_Thomas Jefferson SPARKS __+
                                                     | (1850 - 1932)             
                         _John Buchanan SPARKS ______|
                        | (1883 - 1932) m 1908       |
                        |                            |_Mary Elizabeth BALDRIDGE _
                        |                              (1853 - 1913)             
 _Dorsel Herman SPARKS _|
| (1916 - 2005) m 1946  |
|                       |                             ___________________________
|                       |                            |                           
|                       |_Julia WARD ________________|
|                         (1887 - 1982) m 1908       |
|                                                    |___________________________
|                                                                                
|
|--John George SPARKS 
|  (1961 - ....)
|                                                     _Frank Marion BUTCHER _____
|                                                    | (1866 - 1937)             
|                        _George Washington BUTCHER _|
|                       | (1884 - 1972) m 1904       |
|                       |                            |_Mary Ann Elizabeth PERRY _
|                       |                              (1867 - 1957)             
|_Ruth BUTCHER _________|
  (1923 - 1996) m 1946  |
                        |                             _Henry Parnell MEADE ______+
                        |                            | (1845 - 1919) m 1872      
                        |_Elizabeth MEADE ___________|
                          (1884 - 1963) m 1904       |
                                                     |_Zina DAVIS _______________+
                                                       (1854 - 1936) m 1872