SOLOMON SPARKS
28^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  1829 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 1912 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Sand Springs Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: William and Rhoda (Pennington) Sparks

1st Married: Sarah Sloane
Born: 
Died:
Buried:
Parents:

Children:

1. Vica Sparks
2. James Sparks
3. William Sparks

2nd Married: Malissa Jackson
Born:  about 1846 in White County, Tennessee
Died: between 1870 - 1880 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents: Andrew and Nancy (Hicks) Jackson

Children:

1. John Sparks
2. Mary Sparks
3. James Sparks

2nd Married: Mary Permelia Jackson
Born:  25 May 1849 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 20 Jul 19XX in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Sand Springs Cemetery, Punam County, Tennessee
Parents: Andrew and Nancy (Hicks) Jackson

Children:

1. Josiah Sparks
2. Lewis Sparks
3. Sarah Sparks
4. Enoch Sparks
5. Robert Sparks
6. Cora B. Sparks

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

• Brother-in-law: James Scarbrough - 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

 

MILITARY INFORMATION

25^th Tennessee Infantry
Company A

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted 25 Jul 1861 at Tullahoma
• Age: 18
• 25 Jul - 31 Oct 1861: Present
• Jan - Apr 1863: Present
• May - Jun 1863: Present due Confederate Script for 125 for cartridge
• Jul & Aug 1863: Deserted 30 Aug 1863 on march from Loudon to Chattanooga
• Deserted 4 Sep 1863
• On list of convalescent prisoners sent from 3rd Street Military Hospital in Cinncinnati, OH to Camp Chase, OH
• Prisoner of War: arrested Pittsburg Landing on 7 Apr 1862
• Transferred to Vicksburg for exchange 25 Aug 1862
• Medical: Gun shot wound
• Admitted on 3 May 1862 in the Regimental Hospital
• Transferred from the 64th IL Infantry to General Hospital on 5 May 1862
• Arm amputated at the shoulder joint
• Transferred to Camp Cahse, OH on 15 May 1862

 

28^th Tennessee Infantry
Company H

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted 17 Nov 1862 at McMinnville
• Mar - Aug 1863: Present
• Captured 23 Nov 1863
• Took Oath of Alligiance 11 Jan 1864
• Residence: Putnam County
• Complexion: Fair
• Hair: Brown
• Eyes: Blue
• Height: 5' 11''

 

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S6595

ABSTRACT:

• Filed January 11, 1905
• Accepted
• Resident of Baker's Lick, TN
• Member: R. Roberson Co, SS Stanton is the Colonel
• Wounds: slightly at Murfreesboro
• Born: White County in 1830
• Captured and parolled in Nashville
• Wife is 54
• three sons and two daughters
• Attest: Alex Welch & R. Roberson

Supporting Documents:

• SS (26 Mar 1906) - requests status of his application
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (27 Mar 1906) - sent status of application
• SS (16 Apr 1906) - SS was captured near Calhoun and taken to Chattanooga. He was then transferred to Nashville. He took the oath in 1864.
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (8 Dec 1906) - Requests service records
• War Department (12 Dec 1906) - sent service records
• SS (10 Apr 1908) - requests status of his application
• William & Solomon Sparks (???) - Were soldiers together

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census: 
• 1860 Census:  White County, TN, Page 103
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 139
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 96A
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 57B
• 1910 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 57A