kaplan, Sophie D.(wife of Gotlob Goede) | 1867 | 1946 | |||
| Kaplan, Wincens(hus of Mary Ann Barty m.1862) | 01-04-1830 | 07-12-1925 | Pilzen, Bohemia | ||
| Kercher, Chris | 1886 | 1963 | |||
| Kercher, Evelyn A.(dau of Chris) | 1925 | 1935 | |||
| Lawrence, Infant(of J.H.& L.A.) | 11-19-1914 | 11-26-1914 | |||
| Lawrence, Alfred C.(son of Joseph & Linnie) | 1910 | 1936 | |||
| Lawrence, Joseph H.(Joe)(father)(hus of Belinda Ann (Linnie) Strawn m.04-28-1909) | 06-15-1886 | 1929 | Iowa | ||
| Lawrence, Linnie Ann Strawn (mother)(dau of James & Melora Dykeman Strawn) | 07-16-1886 | 1965 | Ainsworth, NE | ||
| Lawrence, Lloyd (hus of Pearl Retta Allen) | 05-18-1913 | 11-02-1991 | |||
| Lawrence, Maynard E.(son of Joseph & Linnie)(WW11) | 01-02-1916 | 03-26-1971 | |||
| Lawrence, Pearl Retta Allen(wife of William Lloyd Lawrence m. 08-07-1935)(dau of William Alexander (Billie) & Rosie Bell Grooms Allen) | 10-09-1912 | 05-07-2002 | Sparks,Cherry, Ne | ||
| Morris, William J. | 1829 | 03-11-1891 | |||
| Myers, Child (of E.Myers) | 02-10-1899 | ||||
| Newland, Frances L. Kaplan(mother) | 07-11-1883 | 12-31-1946 | |||
| Newland, Harvey A. (father)(hus of Frances Kaplan m.12-22-1898)(son of Henry & Sarah Jones Newland) | 12-26-1873 | 02-16-1938 | Ohio | ||
| Newland, Henry B.(hus of Sarah Jones) | 10-14-1827 | 04-05-1907 | |||
| Newland, Infant(of Isaac) | ? | ? | |||
| Newland, Isaac M.(son of Henry B.& Sarah) | 01-29-1861 | 07-06-1899 | |||
| Newland, John W. | 1856 | 1933 | |||
| Newland, Ollie Calvein(husband of Orpha Halderman m.1936) | 04-02-1915 | 08-30-1941 | Cherry Co., Ne | ||
| Newland, Paul(infant) | 1922 | 1923 | |||
| Newland, Paul K. | 05-13-1870 | 12-21-1945 | Adams Co., Ohio | ||
| Newland, Rauleigh R.(son of H.E.& F.L.) | 03-15-1907 | 03-29-1907 | |||
| Newland, Sarah Jones | 03-10-1834 | 08-04-1904 | |||
| Newland, Selina | ? | ? | |||
| Nish, Anna L Copeland(dau of John F. & Clara E. Ogle Copeland) | 04-25-1926 | 11-09-1998 | Sparks, NE | ||
| Ogle, Hark(hus of Sarah Osburn) | 1852 | 1922 | |||
| Ogle, Maggie M.(dau of Hark & Sarah) | 02-28-1885 | 02-24-1900 | |||
| Ogle, Sarah Osburn(wife of Hark) | 1858 | 1952 | |||
| Osburn, Infant(dau of Richard& Nancy) | 03-25-1894 | ||||
| Osburn, Albert M.(Bert)(hus of Lillian Clayton)(son of Richard & Nancy Osburn) | 03-30-1892 | 12-03-1966 | |||
| Osburn, Bernice Elaine(dau of Albert & Lillian) | 01-24-1920 | 05-29-1920 | |||
| Osburn, Julia A.(mother of Richard) | 07-04-1834 | 08-14-1914 | |||
| Osburn, Lillian A.Clayton(wife of Albert M.)(dau of W.H. & Mary Clayton) | 1902 | 08-09-1986 | |||
| Osburn, Nancy Isabel Holsey(wife of Richard) | 06-04-1861 | 04-12-1916 | |||
| Osburn, Richard (Dick)Everett(father)(hus of Nancy Isabel Holsey) | 01-11-1854 | 01-17-1918 | |||
| Osburn, Robert Donald(son of Albert & Lillian) | 07-09-1921 | 09-18-1930 | |||
| Osburn, Robert LeRoy(son of Erny & Gladys) | 1935 | 01-14-1935 | |||
| Packard, Alta | 1883 | 1981 | |||
| Packard, George(son of George & Alta) | 1919 | 1995 | |||
| Packard, Sarah Shield(wife of George Packard) | 1922 | 1994 | |||
