John Foxwell Sparklin^{[1, 2, 3]}

1873 - 1944  (71 years)

• Name	John Foxwell Sparklin
  Born	3 Mar 1873	Chestertown, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Mar 1944	Elkton, Maryland
  Buried	Elkton Cemetery, Cecil County, Maryland
  Person ID	I14606	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Shockley,   b. 26 Jun 1871, Maryland ,   d. 18 Dec 1939, White Clay Creek, Delaware  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2017
  Family ID	F5027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S159] Draft Registration Card, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTC-3HM?i=573&cc=1968530. [S42] Obituary, http://dspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/18919/np_035_05.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. Taken hy Heart Attack at Home In EJkton, Md. John Foxwell Sparklin, 71 , an employee of the Newark Post for the post 34 years, died suddenly at h is home in Elkton on Saturday, March 4. Funeral services were conducted from his late residence at 245 E. High Street, Wed- . nesday afternoon, with the Rev. J . J . Bunting, pastor of the Elkton Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was in the Elkton Cemetery. , ~urvivin g the deceased is one daughler, Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, and one granddaughter, Miss Lorene S. Perkins; lour brothers, William Usilton, Bayard Usilton and Norman Usilton, all of Washi ngton, D. C., and John Usilton, of Glendale, California; two sisters: Mrs. Mary Duncan and Mrs. Lulu McAvoy, both of Washington, D.C. The deceased was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth, who died four years ago and a daughter, Evelyn, who died two years ago. Mr. Sparklin was a former member of the Elkton Town Council, a trustee and member of the official Board of the Elkton Methodist Church and W f\S 8 life member of the Patrons aod .Founders Association of Wesley Junior College, Dover. The Newark Post dated March 9, 1944 [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=180555330. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sparklin&GSiman=1&GScid=80923&GRid=151412170&.