| Packard, George Richard (husband of Alta Burdick) | 07-20-1873 | 12-27-1952 | LaPorte, IND | ||
| Peterson, Ben A.(hus of Johanna Lewisia Nelson m.06-13-1882) | 01-17-1844 | 09-03-1917 | Worsberg, Sweden | ||
| Peterson, Charlotte(Lottie) M. Jelly(mother)(wife of Otto m.12-18-1912)(dau of Thadeus & Annie Winters Jelly) | 05-13-1893 | 1964 | Galena, Ill | ||
| Peterson, Lewisia Nelson(wife of Ben) | 05-27-1851 | 10-20-1890 | |||
| Peterson, Otto(father)(hus of Charlotte Jelly m.12-18-1912) | 10-18-1885 | 1976 | Sparks, NE | ||
| Polen, Charles N.(hus of Emma May Kaplan m.10-22-1899) | 02-24-1876 | 10-29-1952 | River Sioux, Iowa | ||
| Polen, Emma May Kaplan(wife of C.N.) | 09-07-1880 | 08-06-1916 | |||
| Powell,, Selina J.(wife of John M.) | 04-20-1855 | 01-07-1916 | |||
| Reed, Otis D.(brother of William Ray Reed) | 1896 | 1969 | |||
| Reed, William Ray (WW1) | 06-06-1895 | 02-19-1970 | |||
| Reinhardt, Gregory John(son of Henry & Bernice Reinhardt)(hus of Sue Koster M.1974) | 01-14-1948 | 06-19-2007 | Milwaukee, WI | ||
| Sharp, Agnes Kaplan(wife of Leonard Sharp)(dau of Frank & Sarah Kaplan) | 1918 | 1996 | |||
| Sharp, Leonard | 1913 | 1996 | |||
| Shields, Dora F.(mother) | 09-08-1900 | 03-20-1961 | |||
| Shields, Geroge W. | 1866 | 1942 | |||
| Shields, Joseph M.(father) (WW1) | 07-23-1893 | 02-27-1947 | |||
| Shields, Rosa Marie | 1930 | 1943 | |||
| Simons, Bernice C. Fullerton(wife of Nicholas) | 06-17-1894 | 01-19-1922 | |||
| Simons, Etta M. Hudson(wife of Frank J. Simons) | 1894 | 1989 | |||
| Simons, Frank J. | 1894 | 01-05-1973 | |||
| Simons, Helen | 1923 | 1927 | |||
| Simons, Robert Hudson | 04-17-1918 | 10-20-1924 | |||
| Sorby, William | 11-19-1844 | 09-29-1917 | |||
| Spivey, Infant(son of Emmett & Mary) | 1953 | ||||
| Spivey, Emmett H.(hus of Mary Ellen Copeland) | ? | 02-01-2008 | ? | ||
| Spivey, Mary Ellen Copeland(wife of Emmett m.11-17-1943)(dau of Fred & Clara Copeland) | 10-18-1922 | 06-17-2000 | |||
| Spivey, Ronald Glenn(son of Emmett & Mary Ellen Spivey) | 1955 | 1959 | |||
| Swearingen, Martha Osburn | 02-14-1856 | 02-22-1900 | |||
| Swearingen, Julia C. | 1884 | 1889 | |||
| Swearingen, Perry | 02-23-1847 | 05-24-1926 | |||
| Thompson, Claude H. | 08-25-1905 | 05-29-1906 | |||
| Thompson, Doris I. | 01-28-1916 | 07-11-1924 | |||
| Tompkins, Herbert | ? | ? | |||
| Tompkins, Oscar C.(son of Nelson & Belle Howell) | 12-01-1884 | 09-10-1960 | Iowa | ||
| Tupper, W.O.(Co.D. 3rd Cav) | No dates | ||||
| Turner, Clarentine Rebecca Lawrence(wife of Raymond Turner m.05-06-1935)(dau of Joseph & Belinda Lawrence) | 04-12-1911 | 11-09-1999 | Nordon, NE | ||
| Turner, Raymond(hus of Clarentine Lawrence) | 1907 | 1993 | |||
| Valentine, Infant(son of John A.& E.E.) | 01-12-1910 | 01-12-1910 | |||
| Whetstone, Harry A. | 07-16-1889 | 03-16-1926 | |||
| Zeddeyer, Jane | 1844 | 1927 |
We apologize for any errors in reading or transcribing of information. For corrections please contact the Cherry County Coordinator.
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